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Roadmap for leaders: Research reveals what employees want most in uncertain times

January 12, 2023
As the pandemic fades into the rear-view mirror, the lessons learned provide a roadmap toward effective leadership in tough times. Building trust with employees is vital, displaying vulnerability can be useful and providing inspiration is key.

4 books for successful leaders

January 12, 2023
Add these to your leadership library.

6 principles of a successful leader

January 12, 2023
To sell ideas effectively to employees, you must first establish a track record of trustworthiness and competence. Here are six traits that will help you establish that leadership base.

How to nurture high-potential employees

January 12, 2023
High-potential employees, or HIPOs, typically stand out among their peers based on superior performance. They often master their roles and responsibilities early in their tenure and look for additional opportunities to excel. Proactive companies try to make the most of their highest-performing talent, and building a HIPO (AKA fast track) program often makes sense.

Stop taking high performers for granted

January 12, 2023
Here are two simple tactics that will improve your staff engagement and slow the “quiet quitting” of your team.

Leadership films for a lazy day

January 12, 2023
6 flicks to inspire you.

When should I give negative feedback?

January 12, 2023
There is plenty of discussion about negative feedback, and why not? While we have all gotten plenty of it, it isn’t often very effective, so leaders and coaches always look for ways to improve in this area. While there is plenty of good advice about how to do it, there’s far less conversation about when to give negative feedback. In many ways, when is as important as how.

Overcoming challenges: Lack of engagement, lack of teamwork and poor communication

January 12, 2023
We all know employees have embraced fully remote and hybrid workplaces—many going so far as to proclaim they will quit their jobs if this perk isn’t part of the package. But a recent Business Management Daily survey of leaders shows the effect this is having on the workplace: Teamwork is suffering and causing a real problem for managers.

Do you have a self-leadership mindset?

January 5, 2023
Self-leadership is the practice of understanding who you are, identifying your desired experiences and intentionally guiding yourself toward them. Leaders worth following and people who are worth emulating are people who have mastered self-leadership.

Curing burnout once and for all

December 15, 2022
Discovering how to get a better match between what your job requires of you and the tools you have to complete your duties can cure burnout, writes Christina Maslach, a retired professor of psychology at U.C. Berkeley and the co-author of a new best-seller, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs.