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Most tough conversations at work tend to revolve around performance or business strategy issues. While these discussions are certainly never fun, some people handle them better than others.…

Employees around the world are reporting that big organizational changes are affecting their jobs. From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory…

I manage employees who start with a three-month probationary period. I have a current probationary employee who has not taken direction well, has acted defensively,…

After nearly 25 years working in corporate America (most of them as a leader myself), there’s one single competence I’d elevate above all the rest when…

I’ve read a lot of articles about what a waste of time meetings are. Gary Vaynerchuk suggests we cut our meetings in half. Dan Kim calls recurring meetings “soul…

Once upon a time, most people began successful careers by developing expertise in a technical, functional, or professional domain. Doing your job well meant having…

Cheerful and helpful workers are beloved by their bosses, and just about everyone else, really. Enthusiastic optimists make for great colleagues, rarely cause problems, and…