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The Roadmap to Resilience in the New Normal

By Jennifer Ashton

"I’ll be the first to admit I don’t have all the answers—no one does. And the thing is, no one ever will—which is why it’s never about having all the answers in the first place and instead about knowing the right questions to ask."

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The Zero-Sum Paradigm vs. the Solidarity Dividend

By Heather McGhee

It is progressive economic conventional wisdom that racism accelerates inequality for communities of color, but what if racism is actually driving inequality for everyone?

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How Effective Leaders Model Healthy, Mindful Behavior

By Naz Beheshti

Part of being an excellent leader is modeling healthy, mindful behavior. A culture of wellness will not take root in a company if the leader’s choices run counter to it. Conversely, if you commit fully to it, that investment will pay off exponentially, both for you and your company.

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How to Improve Feedback

By Therese Huston

Most of us think of feedback as a one-way communication. If I have feedback to give, then I tell, you listen. … It’s gloriously simple and it’s often ineffective.

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Decoding Family Businesses

By Josh Baron, Rob Lachenauer

Outsiders often scratch their head at how family businesses seem to defy conventional business rules. That’s because family businesses are different.

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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

By James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

These behaviors are universal, and they have stood the test of time and place. Moreover, hundreds of independent scholars have validated this framework in their own studies investigating the central role leadership plays in personal well-being, organizational productivity, and effectiveness. The evidence

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Will You Emerge Stronger Through Adversity?

By Joseph Michelli

You will be remembered more for what you do in a crisis than what you do in calm. Effective leaders identify how they want to be remembered after the crisis ends. They take action to achieve their desired impact. We will all leave a legacy as a leader. The question is whether that legacy will be by design

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Overcoming Bias Traps

By Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, Anne Chow

We can’t see our own biases when we’re surrounded by them. When we demonstrate empathy toward others, we’re suspending our own beliefs, agendas, and interests in an effort to understand those of others. We make space for real breakthroughs to occur.

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The Resurgence of Explicit Gender Bias and How to Combat It

By Andrea S. Kramer, Alton B. Harris

The traditional tools and techniques that are effective in preventing implicit gender bias from having a discriminatory impact on women’s career advancement are of little use in combatting explicit gender bias. There must be far more active, vigorous, and open condemnation of each and every public misogynistic

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Saving Face: The New Social Currency of Our Time

By Maya Hu-Chan

True leaders know that managing a company requires far more than just issuing instructions or setting targets. Leaders must move in many circles, think in many styles, and run their businesses through a global lens.

At the heart of human connection that makes all this possible is a concept that is