BetterUp

JUNE 8, 2022

How to make friends as an adult. 6 activities to meet potential friends as an adult. Making friends as a parent. Jump to section. The importance of friendships in adulthood. 6 ways to maintain friendships as an adult.

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Forbes Leadership

DECEMBER 19, 2022

There are dozens of very specific ways to make holidays more accessible and inclusive. Planning for holidays that are accessible and welcoming for people with disabilities isn’t a “special” effort, or a niche concern. Here are three basic steps to get you started.

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Forbes Leadership

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Social isolation and loneliness have become wide-spread and a majority of people say they are actively looking for more friends—and in particular—close friends. Work tends to be a place to develop meaningful friendships.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 17, 2020

In the video below, I’m addressing five simple concerns that, once you address them, will help you make your webcam your friend – […]. The post Make the Webcam Your Friend – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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BetterUp

AUGUST 1, 2022

Learning to negotiate is a valuable life-long skill. From buying a car or renting a home, to hashing out the terms of a new job, there are plenty of opportunities to negotiate.

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Forbes Leadership

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From your organization’s website and emails to landing and donation pages, turning your nonprofit into a mobile-friendly one requires focusing on all aspects of your organization’s work.

Nonprofit 71

Nonprofit 71

Forbes Leadership

MAY 24, 2023

Pride Month shouldn’t be the only time your company includes queer voices.

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Forbes Leadership

JANUARY 31, 2023

You will likely blow out more birthday candles than your parents ever did.

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BetterUp

MAY 13, 2022

How to make people like you. 5 ways to make people like you. Can you make people like you if you’re shy? 5 extra tips to make people like you at work. Jump to section. Why is human connection so important? Moving forward: be yourself.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Change is hard because we make it hard. Change your life by rejecting things that make change hard. Impatience makes change frustrating. Change your friends. Change your words. Change your life. Change a routine. Change your life. Change your life.

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Leadership Development 114

BetterUp

JUNE 15, 2022

Jump to section. What are social goals? Why are social goals important? How to create social goals. Social goals examples. Extra tips to boost your social skills. Moving forward.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Should you hire a friend? If you do, what needs to be in place to make it work. Here are 7 issues to explore before you hire a friend.

Leadership Development 105

Leadership Development 105

Alison Green

APRIL 29, 2024

The first four had no messages, but the fifth one had a message from a (supposed) elderly woman I didn’t know stating that she and her husband wanted to make a gift of $7 million. We couldn’t quite make out the name given and a search of the phone number didn’t do much. Be careful who you’re friends with? Your intern.

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Nonprofit Manager 85

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Promoting your own accomplishments can feel uncomfortable, and poses a dilemma: It can make you appear more confident and capable, but can also make you seem less warm, less friendly, and more selfish. On the other hand, self-deprecation or deflecting credit, may make you seem approachable but it diminishes your competency.

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Manager 139

Alison Green

APRIL 9, 2024

Dani is on a PIP for performance issues but has been making an effort to improve. Last week, Sarah had apparently had enough and fired off an email to a friend at work listing all of Dani’s shortcomings. She intended to vent to a friend but she sent the email to Dani. I answer this question — and two others — over at Inc.

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Manager 92

Alison Green

APRIL 15, 2024

So I chose to promote Beth, who has better soft skills and an excellent relationship with Jane (they’re good friends outside work). General consensus seems to be that I used Annie to cover the position without a promotion and screwed her over by promoting Beth instead because Beth is Jane’s friend.

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Energy Manager 110

Peter Winick

MARCH 23, 2023

Look up, show up, step up, the three keys to being a friend at work. Statistics have shown that productivity and results go up when you work with friends. If you feel you don’t have a friend at work, ask yourself the question, “Am I being a friend to others?”

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Alison Green

MARCH 4, 2024

While I know somebody has to do them and they’re wrapped up in part of my job description, it makes me feel like I’ll forever be viewed as “early career” even though I’m definitely not anymore. Can I ask why the friend I recommended wasn’t hired? I work in software development for a financial company, and my friend works in finance.

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Manager Nonprofit Benefits Government 84

Alison Green

APRIL 25, 2024

A reader writes: I have a friend, Jane, who I used to be close to, but in the past few years she’s been very hot and cold, going through periods of being almost clingy and then turning on a dime to become unresponsive or even kind of annoyed that I’m talking to her. You’re just … less engaged with the friendship.

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Manager 89

Leadership Freak

JULY 9, 2019

The idea of leaving the past behind is an offense to who you are. And the hope of recreating the past is an offense to who you might become. Penobscot Bay, Maine Nostalgia:… Continue reading →

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BetterUp

JUNE 21, 2022

If spending hours seeing colleagues’ faces over video isn’t making up for the feeling you used to get after a good day in the office, you’re not alone. A lack of camaraderie is impacting us in all kinds of ways, and that goes for those of us who don’t care to “make friends” at work at all, too. Companies look for it.

