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Let's start by getting something straight. Consensus is not about everyone having perfect agreement. That's beyond rare. And for busy professionals just like you, it's often not reasonable. What is reasonable, is to think of consensus as meaningful agreement. And it's important. Without consensus, you risk others viewing you as too aggressive or arbitrary as a decision maker. Most people understand the importance of two-way collaboration and consensus building. Having said that, there can be an odd downside to consensus building. First, it takes time to build consensus. Any additional time spent working towards satisfying everyone and getting everybody on the same page, is time spent not working on something else. Next, believe it or not, if you always make prolonged and inclusive consensus building your approach, some people will interpret that as a sign of weakness. As if you're afraid to assert yourself and make the call. Finally, don't forget, the process of consensus building…
Building consensus
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Contents
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Introduction Introduction
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Introduction to the weekly series
23s
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1. Communication and Influence 1. Communication and Influence
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Creating a lasting first impression
2m 33s
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Reading body language
2m 51s
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Becoming a better listener
2m 44s
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Communicating with candor
2m 16s
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Storytelling at work
2m 39s
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Using persuasion at work
2m 50s
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5 Phrases to Avoid
2m 39s
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The keys to great conversation
2m 20s
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Selling your ideas
2m 30s
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Leading with ideas over numbers
4m 10s
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Developing executive presence
2m 56s
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Speaking to be heard
3m 8s
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Using positive power and politics
3m 8s
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Structuring an effective presentation
3m 13s
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How to deliver an effective presentation
2m 44s
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Dealing with inappropriate comments
2m 43s
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How to improve communication immediately
2m 59s
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How to show respect
2m 43s
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Avoiding the seven toxic words
3m 14s
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2. Creativity, Innovation, and Change 2. Creativity, Innovation, and Change
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Becoming a change agent
2m 59s
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Finding targets for innovation
2m 45s
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Assessing your organization's change readiness
2m 50s
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Embracing failure
2m 33s
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Developing your creativity
3m 6s
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Breaking through with brainstorming
3m 16s
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Embracing the devil's advocate
2m 50s
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Managing creative talent
3m 2s
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Fighting bureaucracy
3m 6s
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Not all best practices are best
2m 57s
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Diversity’s real power
2m 6s
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Initiating change conversations
2m 57s
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Creating needed debate
3m 2s
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Knowing when to engage positive conflict
2m 42s
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Myth of creative genius
2m 44s
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Changing routines to build new thought
2m 41s
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Making risk feel like learning
2m 47s
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The difference between creativity and innovation
3m 10s
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People don't hate change
2m 47s
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Advocating for the unpopular
2m 20s
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The upside of limited resources
2m 54s
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Understanding change capacity
2m 24s
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Picking a successful fight at work
2m 19s
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Start, stop, change
2m 44s
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3. Decision Making 3. Decision Making
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Making better decisions at work
3m 9s
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Creating solutions, not policies
3m 16s
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The danger of short-term thinking
2m 53s
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Navigating common ethical dilemmas
2m 31s
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Making tough decisions
2m 34s
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Understanding averages and exceptions
3m 5s
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A simple approach to personal ethics
2m 33s
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Overcoming unconscious bias
3m 15s
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Reinforcing ethics
3m
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When it’s time to be autocratic
2m 56s
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4. Difficult Skills 4. Difficult Skills
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Managing your manager
2m 35s
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Working with people you don't like
2m 50s
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Surviving a bad boss
3m 1s
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Working with difficult bosses
3m 3s
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Dealing with a public insult from your boss
2m 32s
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The three strikes rule
2m 56s
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Leading someone with a low EQ (emotional quotient)
2m 55s
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Disagreeing successfully with the boss
2m 34s
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Telling someone how they are viewed by others
2m 41s
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5. Finding and Developing Talent 5. Finding and Developing Talent
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Cultivating future leaders
2m 46s
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Hiring to fill gaps in your team
2m 40s
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Retaining top performers
2m 31s
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Engaging your high potentials
2m 37s
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Building a destination workplace
2m 55s
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Giving a realistic job preview
2m 30s
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Rethinking the job description
2m 54s
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Thinking about hiring in a new way
3m 18s
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Creative onboarding
3m 31s
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Hiring a few originals
2m 41s
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Avoiding the Peter Principle
2m 52s
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When you hire the wrong person
2m 57s
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How to spot leadership potential
2m 36s
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6. Management Tactics 6. Management Tactics
