Get Lighthouse

JANUARY 20, 2023

On average, two of every three people are not engaged at work. Sheryl Sandberg wrote about dealing with her husband's death, where no one knew what to say or how to help her. Any number of problems can stifle people, leaving them unmotivated and struggling to do their job. What can you do about low morale?

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Peter Winick

MAY 4, 2023

Being a thought leader can be hectic – if you know how to find the audience that needs you most! ” We start our conversation by learning how Christina got started, writing bits and pieces about her best ideas and sharing them with readers and listeners. What does it take to write a book? Or host a podcast?

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Optimum Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Essential Skill for Delivering Corrective, Positive and Self FEEDBACK “Quite so, Watson, you see but you do not observe” – Sherlock Holmes, “A Scandal in Bohemia” Feedback Mistakes Most experts agree on what “not to do” with regard to giving feedback.

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 9, 2023

How do you know when to quit your job, when so many others depend on you?" In the process of growing Lighthouse and writing this blog, we have talked to a lot of leaders. While many of the questions are innocent (" How do I grow my people when there is lack of promotion opportunities ?" Do they feel sold out or left behind?

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Optimum Associates

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Even worse, giving up too much of your personal life can undermine the very career goals you are striving for ( see How to Avoid 8 Serious Career Risks ). That means this week versus months or years drifting by. These unfortunate events happen so gradually that we don’t notice the damage until “late in the game.”

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

How can you polish your content, and tighten up the message, to best connect with the audience you are looking to reach? Today our guests Jerome Pagani and Craig Joseph join us to share how they collaborate to strengthen each other’s content and even add levity to serious topics to allow the audience a lighter read on heavy topics.

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Alison Green

JUNE 3, 2022

I work in the office three days a week and usually have two appointments Friday afternoon that I can do from home. And that I was mortified and really sorry and how I was going make sure it didn’t happen again. This blog helped me immensely when I tried being brave enough to take responsibility. My stomach dropped.

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Mind Tools Leadership

MAY 24, 2022

“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” Essentially, this is when you sandwich any negative observations between two pieces of positive ones.

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AIHR

MARCH 6, 2023

Types of screening interviews HR screening interview questions How to conduct a successful screening interview Why screening interviews are important in the hiring process For almost two decades, Google was notorious for its rigorous and lengthy hiring process. This percentage jumps to 77% if there is no response after 15 days.

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Know Your Team

JULY 1, 2021

Here’s what to keep in mind when you feel it, and how to move forward. A wave of leadership anxiety hit me last week. But last week, the Crow seemed to have installed a megaphone inside my brain, and so its distant caw became a boom of lightning and thunder. You’re not alone in feeling leadership anxiety.

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Get Lighthouse

MAY 1, 2022

Want to know what it takes and how to move up from your individual contributor role? Problem: How do you get hired to do something you've never done before? At Lighthouse , we've covered a wide variety of management topics, including what to look for in potential leaders and how to help new managers succeed.

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Liquid Planner Productivity

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There are peaks and troughs in every workload, but when you’re struggling to keep all the balls in the air, how do you manage competing priorities? You need to manage your workload, which means knowing what work is the most important priority so you can give it adequate attention. . How do you deal with competing priorities?

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Alison Green

JULY 17, 2022

I gave notice at SmallCorp, and my grandboss called me later that afternoon and offered me a promotion I’d been waiting for for the last two years, and agreed to match the salary. Fast forward a week, and he rescinded the agreement, and now I’m not sure what I’m even being offered as a counter. Here we go…. Any sage advice?

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Optimum Associates

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the previous article the focus was on how other people treat us. Now we are going to revisit the same concepts of Nurturing and Toxic behavior but we are going to examine the consequences of how we treat ourselves. Our inner life is a familiar, constant environment, whose patterns and impact we may not notice.

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Mind Tools Strategy

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

professor, founder and strategist shared with me stories of how her father instilled a problem-solving attitude in her and her brother. Marchand told me that that experience – at the tender age of 13 – taught her two things. And it was, for Lorraine Marchand. It was also an education that set her on the path to business success.

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Alison Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

How do I get out of my office’s toxic positivity meetings? You may remember me from such previous emails as “How Can I Get Out Of My Office’s Toxic Positivity Meetings?” So at the time of writing my last update, I had talked about how our family wanted to move out of the city we were in. first update here ).

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Alison Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In my exit interview I found out 8 people had given notice the same week I had. The job market was MUCH hotter than the last time I’d looked, and I had at least one or two interviews with different companies every week, sometimes as many as 5. It was to the airport, so he could fly home).

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Alison Green

MAY 20, 2022

My skills outgrew my role quickly, but I took your advice to remember how junior I am and do all the ‘boring’ stuff cheerfully. I realized that regardless of how much I like the people I work with, my workplace isn’t going to get better. When I started, I had no healthcare experience and a high school degree. I just said yes.

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Alison Green

MAY 27, 2022

A good friend at my grade told me how much he earned, which was super helpful because it showed me that actually my company is not out of step with the market and they can pay the salary I would like. A few weeks later, I get the news that I’m getting a $28k pay raise (!!). As of Friday, I don’t need to worry about it!

