Depending on who you talk to, the information age has been upon us for 50-70 years. Regardless of how you want to define it, we know that we have more information available, and it is more easily accessible than it has ever been. Rarely today do we need more information. What we need is more

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Policies are a bane to the existence of most employees. While they aren’t generally set to be a stumbling block, too often that is what they become. Let’s look at the problems with policies and what you can do to overcome those problems.The ProblemsHere is a short list about what your team members don’t like

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We all face uncertainty every day – in big and small ways. Perhaps because it seems to be everywhere, we may underappreciate how much we would prefer to avoid it – more on that in a minute. In a world where the level of complexity continues to grow, uncertainty follows automatically. The best leaders need

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By now, anyone interested in remote work has heard about Amazon’s announcement that all administrative folks must go back to the office five days a week. Reactions out in the world have ranged from, “This is the end of remote work,” to “Jeff Bezos is the devil and will pay with everyone quitting.” What is

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I’ve written about how complexity can be a problem and a challenge for us. Which begs the question, what is the antidote for complexity? Given that complexity is, well, complex, there isn’t a complete answer I can share in a few hundred words. But there is a short answer that points the way. The antidote to

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I don’t know where you stand on your view of AI. I don’t know if you are an innovator with these tools or are scared and worried. I see people across that spectrum everyday – and regardless of where you are, I am writing to all of you. This isn’t an article an article about tools,

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Complexity seems to be a watchword of our time. Most of us would agree that the world and our work is more complex than ever. I don’t need to make this case or give support to the reasons why. But that existence of complexity isn’t really the problem. The challenge is that complexity is hard

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As we become more accustomed to remote and hybrid work, it can feel less novel and more of the norm. That doesn’t mean it comes naturally to people. How do organizations and people in Learning & Development help grow leadership skills that translate to the new way we work? As we said in the first edition

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When you think of things leaders must share, you likely think of things like information about the business, vision and goals, strategies, external factors, plans and feedback. As important as all those things are, there is something else far less talked about but foundational to the understanding of all those other things. It’s context. And

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Since before you started school, you learned from others. You learned from your parents, of course, but from siblings, neighbors, most anyone around you. You learned from observing and mimicking, and later by asking them questions or exploring new things together. Learning from others – peer learning – was a natural and formative part of

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