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How to deal with angry people: 10 strategies to try
Running into people who are angry or upset is unavoidable-whether it’s an angry customer at work or a loved one whose emotions are running high.
Kat Boogaard
6 ways to improve your collaboration skills
"Collaboration skills" is a workplace and resume buzzword that isn’t going away anytime soon. This is mostly because collaboration is deeply integrated into the job roles and workflows of most organizations. Whether you love collaborating or hate it, it’s part of how work gets done. Nobody works in a vacuum.
Kat Boogaard
What the collaborative leadership style is—and why it works
Why the collaborative leadership style works
Kat Boogaard
Creative problem solving: 6 steps to improve yours
Creative problem solving, sometimes called CPS, is a proven method for approaching a problem or a challenge in an imaginative and innovative way. It helps you redefine the problems and opportunities you face, come up with new, innovative responses and solutions, and then take action. The creative problem solving approach comes from the work of Alex Osborn in the 1940s, which was then subsequently nurtured at Buffalo State University. It's one of the most tangible problem solving approaches out there today; you can view it almost as a mix of creative thinking and critical thinking.
Ted Bauer
How to get promoted: The do's and don'ts
You’ve been in your job for a while and feel you’ve mastered every aspect of your job duties. Now, you’re ready for that next step up: a promotion. But, it’s not as easy as asking your boss to move up the ladder. So, what do you do?
Kat Boogaard
The definitive guide to leading a team
Leadership is one of the most complicated human endeavors, both at work and beyond.
Ted Bauer
12 emotional regulation skills to calm inner chaos
Have you ever said something out of anger, only to regret it later? Ever reach out to someone toxic because you were feeling lonely? How about scarf down a box of cookies when you were sad (giving yourself a stomach ache on top of it all)?
Amy Rigby
Victim mentality: 8 signs & how to overcome it
"What's the point in trying when I never win?"
Amy Rigby
Mastering the complicated world of stakeholder management
First things first: let's define stakeholder management.
Ted Bauer
How to set healthy boundaries and have better relationships
Healthy boundaries protect your mental health, foster nurturing relationships, reduce stress and eliminate resentment.
Amy Rigby
Elevating success through team collaboration
In the face of market challenges, there is a need for innovation and agile decision-making. In recent times, team collaboration has emerged as one of the defining factors of success.
Aleney de Winter 
10 sneaky signs you have low self-esteem (and how to cure it)
Low self-esteem: what it is, how to spot it, and how to be more confident.
Amy Rigby
Signs you have high functioning anxiety (and how to beat it)
Do you often find yourself going through paperwork at 6 pm, long after everyone’s left the office? Do you feel like everything you do needs to be perfect in every way possible? Is it all slowly draining up your energy, but you still feel like there’s no other way to get through life?
Marlee
How to challenge the status quo
“Status quo” is a Latin phrase that essentially means “existing state of affairs.”
Marlee