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How to use personality tests to build a productive team
It's late on Tuesday night, and instead of sleeping like you should be, you find yourself taking a personality quiz your friend texted you. I mean, there's clearly no way you'll be able to sleep until you confirm you'd never be a Slytherin.
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How to Master the Art of Listening
Listening is the unsung hero of communication. We love to praise great orators and recite lines from famous speeches, and rightly so. Words are powerful. But listening can be equally so.
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The Conscious Style Guide: How to Talk About People with Inclusive and Tactful Language
Do you remember Richard Scarry’s books? You might have heard that last year, his classic Best Word Book Ever got some updates.
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How to Make Mind Maps: Visualize Your Ideas for Better Brainstorming
Legend has it that in the summer of 1994, as the production of Toy Story was wrapping up, four Pixar creatives went to lunch to brainstorm ideas for new projects. Sketching on napkins, they teased out ideas for what would become Wall-E; Monsters, Inc.
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Communicate Better: How to Master Small Talk in Awkward Professional Situations

There’s an episode of Seinfeld when Elaine and Jerry get stranded at a party and spend the night dodging awkward small talk.

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The Writer's Guide to Making Accessible Web Content

Left-handed people are surrounded by items that aren't designed for them. Scissors, golf clubs, desks, video game controllers: it's a right-hander's world, and it's annoying that they don't take your needs into account.

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How to Avoid the 9 Things That Hurt Productivity Most

You’ve probably seen enough "fail" videos to guess what happens when a skateboarder rolls towards stairs, a bike gets anywhere near a tree, or a dog runs full speed at a sliding glass door.

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The Power of Storytelling: How to Build Empathy with the Right Narrative

Coonoor Behal hates cats. "Anyone who knows me knows I don't like cats," says Behal, founder of Mindhatch, an organizational and customer insights firm that specializes in improv and design thinking.

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