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Grow Your Leadership Library with These "Friends of Leadology" Book Recommendations
Leadership Skills, New Managers Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills, New Managers Carrie Skowronski

Grow Your Leadership Library with These "Friends of Leadology" Book Recommendations

As part of our ongoing efforts to provide valuable resources for leaders of all kinds, we've compiled a list of book recommendations from the "Friends of Leadology" network. These books cover a range of topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and personal growth - all of which are essential components of effective leadership development.

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3 Ways Managers Can ShoW Gratitude to Their Teams on Employee Appreciation Day
Leadership Skills, New Managers Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills, New Managers Carrie Skowronski

3 Ways Managers Can ShoW Gratitude to Their Teams on Employee Appreciation Day

With Employee Appreciation Day on March 1 this year, it's time for managers to think about how to recognize their team's hard work and dedication. But how can managers make the most out of Employee Appreciation Day and ensure their team feels valued and recognized? In this article, we'll explore three impactful ways managers can show appreciation and recognition to their teams, fostering a culture of recognition and engagement in the workplace

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Don't Be a Feedback Scrooge this Holiday Season and Give the Gift of Feedback
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

Don't Be a Feedback Scrooge this Holiday Season and Give the Gift of Feedback

The holiday season is a time for spreading joy and cheer. And what a better way to do that than by showing appreciation to your hard working team. Careful that the “busy-ness” of the season makes you forget about the importance of positive feedback. As a leader, it's crucial to remember that recognition is not just a once a year thing, but a year-round practice that fosters motivation and productivity. When you acknowledge the wins, improvements and resourcefulness of your employees, you create a culture of recognition.

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Leadology’s Forbes features that will help you improve manager effectiveness at your company
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

Leadology’s Forbes features that will help you improve manager effectiveness at your company

Over the past decade, we've helped countless clients to reduce suffering at work and increase job satisfaction. Through our Leadology newsletter and blog, we've shared the insights and tools that can make a real difference in your professional and personal life. Now, we’re sharing our best advice as recently picked up by Forbes!

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3 Pitfalls You Should Avoid in the Workplace: Manager Edition
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

3 Pitfalls You Should Avoid in the Workplace: Manager Edition

Before we dive into the 3 pitfalls you or your managers might be making and should avoid in the workplace, let’s discuss how to recognize whether managers are falling into these habits and why that’s a problem. 

We’re hearing managers express that they are shying away from tough conversations, canceling meetings to give back time to their teams, and taking on more in an effort to help manage their employees' workload. These are only a few of the many examples that our managers are currently dealing with on a daily basis.

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Is This the Key to Improving Mental Health in the Workplace?
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Is This the Key to Improving Mental Health in the Workplace?

Across the globe, a growing number of companies are reporting rising levels of burnout and mental health issues in the workplace, despite taking intentional steps to provide mental health resources and support. While these offerings are incredibly important when it comes to supporting employee wellbeing, they don’t always address the root of the issue– and in some cases, the issue lies with lackluster management.

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Be Strategic: A Bagel vs. Croissant Approach to Professional Networking
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Be Strategic: A Bagel vs. Croissant Approach to Professional Networking

In a constantly shifting job market, finding a strategic approach to professional networking is more important than ever before. Though historically, networking has primarily been viewed as a means to be better positioned to advance in our own careers, we’re able to find more lasting meaning through networking when we consider it as a way to build better professional relationships. After all, it allows us the opportunity to share knowledge, experience, and insight with others– all things that were probably gifted to us by someone else in our network at some point.

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How to Keep a Growth Mindset about Negative Feedback in the Workplace
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

How to Keep a Growth Mindset about Negative Feedback in the Workplace

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that workplace leaders are human too, and not immune to giving teams badly communicated– or altogether negative– feedback. If you’ve ever found yourself in a position where you’re receiving poor feedback or feedback that you disagree with, it’s important to keep a growth mindset and ask yourself: what can I still learn from this?

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How to Build a “Growth Mindset” Through Experimentation
Hybrid Work Carrie Skowronski Hybrid Work Carrie Skowronski

How to Build a “Growth Mindset” Through Experimentation

Are you ready to embrace a growth mindset in your leadership role? Offices that were beginning to shift to hybrid or fully in-person work are now delaying their return plans. As frustrating as this setback may be (trust me! I feel you), I still think this time can serve as an incredible opportunity to reimagine our work lives. Whether you’re a new manager facing hybrid work challenges, or a veteran hybrid work leader, you’ll benefit from Leadology’s leadership coaching principles.

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How to have effective meetings, so you can stop canceling your 1:1s
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

How to have effective meetings, so you can stop canceling your 1:1s

In theory, 1:1 meetings are a chance for managers and employees to have an open, honest conversation about how they’re feeling, and how they view their positions within the company. If used correctly 1:1s can be one of the single most important tools a manager has at their disposal to help boost the performance and morale of their team.

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Let's Rumble
Dare to Lead Carrie Skowronski Dare to Lead Carrie Skowronski

Let's Rumble

According to Brown, “The word rumble is more than just a weird West Side Story reference, it’s a way to say, “Let’s have a real conversation, even if it’s tough.”

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Receiving Feedback: The *Most Important* Skill I’m Never Asked to Train
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

Receiving Feedback: The *Most Important* Skill I’m Never Asked to Train

If you’ve been around the Leadology circle for any length of time, you already know that we frequently cover the importance of giving frequent, on-going, and honest feedback. And, although we already have numerous articles covering every angle of recognition, feedback, and connecting 1-on-1, in this article we’re going to talk about how to make it as easy as possible for those around you to give you the gift of feedback.

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