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Liz Kislik Associates
As the U.S. continues opening up after the pandemic’s multiple waves, it’s likely that there will be surges in turnover even as many employers need more staff, not less. And there’s a double whammy: You can’t pick who might be planning to go. It’s as likely to be your star performer as it is the persistent whiner who barely accomplished anything.

But “planning to leave” doesn’t have to mean gone. A thoughtful, constructive process of checking in with your people can help you identify who might be a flight risk and what leverage you have to change their minds.
 

Fast Company
With so much remote onboarding happening, it can be hard to forge a solid relationship with a new boss. How can this person see your strengths and potential—not to mention advocate for you—if they don’t really know who you are or how you work?

Even if you’ve never been in the same room, there are ways you can bond with your boss and earn their trust. Here are some important places to start.

 
Tesselaar, Inc

Tanveer Naseer Leadership
If you’re reading this, odds are, you’re a middle manager, i.e. someone who has a boss and is a boss, who has to lead and influence from the messy middle, up, down, and across their organization.

A middle manager role is the toughest job in any company: that of a person who must influence in all directions to do his/her job well. This daunting scope manifests itself in the form of five challenges.

 

Fast Company
As we move into this new paradigm of business post-pandemic, the hybrid workforce—where some team members work remote and some from the office—is our new reality. Yet today’s thinking about remote work is full of wrongheadedness and failed use cases rather than best practice.

Many business leaders are still locked into thinking that the best form of collaboration to achieve fast and bold transformational outcomes is an in-person meeting. It’s not!

 
Parry America Inc

Lead Change Group
Power is a good thing when used effectively. The more power you have, the more able you are to direct, influence, and inspire people to make positive changes.

There are three types of power: position power, expert power and personal power.

 
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