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6 ways to support the work-life integrators and segmentors on your team

When your team has different approaches to work-life balance, you’ll need a few tricks up your sleeve that satisfy both groups.

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Your team craves meaningful work: here are 6 ways to make it happen

For 23 years, Fred Vautour worked the graveyard shift as a janitor at Boston College. Ask him why he initially accepted a role there, and he’ll tell you he simply wanted a job with benefits. But ask him why he stayed more than two decades later, and the answer is very different: He did it for his kids.

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Do you know what motivates each of your employees? It’s probably 1 of these 4 things

As a manager, you’re tasked with this major responsibility: Making sure that your team achieves its goals. And in order to do that? You need motivated employees.If you’re lucky, it might feel like your team is self-driven and inherently eager to get the job done. They don’t need your nudges or encouragement—they do what they’re supposed to do. 

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4 non-traditional workplace practices for leaders to consider adopting

Several decades ago, most workplaces operated in a similar way. Employees were clocked in and at their desks during standard working hours. There was a hierarchical structure, a bureaucratic atmosphere, and likely plenty of cubicles.

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How to help your team recover after a setback

Here’s the bounce-back formula every manager needs in their playbook.

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Three steps to manage, motivate, and support an underperforming employee

Leadership feels like a piece of cake when your team is running like a well-oiled machine. Everybody knows what’s expected of them and is knocking their work out of the park with little direction or intervention from you.

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Do your team a favor and start delegating more

Managers: sharing the load is good for productivity and morale. Here’s why.

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How to create a realistic and enjoyable career path for your team members

As a leader, you want to support your team members’ career growth.

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How to work with all the Myers-Briggs personality types

We got experts to weigh in on how classic personality traits translate to remote work.

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Discover the 7 core leadership styles (and take our quiz to find yours)

Refine your approach to leadership by building self-awareness of your default habits, techniques, and behaviors.

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How to improve manager onboarding for incoming leaders

Employee onboarding is not one-size-fits-all. And if you’re onboarding managers like the employees they are leading, you are doing them a disservice.

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Exploring different leadership models and discovering the one that best suits you

When it comes to leadership, there is no one-size-fits-all solution; what works for one manager might fall flat for another—and vice versa. While one leader may drive results by being highly involved in the day-to-day workings of their team and providing hands-on support, another manager might get better results through a “lead by example” approach, modeling the behavior they expect on their team—and giving their employees the time and space to follow their lead.

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How 6 seasoned managers tackle the biggest challenges of teamwork

Detect, resolve, and prevent common problems that can derail your team