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Breathe Together | What High-Performing Teams Are Actually Doing
Read more: Breathe Together | What High-Performing Teams Are Actually DoingAbout a year ago, I released a paper called The Culture of High-Performing Teams. In it, I sketched out four components I kept seeing in the best teams I’ve…
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The Hiring Team Member Nobody Prepared You to Be
Read more: The Hiring Team Member Nobody Prepared You to BeYou’ve Been Asked to Help Hire Someone. Now what? Seriously, being asked to be part of a hiring team is a big deal. It might not feel that way,…
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How to Stay Sane and Work with Others
Read more: How to Stay Sane and Work with OthersFour Lenses for Designing Better Work Relationships Lately, one question keeps landing in my inbox: “What should I do about this relationship problem at work?” We all have that…
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Breaking It Down | Boundaries
Read more: Breaking It Down | BoundariesFigure out when to make commitments and gracefully say no when you have to. There’s a powerful truth floating around the workplace: Where there are unclear expectations, there is…
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Culture Roundtable Discussion
Read more: Culture Roundtable DiscussionWhere: Cahoots, 206 E Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI Date/time: June 24, 11 am-1pm A shout out to business owners or operators who want to do their best by…
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What Am I Even Supposed to Be Doing? | A (Mostly Painless) Guide to Managing Up
Read more: What Am I Even Supposed to Be Doing? | A (Mostly Painless) Guide to Managing UpLet’s be honest: some of the biggest red flags in a workplace don’t show up in metrics, they show up in meetings, side chats, and Slack messages that begin…
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How to Hire for Culture Without Building a Cult
Read more: How to Hire for Culture Without Building a CultFounder & CEO at The Hire Effect™ July 16, 2025 (Yes, there’s a difference.) One of the most common pushbacks I hear when I talk about hiring for culture…
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Thank you leaders, for all the drama! With love ~ Two Wise Broads
Read more: Thank you leaders, for all the drama! With love ~ Two Wise BroadsBy Miche Rayment & Diane Ratigan-Schmidt Two Perspectives, One Article Seriously, thank you! Without leaders creating a space for drama to happen, leaving their flaming reactions wherever they go,…
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Holding Boundaries | Saying No Probably Isn’t Your Best Option
Read more: Holding Boundaries | Saying No Probably Isn’t Your Best OptionJust say no! That’s what we heard with President Reagan’s war on drugs. Over time the phrase has been usurped and plugged into so many places that context has…
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