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Cultivating Influence: How Leaders Build Influence Without Relying on Authority

Why Influence Matters in The Modern Workplace In today's dynamic and complex workplace, influence is no longer a soft skill, it's a strategic necessity. Whether you're leading a cross-functional initiative, trying to scale a new idea, or looking to gain buy-in from...

How to Influence Others

Six practices for how you can influence stakeholders, peers, and clients to gain buy-in and collective success. Most of us work in jobs that require us to work with other people. In this work, it's hard for us to solely succeed by ourselves. We often need the support,...

How to Lead Change

Over the past 12-18 months, there’s been one topic that has come up in virtually every conversation I’ve had with clients, with leaders I advise, and with guests on The Edge of Work Podcast. And that word is Change. It may sound familiar, even trite, to say that the...
5 Ways Managers Can Help Their Employees Grow Their Careers

5 Ways Managers Can Help Their Employees Grow Their Careers

The Role of The Manager in Employee Career Development Organizations that have made a strategic investment in employee development, Gallup finds, report 11% greater profitability and are twice as likely to retain their employees. And there’s no better person...

Why Organizations Should Redefine Employee Retention

Why Organizations Should Redefine Employee Retention

If 2022 was the year of attracting great talent, 2023 is the year of figuring out how to retain it. While companies in many industries have shifted their focus from hiring, now companies must figure out how to drive greater productivity with the talent that they have,...

6 Steps Managers Can Take to Invest in Employee Career Growth

6 Steps Managers Can Take to Invest in Employee Career Growth

  Leaders have come under duress and fire during the Great Resignation and Great Reshuffle. Whether it’s figuring out the office workplace, managing vaccine mandates or developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategies and plans, leaders must act with...

6 Ways to Onboard Early Career Talent in Your Organization

6 Ways to Onboard Early Career Talent in Your Organization

Stepping into a field or workplace environment for the first time can be daunting for a new hire. A new place, a new position: it is hard to know exactly what to expect with no experience. It is no secret that post-pandemic new hires are experiencing an entirely...

You Can Lead From Anywhere

You Can Lead From Anywhere

In an age of remote and hybrid work, it can be hard to be recognized for the impact you’re making in your organization, especially if you’re not getting facetime with key leaders and stakeholders. But even if you’re not working in the traditional way, you can be a...

How Leaders Can Build Company Culture in The New World of Work

How Leaders Can Build Company Culture in The New World of Work

No matter how much the landscape of work changes, an inclusive workplace culture will always be vital. Workplace culture is defined by a combination of things from the values of employees to the ways that leaders shape actions to run the business. Although culture is...

Why Human Skills Will Thrive in The Future of Work

Why Human Skills Will Thrive in The Future of Work

Over the past year, I’ve spent thousands of hours teaching and training employees within organizations on how to work effectively in a hybrid and remote workplace. While each employee and company is unique, there are some things that are a throughline in all of my...

Books & Podcasts

MBA Insider: How to Make the Most of Your MBA Experience

Packed with invaluable knowledge from start to finish, Al Dea peels back the curtain and draws on his very own MBA experience and learnings from his blog, MBASchooled, as well as hundreds of informative interviews with both current MBA students and Alum.

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