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Leading Change

Laura J.November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

In Leading in a time of change Peter Drucker and Peter Senge describe how leaders should think about and implement change. They explain that it is important to accept change and build abandonment...

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Is mentoring still applicable in the workplace?

Laura J.October 4, 2025November 5, 2025

Corner (2014) explains that mentoring can be used to develop leaders, clarify organizational culture, raise engagement, increase retention and company loyalty, and foster organizational growth. While some companies have cut back...

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Learning from Starbucks?

Laura J.August 24, 2025November 5, 2025

In the video, Leadership Lessons Learned at Starbucks: It's Not About the Coffee, Howard Behar explains that the people should be put at the forefront of everything we do within organizations. He...

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Leadership Strategy

Laura J.August 27, 2024November 5, 2025

Strategic leadership is a term that many use, but can be an abstract concept to the majority of leaders. In their article, Krupp and Howland (2013) explain that rather than looking...

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The Future of Virtual Teams…

Laura J.August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

According to Landy and Conte (2013) teams can provide a number of benefits to organizations including saving time, increasing innovation, integrating information, more effectively develop new products or services, and...

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Assessment in Leadership…

Laura J.August 31, 2023November 5, 2025

What if you could identify who has the potential to be a great leader before promoting them into a management position? PsychTests AIM Inc. (2011) designed the Leadership Potential Assessment (LEAP)...

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Identifying Training Needs…

Laura J.August 2, 2023November 5, 2025

In order to stay competitive, organizations must continually review their training processes and identify where their training needs are. Landy and Conte (2013) explain that before a training program is...

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Managing Stress in the Workplace…

Laura J.July 23, 2021November 5, 2025

Stress management tends to be a popular subject regardless of your profession. In their article titled "Effective Stress Management”, Houghton, Wu, Godwin, Neck, and Manz (2013) provide a model for managing...

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What is I/O Psychology?

Laura J.July 9, 2021June 30, 2021

In its simplest form, Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology is defined as the application of principles, theory, and research to both traditional and non-traditional workplace settings (Landy & Conte, 2013, pg. 7). In...

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Interested in Consulting? Here Are Four Best Practices to Consider

Laura J.June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

Cheung-Judge (2012) outlines four key areas that individuals can utilize to continue to develop as consultants: develop life long learning habits, work through power issues, build emotional and intuitive self-awareness,...