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Being a leader, not a micromanager
2m 21s
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Restarting a stalled project
3m 15s
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Building consensus
3m
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Predicting challenges
2m 23s
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Dealing with a new boss off to a bad start
2m 22s
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Making yourself approachable
3m 4s
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Leading with questions
2m 31s
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Using the trial balloon
2m 32s
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The personal thank you
2m 36s
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Surviving as an introvert
3m 5s
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Effective ways to grab input
2m 43s
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Psychology tips for managers
2m 56s
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Dewett’s Rules
3m 14s
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7. Managing a Team 7. Managing a Team
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Getting your team unstuck
2m 48s
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Coaching your team
2m 41s
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Motivating team members
2m 35s
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Keeping a virtual team connected
2m 27s
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Motivating by getting your hands dirty
2m 17s
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Planning your team-building retreat
2m 50s
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Facilitating your team-building retreat
2m 49s
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Discovering the problem with teams
2m 39s
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Understanding personality types at work
2m 32s
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Signs of team dysfunction
3m 12s
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When to use team decision-making
2m 46s
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Know your team's reputation
3m 7s
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When there is a bully on your team
3m 15s
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Clarifying norms
3m
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Stimulating group learning
2m 40s
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8. Managing Performance 8. Managing Performance
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Managing millennials
2m 18s
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Managing a multigenerational workforce
2m 53s
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Managing poor performance
2m 45s
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Delivering employee feedback
2m 53s
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Making work fun
2m 43s
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Building trust
2m 32s
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Empowering through BHAGs
3m 7s
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Building transparency into your work culture
1m 53s
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Getting serious about autonomy
2m 51s
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Managing technical talent
2m 57s
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Building a better meeting
2m 41s
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Questioning competency models
3m 17s
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Rethinking productivity
2m 59s
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How to make meetings more effective
3m 3s
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Schedule time in the trenches
2m 47s
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Progress not perfection
3m 8s
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When to walk away from a project
2m 58s
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Signs of a toxic workplace
2m 58s
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Classic opportunities for fun
3m 4s
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9. Managing Your Career 9. Managing Your Career
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Networking within your organization
2m 43s
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Understanding organizational politics
2m 29s
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Earning your next promotion
2m 33s
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Planning for your next raise
2m 8s
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Developing work and life balance
2m 42s
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Leading as an introvert
3m 13s
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So you want to be a leader?
2m 39s
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Using phone etiquette
2m 23s
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The successful contrarian
2m 14s
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How to quit your job successfully
3m 3s
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Developing a personal board of directors
3m 2s
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Providing purpose
2m 48s
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Why liking is overrated
2m 53s
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The challenge of middle management
2m 51s
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From a technical role to a management role
3m 8s
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The leadership oath
2m 48s
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How to produce value for your network
2m 57s
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The three kinds of resumes
3m 7s
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All behaviors have consequences
3m 14s
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10. Personal Growth and Development 10. Personal Growth and Development
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Avoiding burnout at work
2m 30s
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Learning how to say no
2m 18s
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Offering a needed apology
2m 25s
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Fixing mistakes
2m 29s
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Finding purpose in your work
2m 40s
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Avoiding blame
2m 34s
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Surviving the loneliness of leadership
2m 52s
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Knowing the difference between quitting and refocusing
2m 32s
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Making and recovering from mistakes
2m 38s
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Three dangerous leadership assumptions
3m 4s
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Are leaders born or bred?
2m 34s
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Maximizing personal potential
2m 16s
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Pushing your limits
2m 57s
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Understanding strengths and weaknesses
2m 36s
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Earning respect
2m 26s
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Embracing personal evolution
3m 25s
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The art of delayed gratification
2m 54s
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Inspiration is a choice
2m 35s
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Managing emotions at work
2m 35s
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Building self-awareness as a manager
2m 56s
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Why it's smart to share your uncertainties
2m 48s
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Let them teach you
2m 25s
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How to solicit feedback from the team
2m 54s
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Using a work diary
2m 42s
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Tips for dealing with pressure at work
2m 59s
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How to admit you’re wrong
3m 1s
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