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Great Leaders Need Resilience: Here’s How To Develop It

Being a great leader requires resilience. It is the ability to stay on course, even when faced with adversity. It is the capacity to cope with challenges, disruption and setbacks, without engaging in dysfunctional behavior or harming others. Leaders with resilience have the power to stay focused, driven, and positive even during the most difficultContinueContinue reading “Great Leaders Need Resilience: Here’s How To Develop It”

What to Know About Your Holiday Season Employees

While holiday hiring in the U.S. for this upcoming season is the lowest since 2008, many businesses have already hired or plan to engage seasonal help. What does seasonal hiring mean for your business? What are the rules for setting pay and hours worked? Minimum wage and overtime laws apply to holiday workers. This meansContinueContinue reading “What to Know About Your Holiday Season Employees”

The real reason coaching fails

Fowler I gifted a coach to a friend struggling to define her next chapter. A highly successful businesswoman, she left the workforce to raise her children. Now, she was an empty nester with decades of opportunity to look forward to, but she couldn’t figure out her next step. Coaching might help her get unstuck. AfterContinueContinue reading “The real reason coaching fails”

What’s the title of your leadership story?

McKee President. CEO. Executive Director. These are titles that many people who read SmartBrief on Leadership aspire to. However, focusing on a title as an accomplishment is less productive than earning one by stacking up accomplishments. A title alone doesn’t make you special; you earn one by being special. A title does, however, distinguish you.ContinueContinue reading “What’s the title of your leadership story?”

Best Practices for Employers During the 2023-24 Flu and Virus Season

Fall and winter are when viruses that cause respiratory disease usually circulate more heavily. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were the main causes of severe respiratory disease during these times of year. Although some people have mild symptoms when they catch the flu or RSV, others get sick enoughContinueContinue reading “Best Practices for Employers During the 2023-24 Flu and Virus Season”