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10 Practices to Create a Workplace That May Lengthen Your Life

Michael Lee Stallard

In my last article , I shared two TED Talks on connection. In Susan Pinker’s TED Talk, she referenced the research of Julianne Holt-Lunstad which found that “social integration” provided a 91% increase in the odds of survival for individuals. But what is social integration and how can you encourage it in your own life? Social integration reflects the broad ways in which we interact with people throughout each day.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2017

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October. The Power of Moments : Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The Anticipatory Organization : Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage by Daniel Burrus. Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson. The Startup Way : How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth by Eric Ries.

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How to be Dissatisfied Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

“Satisfaction is death.” George Bernard Shaw The only people more dissatisfied than leaders are artists, pubescent teens, and curmudgeons. “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

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Create Conversations That Matter

Coaching Tip

Open-Ended Questions. After you've clarified your intent and begun to practice establishing rapport and being open, your next challenge is to ask open-ended questions. Rapport is a great foundation for this. Effective open-ended questions generate responses that are unrehearsed and unscripted almost story-like in quality and the answers often invite more questions. .

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Do You Have Drama At Your Office?

Kevin Eikenberry

Perhaps that is a silly question. Most offices or workplaces seem to have at least a little drama…and some a whole lot more! Drama, in whatever form it takes in your workplace, causes confusion, reduces trust, hampers clear communication and saps productivity. If you work where there is any drama at all, wouldn’t you like […]. The post Do You Have Drama At Your Office?

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The Weekly Independent: October 2, 2017

Eric Jacobson

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the October 2, 2017 edition.

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