What We Are Reading
How to Tell if You’re the Office Jerk

It isn’t easy, because people don’t like to give negative feedback. But there are ways to find out—and fix things.
Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/office-jerk-how-to-tell-9f69a49f?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1
How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

What do high-potential employees describe as their core challenges?
Link: https://hbr.org/2023/03/how-to-help-superstar-employees-fulfill-their-potential
How to empower employees through a shared sense of purpose

There are many simple things leaders can do to help reduce the risk of burnout.
Link: https://qz.com/how-to-empower-employees-through-a-shared-sense-of-purp-1850147181
How to Become More Adaptable in Challenging Situation

Navigating periods of turbulence successfully requires leaders to adopt a sophisticated form of self-mastery.
Link: https://hbr.org/2023/03/how-to-become-more-adaptable-in-challenging-situations
When the Need to Please Holds Women Managers Back
Most of us would like to impress the people we work with. But new research finds that, for women managers, this aspiration can undermine performance.
Link: https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/when-the-need-to-please-holds-women-managers-back
Become More Comfortable Making Bold Decisions

What happens when you’re faced with a decision that requires a leap of faith?
Link: https://hbr.org/2023/03/become-more-comfortable-making-bold-decisions
Increasing the Success Rate of First-Time Leaders with Three Key Mindsets

The shift from an individual contributor mindset to a leadership mindset is huge.
5 Attributes of Team Members and Leaders That Often Limit Success

Unleashing your full potential requires that you recognize key attributes in the people around you.
The Disappearing White-Collar Job

A once-in-a-generation convergence of technology and pressure to operate more efficiently has corporations saying many lost jobs may never return.
Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-disappearing-white-collar-job-af0bd925
How to recruit with softer skills in mind

Recruitment is set to change. It is not going to get easier.
Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/05/11/how-to-recruit-with-softer-skills-in-mind
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