How to Build an Effective Team: 3 Steps From Scaling People

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Do you know how to build an effective team? Is your current team failing to work cohesively? Claire Hughes Johnson recognizes that the work isn’t finished after you’ve hired the best candidates to round out your team. On the contrary, you must take active steps to integrate these new employees successfully into the team. Let’s examine three steps that Hughes Johnson recommends for building and sustaining effective teams.

How to Write Employee Reviews: The 3 Parts of an Evaluation

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Is it time for you to evaluate employees? What are the three parts of an employee review? Claire Hughes Johnson points out that managers should implement formal reviews that occur on a consistent basis. Such reviews have three parts: gathering feedback from various sources, adjusting that feedback to account for irregularities, and determining any changes to compensation. Discover how to write employee reviews that are thorough and helpful.

What Is a Business Operating System? A Company’s Outline

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What is a business operating system? How does accountability improve a company? Claire Hughes Johnson notes that your operating system—the set of underlying norms that outline how your company functions—allows your company to function effectively. She discusses three subsystems that are essential to your operating system: constructing strategy, ensuring accountability, and fostering communication. Here’s more on the three subsystems of a business operating system.

How to Mentor Employees: 2 Approaches for Great Advisors

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Do you know how to mentor employees? What is inquisitive coaching? Claire Hughes Johnson recognizes that management’s work doesn’t end with the formation of a thriving team. On the contrary, she holds that managers should continue to develop the skills of their employees through active instruction. Let’s discuss Hughes Johnson’s informal approach to mentoring employees.

Will and Grace Behind the Scenes (Just Jack & Will)

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What was Will and Grace like behind the scenes? What do the stars of the show think about their experiences? Will and Grace behind the scenes was characterized by humor, with cast members doing things like inserting inside jokes and personal references into the script. Stars Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack recently spoke about their experiences on their podcast Just Jack & Will. Keep reading for an inside look at their experiences from this episode.

The 3 Types of Burnout and How to Overcome Them

A woman holding her head next to piles of papers illustrates the 3 types of burnout and how to overcome them

Do you feel like you’ve given everything you have at work? What are the three types of burnout? Ali Abdaal says that burnout sets in when work stops feeling good and starts to feel tedious, meaningless, or overwhelming instead. This means that your work is harming your emotional well-being instead of boosting it. Let’s go over the three types of burnout and how to overcome them.