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Know Your Team

JULY 2, 2020

But how to recognize remote employees in a way that feels authentic? While we’re all chatting through screens, typing on our keyboard, and shooting off emojis, you may be wondering how to recognize remote employees in a way that doesn’t feel as sterile or contrived as the mediums we use to communicate remotely.

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Alison Green

AUGUST 29, 2022

My coworker refuses to talk to anyone because I asked him to stop calling us “young ladies” I’ve had a coworker, someone who’s been working at the company for 15 years, call both me and another woman (the only two women in our whole department) “young lady” multiple times. Here we go….

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Get Lighthouse

MAY 3, 2023

How can you tell if a company's culture is on a good track or not? If you care about culture, how do you know if you should join a company, or invest in them? Today we give you 7 key questions to ask a CEO in an interview that tell you a lot about the culture, and if you're an executive leader, how you can improve your culture. "Do

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Know Your Team

JUNE 24, 2021

As daunting as it can seem, here’s how to manage former peers that can perpetuate a healthy team dynamic. But so is trepidation: You are now faced with the precarious challenge of figuring out how to manage former peers. Here are two key areas I recommend considering first for how to manage former peers….

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Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

You all must've noticed your Muslim friends, neighbors, or co-workers abstaining from food or drink, including water, from dawn to sunset during a particular time of the year. But wondering how to commemorate such a diverse and elaborate festival at your workplace. According to Pew Research Center, 77% of the U.S What Is Ramadan?

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With that in mind, how can we stay prepared for the “purchasing 5%”? We start by defining “Social Selling,” and how it has become the new standard. The feedback you get from you followers can give you valuable insights and perspectives. Staying top-of-mind for when your audience is ready to buy.

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Know Your Team

AUGUST 4, 2022

When your team has doubled its headcount in the past year, when your organization is changing, re-organizing, shifting, re-organizing again – how is it possible to even name only a handful of things to focus on? ” “How urgent is this?” Yet, you know the significance of that word: Focus. Start here.

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Know Your Team

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Focus on these 3 areas for how to coach an employee who is performing well. When we think about coaching employees, we often focus on how to coach an underperforming employee – not how to coach an employee who is performing well. Given this, how much coaching do you dedicate toward your high-performing employees right now ?

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Mind Tools Strategy

JULY 19, 2018

Have you ever noticed how differently people work when doing the same task? For example, two colleagues can be both putting together similar presentations. One finishes the project in a day, the other takes three weeks. They do less, and then they excel in those few things and that’s how they outperform the rest.

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Know Your Team

MAY 14, 2020

One-on-one tip #1: Give more time for personal connection and building rapport than you normally would. Here’s an exact agenda template to use and 5 key best practices to make sure you get the most out of your remote 1-on-1 meeting. To be frank, I’m not sure I would believe myself. 5 best practices for remote 1:1 meetings.

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Know Your Team

OCTOBER 28, 2021

With two team environments – one remote, one in-person – two team cultures could easily emerge. For example: “If I have a new idea, how/where do I share that with my team?” ” or “If I have a question for someone not on my direct team, exactly how do I go about asking it?”

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Mind Tools Leadership

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

When I was eight, and old enough to understand that grown-ups sometimes talk about things without referring to the actual “thing” in question, I noticed my parents and grandparents often mentioning “that man.” The arrangement worked well, for the first two years at least. Yolande Conradie. The Embezzler.

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Brian Balfour

OCTOBER 12, 2016

So that begs the question, how do you do this? Partly because the question presents two false choices. Lebron simply knows how to dribble, pass, and shoot a jump shot, better. We have a big addiction problem in our industry. Hacktics, the tips, tricks, hacks, tools, and secrets that promise to solve our growth problems.

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Mind Tools Team Management

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then I noticed that our colleague Jason had somehow slipped below ground level, and only his head and shoulders were poking out. That’s just one example of how the metaverse could give people greater choice about where, when and how they work , while helping them do their jobs better – and enjoy them more. .

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Get Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I don’t think I would have made it without her” “Vikram showed me how to get noticed and build the skills that unlocked my career.” And how do you do that? Rather than jumping right into business objectives and any mandates you received on how to spend your time with them, use this first meeting to get to know each other.

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Know Your Team

OCTOBER 28, 2021

With two team environments – one remote, one in-person – two team cultures could easily emerge. For example: “If I have a new idea, how/where do I share that with my team?” ” or “If I have a question for someone not on my direct team, exactly how do I go about asking it?”

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Know Your Team

MARCH 9, 2020

As author, feedback coach, and speaker, Anna shared her expertise and lessons in giving feedback in our leadership community, The Watercooler. This month, we were curious regarding lessons in giving feedback – something we highly focus on here ourselves at Know Your Team. Anna is an author, feedback coach, and speaker.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In this blog, I will just try to dive a little in the huge ocean of a topic that is Business Communication. Two-way Communication: Communication is essentially a two-way street. Communication is the essence of a human being. It naturally plays a huge role in business. Business Communication.

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