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Why Employers Should Embrace a Skills-Based Culture for Hiring and Employee Retention
Focusing on a skills-based assessment will help you fill gaps, hire better talent, unlock more opportunities, and retain talent effectively.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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A Constructive View of Conflict
Unlock the positive potential of conflict: Discover how a constructive mindset transforms disagreements into opportunities for growth.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 23, 20237 min read
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Finding Success by Leading Like a Coach
Find success by leading like a coach. Build transferable skills among your team members, practice hard, then go out there and have some fun.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Sep 17, 20234 min read
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The Art of Balancing Structure and Action
Balancing structure and action is an art. Here are some ways to figure out how much strategy, data, reflection, and iteration you need.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Aug 30, 20235 min read
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People Leave Bad Managers in Search of Good Leaders
People leave bad managers in search of good leaders. Learn the difference to keep your high performing employees feeling empowered.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 8, 20235 min read
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Fostering a Learning Environment at Work: A Primer
To foster a learning environment, give employees tools to succeed, then give them space to experiment with the way they use those tools.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 7, 20235 min read
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Cognitive Inertia: What it is and 10 Ways to Combat it
Cognitive inertia presents a barrier to changing minds, gaining buy-in, and closing deals. Learn to combat cognitive inertia authentically.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Mar 6, 20238 min read
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How Disagreements Can Help Us - If We Approach Them Constructively
Approach a disagreement with curiosity rather than contention. Learning about other perspectives teaches us to arrive at better solutions.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Mar 5, 20236 min read
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Your Company Culture is the Way You Treat Each Other
Culture isn't about where you work; it's about how you act. The foundation of a company culture is in the way you treat each other at work.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jan 4, 20234 min read
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Recognize Your Employees in Ways they Prefer
Recognize your employees the way they prefer to build trust. As a leader, it's up to you to communicate successes and listen reflectively.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 29, 20225 min read
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The Role of Communication in Launching an Internal System
While launching a system requires technical prowess to set up and training to maintain, success of adoption depends on strong communication.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Aug 12, 20228 min read
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Align Goals and Resources to Fuel Strategic Success
Whittling down goals and resources in tandem will help you form a strategic, realistic, and actionable plan to help launch a new program.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 22, 20226 min read
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People Will Remember That You Remembered
If you remember little things about your team members, and gently ask questions about their lives, they will appreciate that you cared.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jun 3, 20224 min read
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Leaders, Encourage Employees to Take Breaks
Just as silence enriches sound, a pause amidst a busy work schedule can recharge and reinvigorate. Read why pauses are vital to the workday.

Laura Hope Goldstone
May 28, 20225 min read
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How Wisdom Breeds More Strategic Leaders
Learn how wisdom leads to more strategic thinking, which yields a virtuous cycle for ourselves and others.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Feb 25, 20225 min read
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The Great Resignation: Part 3 - Perspective & Culture Shift
The Great Resignation is causing a perspective shift, and companies need to reflect employees' reprioritized values in their benefits.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Nov 30, 20216 min read
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The Great Resignation: Part 2 - Employer Guidance
Storyhaven discusses The Great Resignation from the employer perspective, exploring empathy, appreciation, opportunity, boundaries and more.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Nov 16, 20215 min read
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How Does Project-Based Work Build Trust?
Project-based work builds trust among leaders and teams, endorses a healthy work-life balance, and improves output - when done right.

Laura Hope Goldstone
Oct 21, 20213 min read
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The Value of a Personal Board of Directors
Have you heard of a "personal Board of Directors"? In an age when an individual's personal brand is becoming a mainstream concept, you...

Laura Hope Goldstone
Aug 27, 20214 min read
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Consistent Messages are Key to Leadership Success
Whether I am figuring out how to lead my team, reading about leadership theories, coaching new managers, reflecting on past managers, or...

Laura Hope Goldstone
Jul 23, 20215 min read
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