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Energy Onboarding Manager Benefits 143

Alison Green

MARCH 11, 2024

A reader writes: I have two friends, Drake and Josh, who I know from a retail job I had years ago. A lot of the above behavior is encouraged by Jean, a friend of Drake and Josh who works in another department at Company A. This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. But others don’t.

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Alison Green

APRIL 28, 2024

I became my friend’s manager and she’s pushing me for “girls’ weekends” I am a new supervisor to a team of 10 employees. I have worked at this agency for 7 years and have also worked alongside a coworker who became a good friend of mine during that time. Related: I’m becoming my friend’s boss — do things have to change?

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Manager Metrics Accounts 93

Michael McKinney

MAY 1, 2024

In his trademark communication style, Maxwell teaches the principles and practices of high-road leadership that can increase anyone’s influence and help them make their world a better place. Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, your boss's boss, and so on.

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Accounts Manager 70

Get Lighthouse

JANUARY 12, 2024

Remember their friends Formal Email Template to Announce an Employee's Departure Informal Email Template to Announce that Your Employee is Leaving Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Announcing Employee Departures When you learn that an employee is going to be leaving, you may be tempted to try to keep it quiet. But waiting will often backfire on you.

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Manager Retention Revenue Metrics 124

Scott Elbin

APRIL 4, 2024

I started doing yoga in late 2010 because a knowledgeable friend of the family encouraged me to take it up to help manage the multiple sclerosis I had been diagnosed with in 2009. Our friend was right. I was making progress every class; I just couldn’t see it. It turns out that all those attempts weren’t futile at all.

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Organizational Change Scaling Manager 78

AIHR

OCTOBER 1, 2023

As such, mobile recruiting makes sense for reaching candidates who spend much of their time on their phones. billion by 2028 , making the need for an optimized mobile recruiting experience ever-present. This reduces delays in decision-making and speeds up the overall hiring process. This includes applying for jobs.

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Recruitment Metrics Advertising User Experience 101

Alison Green

MAY 1, 2024

I often spend Saturday-Tuesday visiting friends or family, and the freedom to do so is one of the reasons I changed jobs at all. I’m not slacking off during the day to hang out with my friends — but it’s nice to have two more evenings with whoever I’m seeing and not have super rushed weekend visits.

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Travel Hospitality Sales Sales 91

Alison Green

APRIL 7, 2024

Also, I don’t usually wear heels or make up to work or do my hair, but today when she made the comment I was wearing make up. It makes sense that they treated the meeting more as an interview than a meet and greet; most people in their shoes would want to assess the person in your position before they start working with you.

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Manager Operations 85

Alison Green

APRIL 10, 2024

They’re can propose anything they want — they can ask you to find coverage for the entire next year if they want to — but they have no way to make you comply. I suspect what you’re worried about is less “can they make me do this?” Not knowing this role reported to me, a close friend of mine applied for it.

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Manager Advertising 91

Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Success can take the form of launching a speaking career, generating leads, or purely having a book that makes you the authority in your field. But of course, we all need to make a living. And that makes them the go to person, and that’s what the book accomplishes for them. Peter Winick You could make goals.

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Marketing Sales Sales Energy 289

Nir Eyal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Still, you spent all day on the computer, even leaving your partner to handle dinnertime alone and canceling pickleball with friends. The post 6 Habits That Are Secretly Making You Miserable appeared first on Nir and Far. And for what?

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Alison Green

APRIL 11, 2024

They then left without ordering anything, which makes me think they dropped in just to see us. I also asked a friend who knows Q and used to be in the group, but has now moved, for their more objective input. I said I would send a message, and gave it due consideration.

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Manager 92

Alison Green

APRIL 16, 2024

My friend refused, of course, because, truly evil person. Why do they think that making such an offer only after the employee gives notice will work? But definitely any good manager who finds themselves wanting to make a counter-offer should be reflecting on whether they missed opportunities to retain that person earlier on.

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Manager 102

BetterUp

MAY 31, 2022

3 common obstacles to making friends and how to overcome them. Jump to section. Why is friendship important? 10 benefits of friendship. Social media and friendship. 5 tips to strengthen your friendships. How to know when it's time to let a friendship go.

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Media Benefits 116

Forbes Leadership

MARCH 23, 2023

Those with both signal trust and credibility and make people see them as friendly, smart, and collaborative. A groundbreaking study from Princeton University found highly charismatic people demonstrate a unique blend of two key traits: warmth and competence.

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SHRM Organizational Development

JUNE 29, 2022

The SHRM22 conference ended with a grand gala last week; after nearly three years, seeing people live, touch and hug friends was heartening. Conferences are the best opportunity to learn, unlearn, re-connect with old and make new connections.

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