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Staff Meeting Agenda Template and Best Practices

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Staff Meeting Agenda Template and Best Practices

When it comes to how to run an effective staff meeting, there is one thing attendees want leaders to do, and according to research, that is to share...

Leadership Training Examples

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11 Leadership Training Examples Worth Investing In

Leadership training is a two-way street. Not only do organizations need to be willing to invest time and money into training their leaders, but...

1:1 Meeting Checklist

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1:1 Meeting Checklist: What To Do Before, During, and After

In a recent study about 1:1 meetings, 250 direct reports were asked to rate their experience. Nearly half rated it as suboptimal. According to...

Remote Team Culture

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How To Build and Maintain a Remote Team Culture

During the period when it was believed that remote work was just a temporary arrangement, building a remote team culture wasn’t something a lot of...

Time Management Strategies: 5 Time Management Tools to Take Back Your Time

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Time Management Strategies: 5 Tools to Take Back Your Time

How many times have you wished there were more hours in the day to get everything done? Unfortunately, if you feel this way at work, you’re not...

Horizontal Communication in the Workplace

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Are These Mistakes Sabotaging Your Horizontal Communication?

Imagine this: You’re walking to your desk when a colleague from another department stops you to ask you a question about the project you’re working...

How To Address Poor Performance

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How To Address Poor Performance (+Email Template)

As someone who manages people, it is your duty and responsibility to address poor performance as soon as you possibly can, no matter how nervous...

Creating Team Alignment: DIY Team Building Workshop

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Creating Team Alignment: DIY Team Building Workshop

Leading a team can sometimes feel like herding feral cats when trying to get everyone focused on the same mission, aligned on priorities, and moving...

Leadership Development Coaching

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What Is Leadership Development Coaching? (+Examples)

What do you do when you have a learning objective or development goal that no training program curriculum matches up with? What if you have a leader...

Person Using Free Printable PDF SMART Goals Template in the Workplace

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The Only SMART Goals Template You’ll Ever Need

Setting goals in the workplace is never as straightforward as we think it will be or would like it to be. This is especially true for those in the...

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