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How To Have More Women In Leadership Roles
The hurdles women face when trying to climb the career ladder are real. They have to fight many biases that hold them back. When building your performance management system and promotion criteria, stop relying on “future potential” as a reliable metric, or at least try to make it as objective as possible.
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8 Things To Avoid When Leading A New Team
Stepping in to lead a new team can be overwhelming. Be humble and open-minded. People rarely do something without reason, so before you criticize something, make sure you understand the reason why it is happening. By listening first and being respectful to your new team you will earn their respect in return.
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The Importance Of Face-To-Face Communication In A Hybrid Workplace
Nothing beats face-to-face interactions when building new relationships. Create at least semi-regular opportunities to get the whole team together and interact in person. For the rest of the time, the richer the media used, the better. Sometimes a voice-only call can be all that is needed. And sometimes, even the dreaded email can get the job done.
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Why There Is So Much Online Hate, And How To Stop It In 4 Steps
To stop online hate get out to meet others in person, talk to those different from you to understand their perspectives, promote fairness in social norms, processes, and procedures, and support educational activities giving fair access to education to everyone.
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Why Emotional Intelligence Doesn’t Always Work
Emotional intelligence is essential for success, but it may not work for everyone in every situation. The environment and our brain can often prevent even the most emotionally intelligent person from understanding where others are coming from.
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How Availability Heuristic Warps Our View Of The World
We get more of what we focus on. If all you do is spend your time on social media reading about disasters, crime, and pouring over hateful comments, you will get depressed and see the world at the edge of an apocalypse.
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Dangers Of Focusing Only On Your Strengths
Admit to yourself that you have weaknesses and if they hold you back, go and fix them. Don’t try to turn them into strengths, but get the basic competence, so the weakness doesn’t drag you down.
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Why We Stopped Listening To Each Other And What To Do About It
Technology is making us listen less. Learn to put down your device, disconnect from the internet and have a real human conversation. Listen to whoever you are talking with, don’t interrupt, don’t think about what you are about to answer, just listen.
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How To Make Your Mission And Values Actionable
While energy leads to excitement, clarity of purpose leads to inspiration. Once you are inspired and understand the purpose, once you are clear on values, you need to make them actionable, and that means using verbs.
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Too Much Self-Control Can Hurt You
Self-control is beneficial for those who use reason as a primary tool for decision-making, but may have a less positive effect on those who use emotions when making decisions.
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