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Humor

How to Use Self-Deprecation as a Leadership Tool

Laurence J. Stybel on September 2, 2024

Why Barack Obama started a speech saying, "I am stupid."

Career

Why You Need a Career Advisory Board

Laurence J. Stybel on August 1, 2024

Why do "rugged Individualists" like you need to assemble a team of personal career advisors?

Career

How to Improve Frustrating Meetings with Direct Reports

Laurence J. Stybel on July 1, 2024

Your 1:1 meetings with direct reports consume 20% of your time and are mostly unproductive. Here are ways you can make these meetings more productive.

Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence Paradox

Laurence J. Stybel on June 2, 2024

The AI paradox sees increasing value in trustworthy personal relationships as artificial intelligence advances.

Career

How to Boost Your Reputation and Career

Laurence J. Stybel on May 2, 2024

Want more longevity in your career? Earn a reputation as a conversationalist. Here's how to do it.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

You Know What You Know

Laurence J. Stybel on April 1, 2024

Taking time to think about what you know can avert the blinders that often come with thinking fast.

Leadership

Brainstorming Is Overrated

Laurence J. Stybel on March 1, 2024

Open forums are not open. Here's a different format for team and board discussions.

Resilience

Success Is Good. Failure Is Bad. Any Questions?

Laurence J. Stybel on February 1, 2024

Ways to effectively manage failure.

Career

How to Seek Advice at Work

Laurence J. Stybel on January 2, 2024

When working remotely, you can seek advice from colleagues while avoiding being perceived as helpless or needy.

Career

How to Design Your Portfolio Life

Laurence J. Stybel on December 1, 2023

Working at one company for many years might be the riskiest career decision you can make.

Leadership

How to Ask a Subordinate to Be More Strategic

Laurence J. Stybel on November 2, 2023

Avoid the typical negative reactions when asking a direct report to think more strategically.

Artificial Intelligence

Starting a Corporate Digital Transformation Journey?

Laurence J. Stybel on October 2, 2023

Digital/AI transformation is the wave of the future: When should you respectfully decline to get involved?

Leadership

You Have the Power to Change People’s Brain Chemistry

Laurence J. Stybel on September 1, 2023

A good business story can change behavior by changing brain chemistry. Here's how how to do it.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

I’m Stuck in a Win/Don’t Lose Corporate Culture

Laurence J. Stybel on August 1, 2023

In business, failure can sometimes teach more valuable lessons than success. How to evaluate your next opportunity.

Leadership

Customer Experience vs Employee Experience

Laurence J. Stybel on July 2, 2023

How businesses can get beyond a silo mentality that damages customer experience and demotivates employees.

Career

How to Use AI in Your Job Search

Laurence J. Stybel on June 1, 2023

How artificial intelligence can improve your career.

Addiction

Managing Your Success Addiction

Laurence J. Stybel on April 25, 2023

Attention success addicts: There's bad news and good news for you.

Career

How to Manage Swans, Rhinos, and Elephants at Work

Laurence J. Stybel on April 2, 2023

How to mnage black swans, gay rhinos, and elephants in your corporation.

Artificial Intelligence

When Dyslexics Meet Artificial Intelligence

Laurence J. Stybel on March 1, 2023

Why AI increases the probability you will be successful because of your dyslexia.

Leadership

The Limits of Listening

Laurence J. Stybel on February 1, 2023

Did you just fail or were you a victim of the bouba/kiki effect?