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The Opportunity Most Companies Miss

Talented, valued, promoted - and entirely unhappy.

Hard-working, a quick learner, loyal to the company - and looking for a new employer nonetheless.

Given a raise, new responsibilities, and a title bump - and making everyone else miserable.

Three scenarios with a shared root cause: not everyone wants to be a people manager. We break down the challenge and a myriad of ways to address it.

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Quiet Quitting | what you need to know

At its best, quiet quitting is about setting healthy boundaries while still delivering on your obligations to your employer.

At its worst, quiet quitting is a violation of trust, a sign that all is not well in your workplace, and a designation that perhaps attracts privileged employees (who can “get away with it”) and a few underperformers, who perhaps finally have a name for their previous approach to work.

In practice, it can be a little of each of these things and more of some others. Ellie Hearne elaborates.

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Top Performer? You Might Have This Bad Habit

We all dislike being micromanaged - but while many of us report having been micromanaged, few of us consider ourselves micromanagers.

Why this disconnect?

No manager sets out to do their job poorly. On the contrary, people tend to end up in management because they’re good at something. Unfortunately, that something usually isn’t “management.”

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