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Don't underestimate the power of regular one-on-ones with employees, a pair of CEOs remind leaders.

As the pandemic continues and many people work hybrid schedules, people analytics researchers at Microsoft realized they needed to move from measuring employee engagement to measuring employee thriving. Defined as “to be energized and empowered to do meaningful work,” the authors explain how their mindset shifted around this topic, what they’ve discovered among their employees, and what your organization can learn from their research.

A career coach shares strategies that will actually help you avoid perfectionism, trust your gut, and make effective decisions.

An emperor, scientist, NFL coach, and World War II hero on great leadership.

The "sh*t sandwich" approach to negative feedback doesn’t work. This does.

A contemplation on this posture of humility: a gesture of power, not weakness, that keeps us open to fresh perspectives

He knew he had overreacted. Worse, his team knew it.

After the collective trauma of the pandemic, take a pause to regroup instead of diving immediately back into work. Psychotherapist Esther Perel offers a framework for resetting your company culture.

An ending as terrible as it was predictable engulfs the president and the country.

While anyone who survives a company layoff may feel some relief, it's immediately overridden by an unsettling tangle of other feelings.

He’s not rising to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. He’s shriveling into nothingness.

What do you do when your team has been handed more work, but you don’t have the staff to do it all? With the Great Resignation and a struggling economy, more and more team leaders are facing this question. They need to do more, with less. Fortunately, there are ways to get the most important items done and stay sane in the process."

You'll find yourself feeling lighter, more efficient, and less stressed.

Employee mental well-being is a survival imperative for businesses and for humankind.

The Great Resignation is just a symptom of a greater awakening: Leadership must change.

A simple one-question evaluation can tell you if you have this all-important quality for leadership success.

Women face unique challenges. Your company’s policies should address them.

Some companies find bonding outside the tasks of a typical workday is more important than ever if that workday remains remote.

Employees thrive when managers take a data-based approach to performance optimization.

It’s a critical way to retain talent and upskill your workforce.

Oddly enough, the difference lies in what the manager does--not the employee.

Although paradoxes often trip us up, embracing contradictory ideas may actually be the secret to creativity and leadership.

Much of the management literature tends to overly concentrate on newer topics like technological advances in the workplace and grossly underplays the human element.