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Team Doing Six Thinking Hats Exercise in the Workplace

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How to Lead a Six Thinking Hats Exercise (+Questions and Template)

Whether you’ve heard of the Six Thinking Hats before, consider this as your sign to give it a try for yourself at least once. Here’s why. Not only is...

7 Free Management Meeting Templates and Tools

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7 Free Management Meeting Templates and Tools

Whether it’s a monthly management meeting, an annual leadership summit, or an executive offsite, these meetings can become predictable and stale over...

How To Prepare For a 1 on 1 Meeting

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How To Prepare For a 1 on 1 Meeting (+Agenda Template)

No one should go into a one-on-one meeting unprepared. If you do, it can send a message to the person you’re meeting with that you don’t fully...

Professional Creating Leadership Development Plan Using Template

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How to Create a Leadership Development Plan (+Template)

The beloved Brazilian soccer icon, Pelé, once said, “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most...

Resources That Will Help You Learn to Lead

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Learn To Lead: 14 Best Free Leadership Resources

What do the best leaders do? They never stop learning. The fundamental shifts in the last couple of years in where we work, how we work, and...

Tools to Improve Communication Skills

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10 Tools to Improve Communication Skills in the Workplace

Investing time and energy into the development of your communication skills is one of the best investments you can make as a professional. This is...

Start-Stop-Continue Exercise

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The Start-Stop-Continue Exercise: How To Conduct One (+Template)

In our search for improvement, we often find ourselves reflecting on what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change. This process of evaluation...

New Manager Training Checklist

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New Manager Training Checklist (+Templates)

60% of new managers fail within their first 24 months. Let that sink in. More than half of new managers will be unsuccessful, and the consequences of...

Professional Creating an Individual Development Plan

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How To Create an Individual Development Plan (+Template)

Whether you’ve been tasked with creating an individual development plan by your boss or have taken it upon yourself to create one as part of your...

How To Get Started with Culture Change + Template

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How To Get Started with Culture Change (+Template)

While the culture in the workplace isn’t something tangible, it is a critical component of any successful company, department, or team. Workplace...

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