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DECEMBER 30, 2023

As another year comes to an end, it’s time to pause and reflect on your work and accomplishments. While you make your own reflections, we want to share some of our own. Your feedback and engagement showed us which topics provided the most value and insights. It has to be safe to talk about good and bad things.

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Lolly Daskal

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Loss of motivation: Leaders who are feeling burned out may lose interest in their work and find it difficult to stay motivated. Increased absenteeism: Leaders who are feeling burned out may take more time off work, either to rest or to avoid the stress of their job. They may feel a lack of engagement and interest in their job.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Let’s dive in… Table of contents: Food for Thought on Sugar Water and Purpose News & Reports for Managers on Slack's Workforce Index Winter 2023 Your Chance to Promote Your Offer, Opening, or Product Note: This is a preview of our weekly leadership newsletter, Lighthouse Leadership Weekly (LLW).

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Despite how things may look, there are still plenty of job seekers on the market who are ready and willing to return to previous roles. People like Steve Jobs , Steve Huffman (the co-founder of Reddit), and LeBron James have all left their high-profile positions and then returned to the same firm, increasing the popularity of this practice.

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AIHR

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll look at how it happens and provide tips on how to avoid it so your organization enjoys maximum efficiency. Employees are not cross-trained : Inadequate cross-training inhibits employees from performing tasks beyond their job descriptions. But what causes overstaffing in the first place?

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Alison Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

I know our administration means well, but today’s topic and subsequent sessions I regard as triggering, cringey and irrelevant to my job (think fitness, nutrition, body image, suicide prevention). I recently started in an office job that requires several months of on-the-job training. It’s not just you.

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Walk Me

JUNE 21, 2023

Let’s explore some of the key reasons behind the formation of silos in organizations: Departmental Focus : When departments or teams within an organization become too focused on their goals and objectives, they lose sight of the bigger picture.

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MAY 7, 2022

Are you looking for high-potential people to join your team? And are you confident in your hiring process to ensure you hire the right person the first time when they don’t have years of experience already? So you’ve decided to hire someone new to your team, and you’re open to them being new or inexperienced.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

He was losing one of the best people on his team. Do you have career development plans for your people? If you don't have career development plans for everyone on your team, you're playing with fire; eventually you're going to get burned with a surprise departure. Start making career development plans for everyone on your team.

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Lolly Daskal

AUGUST 30, 2022

Even if it’s not your intention, when you use this phrase and others like it you’re being dismissive of the person communicating. It’s a show of disrespect and the belief that your way is necessarily best. As a leader you’re charged with empowering, motivating and inspiring your people. What Gets Between You and Your Greatness.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Any number of problems can stifle people, leaving them unmotivated and struggling to do their job. In fact there's a term for when you or your team members lose all hope: learned helplessness. Every situation is unique, so your mileage may vary. First, you can be honest about your situation.

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Zenefits

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In this article, we will discuss the concept of code-switching, the cost of code-switching on your employees, and what your organization can do to create an environment where code-switching is not required. Wilson explains, “when your employees spend so much time worrying about fitting in, you lose diversity of thought and opinion.

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Walk Me

MAY 15, 2023

So – training “in-house” programs are vital to keeping your workforce meeting the skills. Perhaps you’re experiencing a skills gap in your company, your existing staff isn’t rising to the challenges, or you’re just facing a hiring freeze. Equip your staff with new skills, and the future is yours.

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Lolly Daskal

MARCH 20, 2023

Lack of innovation : When a leader believes it is their job to do all the thinking when it comes to innovation, they cause stagnation. Consequently, the company may struggle to compete in the marketplace and lose market share to competitors. Loss of market share: When a leader is overwhelmed by the details, it will cost the company.

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s your Friday good news! Anxious to get a new job, I jumped into an agency role in a new industry—in January 2020. In June of 2020, I found a temp job in an industry I love (healthcare). It was a really bad summer.

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AIHR

JANUARY 23, 2023

Developing an effective HR communication strategy will enable you to communicate successfully with employees and all internal stakeholders, linking your communication to the organization’s strategic plan and boosting its brand as an employer. Contents What is HR communication? Why is HR communication important for the organization?

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Alison Green

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I would never have had the courage to explore my options if it wasn’t for your blog and insight, I tell coworkers all the time that we are helping professionals, not martyrs. My trainer says I need to shadow her for a year before I can do my job. I eventually ended up quitting the job I was working at when I last emailed you.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 18, 2022

As per Vicki Salemi , a career expert, gaslighters tend to push you to question the facts and your capacity to execute your job. It confuses you, minimizes your sentiments, and stops you from success within a short time. A bad boss is someone who takes credit for your work. Gaslighters does that to you!

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AUGUST 15, 2022

This learning is an ongoing journey likely for the rest of your career as you face new challenges and opportunities. There are many ways to learn new tactics and skills for managing and leading your team and the most common is reading. In this TED talk, Ariely reveals key motivators for people doing their jobs (hint: It's not money!).

