How To Master Managing Virtual Teams Effectively

Have you always managed a virtual business? Or do you manage a team at a company that finally switched to fully remote work operations? Whatever the case may be, one thing is certain: managing virtual teams is very different from leading team members in an in-office environment. It goes well beyond losing the ability to pop by your team member’s cubicles...

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9 Servant Leadership Characteristics To Have As A Leader

Have you ever wondered how some leaders just have that incredible ability to captivate a room and gain unanimous buy-in from their team? At first glance, it’s easy to attribute their success to their charismatic personality or their incredible ability to articulate a clear and concise vision. But if you look closer, you’ll realize that the only thing...

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Can Poor Gut Health Cause Anxiety? (And How To Improve It)

Spill your guts. Trust your gut instinct. Make a gut-wrenching decision. We’ve all heard these sayings, but have you ever wondered why we associate so many emotional responses with our digestive systems? The truth is, what happens in our gut affects the brain and vice versa;[1] in fact, our gut health is associated with our anxiety. Our emotions are...

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11 Ways To Boost Workplace Morale As A Leader

Maintaining workplace morale has always been a challenge. With the recent remote-friendly decentralization of the workplace, the task of keeping morale high has become more difficult than ever. As the world is constantly navigating new changes daily, leadership also means being attentive and aware of your team’s needs. While there are new tools on...

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Finding Life Purpose: Why Is It Important And How To Find It?

What is your life purpose? How do you find your life purpose and how does having one, or not, impact your life? When we don’t have a sense of purpose , our life can not only feel meaningless but it lessens the quality of different aspects of our lives. If you have a purpose, then all your goals will be directed towards reaching that big goal. Each...

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What Is A Micromanager And How To Deal With One

A micromanager has a hard time letting go of control and entrusting team members to carry out projects on their own. It’s like the workplace version of the helicopter parent, only the ones experiencing stifled independence are adult employees, not children. By contrast, the most effective managers strike the right balance between employee oversight...

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7 Ways to Cope With New Job Anxiety

Along with the self-discovery, excitement, and other confusing feelings that finding a different profession can bring up, anxiety at a new job is more common than we might think. The average person changes jobs 12 times in their lifetime.[1] This event may not happen too often for some, so we could forget what it’s like being the new person and having...

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14 Tips on Diet to Lose Belly Fat

Thinking about donating your favorite jeans? Wondering if you should buy a bigger size to hide your belly fat? I’ll stop you there. I know the feeling of spending a good amount of money on a great pair of jeans only to find out that they don’t fit anymore. I’ve tried sucking in my stomach or even unbuttoning the first button just so I can fit in them...

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13 Ways To Set Boundaries At Work When Working Remotely

Why is it that setting boundaries at work is so hard? Are we afraid we’ll get in trouble or lose our job? Or are we worried about what others will think of us if we create and stick to our boundaries? On the flip side, what happens if we don’t create boundaries? We can get overwhelmed, burnt out, and put everyone else’s needs before our own, which...

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How to Raise Happy Kids in a World Full of Uncertainty

If you are raising kids today, chances are you remember what it was like to spend your childhood free of technology, rewinding cassette tapes, talking face to face with friends, asking your parents for a ride, and agreeing on a pickup time because there were no cell phones. While it may have seemed easier back then, there were still challenges. War,...

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