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Improve your manager-employee conversations with this hack
Team Management, New Managers Carrie Skowronski Team Management, New Managers Carrie Skowronski

Improve your manager-employee conversations with this hack

At Team Leadology, we know firsthand just how tempting it can be to cancel those touch points with your team members. We know you think canceling will give some time back to both you AND your employees… but in reality, the cost of postponing 1-on-1s is so much more than the benefit of receiving an extra 30 or so minutes it frees up on your calendar!

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Remove These 6 Corporate Pet Peeves to Improve Your Leadership Language
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Remove These 6 Corporate Pet Peeves to Improve Your Leadership Language

While attempting to improve relationships and communication within teams, leaders often adopt industry-specific language to convey complex ideas efficiently. Unfortunately, these clichés often miss the mark, creating an even larger gap between managers and their teams. After being featured in Forbes alongside 19 other communication experts, we’ve identified our top six pieces of workplace jargon that leaders should eliminate to refine their leadership language. Read more to delve deeper into these common phrases as we offer our insights on why they hinder effective communication and how to replace them with clearer, more impactful language.

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Why is Unplugging From Work so Damn Hard?
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Why is Unplugging From Work so Damn Hard?

Ten Percent Happier has an article titled "Why Can't I Relax”, which explains the barriers we face in finding inner calm and disconnecting from work during our time away, and in it they have a very relatable quote about the struggles of unplugging from work:

"Do you ever notice that when you have time to relax, you can’t help but squander it in ways that are anything but regenerative? All too often, the little time we have to ourselves leaves us far from feeling rested and restored. In fact, having downtime can lead to even more anxiety.”

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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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How to Foster a Culture of Holistic Wellbeing In Your Organization
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

How to Foster a Culture of Holistic Wellbeing In Your Organization

When our employees' wellbeing suffers, so does the organization at large. While we can imagine what this looks like in the workplace on a practical level, do we understand the true cost of poor wellbeing? Gallup states when compounded over time, burnout has led to a startling $322 billion of turnover and lost productivity costs globally. In this article, Team Leadology breaks down what a culture of wellbeing looks like in the workplace, and how to approach that in your organization.

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Managing Employees with Anxiety: Using Radical Candor to Overcome Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

Managing Employees with Anxiety: Using Radical Candor to Overcome Difficult Conversations in the Workplace

If you or someone you know has anxiety, you probably already know that pursuing a straightforward answer to the question of best to manage employees who are open about their own anxiety is tricky. As workplace leaders, it’s vital that we remember that while we’re not mental health experts, we do have the ability to navigate these kinds of difficult conversations with compassion, unique insight, and– radical candor.

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Make 2023 a Game-Changing Year for Leadership by Using the 70/20/10 Rule
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

Make 2023 a Game-Changing Year for Leadership by Using the 70/20/10 Rule

Like many other annual landmarks– work anniversaries, birthdays, and other special dates– the new year gives us all an opportunity to pause and take a hard look at our personal and professional progress. We admit, in the midst of the year, it can be quite difficult to take stock of what’s working, what’s not, and what to do with all of that information as it relates to leadership. But as managers, it’s vital that we approach each and every year with a distinct approach to not only better ourselves, but our teams, organizations, and industries as a result. The 70/20/10 rule provides a great opportunity for workplace leaders to hone in on their employee development.

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Create Your Own, Personal Guide to Development and Success in 2023
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

Create Your Own, Personal Guide to Development and Success in 2023

Creating your own, personal guide to success is rooted in development. In order to be successful, it’s vital that we study success. At this point in the year, it’s pretty hard not to have our eyes set solely on what’s ahead; but at the same time, it’s incredibly important that before jumping into our intentions for 2023, we take a moment to remember and celebrate all of the lessons that this year brought us…

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How HIVE Learning is Reshaping How We Train Today’s Leaders
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

How HIVE Learning is Reshaping How We Train Today’s Leaders

For quite some time now, leaders within professional development communities have searched for the most efficient ways to train employees. Of course, while there is no single solution to this universal question– especially when trying to address it in remote work settings– this community has undergone new shifts and explored innovative trends over the course of the pandemic in order to find what works best for individuals and teams. An approach that we’re particularly enthusiastic to share with you is the power of HIVE learning.

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Why Asking For Help Makes You a Better Manager
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

Why Asking For Help Makes You a Better Manager

If you’ve ever felt pressure to know and do everything in the office, this is for you! Better yet, let’s rephrase this and ask instead, when have you felt empowered to ask for help?

In our time working with leaders from a variety of backgrounds, we’ve found that so many suffer silently through heavy workloads, people management, and other leadership challenges out of a desire to be self-sufficient.

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Why You Don’t Need to be a Natural-Born Leader to Succeed as One
Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

Why You Don’t Need to be a Natural-Born Leader to Succeed as One

Did you know that only 10% of people intrinsically have what it takes to be a manager? This Gallup statistic speaks volumes on how important it is for consistent reflection, and the dedicated investment in professional development necessary for most on a managerial track. In fact, the simplest and most impactful start to becoming the best manager you can be is cultivating a …

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Employee Burnout and How to Prevent It
Team Management Carrie Skowronski Team Management Carrie Skowronski

Employee Burnout and How to Prevent It

When discussing employee burnout, it’s crucial to also consider how your work makes you feel: Energized? Exhausted? A little bit of both?

We’ve been talking a lot about the power of effective recognition on the blog, and we’re interested in the concept that recognition brings the “human" element back to work by setting the tone for the entire employee experience. When organizations get recognition right…

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