Technology and COVID-19 have been major disruptors for the economy, businesses, and the average worker. As jobs disappear, and technology creates new jobs that did not exist five years ago, how does one prepare for a career that hasn't been[...]
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We are all familiar with the concept of workplace agility, the ability of a business to offer its employees multiple, flexible platforms to accomplish their work according to their own schedule and location. Middle of the night? No problem! Traveling[...]
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Times of crisis require leaders and organizations to adapt. There’s no doubt that the current pandemic has been a major disruptor. After several months of varying levels of restrictions, including total shutdowns of many workplaces, it’s still not clear exactly[...]
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Marc A. Pitman, CFCC, is a Highlands Certified Consultant and the founder of Concord Leadership Group (CLG). At CLG, they believe that great leaders aren’t made by trying to fit individuals into a specific mold. Leaders can have very different[...]
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Don considers himself lucky. At 57 years old, he works for a data management company. Throughout the 15 years he’s been with the company, he has been promoted three times and now serves in upper management. This is actually Don’s[...]
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Jasmine is in a place with her career that she once could only dream about. When she first took on a night clerk job at a chain hotel, she had no idea that she would one day work her way[...]
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Sandra is in her mid-40s. She has been to college and graduate school where she studied organizational leadership and has a successful career as the Director of Human Resources at a mid-size manufacturing company. She’s worked hard to keep up[...]
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The most effective managers are those described as “moderately assertive.” Or at least, that was the finding discussed in the Harvard Business Review article, The Delicate Art of Being Perfectly Assertive. The bosses that were rated the most highly in[...]
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We’ve talked before about how people approach problem-solving differently. We know from our extensive work with the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) that the driving abilities play a big role in how people intuitively tackle problems. Those who test high on[...]
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