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New Managers Need Leadership Training. Here's How to Help.

Managers are the nation's "most neglected employee," according to Root Inc., a strategy execution firm. In fact, in its...

The Best Leaders Serve Their People One at a Time

In many ways, servant leadership is all about helping people win—to accomplish their goals. Meeting with direct reports...

Learning to Learn: How to Leverage Knowledge in the Office, and How Self-Development Books Can Help

As 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age each day, it’s no surprise that millennials have replaced baby boomers as...

How HR Teams Can Be Proactive About Solving the Potential Talent Gap in Healthcare

The Association of American Medical Colleges anticipates the nation’s physician shortage could reach more than 100,000...

When Staff Retention Strategies Fail, This Is What You Should Look out For

Are staff retention problems costing you? The Work Institute’s 2017 Retention Report found that it costs employers at...

A Reading List for Servant Leaders

As part of my research for the recent Servant Leadership Online Training Summit, I reviewed scores of servant...

How to Accelerate Your Team's Productivity

4 keys to your team's success from productivity expert Laura Stack In July 2015, I was honored to be inducted into the...

A Survey of the BK Community

A little over a month ago, we sent out a survey to our community (in other words: you) to help shape the articles we...

3 Ways Diversity and Inclusion Activities Improve Performance

The benefits of making diversity and inclusion a priority are clear: Organizations with ethnic diversity outperform...