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5 Ways Small Talk Serves a Big Purpose

Small talk is easily dismissed as "fluff" that gets in the way of getting to the point.

Required Reading: Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For

If you’ve ever had a bad boss, you don’t need us to tell you what kinds of consequences they can have for business. Bad...

How Taking a Break Increases Your Workplace Productivity

A one hour lunch with your co-worker. Snagging an early afternoon coffee. An impromptu mid-week vacation day. Your boss...

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...

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...

25 Years of Iconic Berrett-Koehler Books

The past 25 years have seen major shifts in leadership, management, politics, and how we understand and work towards...

5 Leadership Quotes from Progressive Thinkers that Your Business Should Embrace

To be the best, you must learn from the best. This is especially relevant with leadership. To paraphrase Ray Kroc—the...