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5 Tips for Staying Kind, Calm, and Open During Difficult Conversations
Lessons in emotional intelligence - strengthening your emotional self-management skills
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Irina Stanescu
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September 2024

How to Cultivate Clarity and Kindness in Your Engineering Team
Two essential ingredients for high-performing teams
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Irina Stanescu
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How to Pick Your Battles: A Simple Framework for Addressing Issues at Work
Not all issues are made the same, so how can you use kindness to determine which issues are worth confronting and which aren't?
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Irina Stanescu
Why Healthy Confrontation Should Be Seen as an Act of Kindness
And how to get more comfortable with conflict if you're non-confrontational
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Irina Stanescu

August 2024

Are you really kind, or are you just being nice?
Choose kindness if you want you and your team to grow, and not just get along
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Irina Stanescu
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How Much Appreciation Do You Show Your Team?
A guide for expressing recognition at work
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Irina Stanescu
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8 Common Meeting Pitfalls and What You Can Do to Avoid Them
I can't count the number of times I've been in meetings thinking, "I can't wait to get back to real work." Meetings often feel like the bane of a…
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Irina Stanescu
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Anemari Fiser

July 2024

Answering “Tell Me About Yourself” in an Interview
Take your answer from meh to wow by avoiding these common pitfalls
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Irina Stanescu
The Wrong and Right Way to Deliver Bad News to Your Manager
Breaking bad news to your manager can feel like dropping a bomb. If you get it wrong, it can blow up in your face and make things worse. But if you get…
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Irina Stanescu
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7 Mindsets That Are Slowing Down Your Career Growth
And how to reframe them into empowering alternatives
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Irina Stanescu
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June 2024

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