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Onboarding with purpose: How to align new hires with company goals

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Mentorships – Introduce new hires to mentors or seasoned team members who can help champion and clarify company goals. Stronger company culture : Goal alignment supports a purpose-driven workplace culture, making the organization more attractive to both current and future employees. And the big benefit here?

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Your ultimate decision-making guide to help you make better choices faster

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We make hundreds of tiny and monumental decisions in our lives—from what coffee drink we want from the seemingly endless menu to what careers we should pursue. Too much information, too many choices, and a deep fear of making the wrong decision can cause you to ruminate for hours. Decision-making is one of them.

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5 Handy Tips to Boost Employee Confidence

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Instead, offer some decision-making tools and parameters for the project. Assign a mentor. It’s key you make sure the mentor has time to devote to this extra task. Be mindful of how you present new tasks to employees who lack self-confidence.

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How to cultivate emotional intelligence in leadership and employees alike

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The success of mentor-mentee relationships. It all boils down to whether people like being around you and like the way you make them feel. Open to other perspectives, which makes them more innovative and less susceptible to groupthink. Less impulsive and more purposeful in decision-making. Career advancement.

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Multiple layers of management: pros and cons of organizational structures

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Centralized authority and top-down decision-making Uniform standards and typical well-defined roles and responsibilities, along with a clear chain of command In general, there is more direct managerial oversight, with greater numbers of managers overseeing fewer employees and in more targeted areas of focus Common with larger companies.

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Digital age workplace: Why soft skills matter more than ever

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Decision-making – Having the gumption to make effective decisions based on data. While you may have to provide some AI training for Candidate B (or provide them with a mentor), they’ll likely learn fast and perform well. Why do soft skills matter in the digital age?

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Why self-assessment is a critical exercise for business leaders

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These individuals could be: Colleagues or peers More senior manager Direct reports on your team Vendors Clients Mentors. Procure a mentor who embodies one of these skills or competencies well and can give you advice and training. What to watch out for. You can’t do everything at once, so focus on a couple at a time.