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Learning to pause when things go sideways: a guide for tense conversations in teams

Suzi McAlpine

Most teams know when a conversation in the group may be heading into difficult territory, coming unstuck or going skewwhiff. Interpersonal tension might be rising. Someone’s body language or facial expression shows they’re frustrated. The person who’s usually vocal goes quiet. Or perhaps you all start talking over each other. You’ve become oppositional and people… The post Learning to pause when things go sideways: a guide for tense conversations in teams first appeared on Suzi McAlpine |

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What is Quiet Hiring and 10 Ways to Handle It

Vantage Circle

Picture a workplace where the talent you need is already at your fingertips. No need to scour resumes or sit through endless interviews; you can find your next star employee by simply looking around. That's the beauty of quiet hiring - promoting from within the organization instead of hiring from outside. By tapping into the existing talent pool , employers can nurture and grow their employees' skills, build loyalty and engagement, and foster a strong sense of community within the work

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Want The Best From Your Employees? Listen To Them

Forbes Leadership

Employee engagement is not just a "feel good" data point. It is closely linked to many important business metrics. And it requires focused effort from both managers and employees.

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Boards Are Having the Wrong Conversations About Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

A survey of 600 directors suggests that growing awareness of cyber risk isn’t enough to drive better preparedness.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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7 Soft Skills You Should Master To Advance Your Career

Forbes Leadership

Soft skills are key to getting hired and promoted, and in today's hybrid work world, some soft skills are more important than others.

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20 Unexpected Firsts that Make Average Leaders Remarkable

Leadership Freak

Being first isn’t always good, sometimes it’s necessary. When you see remarkable leaders you know they did something first. Sometimes it’s crafting plans. Other times it’s trying something new. Some firsts are unexpected.

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Power Poses: 6 Examples to Unleash Your Inner Confidence

BetterUp

Jump to section What are power poses, and how do they affect perception? The origins of the power posing theory Do power poses work?

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Steven Spielberg And John Williams: The Art And Magic Of Collaboration

Forbes Leadership

Collaboration is rooted in trust; when you work closely together for decades, trust becomes the bond that holds the relationship together and brings stories to life in ways that entertain, charm, and enlighten.

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How to Answer “What Are Your Strengths and Weaknesses?”

Harvard Business Review

Advice and examples to help you craft an authentic answer to this common interview question.

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Is Workday Drama Impacting Your Focus? Here’s How To Spot Drama Addiction And What To Do About It

Forbes Leadership

Is there a drama addict in your work environment making it hard for you to focus? Mental health experts share their tips for spotting the pattern and protecting your energy.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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What is Strategic Planning Facilitation? (& How it Will Help You Have a Great Strategy Meeting)

SME Strategy

Are you preparing for an upcoming strategy meeting? Discover the benefits of strategic planning facilitation in our comprehensive guide. Whether you're organizing a virtual or in-person meeting and whether you prefer a DIY approach or professional assistance, we've got you covered. If you're seeking a facilitator with a proven process, we invite you to explore our services.

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If You Have Difficulty Meditating, Enjoy Instant Success After Reading This

Forbes Leadership

Meditating at work is not as difficult as we make it. Learn how you can meditate at your workstation in sixty seconds, without trying too hard and reset the rest of your workday for calm, clarity and connection with others.

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Disruption Isn’t the Only Path to Innovation

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with INSEAD professor Renée Mauborgne on nondestructive creation.

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Ex Tesla CTO Jay Vijayan Builds Tekion To Improve Car Buying Experience

Forbes Leadership

Jay Vijayan is the former CTO at Tesla and founder of Tekion, the first end-to-end, cloud native automotive platform creating a more seamless car-buying experience for dealers and customers.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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What Makes Apache Kafka Suitable for Agile Development

CMCrossroads

The Agile Manifesto establishes 12 principles for Agile software development. Most software that has a dependency on another software inherits its Agile features—and in this article, we will explore what makes Apache Kafka suitable for Agile software development.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Causing Disruption And Job Losses At IBM And Chegg

Forbes Leadership

We are seeing the effects of disruptive technology. Chegg, an educational company, and IBM have both announced that AI will cause a change within their respective organizations.

