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Not Everyone Wants to Talk About Their Emotions at Work

Originally posted in Inc. Magazine.

Mental health challenges in the workplace are getting worse, not better. Employees' mental well-being took a dramatic dip during the Covid pandemic and is still at...

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How HR can encourage employees of color to bring their full selves to work

Contributed to an article by Mikaela Cohen of HR Brew.

Imagine wearing a mask every day at work. Uncomfortable, right?

Studies suggest that many people of color mask their true selves at work. I...

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How to Create a Presentation in Less Than 30 Minutes That Will Wow Your Audience

Originally published in Inc. Magazine and The Muse, a Web destination with exciting job opportunities and expert career advice. 

How can you take the America’s number one fear--public speaking--and m...

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Not Everyone's a Team Player. Here's What to Say to Get Them to Get Them On Board

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

Henry Ford once said, "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Nevertheless, not everyone in a company defin...

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20 Things that Great Presenting Teams Ask Before They Open their Mouth

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

"The whole presentation is an hour, but I am only really 'on' for 10 minutes."

"I only have to know my part. The other guys know the rest of it."

"Which one o...

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5 Situations Where You Need to Avoid Giving Feedback

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

Perhaps your company still engages in traditional annual performance reviews. Or maybe you have ditched the formalities for "just in time" feedback. Or possibly...

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Everyone Hates Hearing "I Told You So." Here's the Perfect 2-Word Response

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." As any seasoned business person knows, making blund...

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The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback (It'll Save Your Career)

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

When it comes to giving and receiving negative feedback, most of us would rather have a root canal. In fact, many of us are so uncomfortable with negative feedb...

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Your Virtual Meetings Are Driving People Nuts. Here Are 3 Ways to Fix Them Now

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

As humorist Dave Barry once remarked, "If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full pot...

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Do These 5 Things to Turn a Stressful Presentation to Your Boss Into An Opportunity

Originally published in Inc. Magazine.

Even under the best of circumstances, it can be intimidating to make a presentation. Public speaking is a major source of anxiety for many professionals, whose ...

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Bringing Back the Erotic Spark in Your Business (No, Not Like That—But Kind of)

Ah, 21 years. That magical moment when you know each other inside and out, when you can finish each other’s sentences—and yet, that very familiarity can dull the spark, the intrigue, the excitement. W...

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