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The surprising key to improving your performance appraisal process

The performance appraisal process is a painful one for HR, Managers, and Employees alike. 1 on 1s can improve your performance appraisals and boost morale.

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3 Ways How Practicing Mindfulness Make You a Better Manager

Mindfulness helps you develop basic emotional intelligence skills that are critical to being a great manager such as self-regulation, self-awareness, and relationship management skills. How can one simple skill have such a big impact on your ability to lead and manage others? Learn more.

5 Powerful Ways to Reframe Your Thinking as a Leader

Could changing how you view a problem help you solve it? Can you reframe your thinking and get better results? It may surprise you, but

Your First Mentorship Meeting: A Guide for Mentors & Mentees

“I wonder what they’ll be like?” “I hope they don’t waste my time.” “I hope they can answer my questions.” “What if they don’t like

20 Essential Questions to Ask Your New Boss to Set You Up for Success

Congratulations! You landed a new job. It’s always exciting on your first day. All that hope and excitement. There are endless possibilities and every reason

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How to Use Stephen Covey’s Emotional Bank Account: A Manager’s Guide

Managing people can be hard. Especially if no one showed you how to do it well. As a manager, you're tasked with guiding, motivating, and

How to Announce Employee Departures To Your Team

Employee departures are an inevitable part of any business. As your company grows and evolves, your needs change, and so do your employees. It’s natural

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How to Become a Senior Leader who is an Amazing Manager of Managers

There’s a lot to learn about how to be a great senior leader. But first, you need to get the job. Learn how to get a senior leader job with our 5 tips.

Your Favorite Lighthouse Posts of 2023

As another year comes to an end, it’s time to pause and reflect on your work and accomplishments. While you make your own reflections, we

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How to Improve Your Employee Onboarding Process to Engage Your Hires & Prevent Turnover

Your onboarding process is key to making new hires successful. We share 4 ways managers can have an engaging, motivating onboarding process that prevents turnover and other problems.

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Good Leader vs. Bad Leader: 6 Key Leadership Scenarios

What's the difference between a good leader vs. bad leader? We look at 5 common leadership scenarios to show how you can handle things more like the good leader, and avoid the mistakes of bad leaders.

How to Ask for Feedback from Your Manager

Do you ever feel like you're working hard, but not getting enough feedback from your manager to know if you're on the right track? You’re

How to Calculate Your Employee Retention Rate

Do you know your employee retention rate? If not, it's time for you to learn how to calculate this critical metric. Ignoring retention issues can

How to Respond to an Employee Resignation the Right Way

“What’s up?” You ask, somewhat concerned with what may come next. <Your team member takes a deep breath…>“I’ve accepted an offer at another company. I

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How you can get more feedback from your team

Do you want more feedback from your team? Do you wonder what they think and how you could improve? We share 5 key tactics get more feedback from your team.

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Servant Leadership: Everything You Need to Know

What defines great leadership? What makes you a great leader vs. a poor one? It’s all about the actions you take, and your mindset. While

The Complete Guide to Dealing with Toxic Positivity in the Workplace

Do you ever feel like you can't be honest at work? Like you have to put on a smile and pretend everything is fine, even

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Why You Should Promote from Within & How You Can Do It Well

Promote from within as your company grows, and you'll experience many benefits we discuss in this post. Learn why you should promote from within here.

Your Employee Asked for a Raise: How to Respond to a Salary Increase Request

When your employees ask for a raise, many ideas can run through your head. We share how to respond when they ask for a raise in ways better than money.

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The Crucial Difference a Best Friend at Work Can Make for You & Your Team

Having a best friend at work (aka- work bff) is a great way to enjoy work more. We share why this is the case and how you can help more of your team have work bffs, too.

Introverted Leadership: How to Thrive as a Leader Even If You're an Introvert

Introverted leadership may seem contradictory to some, but it's a successful way to lead. In our article, we share 5 key approaches you can use to practice awesome introverted leadership with your team.

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66 Skip Level Meeting Questions to Improve Your Managers and Engage Your Employees

Skip level meetings are a key tool in the senior leader's toolbox. Grab these 55 skip level meeting questions to ask in 1 on 1s with your managers.

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