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Zoom In: Learn Processes to Lead Better Projects
Infuse your project management with empathy, curiosity, and respect to be clear and concrete about a shared path forward. Learn processes and connect with people rather than adding undue pressure to project teams. Good results will follow.

Laura Hope Goldstone
4 days ago9 min read
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The Impact of Values on Leadership: A Primer
The Impact of Values on Leadership: A Primer. Explore how values influence our leadership, how to identify where values show up in our leadership, and how to ensure alignment of values in our words and actions.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 812 min read
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How to Remove "Just" From Your Vocabulary for a Stronger Message
Remove the word "just" from your vocabulary. "Just" conveys weakness, deference, and uncertainty. Shift your language to be clear and confident. Use tighter language to speak your truth.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 15 min read
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Focus On What Makes You Human
Explore the idea of "processes" as it they pertain to figuring out how we, as humans, operate, and how to be more human in the way we process our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and context.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jun 308 min read
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Spring Cleaning for Our Lives
Spring Cleaning for our lives. When was the last time you reassessed your life? Let's go through a 5-step process to help you take a step back, cut out the bad, bring in the good, and set your life in the direction you want.

Laura Hope Goldstone
May 225 min read
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Tech Isn't About Tools. It's About People.
Tech Isn't About Tools. It's About People. And People Have More Power Than They Think.

Laura Hope Goldstone
May 229 min read
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The Role of Hope in Leadership
The Role of Hope in Leadership. Let's look at 2025 Gallup Workplace research and explore why people need hope from their leaders -- and how leaders can instill authentic, actionable hope in their teams.

Laura Hope Goldstone
May 93 min read
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Whose Job Is It to Care? One Key Difference Between Leadership and Management
Caring is one key difference between leadership and management. Nurturing soft skills matters just as much as driving tangible results.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Apr 1412 min read
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Become Your Best Advocate - at Work and Everywhere Else
Learn the power of self-advocacy at work along with some clear examples of what it is - and what it isn't.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Mar 223 min read
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Assessing Your Value by Pretending it's Gone
Assessing Your Value by Pretending it's Gone: If you stopped doing what you're doing, what would be the impact? Who would care? Would you?

Laura Hope Goldstone
Mar 14 min read
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Exploring the Company we Keep - with Ourselves! (With 4 Impactful Self-Reflection Exercises)
Exploring our relationship with ourselves, through discovery and self-reflection, will improve our relationship with everything around us.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Dec 5, 202412 min read
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​The Balance Between Curiosity and Credibility at Work
Let's explore the balance between curiosity and credibility at work. Leaders can ask strategic, timely questions that inform, and empower.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Nov 22, 20247 min read
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Why We Respect the Authority of Some Leaders - And Not Others
Leadership isn't about a title - it's about authenticity, credibility & trust. Learn how to evaluate effective leaders with this framework.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 24, 202414 min read
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Don't Let Ease Diminish Discernment: Beware The Perils of Heavy GenAI Reliance
Don't Let Ease Diminish Discernment: Beware The Perils of Heavy GenAI Reliance

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 11, 202413 min read
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Marketing Lessons to Improve Your Change Management Efforts: Where Marketing and L&D Overlap
To improve your change management efforts, consider these overlapping elements between marketing and L&D to best serve your audience.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 7, 20249 min read
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Beware Goodhart's Law: Make Your Metrics Work For You
Beware Goodhart's Law. Use the right metrics in the right ways to measure success more holistically, openly, regularly, and effectively.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 4, 202411 min read
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The Mindful Leader: How Mindfulness Enhances Our Presence at Work
Mindfulness makes us more strategic, intentional, calm, clear, and decisive leaders, communicators, and collaborators. Here's how.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Sep 27, 20248 min read
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The Power of Reading on World Literacy Day
On this World Literacy Day, let's reflect on the power of reading. Reading is a journey, an opportunity, an adventure, a risk, and a refuge.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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Diversity of Thought at Work: Roadblocks, Why It Matters, and Tips & Tricks to Encourage More of It
Let's explore diversity of thought at work: issues with it, why it's so powerful, and tips & tricks to help leaders encourage more of it.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Aug 19, 20249 min read
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Content Framework: A Strategic Foundation for Content Writing
Use this content framework as a strategic foundation to improve your content writing and produce strategically aligned content every time.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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