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Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

Lead Change Blog

Educate your employees about the deprivations of needs. There are numerous tips and tricks for effective virtual communication, but the vast majority of organizations fail to provide professional development in this area. Get your senior staff to mentor junior ones. Cultivate a sense of meaning in your employees.

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Overriding Our Instincts in Order to Become Caring Leaders

Leading Blog

Over the course of a career, we gain a myriad of tools and tips on how to lead. We follow the acronyms, rules, and checklists we’ve learned from the innumerable books we’ve read, classes and symposiums we’ve attended, and mentors whose wisdom we’ve sought. We have a human need for steadiness and predictability.

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Shifting from Star Performer to Star Manager

Harvard Business Review

In desperation, you go to a few trusted mentors who tell you: “You’ve inherited the cream of the crop. I’m not sure they even really need a manager, they’re that good and that motivated.” And now that you’ve been tapped to become a manager, it can tip people over the edge from envy to jealousy.