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Why Leaders Need to be Emotionally Intelligent

Why Leaders Need to be Emotionally Intelligent

Experienced professionals with sophisticated technical skills sometimes miss leadership opportunities because they lack emotional intelligence. Emotionally intelligent leaders place relationships, communication, and team accomplishments above individual success and...

Ways to Manage an Employee’s Personal Crisis

Ways to Manage an Employee’s Personal Crisis

While managers have duties and obligations that may vary from time to time, there is one certainty that they will face: a personal crisis in the office. How the manager or boss handles such a situation with an employee is frequently a test of that person's leadership...

Ways to Keep Your Team Connected

Ways to Keep Your Team Connected

As we look at a continued situation in which lockdowns and remote working are the new normal, it becomes more important than ever to keep your team connected. This means keeping them connected to one another as well as strengthening the bond you have with each of...

Avoiding Leadership Burnout

Avoiding Leadership Burnout

Except for those who act to combat it, burnout is something everyone in every line of luck will suffer at one time or another. It's easy to assume leaders don't suffer burnout, but they are susceptible to the condition more often than their own team members may...

How to Help an Employee Facing Burnout

How to Help an Employee Facing Burnout

Burnout is something everyone faces at one time or another. This includes leaders and managers, but, in addition to dealing with their own burnout, they must also find effective ways of helping their employees through similar challenges. These tips can be used to help...

Why Leaders Should Focus on Public Speaking

Why Leaders Should Focus on Public Speaking

Public speaking is a skill that really isn't taught in school. It's also a very common phobia, one that affects approximately 15 million people on a daily basis. And yet, speaking in public is a skill that can greatly benefit leaders of all kinds. Giving a speech in...

Tips for Managing Workplace Conflict Remotely

Tips for Managing Workplace Conflict Remotely

Telecommuting has practically become the norm in the post-COVID world, but while this has arguably made things easier for employers and employees alike, it hasn't completely eliminated workplace conflict. Granted, it has arguably cut down on it since many workers...

Common Fears New Leaders Need to Overcome

Common Fears New Leaders Need to Overcome

Advancing into a leadership position is an exciting opportunity, but it also carries a great deal of responsibility. Most people feel a sense of apprehension upon stepping into a leadership role for the first time, but it's important to keep those fears in...