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Read ArticleWorking at Home a Challenge? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, The COVID-19 pandemic has been such a disruption over the past couple of weeks. At work, all travel has been put on an indefinite hold, all training classes and in-person meetings...
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Read ArticleHealth Concerns about Working Instead of Staying Home? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am the GM for a small brewery that has been shut down during the COVID-19 crisis as non-essential. However, the owner believes it is still worthwhile to stay open to serve...
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Read ArticleTrying to Manage Your Reaction to Coronavirus? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I work as a marketing director at a medium-sized firm and I’m a longtime reader of your column. My company reacted quickly to the warnings about COVID-19 and sent all of us home...
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Read ArticleThe Importance of Leading with Gratitude, with Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
After surveying more than one million employees from a wide range of organizations, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have found that leading with gratitude is the easiest, fastest, least expensive...
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Read Article5 Concerns Employees Will Have After Reading a Coronavirus Contingency Statement
Organizations are quickly releasing policy statements as part of their contingency response to the coronavirus outbreak around the world. In addition to having well thought out strategies, it’s...
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Read Article7 Steps to Virtual Training Success
Venturing into virtual territory without a road map for success can lead to a bumpy and uncertain journey. Although virtual delivery differs from classroom delivery, there are similarities. A few...
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Read ArticleMaking the Digital Learning Shift with Leadership Development
Historically, leadership development has been the one “vertical” within traditional learning and development curriculums that was immune to digitalization. Training and workshops had to be face to...
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Read ArticleFeeling Anxious? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I need your advice. The coronavirus is really putting everyone in my office on edge. Clients are canceling bookings. Executives are calling emergency meetings to try to figure out...
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Read ArticleOverlooked at Work? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a very quiet person, not so much shy as simply quiet. I am interested in people but have almost no need to be interesting to others. Social events aren’t hard for me, except...
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Read ArticleMaking Sense of Today’s Learning Technologies
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Read ArticleJust Realized You’re Biased? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am biased. I thought for the longest time that I wasn’t, but it has become clear to me that I am. I realize I am biased against certain types of people. My biases are not...
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Read Article9 Frequently Asked L&D Questions about Creating Learning Journeys
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Read ArticleLearn How to Master Your Motivation with Susan Fowler
Do you ever wonder why you reach some goals easily and struggle with others? In her latest book, Master Your Motivation, Susan Fowler explains the three scientific truths behind motivation that...
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Read ArticleGot a Leadership Question? Ask Madeleine
We’ve just celebrated the fifth anniversary of this blog. My goal has been to host an advice column for you, the well-intentioned manager. Over the past five years we’ve looked at over 200...
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Read Article5 Strategies for Surfacing and Resolving Concerns about Change
Constant change is a way of life in organizations today. How do managers and leaders cope with the barrage of changes that confront them daily as they attempt to keep their organizations adaptive...
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Read ArticleYour New Boss is Nuts? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have been working for the internet arm of a retail company for almost twenty years. When I started, we were truly innovating with the speed and fierceness of a startup. I was...
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Read ArticleOrganizational Growth Requires a Balancing Act
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Read Article5 Reasons You Need an Accountability Partner
Most people will agree that ongoing professional growth and development is important. That said, most people also know it can be quite challenging to establish new skills and behaviors. Competing...
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Read ArticleDirect Reports Think You’re Mean? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have been a manager for many years. I came up through the ranks and have been steadily promoted because of my technical and analytical skills—also, because I am almost always...
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Read ArticleLearn How to Play The Infinite Game with Tips from Simon Sinek’s Latest Book
How do people who are comfortable with finite games like football or chess learn to flourish in a world that operates with an infinite mindset? In his latest book, The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek...
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