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3 ways managers can support their employees’ growth

6 min read

As a people manager, supporting your employees’ personal and professional growth comes with the job. One COO shares three tips on just how to do that.

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How employees respond to disruptive workplace behavior

3 min read

A recent study showed that employees do very little to address disruptive workplace behavior. The reasons why not may surprise you.

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Austin Fossey

Why you should manage like a statistician

3 min read

When you manage like a statistician, you put data at the center of all you do, and that means better results. This is what it looks like in practice.

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When and how to let someone go

5 min read

Letting go of an employee is a difficult decision to make for any employer—but it’s a decision that has to be made. Here’s when and how to let someone go.

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Identifying and closing skills gaps

4 min read

In a tight job market, finding an employee with all the desired skills can be difficult. Widen your hiring pool. Identify and close skills gaps with these tips.

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4 tips to integrate remote teams

3 min read

Remote work culture is a growing phenomenon. How do you accommodate remote employees and integrate them with an in-house team?

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My manager will not plan a team outing, and our team is stronger because of it!

5 min read

Team outings are commonly used to promote team building. But what happens when a manager doesn’t want to plan an outing? Read this blog to find out.

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Are your employees weighed down by work pressure?

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Work pressure motivates employees to excel and achieve, but hinders performance if it gets too high. Here’s how managers can create a challenging but safe workplace.

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I’m the only remote employee on an in-person team

11 min read

Managing a team that’s both in-person and remote introduces new challenges for teams. Learn how to navigate integrated team dynamics in this blog.

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Patrick Rivers extraordinary customer service at The Predictive Index

Understand your employees from day one.

4 min read

Imagine if you could understand your employees from day one—and even accurately predict how they’ll respond to changes within your team or organization.

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First time manager tips: how to survive the role

6 min read

Congratulations! You’ve earned a manager title. Your role is about to get a whole lot different. Here’s a quick survival guide.

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Reason #3 why good employees quit: team fit

5 min read

There are four forces of employee disengagement and poor team fit is number three on the list. (Previously we’ve covered poor job fit and poor manager fit, which are reasons one and two.) Top organizations are built on high-functioning teams. That’s because a team that’s fully aligned is greater than the sum of its parts; team…

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Snapchat, it’s time for a talent optimization triage.

7 min read

A recent article on Recode explained that in the last 18 months, Snapchat has had massive turnover at the executive level. At least 10 executives who reported directly to CEO Evan Spiegel left the company. High turnover at the top is brutal to a company. It tells the world: “Even these highly-paid people aren’t willing to…

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Self-awareness is a manager’s best friend.

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Victor Lipman is a management trainer and author. His online courses on Udemy include “How to Manage Difficult Employees” and his book is “The Type B Manager.” He has more than 20 years of Fortune 500 management experience. He contributes regularly to Forbes and Psychology Today, and his work has appeared in Harvard Business Review. Today,…

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3 new talent management trends to kick off 2019

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Stacia Sherman Garr is a researcher and thought leader on talent management, leadership, D&I, people analytics, and HR technology. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, and The New York Times. Stacia co-founded RedThread Research in 2018, after leading talent and workforce research for eight years at Bersin by Deloitte. Before Bersin, Stacia spent nearly five…

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