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How to Choose a Leadership Pattern: Taking Authority

Charles Smith

January 31, 2022

Making Better Business Decisions Choosing a leadership pattern involves balancing the need to take authority, with involving your colleagues in…

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Change is the Only Constant: The Evolution of Leadership in Retail

Darren A. Smith

January 28, 2022

How Has Retail Leadership Evolved? I was a shelf stacker. The year was 1988 and this was my part-time job…

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Three Types of Feedback and How to Use Them Properly

Jack

January 26, 2022

How to Engage With Different Types of Feedback Feedback is supposed to, when used correctly, push someone further. In a…

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Category Manager e-Assessment

Andy Palmer

January 25, 2022

Are You a Great Category Manager? Category management is about identifying opportunities, selling opportunities, and landing opportunities that drive category…

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Negotiation Concession: Be Careful What You Give Away for Free

Darren A. Smith

January 25, 2022

Negotiation Concession: The Fisherman Ever been negotiating and you think, ‘Hold on. I just gave away that and I am…

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Press Story: An Open Letter to Logan Roy

Darren A. Smith

January 25, 2022

CEO of Waystar Royco, Logan Roy, of the TV Series ‘Succession’ about Coaching and Mentoring Support If you’re not familiar with…

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8 Soft Skills and Hard Skills Research Conclusions

Darren A. Smith

January 24, 2022

A Research Study by Huma Hyder, an Independent Researcher From Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Drew 8 Significant Conclusions From Their Research…

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Problem Employees – Don’t Shoot, Talk First

Charles Smith

January 23, 2022

Bad Day at the Office Problem employees have always been a challenge for leaders and managers. But COVID has flagged…

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42 One-Sentence Category Management Tips to Identify, Sell & Land More

Andy Palmer

January 21, 2022

Identify, Sell and Land More Opportunites with These Category Management Tips Category management is the process of grouping like products into…

How to Deliver Bad News at Work; Mindset, Mistakes, & Messages

Darren A. Smith

January 20, 2022

No One Likes to Give Someone Else Bad News. It’s a Form of Conflict. It’s Hard. Getting better at how…

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29 One-Sentence Project Management Tips to PM like a Pro

Darren A. Smith

January 19, 2022

Be the Best PM You Can For everyday people like you and me, not those with the title of Project…

Team Building Exercises: Getting to Know Each Other Better

Darren A. Smith

January 18, 2022

Team Building Exercises…Eyes Rolling… As people think back to being outside in the fresh air and mad to have ‘fun’,…

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