Category Self Improvement

Do you have career blues?

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by ELENA VERNA for Elena's Growth Scoop Every 2 years on the job, like clockwork, something happens in my brain: All of a sudden I’d start to get antsy. You probably know what I mean. That phase where your current job turns into yesterday's leftovers, and new opportunities look like a five-star dinner. And the recruiting pitches never help. Constantly painting an enchanting picture of a bustling 'hyper-growth' company with a stellar culture where you’re apparently "the chosen one" the hiring manager has been dreaming about (or some other bullshit narrative). Consequently, you start nitpicking at your current role—those pointless…

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The Biggest Changes in Collaboration Over the Last Decade and What to Expect in the Decade Ahead

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By Ajay Kaul for HR Daily Advisor There is no denying the workspaces we once knew underwent profound transformations over the last several years. From physical space revolutions to digital solutions and remote working frontiers and beyond, each dramatic advance has one cornerstone in common: collaboration.  Cutting-edge technology enabled individuals and teams to work from nearly anywhere using an endless array of powerful tools to support ever-flexible adaptability, connectivity, and innovation. Collaboration has reshaped in ways we once thought unimaginable – and will continue down a path that promises to be even more dynamic and transformative, with challenges and opportunities…

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Can a Single Question Unlock Behavioral Change on Your Sales Team?

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BY GEORGE BRONTÉN for Membrain I’ve been reading Sharon-Drew Morgen’s latest book, HOW? Generating new neural pathways for learning, behavior change, and decision making, and I’m fascinated by her contention that the right questions can unlock behavioral change that can otherwise be unattainable. In sales, we focus a lot on changing the behaviors that inhibit sales effectiveness. We talk about coaching and supporting the right behaviors on our teams. Yet even when we get all of that “right,” salespeople have a habit of “rubber banding” back to old behaviors, or simply avoiding correct ones, even when they know what to do, how to do it, and…

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How to build a killer sales pitch

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by APRIL DUNFORD for Lenny's Newsletter I suck at selling. I bet you do too. But that’s no excuse. We saw in last week’s post how important founder-led sales is in the early days of a startup, and as we’ll see in next week’s post, it only gets more important as you grow. Thus, I’m always on the lookout for actionable advice on how to get better at sales. When I heard that April Dunford (frequent collaborator, and author of the amazing bestseller Obviously Awesome) was working on a new book about sales, I knew it would be outstanding (it is). I convinced her to write…

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The Future of AI in Corporate eLearning

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By Robert Porter for HR Daily Advisor Since the dawn of 2023, AI has become the dominant topic of discussion in business, technology, medicine, education, engineering, design, the arts, and public policy—nearly everywhere. Corporate eLearning is no exception, with generative AI tools already available that can aid instructional designers and architects of eLearning platforms. Much of the focus this year has been on Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude. These tools allow anyone to generate text with a prompt. Even during the early availability of ChatGPT, these capabilities were demonstrated for tasks, including generating scenarios for training…

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Want to be a Great Leader? Be an Influencer, Not Just a Doer

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By Gary Beckstrand for HR Daily Advisor Today’s leaders typically ascended to their roles after demonstrating their ability to do the work and deliver results. But upon rising to a supervisory position, too many leaders fail to make a shift that’s increasingly critical in the modern workplace. They haven’t evolved from doers into influencers. Traditional, top-down leadership is no longer viable given the pace and scale of change in consumer demands, employee expectations, market conditions, and emerging technologies. In the traditional “doer” model, leaders see themselves as the experts. They control work by directing rather than coaching. They often put their…

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4 Ways to Make Work More Meaningful

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by John Coleman for Harvard Business Review Curiosity is critical to professional success. A curious mind will spot and solve problems, while being unafraid to try something new. It will seek out the insights of others, and open itself to expanded thinking. A curious person will never succumb to apathy, instead pushing consistently for growth, innovation, and improvement. Anyone seeking to build a successful career must embrace curiosity.  But curiosity isn’t just essential to professional advancement — it’s central to crafting purpose and meaning at work. We all want to feel that our work is meaningful, and we all have an opportunity to make it so. But…

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Move faster, v2

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by The B2B Growth Newsletter Hi all — Last week, I wrote the post “Move Faster.” The post’s thesis: To move faster, you need to sequentially prioritize. (AKA: focus on your #1 most important thing at a time.) Get your #1 thing done as quickly as possible, then move to the next thing. Don’t approach productivity as “crush as many tasks as possible.” I got a lot of replies. One question stood out: “This is super interesting, but how do I operationalize this when I have a million things to do?” Why you don’t hyperfocus Let’s invert. Three failure modes: You don’t know…

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When Your Employee Isn’t Reaching Their Full Potential

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by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Dorie Clark for Harvard Business Review You’ve seen flashes of real competence — maybe even occasional brilliance — in your employee. So why are they failing to live up to that potential? As a leader who cares about cultivating your employees’ skills, abilities, and professional growth trajectory, it can be enormously frustrating to feel that they’re not taking the initiative to do more with their talents. At times, you may even wonder if it’s a question of knowledge or willpower: Do they not understand what’s necessary to perform at their best? Or are they just unmotivated? Obviously,…

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In Praise of Memorization

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by Pearl Leff I once worked at a small company of insanely productive engineers. They were geniuses by any account. They knew the software stack from top to bottom, from hardware to operating systems to Javascript, and could pull together in days what would take teams at other companies months to years. Between them they were more productive than any division I've ever been in, including FAANG tech companies. In fact, they had written the top-of-the-line specialized compiler in their industry — as a side project. (Their customers believed that they had buildings of engineers laboring on their product, while in reality…

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