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How Europe is fighting brain drain as talent goes north
Talent flight to wealthier countries of the north is a problem Portugal shares with several others in southern and central Europe, as workers take advantage of freedom of movement rules within the trade bloc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These hidden mindsets make it harder to work with others. Here’s how to tackle them
Neuro-biases are often unconscious, but they can significantly impact workplace relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to be a great leader—even when you haven’t received any training
Most new managers are never taught how to be good managers. However, there are steps you can take to ensure that you lead successfully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to stop people-pleasing and start setting boundaries at work
Setting boundaries in the workplace can feel scary at first, but it can result in improved relationships with coworkers and managers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A 4-point plan for managers to be better leaders of the teams they have
The first step is to acknowledge you are a leader, not a follower driven by circumstance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 ways to create a more useful to-do list
Simple tweaks can boost your productivity, allowing you to finish the year strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This is why today’s leaders need a new playbook
As change becomes a permanent fixture in the workplace, leaders need to adopt a mindset of adaptability, agility, and inclusiveness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 leaders weigh in on how to make pay transparency work
CEOs, HR experts, and other executives share where they stand on pay transparency, and how to implement it successfully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are nicknames appropriate in the workplace? Here’s when it’s okay to use them—and when it’s not
Should you call your boss by a nickname? What about a subordinate? New research published by the ‘Harvard Business Review’ offers surprising insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is emotional regulation? Three ways leaders can keep their cool in challenging situations
Paying attention to what you truly feel, even unpleasant emotions, is a powerful and underutilized leadership skill. Here’s how to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to break through a creativity block
Sometimes the best way to spark creativity is to connect with your coworkers. You’ll gain new inspiration and recharge your creative batteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 ways to hack your motivation and get more done
It’s about tapping into your brain’s natural love of closure. These four tricks can get you started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to write a rejection email that doesn’t suck
If you want to be kind, avoid these common mistakes when letting job applicants know they haven’t been selected for a role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Silent firing is the new quiet quitting
Companies need to find a way to pay for investments in artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 3 most common leadership myths
Leadership experts analyzed the performance of every 21st-century CEO of every S&P 500 company and found three common leadership myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don’t hire for skills and waste them. A manager’s guide to more effective work
It’s time to move beyond the outdated notion of static roles and embrace a more dynamic, skills-focused approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
So you want to be an entrepreneur? 5 things you must have
These five things allowed this former CEO to succeed as a founder and entrepreneur. Make sure you cultivate them before taking the leap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why leaders should lead with empathetic pragmatism during difficult times
The modern workforce requires you to tap into both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to ask for time off on short notice (and not get fired)
Everyone deserves to have time off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This may be the antidote to the generational divide in the workplace
When we move beyond “right” and “wrong” and into curiosity, we might discover why this tool strikes such a chord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to refine your leadership abilities to become the boss your people
The sooner you start to cultivate your ability to manage others with compassion, the more successful you—and your teams—will be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Ways to respond to difficult questions you don’t want to answer
Lessons you can take to board meetings, business pitches, and job interviews from a public speaking coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Surprisingly Simple Ways To Get People To Respond To Your Email
Here’s why people aren’t replying to your messages—and steps from experts on how to change that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 red flags to watch for in a job interview
Many job seekers encounter red flags during interviews, ranging from witnessing the current staff’s lack of morale to unprofessional behavior from the interviewer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 ways leaders can unlock their potential to inspire others
To unlock the best version of yourself and become a successful leader, focus on several key areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10 tactics to try if you think your boss doesn’t like you
Navigating a challenging relationship starts with understanding the truth and taking proactive steps to bring about resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to deal with loneliness after getting laid off
Losing a job means losing your routine—and often the connections you had with coworkers. Here’s how to keep (and develop) your community as you move into a new role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to push back against a boss who gives you too much work
It can be difficult to tell your boss that you can’t take on more work, but these three steps can help you do so tactfully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why the best workers generally receive useless feedback
High performers often get vague, cliché-filled feedback from their managers, according to new research. Here’s how to fix the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 red flags that show you don’t understand your Gen Z employees
Here are five signs you’re not engaging them effectively, and strategies to get you back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 reasons people don’t do what you want (and how to get them to)
When employees don’t do what you want them to, it comes down to one or more of these three things that you, as the leader, are doing wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How can I be less negative?
Our brains are hardwired to pay more attention to negative experiences. Here’s how to train them to let it go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why great leaders are also great listeners
‘Listening Leaders’ must do more than know how to listen and engage their teams. They must also curate the right tools to listen to customers and track the organization’s presence on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 red flags you’re not operating at peak performance
Here are the biggest “killers” of organizational effectiveness, and some solutions on how to address them quickly to push the limits of what’s achievable in your respective industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Here’s why most brainstorming sessions are a waste of time
While brainstorming sessions are common in many workplaces, psychological and social mechanisms can undermine our creative efforts. Here’s what to do instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 ways to unlock your potential at work
You have the opportunity to take the wheel in your career. It starts with believing that you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How do I ask someone to be a reference and who should I pick?
The right reference can help you land the job, but only if you ask the right person in the right way. Here’s how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to stop feeling embarrassed at work
Feeling embarrassed every now and then isn’t a bad thing. But these three strategies can help if it’s impacting your professional life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 essential tips for hiring managers to level up their interviewing skills
Too often, companies hire great people, only to find that they are misaligned with what is actually required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is AI sabotaging the ‘September Surge’ in hiring this year?
Here’s how artificial intelligence is impacting the hiring surge that historically happens in September—and what hiring managers can do to adapt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Yes, ambition can make you more successful. It can also make you happier
Recently, new emphasis has been called to issues such as workplace well-being and work life balance. These are critical, but they are not in opposition to ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Employees are sick of surveys. Here’s the ultimate guide for how to fix them
Employee surveys are incredibly common. But many employees who are asked to take them are concerned about privacy, a lack of trust, and poor survey design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to work more efficiently, according a neuroscientist
In her new book, neuroscience researcher Mithu Storoni breaks down how to best structure your work sessions and increase your productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Could ‘unbossing’ fix our engagement problem?
Data on engagement suggests while employees may feel less connected to their organizations, they value the autonomy and flexibility that unbossing provides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
67% of workers plan to change jobs in the next 6 months. Here’s what would stop them
A FlexJobs survey reveals that better pay, remote work options, and improved company culture are key factors when it comes to retaining staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can thinking like a freelancer make your day job feel more meaningful?
Establishing a sense of purpose is a key driver for why some individuals choose to become freelancers. They feel they can wrestle back control over their lives and their agenda when they are independent contractors. But the good news is that this freelancer mindset can teach all workers, self-employed or otherwise, how to create meaning in and at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A definitive 3-step guide to giving negative feedback, according to neuroscience
Whether you’re in-person and sitting on opposite sides of a desk, or you’re remote and separated by screens, few experiences at work are as heart-pounding and stress-inducing as a feedback conversation between manager and employee. Managers fear creating a resentful employee if they give a less-than-glowing assessment, and employees may fear for their job security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Ways to spot a ghost job listing
Over 80% of recruiters admit that they post ads for jobs that either don’t exist or are already filled. Here’s why it happens and how to sniff them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 ways to take on toxic colleagues—and win
We often allow toxic coworkers more power than they actually have. This medical leader says we can tame these annoying ‘paper tigers’ by honing these 4 microskills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why optimistic leaders create more productive and happier workplaces
In his new book, the founder of Keurig Green Mountain shares his entrepreneurial story and his advice for becoming a more optimistic leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices