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3 management styles that beat out aggressive leadership, and how to master them
The traits we’ve long sidelined in leadership, like compassion, collaboration, and humility, are no longer soft skills. They’re survival skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why good teams beat good ideas
Despite conventional wisdom that associates great inventions with lone geniuses, breakthrough inventions are team efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why “because I said so” doesn’t work for leaders anymore
The secrets are precision, empathy, and intent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People who excel at conversation always do these 3 things, according to a Stanford expert
On the new podcast ‘A Fine Mess,’ Stanford’s Matt Abrahams shares secrets for better communication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to turn your emotions into allies (not enemies) at work
We shouldn’t aim to subordinate our emotions to reason or vice versa, but we should aim for a careful collaboration between the two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What high-performing teams do differently in the age of AI
The most effective teams haven’t mastered the latest tools: they’ve adopted the right habits, redefining how they think, decide, and learn together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It’s easier to be yourself at work when you’re popular
A new study found that popularity matters more than self-esteem or title for cultivating authenticity at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why people-pleasing happens and how to stop doing it
People-pleasing often develops to prevent others from being disappointed or upset and to avoid discomfort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AI isn’t just replacing tasks. It’s replacing the office, the manager, and maybe even the mission
A new study details the technology’s far-reaching effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to layoff proof your job
So far this year, companies have eliminated 800,000 jobs. Here are some tips for protecting yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Employers need help managing workers who are taking second jobs
A new survey of U.S. employees shows many are turning to additional employment because they’re under financial strain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to make progress on your career goals when you’ve hit the midyear slump
A productivity coach offers tips for making progress when it feels like you’re stuck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 fast ways to bounce back from a job rejection
The biggest career setback isn’t being told ‘no.’ It’s letting it stop you from trying again. Here’s how to recover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The only way to future-proof your career? Be more than one thing
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change in the workplace. Here’s how to succeed in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why leaders should prioritize outcomes over hours
Focusing on outcomes over hours helps leaders build smarter teams, support Gen Z’s need for flexibility, and eliminate performative busyness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No one has office friends anymore. Why that’s bad news for employers
How to combat the ‘friendship recession.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why being ‘too committed’ might just help your career
To break through to the next level in your career, business, or creative pursuit, healthy obsession—when wielded with intention—can do a lot for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why you should quit the ‘gas and brake’ approach to your career (and how to do it)
Find yourself accelerating and stalling simultaneously in your work or life? Here’s how to resolve that conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The right (and wrong) ways to appreciate your employees
Expert advice on how to do employee recognition right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ready or not, Gen Z is managing you
The next generation isn’t just entering the workforce. They’re running it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New data shows workers are mostly ignoring return-to-office orders
Bosses to workers: ‘Return to the office every day, or else.’ Workers to bosses: ‘No.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In uncertain times, purpose-driven brands have the edge
As a counterbalance to all the bad news, resilient brands can become a source of strength and reassurance by understanding their consumers and delivering positive impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
These are the perks workers are looking for right now (and it’s not just to work from home)
Workers across generations and industries aren’t walking away from the table; rather, they’re renegotiating what matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A massive new study of 24,000 people says this is what happens to people who stay up too late every night
Let’s just say it was a struggle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 habits that are making you a worse leader
From avoiding hard decisions to failing to show vulnerability, these are some of the behaviors at work that make you seem like an ineffective leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to deal with loneliness at work
One of the biggest predictors of happiness at work is whether or not you have work friends. Here are tips on how to make them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How leaders can use AI to improve performance management
It starts with understanding the pain points at their organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Work friends may motivate people to return to the office
80% of employees report feeling more engaged at work when they have office friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We need to rethink the taboo against working multiple jobs
The world of work has fundamentally changed, and limiting people to one job is an outdated idea that doesn’t benefit anyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
77% of employees have worked through a mental health crisis
79% of employees said that economic uncertainty is fueling their anxiety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to listen to opinions you don’t want to hear
In a perfect world, you’d be right 100% of the time, but sometimes the opinion you least want to hear can be the most valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What every manager should know about ADHD
“Leaders need to recognize that everyone has a brain as unique as their fingerprint.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to banish toxic positivity at work
By acknowledging some positivity is toxic and choosing more effective communication, you can change your workplace culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is poor communication stunting your company’s growth?
In today’s hybrid work world, communication isn’t just a soft skill—it’s a strategic advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Managers think employees should take a break from work—but they don’t promote the ones who do
It’s not just you. Work has gotten harder over the past few decades. A CEO offers advice on how to make your job more manageable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to battle work intensification
It’s not just you. Work has gotten harder over the past few decades. A CEO offers advice on how to make your job more manageable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The real workplace threat isn’t AI. It’s leadership disconnect
This isn’t a nostalgic plea for ‘pre-AI’ leadership. It’s a call for leaders to show employees they’re something AI can never be: human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 reasons why innovation fails—and what to do about it
Every employee from the stockroom clerk to the senior design engineer can contribute to new solutions if they believe it’s valuable to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stop trying to ‘feel confident’
Confidence isn’t a feeling—it’s a behavior. Here’s how to build it from the outside in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The best leaders know how to ask the right questions. Here’s a model that can help you do just that
Leaders need to start adopting an attitude of curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to keep a workplace functioning in the face of layoffs
Leaders making sure they are compassionate and transparent as they engage in layoffs can help a workplace keep functioning—and retain talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Should you try a no-meeting week?
It’s tempting for companies to embrace the appeal of “no meetings,” hoping the extra time will lead to more focused work. But does eliminating meetings actually work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are you too reliable to be promotable?
An executive coach offers four strategies to rebrand yourself from dependable doer to strategic leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The most undervalued asset for a leader? It’s these 2 hours
Our brain’s capacity to make good decisions depletes as the day progresses. So start prioritizing—and protecting—the first hours of your workday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend
Micro-retirements might impact your financial future and career progression but DIFTP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 reasons why the 4-day workweek is a win for everyone
Companies tell us they are maintaining or increasing overall productivity when they switch to a 4-day workweek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No one wants to be a leader. Here’s why it’s still a great role.
Leadership used to be a role people aspired to. But today, employees are increasingly avoiding leadership positions or even stepping out of leadership roles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to create a workplace where changemakers thrive
Organizations need to stop celebrating individual disruptors. Instead, they should be cultivating ecosystems where all kinds of innovators can thrive together. Here’s how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don’t hide that career gap on your resume. Own it
Nearly half of U.S. workers have a gap on their resumes, yet many people still feel pressure to hide career breaks from potential employers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 ways to network when you don’t have a network
When you’re job-hunting, you know the old adage: It’s all about who you know. But what if you don’t know anyone in your career path yet? Here’s how to start creating that professional network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices