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Pepper Pastor
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Try these neuroscience-backed tactics to train your brain to make better decisions.
BY Lydia Dishman for Fast Company We’re just off a solid week of the annual Fast Company Innovation Festival and one of the things...
Pepper Pastor
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5 Unconventional Ways to Boost Remote Work Culture and Enhance Productivity
Five innovative approaches to boost employee engagement and appreciation in remote work settings, focusing on improving work-life...
Pepper Pastor
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How To Assess The Leadership Style Of A Potential Boss
Mark Murphy for Forbes When you're considering a new job, it's natural to focus on salary, benefits, and the role itself. But there's...
Pepper Pastor
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10 signs you’re not fit to lead people
From an inability to handle criticism to fostering a toxic environment, this list will help you spot the warning signs of poor...
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Google’s productivity expert: The No. 1 skill that gives successful employees a competitive edge
Morgan Smith for CNBC Laura Mae Martin has taught some of the world's brightest engineers and executives how to work smarter. Martin is...
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How to work more efficiently, according to a neuroscientist
In her new book, neuroscience researcher Mithu Storoni breaks down how to best structure your work sessions and increase your...
Pepper Pastor
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How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation
By Amy Gallo for HBR It’s hard not to get worked up emotionally when you’re in a tense conversation. After all, a disagreement can feel...
Pepper Pastor
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Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams
by Kara Baskin for Harvard Business School It’s a manager’s nightmare: A customer pulls into a drive-thru after a long day at work with...
Pepper Pastor
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The Leadership Path to Workplace Harmony Isn't What You Think. It's not about being nice. It's about being honest.
EXPERT OPINION BY MOSHE ENGELBERG, PHD, SPEAKER, EXECUTIVE COACH, AND AUTHOR OF "THE AMARE WAVE" @MOSHEENGELBERG for INC. In pursuit of...
Pepper Pastor
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Leadership For The Future - Equipping Leaders For Relentless Change
Jane Sparrow for Forbes The leadership landscape has drastically evolved, presenting three major challenges today. First, the world has...
Pepper Pastor
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6 Common Leadership Styles — and How to Decide Which to Use When
by Rebecca Knight for Harvard Business Review Much has been written about common leadership styles and how to identify the right style...
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Why great leaders are always kind—but not always nice
BY JAMES RHEE for FAST COMPANY When leading my company, Ashley Stewart, forward after a run-in with bankruptcy, I became convinced that...
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This Is The Mind-Set You’ll Need In Order To Thrive In The Future Of Work
Dealing with unpredictability requires what one Harvard psychologist has called a “self-transforming mind.” Here’s how to develop one....
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5 Techniques to Turn the Way You Talk into a Superpower
Charles Duhigg, author of ‘Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection,’ explains how to level up communication...
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Safety’s Evolution Towards Psychological Safety Programming
By Julie Kratz for Forbes Early in my career I was responsible for employee safety at a warehouse that had over 100 employees. It was the...
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America is doing PTO wrong–and its burned-out workforce is less productive than the 11 nations that know how to take a break
BY MOLLY JOHNSON-JONES for FORTUNE When I tell fellow business leaders from the U.S. about our U.K.-based startup’s PTO policy, they...
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Better Ways To Ask Your Team For Feedback As A Manager
Juliette Han, PhD for FORBES Getting feedback at any point in your career is essential. It becomes even more critical as one becomes a...
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3 Key Metrics That Employee Engagement Surveys Miss
by Gloria St. Martin-Lowry for HBR It’s time to say goodbye to traditional engagement surveys. It’s not that they don’t offer some...
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Why great leaders should sometimes make things harder for their teams, according to 2 Stanford professors.
By Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao for Fast Company Our seven-year project taught us that a bedrock belief of friction fixers is that if...
Pepper Pastor
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How to Discover Your Leadership Blind Spots: Find out the things that you don't know are holding you back
BY MOSHE ENGELBERG for INC. "Really? I had no idea I do that!" This is what I hear from leaders I coach when we come across a blind spot...
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