April 15, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Leadership is characterized by the complex and diverse nature of human values, which can be fluid, contradictory, and at times, difficult to define. This is why human elements such as common sense, continuous learning, adapting on the fly, understanding cause...
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April 10, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
As the labor market cools, companies are increasing their efforts to bring workers back to the office, though not necessarily requiring them to come in five days a week. The trend towards remote work is still ongoing, with some employers...
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April 02, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
As job coaches, Maikel and I have seen a disturbing trend in the practice of HR ghosting candidates after multiple interviews. This is starting to become an expected trend for several of our job seekers that we work with. Ghosting...
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March 26, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
We live in a society where instant gratification has become the norm. For some reason, leadership has become something that is now a fast-track exercise. Global surveys on leadership, as well as employee feedback, show that the fast track isn't...
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March 21, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
How many times have you felt as a leader that people just aren't listening to what you have to say? You start to feel as if nothing you say has any importance at all to the people you are talking...
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March 19, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
In part 2 of this series, we go even further down the rabbit hole of narcissistic behavior in leadership. These are the folks who could give a toxic culture an even worse name. These are the relationship manipulators, rumor starters,...
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March 11, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Dorian Gray from all outside appearances was the ideal vision of youth. He lived a life of hedonism and excess, constantly seeking pleasure and indulging in his every whim. He remained young and beautiful and from all outside appearances, it...
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March 08, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Imposter Syndrome (IS) is a psychological pattern characterized by chronic self-doubt and a pervasive fear of being unmasked as a fraud, despite evidence of competence and success. Those experiencing Imposter Syndrome often attribute their accomplishments to external factors, discounting their...
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March 05, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Global surveys show that the vast majority of leaders are struggling. Some surveys are as low as 75%, while others show that 91% of all leaders are failing. One reason they cannot escape their challenges is they have a gap;...
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March 02, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
In a previous episode, we asked the question, "Would You Hire Yourself as a Leader? How many of you who listened to that episode, took the challenge, and inventoried your skills and talents as a leader? Would you hire yourself...
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