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Breaking Free From Impostor Syndrome & Self Doubt with Dr. Valerie Young

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Leaders and High Performers Aren’t Immune In a surprising twist, Dr. Young shared that even top leaders and high-performing individuals struggle with imposter syndrome. And he’s like, wow, I hadn’t really thought of it like that. So I wasn’t looking for clinical interventions, you know, therapy.

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10 Ways Chess Can Help You Be a Better Leader

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This is a crucial leadership truth: Success isn’t reflected just by titles or maintaining rating points; it’s about knowing when to pivot toward a greater impact. At 3 years old, I discovered magic by a roaring fireplace in the Catskills in the form of an intricately carved wooden chess set. Its] critical thinking at its finest.

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3.4 Million Chinese Youth Rush To Civil Service Jobs For Stability, Not Pay

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“Despite personally knowing civil servants who haven’t been paid for months, I still applied because I don’t wish to make lots of money.” . “I only want to pass the exam and not worry about what happens next,” said the 24-year-old, withholding her surname for privacy reasons.

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Experts Say CEOs Must Face The Facts About Flexibility

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Without a dedicated champion for how work should evolve in the digital age, many companies fall back on outdated strategies that don’t align with the changing needs of the workforce. At the heart of the discussion was the larger trend that flexibility in work is no longer a perk—it’s the expectation. The result?

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From Outsider to Insider: Nike’s Leadership Crisis and the New Playbook for Corporate Success in Times of Change

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They’ve been there, they’ve done that, they’ve seen what worked and what didn’t,” says Rhonda Y. “You don’t have to spend the first six months ramping up and gaining knowledge because you already have it. “The benefit of elevating an insider is they have all that institutional knowledge.

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When The Blizzard Hits, Why Are We Still Commuting?

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Hospitals and police forces are dealing with enough chaos during the storm; they shouldn’t also have to contend with preventable traffic incidents involving commuters who shouldn’t have been on the roads in the first place. It minimizes risk, ensures continuity, preserves resources, and protects lives.

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Balancing Employee Mental Health With the Return to Office Trend

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One of the first things we did was take, I don’t know, a million dollars out of a wellness campaign that we had going on because we weren’t in the office anymore, and put it into mental health, he says. They weren’t measuring it during the pandemic. But they were never measuring that before.

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