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Law Brief: Social Media’s Turn To Surrender

Chief Executive

One of the verities of American society is that success breeds contempt—and regulation. More than 30 years ago, Sen. Alfonse D’Amato stood before Congress and issued an urgent call to regulate a new, fast-spreading type of technology that threatened a vital industry. “Are we to wait until the American music industry is destroyed or until our local record stores and radio broadcasters are driven from the marketplace, before we act to manage this monumental change?

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Women's History Month Just Ended: 5 Ways Men In Leadership Can Support Women Now

Forbes Leadership

There are several high-impact actions men in leadership can take to significantly advance gender equality in the workplace and support women in advancing and thriving in leadership roles.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Breaking Records and Honoring Achievements

Rhythm Systems Growth

Rhythm Systems’ Inaugural C lient Awards at the Breakthrough Conference! On April 26, we hosted the first Rhythm Systems Breakthrough Client Awards at the Breakthrough Conference in Charlotte, NC, and honored some of our most outstanding clients. We have had the privilege of working with a wide range of companies across various industries. Our clients are the driving force behind everything we do, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate their successes and achievements.

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Home & Texture House Tours: Showcasing Black Millennial Homeowners

Forbes Leadership

One Home & Texture House Tour guest shares how she is transforming minds as a principal and, with her love of decorating, is creating spaces for clients' passions to come to life. Home & Texture is one of the first lifestyle brands to celebrate stories of Black and multicultural millennial homes.

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What Is Parental Leave?

Zenefits

A keen understanding of workplace benefits can help both employers and employees. By knowing what’s available and how to access it, people can make the best decisions for themselves and their workplaces. For many employees, decision-making also factors in growing families. Therefore, they must consider the value and availability of parental leave.

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Artis Stevens, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America: The Changemaker Interview

Forbes Leadership

Two years ago Artis Stevens made headlines when appointed as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's first Black CEO. But Stevens was no overnight success; he brought 25 years of leadership in the positive youth development sector for organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 4-H.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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The Benefits of Parental Leave to Employees and Families

Zenefits

Many people in the labor force will become parents in the coming years. Of non-parents age 18-49 surveyed in 2021, 55% reported being “very” or “somewhat” likely to have children someday.¹ Giving birth or welcoming a new child is one of the most monumental experiences in a person’s life. And it can be exciting, scary, wonderful, and overwhelming all at once.

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GitLab Foundation’s First Grant To Illuminate Credential Quality And Outcomes

Forbes Leadership

GitLab Foundation, a new philanthropic foundation is placing a big bet on demystifying non-degree credential quality and outcomes. Its first grant will allow Jobs For the Future (JFF) and Burning Glass Institute to partner to build a new version of the Education Quality Outcome Standards (EQOS).

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Real-life Servant Leadership Examples for 2023

Walk Me

You’re probably here because you want some practical knowledge about servant leadership. We’re going to assume that you already know what a servant leader is and what the benefits of servant leadership are. You already know Richard Greenleaf’s writings on servant leadership from the 1970s. Are you struggling to find practical guidance for servant leadership examples?

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Corporate Ladder Or Corporate Lattice: Rethinking Career Growth And Development

Forbes Leadership

As new forces shape workplaces and new generations enter the workforce, companies hoping to recruit and retain top talent must continue to adjust their career development strategies accordingly.

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How Midsize Companies Can Drive Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Leaders need to focus on five key areas.

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15 Leadership Tips To Boost Both Work-Life Balance And Accountability For Teams

Forbes Leadership

There are ways to both support employees’ overall health and wellness inside and outside of work while still driving high expectations of accountability for meeting individual, departmental and organizational goals.

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How to Improve Your Memory: Unlock Your Potential

BetterUp

Jump to section What causes memory loss?

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Employers Can Benefit By Taking Maternal Mental Health Seriously, Research Shows

Forbes Leadership

The connection between maternal mental health and employers is clear, but amidst our national mental health crisis, it’s become critical.

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Are You Ready to Move from Strategy to Action?

LSA Global

Ready to Move from Strategy to Action? After a successful strategy retreat , smart leaders ensure that everyone is ready to fully accept and act upon the key strategic priorities in a way that makes sense to the people and the business. That means meeting people where they are and navigating people’s willingness and motivation levels to think, behave, and act differently.

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Choosing the Right College Can Be Life-Changing

Forbes Leadership

Outside of buying a house (and in some cases choosing a partner), choosing the right college is one of the most impactful financial decisions a person can make.