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Career

Fired? Don’t Sign Anything!

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on January 2, 2026

Here are useful initial steps to take on the day you are fired.

Here are useful initial steps to take on the day you are fired.

Career

The Meritocracy Paradox Pervades Most Companies

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on December 1, 2025

Companies that espouse hiring and promoting on merit are unlikely to do so in practice. Here's how to manage the meritocracy paradox.

Companies that espouse hiring and promoting on merit are unlikely to do so in practice. Here's how to manage the meritocracy paradox.

Imposter Syndrome

Feel Like an Imposter at Work?

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on November 3, 2025

Here's a cognitive behavioral technique for helping to manage imposter syndrome.

Here's a cognitive behavioral technique for helping to manage imposter syndrome.

Artificial Intelligence

How to Build, Sustain—and Destroy—Trust

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on October 1, 2025

How to measure perceived institutional trust and why it is so important for your career.

How to measure perceived institutional trust and why it is so important for your career.

Artificial Intelligence

How to Prepare for That Initial Business Meeting

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on September 2, 2025

You have an initial business meeting. Here's how to prepare for it.

You have an initial business meeting. Here's how to prepare for it.

Career

How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on August 4, 2025

Your boss uses cliches or metaphors to justify problematic decisions. Here are ways to disagree without being confrontational.

Your boss uses cliches or metaphors to justify problematic decisions. Here are ways to disagree without being confrontational.

Artificial Intelligence

How AI Will Impact Your Job Interviews

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on July 1, 2025

Artificial intelligence has the potential to increase the validity of employment interviews, but there are cautions.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to increase the validity of employment interviews, but there are cautions.

Career

How Winners Manage Rejection

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on June 1, 2025

Successful professionals manage rejection in different ways than those who struggle to make sales.

Successful professionals manage rejection in different ways than those who struggle to make sales.

Leadership

Managing Conflict at Work

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on May 1, 2025

Why leaders should structure productive conflict and how to do it well.

Why leaders should structure productive conflict and how to do it well.

Career

How to Successfully Sell Your Business

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on April 1, 2025

Legal, financial, and emotional pillars to help sell your business.

Legal, financial, and emotional pillars to help sell your business.

Leadership

A Leader for Our Times

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on March 5, 2025

Are you and your team operating under conditions of high stress, high uncertainty, and resource constraints? Here's a leadership role model for you.

Are you and your team operating under conditions of high stress, high uncertainty, and resource constraints? Here's a leadership role model for you.

Artificial Intelligence

How to Write Compelling Emails in an Emerging AI World

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on February 1, 2025

How You Can Write Compelling Emails in an Emerging AI World.

How You Can Write Compelling Emails in an Emerging AI World.

Artificial Intelligence

Beware When Told to “Keep Your Eyes on the Ball”

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on January 1, 2025

As a vehicle's speed increases, the driver's peripheral vision decreases. Here are some implications for leaders of fast-moving companies.

As a vehicle's speed increases, the driver's peripheral vision decreases. Here are some implications for leaders of fast-moving companies.

Creativity

Grow Your Company Without Destroying What Makes It Great

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on December 1, 2024

A technique for managing growth in a company without destroying what makes it great.

A technique for managing growth in a company without destroying what makes it great.

It takes bold thinking for companies to get the right mix of machine-first operations and humanity-first operations.

Leadership

Here's an Exciting Leadership Tool You Can Use

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on October 1, 2024

Walking is an innovative leadership tool you can use today.

Walking is an innovative leadership tool you can use today.

Humor

How to Use Self-Deprecation as a Leadership Tool

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on September 2, 2024

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

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

Career

Why You Need a Career Advisory Board

Laurence J. Stybel Ed.D. on August 1, 2024

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

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 Ed.D. 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.

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 Ed.D. on June 2, 2024

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

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