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5 tips for when you dread a difficult conversation with an employee Mary Lee Gannon

Remind them, it’s not personal. Read More

Bring the power of progress into your one-to-one meetings Ladders Contributor

As a leader, it’s up to you to help connect the dots between team members’ wins and the value their work provides to your company and customers. In the process, not only will your team members experience satisfaction, their output will improve as well. And that’s progress everyone can feel good about. Read More

How to get along with all different kinds of people at work Paige Breaux

No matter your personal backgrounds, you’re all on the same team in your professional lives and should want to see each other succeed. Read More

How to encourage positive collaboration on team projects Jane Burnett

Team projects at work can be hard enough, but how you act can have a big impact. Here’s what you can do to help things run smoothly. Read More

9 awesome work situations that make you say YES Linda Le Phan

There are workplace situations that, for some, come by so rarely that they are worth their weight in gold, and they have nothing to do with the salary! These are the things that make any person wake up excited to go into work and more likely to work harder to perform their best. Read More

Want your team to be successful? Stop treating them like kids Gustavo Razzetti

Organizations want employees to become more mature, accountable, and to drive change — yet their policies and rules treat people as kids. Without realizing it, many executives act as Helicopter bosses: they have good intentions, but their need to control and protect their people doesn’t allow them to grow. Read More

This is what Steve Jobs did to get the best feedback from employees Monica Torres

To get the best feedback, take note from Apple co-founder and Pixar former chairman’s Steve Jobs’ approach to it — don’t make feedback an optional question, make it a demand of every meeting that each employee is responsible for answering. Read More

Why 'agreeing to disagree' is a bad management tactic Monica Torres

When you decide to play referee with your team’s disagreement, one of the worst things you can end the argument with is “agreeing to disagree.” … Read More

Everything I learned about leadership I learned from my mother Ladders Contributor

To my mom and all the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day. Perhaps without even knowing it, you teach leadership better than anyone else in the world! … Read More

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