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Follow the latest thought leadership from the authors of The Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All-In. Topics include workplace connection, cultivating belonging, inclusive leadership, employee loneliness, and much more.

What Every Team Needs from a Leader

People want to be taken somewhere. How do I know this? It's the reason people watch movies. They want to be taken somewhere through a story.

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Employee Potential Is Limited When Managers Neglect This

"When in my past was I recognized for a skill or talent?" Over ten years ago, I asked myself that simple question in an attempt to discover my calling in life.

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This Is at Stake When You Check Your Phone (Or Any Device)

High-quality feedback elevates human performance. Here’s proof. A recent paper by psychologist David Scott Yeager...

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How to Retain Top Talent According to a Company with a 97 Percent Retention Rate

Would it be impactful for organizations to attract more talent that resembled the top 10 percent of their best employees? Of course.

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A Proven Way to Productively (And Kindly) Push Employees

High-quality feedback elevates human performance. Here’s proof. A recent paper by psychologist David Scott Yeager...

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Put Down the Device. How to Secure Gen Z’s Full Focus

No one—including Generation Z—wants to be slave to their phone or smart device. Yet, it would appear they need some help as 67 percent of Generation Z say that they experience a high level of stress when their phone is lost, broken, or stops working.

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This Has Been a Top Employee Motivator for over 46 Years

After reviewing four similar studies of employee motivation conducted in 1946, 1980, 1986, and 1992, Carolyn Wiley, the Department Chair for Management, Leadership, & Human Resources at Roosevelt University, uncovered top responses such as “interesting work,” “job security,” “good wages,” and “feeling of being in on things.”

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3 Things Gen Z Employees Should Be Thinking After Their First Day

There are few milestone days in a person’s life. Graduations, weddings, and retirements are a few examples of days that deserve punctuation.

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How to Keep Employees (Especially Gen Z) Using Improved Onboarding

Beginnings matter. And how the next generation of employees begin their career at your company really matters.

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2 Things Causing Gen Z to Be so Different

In the past, generations were defined by a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor which typically spanned 15-20 years. Today, generations are formed by significant events, innovations, or culture shifts during the moldable years of an age cohort.

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