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The Human Edge™ in Interviews: What the Best Candidates Do Differently
If you’re in the middle of a job search right now, you already know this truth: interviewing is exhausting.
You prepare. You research the company. You rehearse answers to questions you’ve been asked a hundred times before. And sometimes, after all that effort, you hear… nothing. It’s easy to start wondering if you said the wrong thing, missed the perfect answer, or should have prepared more.
First, a little encouragement: interviews aren’t just about proving you’re qualified, they’re about showing who you are.
In a hiring process increasingly shaped by algorithms, automated screening tools, and résumé filters, the interview is often the first…
Get Your Ask Together: Why Asking Well Is a Power Skill at Work and at Home
Valentine’s Day is a time many of us think about connection, care, and partnership. Yet long before flowers or chocolates arrive, many of us struggle…
25 Questions That Move Conversations Beyond Small Talk
(Because “Fine, thanks” is the Conversation Killer of the Century)
Picture a room of ten people, your team, your family, or a table of conference attendees….
5 Ways to Create Boundaries (to Avoid Workplace Burnout)
Feeling burned-out? Fried? Crispy? Well-done and over it? Already planning your next weekend on Monday morning at 8:02 a.m.? Oh, that’s right…I forgot. Someone already…
5 Key Trends Leaders and Teams Must Embrace
Has it only been a few years since the pandemic? Pretty much. In that time, we have changed the way we meet, the way we…
6 Ways Leaders Can Support Their Female Workforce in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the modern workplaces across the world and the United States. Unfortunately, women were disproportionately impacted sparking the “She-Cession.” According to McKinsey’s…
7 Strategies for an Impactful Virtual Meeting
Are you guilty of multi-tasking during meetings? Unfortunately, being present during meetings, especially present-day virtual meetings, is so rare, I wish I could bottle and…
The Power of Progress, Not Perfection
As we embrace a New Year filled with lists, promises, or one-word themes, I need to remind all of us that no matter how hard…
Rethink: 5 Keys to Build Resilience and Results
As 2021 comes to an end, what did you rethink or unlearn over the past couple of years in order to personally and professionally survive…
How Smart Leaders Use Praise That Pays
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”…
5 Ways to Make Hybrid Work, Work with Less Burnout
Make Hybrid Work, Work with Less Burnout
Are we virtual today, in-person, in-person on alternate days, every other week, masked, unmasked, sometimes masked? And, by the…