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6 Ways Scrabble Can Teach Us About Creative Resilience

Creativity at Work

6 Ways Scrabble Can Teach Us About Creative ResilienceYou may be wondering, What can Scrabble teach us about creative resilience? Turns out, quite a bit! As someone who helps people develop creativity and resilience, I've noticed something intriguing: Scrabble mirrors some of the same building blocks we need to be creative and resilient in both life and work.

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What Do You Do?

Your Work, Your Way

A recent Wall Street Journal article is titled “Stop Asking ‘What Do You Do.’” Writer Joanne Lipman says the almost-exclusively American conversation opener is a holdover from our Protestant work ethic roots. But for those who may be going through a transitional phase (like a layoff) or who are choosing differently (like a stay-at-home parent) may feel that the question “conceal[s] a bundle of judgments: What’s your social status?

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The Top Skills Employers Seek Have Nothing to Do With Technology

Harvard Professional Development

The world of work is rapidly changing. The rise of artificial intelligence, automation, and other sophisticated technology is expected to eliminate many jobs, alter others, and create new fields. To find new solutions to enduring problems, meet challenges, and create climates for innovation, companies need nimble leaders who think critically, inspire others, and nurture creativity — a skill set known as “durable” skills.

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How To Be Less Sensitive: 11 Tactics To Try

BetterUp

Jump to section Are you too sensitive?

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Next Level eLearning – The AI-powered Courseware Coach

Introducing Willow from WILL Interactive – a new artificial instructor technology that coaches users through eLearning content to increase training ROI. Using active conversations with a virtual expert not only reinforces key concepts but also helps employees think critically and creatively. Willow can ask questions, analyze responses, and deliver personalized feedback.

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Empower Woman with Coaching

International Coach Academy

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the challenges women face in career development, particularly regarding self-confidence. Despite advancements in gender equality, women continue to encounter barriers that hinder their professional growth. These barriers are not only external, such as organizational biases and structural inequalities but also internal, including self-doubt and impostor syndrome.

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Why Am I Unhappy? 7 Examples of How We Get Disconnected from our Values and Ourselves!

The Coaching Tools Company

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as Why Am I Unhappy? 7 Examples of How We Get Disconnected from our Values and Ourselves! Our values represent who we are. When we don't honour our values we are actually creating a disconnect from our 'selves'. We're sending ourselves the message that we're not important and this can leave us feeling angry, dissatisfied, guilt or sad to name just a few possible emotions!

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