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 23, 2023

To get a firm grasp of exactly what engagement means and how to get your audience there, I’ve invited Scott Gould to join me. Scott is a consultant, speaker, and author of The Shape of Engagement: The Art of Building Enduring Connections with Your Customers, Employees, and Communities. And we talked about evangelizing your ideas.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

As your team grows, there's increasing pressure to develop good leaders within your team. The best help is someone already in your company, and ideally on your team. They know and fit in your culture, are familiar with your people and processes, and demonstrate qualities of a good leader.

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Walk Me

OCTOBER 27, 2022

However, understanding these significantly different terms will help your business improve retention rates as you address why employees leave. It’s essential to watch your company’s employee churn rate because it affects productivity, business performance, and growth. Churn rate. Attrition rate. Turnover rate.

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Walk Me

JUNE 1, 2022

is theoretical until your people are equipped to use the technology and realize the benefits. Without a change management strategy, organizations lose buy-ins and confidence in what the project is trying to deliver. And since most transformations last months, it’s easy for people to lose motivation if the progress is slow.

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Asana

AUGUST 11, 2022

While my home setting was more peaceful, I felt the opposite about my job, which I was also doing at home. Once I found I could use her tidying up and decluttering thought processes for my job duties, I became much happier at work and with the code I was writing. Work was a different story, though. Work was annexing my life.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 12, 2023

But if they're not the right culture fit, they might not be the right choice for your organization. But how do you determine the right culture fits among your employees or new hires? What makes a person a cultural fit for your organization? Culture Fit refers to the alignment of employees with your organizational culture.

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JULY 22, 2022

What you talk about, and the one on one meeting questions you ask, make all the difference in the performance of your team. There are a variety of topics you can cover in your one on one meetings. If you find this post and others on the Lighthouse blog helpful, please go here and upvote Jason Evanish's answer.]. Let's dive in.

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AIHR

MARCH 6, 2023

In a blog post , Google’s global head of reporting and insights, Shannon Shaper, outlined how the organization shifted to a more streamlined approach, reducing the average time to hire by two weeks and creating a process that was highly beneficial for the company and its prospective employees.

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JULY 8, 2022

We previously wrote a post looking at how a positive outlook can make a huge difference in your daily happiness and how you lead. The Result: Your team member will learn making suggestions isn't worth the effort. Much will go unsaid, good ideas will lay dormant, and your team is likely to complain about you behind your back.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 11, 2019

Imagine this, you are a highly talented and experienced professional and you know your worth. So, what would be your first step while searching for a new job? In fact, 86% of job seekers would not prefer to work for a company with bad reviews, irrespective of the paycheck. Doesn’t it make sense?

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Asana

JULY 7, 2022

When you’re driving change to your stakeholders —be it the executive team, your employees, the board, or even the customers —the situation comes with its own gravitational force. “You have every opportunity to lose trust and to see it erode. “You have every opportunity to lose trust and to see it erode.

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Walk Me

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It also helps ensure your enterprise’s survival in an age where HR focusing on employee retention and quality talent is vital to business resilience. Let’s go into more detail about why business succession is important to help you understand why it may benefit your organization.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 17, 2023

This creates an environment where job satisfaction and employee motivation are improved. Read more: Why Transparency In The Workplace Can Help Your Business Grow Faster decision-making and greater agility: Holacracy is designed to be flexible and adaptable. They don't have to get approval from superior staff.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 26, 2019

High IQ can get you your dream job, but to sustain, grow and evolve, you have to have a strong hold on your Emotional Intelligence. This blog is for the business leaders, managers and employees to understand and utilize emotional intelligence in the workplace and help them in their professional development. Yes, we do.

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you wondering how to prank your colleague at work? David Abramis has studied “fun at work” for years, and according to him- “employees who have fun on the job are more creative, more productive, better decision-makers and get along better with co-workers. How and When to prank your colleagues in the office-. Work must go on.

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Zenefits

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Internal equity Internal equity means you provide the same level of compensation to all employees who fill comparable positions or use similar skill sets to perform the same jobs or similar ones. Employees’ perceived equity The way your team perceives equity is vital. We invite you to visit our Workest blog for more helpful reading.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this blog, we'll explore more such advantages of clan culture. Key Takeaways A Brief Introduction to Clan Culture Characteristics of Clan Culture SWOT Analysis Ways to Implement Clan Culture in your Organization The Future of Clan Culture in Organizational Development What Is Clan Culture? STRENGTHS 1.

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Recruiter made ominous comments about my current job (#2 at the link; first update ). ” He swore he reached out and set up that phone interview for me, and THEN found out the news about my job, which is why he was strongly encouraging me to jump ship. I loved my old job, but this change ended up working out really well for me.

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