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5 Essential Soft Skills to Develop in Any Job

5 Essential Soft Skills to Develop in Any Job

  If you’ve been laid off, you might find yourself working in a job outside your industry — for example, in transportation, health care, social assistance, accommodation, food service, etc. — to support yourself and your family. Even if that job’s...

How Transparent Should You Be with Your Team?

How Transparent Should You Be with Your Team?

Transparency is a critical leadership attribute. It helps to build trust, and it’s a prerequisite for building a constructive, high-performance culture. But it’s easy for leaders to get into trouble if they don’t understand the nuances of transparency. When is it...

Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure

Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure

People are living and working longer and the implications for areas such as health care and government entitlement programs are profound. But what about employers? Is there value to companies if they engage an aging workforce? It depends on how you define experience....

New Research on Managing Stress Together in the Workplace

New Research on Managing Stress Together in the Workplace

When it comes to workplace well-being and stress, mindfulness can go beyond the individual level. Research suggests that strengthening clear, vulnerable communication and working from the knowledge that we’re in this together can help transform the way we work. Read...

How Managers Can Prevent Their Teams from Burning Out

How Managers Can Prevent Their Teams from Burning Out

A new survey finds that 77% of workers have experienced burnout. What can organizations do about it?  Encourage real weekends and holidays so employees can rest and recharge. Expand wellness benefits to include stress management training and “mental health” days. And...

Managing Your Team’s Emotional Dynamic

Managing Your Team’s Emotional Dynamic

Collective emotion, when a group of people shares an emotion, is often stronger than a single individual feeling that same emotion alone. So, how can leaders manage emotions, particularly negative ones, from taking over a team? Four strategies from psychology —...