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Practical Tips for New Leaders: How to Write a Strong Email Click to view Practical Tips for New Leaders: How to Write a Strong Email
Note: This is a post in the Practical Tips for New Leaders series. For more tips, learn about running effective meetings and working with senior leaders.
One of the fastest ways to build credibility as a new leader is to communicate clearly. That starts with your emails.
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What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership Click to view What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership
I recently came across a set of notes I wrote in 2023 while teaching myself to code at age 54. I never turned them into anything at the time. But rereading them now, two years later, I realized how much they taught me about learning, leadership, and persistence. Here’s what I...
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Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems Click to view Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems
Editor’s Note:This post grew out of a recent team conversation exploring the long-standing conceptual model of “Business System Over People System” introduced by Nick Noyes (read more about that in"The People System: Your Hidden Strategic Engine") and how the arrival of...
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How Leaders Can Thrive in Uncertain Times: Be Prepared, Agile, and EmpatheticHow Leaders Can Thrive in Uncertain Times: Be Prepared, Agile, and Empathetic
In early March 2020, I left home on a multicity business trip. On Monday, we agreed not to shake hands at our meeting....

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Leading With Care: 7 Mental Health Strategies for LeadersLeading With Care: 7 Mental Health Strategies for Leaders
I was once in a meeting where one of my colleagues started crying. It was nothing dramatic. In fact, most people didn’t...

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