Purim: A dark story, a crazy party, and a call to leadership
Purim forces us to reflect on leadership — what it means to be thrust forward when that wasn’t your plan. Read More
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How to Become More Adaptable in Challenging Situations
In unfamiliar, high-stakes situations, we’re hard-wired to default to the mechanisms that we’ve relied on the past. However, new situations often can’t be met with old solutions. This is the adaptability paradox: When we most need to learn, change, and adapt, we are most likely to reac…
5 Essential Soft Skills to Develop in Any Job
If you’ve been laid off, you might find yourself working in a job outside your industry — for example, in transportation, health care, social assistance, accommodation, food service, etc. — to support yourself and your family. Even if that job’s responsibilities seem far afield from …
How to Onboard Your New Boss
Many companies still give too little time and focus to helping new leaders succeed. If you have a new manager coming soon, the best way to offer your support is to guide them up the learning curve. In this piece, the authors offer practical recommendations for how to help your new manager le…
Coaching Your Team as a Collective Makes It Stronger
Until recently, coaching was considered primarily a one-on-one practice. But no matter how effective employees are on their own, they can only contribute to the real power of the collective if their managers provide them with coaching as a group. In this practice, which the authors call team…