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How effective time management can boost productivity and help prevent burnout

At its simplest, time management is the process of organizing and planning how you spend your time. It involves setting goals, making a schedule, and sticking to it. Time management is important because it can help you get more done in a day, make better use of your time, and reduce stress. When you manage …

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Why role clarity is important to an organization’s success

Role clarity is important to an organization’s success because it determines how well employees can coordinate their efforts and achieve common goals. When everyone understands their role within the organization, it makes it easier for them to work together and accomplish tasks. Lack of role clarity can lead to confusion and a hostile work environment, …

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Creating a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Creating a psychologically safe work environment is a vital part of any organization’s social responsibility. The psychological safety of your employees can lead to better-performing teams, increased creativity, and improved employee retention rates. It also means that the organization treats its workers fairly, which in turn helps them feel valued and respected. In this post, …

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A Manager’s Guide to Having Tough Conversations In The Workplace

Tough conversations are an inevitable part of managing a team.  Whether you’re addressing an issue with an individual employee or delivering news that affects the whole team, these conversations can be difficult to navigate. The key to having a successful tough conversation is preparation. By taking the time to plan what you want to say …

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Are You Addicted To Work? Discover What it Really Means

 Did you ever find yourself bragging about your workaholic lifestyle and being burned out? How come is it that in our high-performing circles, taking a badge in our burnout level still sounds pretty good? Getting to a sustained burnout is basically admitting your inability to identify and regulate emotions. Or, in Adam Grant’s words, your …

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How managers influence team burnout, for better or for worse.

Let’s give credit where credit is due: your employee might be doing everything in their power to control–or at the very least manage–their burnout, they are making an effort doing their breathing exercises, setting healthy boundaries, the yoga classes, the sleeping apps. But what happens if they have to go back every day to a …

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A glass-half-full philosophy: How can managers use Appreciative Inquiry to improve their 1:1 meetings

Managers know how 1:1 meetings go, they’re a necessary part of leading a team. Yet, their mere existence doesn’t guarantee that those meetings are yielding the best results. The problem can be the context in which they are developed, the questions that are asked, the frequency in which they’re scheduled, or, maybe, the problem is …

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This-meeting-could-have-been-an-email feeling intensifies: a tale of zoom-fatigue and technostress.

Though many people were already in the work-from-home mindset even before COVID19, for others it’s a different ball game. Daily tasks are combined with more and more meetings than ever, and now, thanks to technology, those meetings can be had through video calls. Yet, many times though they can be avoided, they’re somehow not, causing …

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