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How to Assert Your Power in Difficult Situations

Success

Knowingly or unknowingly, you’re asserting your power through the act of helping others. Casciaro says you need a team of people to fulfill those three critical roles. Orchestrators unite a team of agitators and innovators alike, organizing their efforts into one actionable movement. “In Agitators are great spokespeople.

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Members of Your Team Might Be Experiencing Middle Management Syndrome—Here’s How to Fix That

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They spend their days ensuring the team they lead is working at its optimal performance. He says companies have created this stressful situation for middle managers because when most middle managers are promoted, it’s not because they possess the skills necessary to manage or lead a team. However, the manager agreed to an experiment.

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How to Help Your Sales Team Overcome the 4 Most Limiting Mindsets

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Sales managers can best support their sales teams by helping each seller identify the mindsets that are limiting his or her sales performance—and then helping the seller overcome those mindsets. Dweck asserts that people’s beliefs play a pivotal role in what they want—and whether they can even achieve those results.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The woman stepped back, said, “Well, I guess now we have a director,” meaning that Fanning had finally shown she had the assertiveness necessary for the job, and walked out. She had discovered the power of asserting herself and, in doing so, freed herself from being bullied, backstabbed or stepped on. It’s not an easy rut to escape.

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When Hybrid Work Just Becomes Work

Allwork

According to research by Nick Bloom and his team at Stanford, the percentage of people working from home (WFH) has stabilized at around 28%. Bloom and his team, however, are suggesting that the current stabilized pattern is merely a transition phase. The implications of Bloom’s assertion are wide and profound. Work is work.

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The 4 Keys to Effectively Dealing With a Bad Boss

Success

Others covertly use their employees and team members as pawns to elevate their own platform. Her impressive sales, however, were overshadowed by her inability to effectively lead the team. Her erratic behavior, histrionic outbursts and verbal abuse crippled her team and ultimately stifled the long-term growth of the company.

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The Balanced Teammate: Leading & Following with Grace

Eat Your Career

Finding this balance is a key ingredient that shapes the success of teams and projects. The Pitfalls of Imbalance When team members fail to strike this balance, there can be serious repercussions. Team creativity and innovation suffer as members become more reluctant to share ideas, fearing they will be overshadowed or ignored.