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Quick and valuable ideas or stories you can read, watch, listen to, or grab & take with you that can make your day brighter, your work more effective, your job more fun, your challenges less challenging, or simply to make you smile.


05.28.24 – A timeless poem about change – The Song of the Potter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)


05.21.24 - A Learning Manifesto by Rob Cordova


05.14.24 - 2024 Workplace Learning Report – LinkedIn Learning


05.07.24 – Harness Intelligence  – Change your mindset from one of fear or confusion to one that embraces the potential and power of generative AI and the 7 realms of intelligence you can harness to better contribute and lead in your role at your organization.


04.30.24 – AI for Business Analytics: A Non-Coder’s Guide


04.23.24There’s an art to happy memories
You can make more by experiencing more “first”s - ideas.ted.com | Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute


04.16.24 – Updated: 168 best AI tools of 2024


04.09.24 - Switzerland is the world’s top talent hub. Here’s why
World Economic Forum 


04.02.24 - On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible across the U.S. along a narrow path. It will also be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until 2044. Solar Eclipses Explained  The Planetary Society Reprise: When and Where (NASA)


03.26.24 - Lead and Collaborate Like an Orchestra Conductor
Troy Peters | San Antonio Youth Orchestra


03.19.24 - How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek | One of the most popular TED Talks of all time


03.12.24NASA’s Eclipse Explorer – On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will make its way across the U.S. from western Texas to northern Maine. NASA has a tool to help you know exactly when and where, including its start time, duration, and the expected weather conditions by zip code.  And here’s a related TED Talk: You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse


03.05.24Being the Boss sneak peek (reprise) – Dr. Linda Hill shares strategies from her book, Being the Boss, from the lens of the pandemic crisis of 2020.


02.27.24 Introducing Atoms – the official Atomic Habits app!​​ Just released from James Clear,  an app based on one of our all-time favorite books.


02.20.24Beyond Leadership Lip Service: A research report from Julie Winkle Giulioni - Why managers might not support L&D efforts – and what to do about it


02.13.24 – Let’s get acquainted - Here’s just a little more about who we are.


02.06.24Meet the Author: Dr. Sharon Lamm-Hartmann
Check out the replay and get a great takeaway tool  from our book club discussion on 09.29.22.


01.30.24 - Your Multidimensional Career: A Self-Assessment
Discover your own career development interests and possibilities


01.23.24 - Reprise:  13 actions & behaviors you can take or do now to help create a more inclusive world (10,000 Feet)


01.16.24Inventions for the Future – Experts from different fields weigh in on the Next Big Thing. (Bosch)


01.09.24The key to achieving your goals: Create an inspiring vision (TaskHuman)


01.02.24How to Build a New Habit: This is Your Strategy Guide (James Clear)


12.26.23 - My year reading a book from every country in the world
Ann Morgan | TEDGlobal | London


12.19.23 - Because every country is the most beautiful at something – reasons to celebrate – An interactive map at informationisbeautiful.net.


12.12.23Dr. Linda Hill on where her innovation research is taking her now (Paint & Pipette podcast with Jeremy Utley)


12.05.23 - ChatGPT 3.5 - get your free account (or get on their waitlist for even more tools)


11.28.23 - TED: The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI - What OpenAI’s Cofounder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever had to say just weeks before their big shakeup.


11.21.23Designing Your Life with Susan Burnett – A free give-back event from Advantage Join us on December 14.


11.14.23Beyond Leadership Lip Service – Gaining Support for Learning Initiatives, a survey and research report by Julie Winkle Giulioni – Participate here and get early access to results! Our thought leader partner, author, and a leader in career development, Julie is working to crack the code on gaining management support for learning. You can help!


11.07.23A simple way to inspire your team – David Burkus | TEDx Reno


10.31.23Linda Hill on Skills for Today’s Leaders | Microsoft WorkLab Podcast


10.24.23 - Lessons from Pixar on Creativity, Leadership & Why Story Is King | Ed Catmull | The Rich Roll podcast


10.17.23 - WorkLife - Organizational psychologist Adam Grant takes you inside some truly unusual places, where they’ve figured out how to make work not suck.


10.10.23 - The 10 biggest business trends for 2024 everyone must be ready for now (Forbes)


10.03.23 - 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for - What happens when a company looks less to control and more to trust? Patty McCord, the iconic former chief talent officer at Netflix, shares the key insights that led her to toss their HR handbook out the window, ditch the jargon, embrace change, and have fun.


09.26.23 - New AI tools are coming out every day. It’s hard to keep up. Here’s a place to start: 152 Best AI Tools of 2023  (Put together by Ema Lukan for Synthesia, an AI video platform, updated 09.26.23)


09.19.23 - Watch the replay from our webinar on Learning in the Flow of Business with our thought leader partners at 1st90. Susan Burnett, whose career spans decades as a learning leader at Gap, Deloitte, HP, and others, shares how she was able to change learning outcomes as Chief Learning Officer at Yahoo! - a task that can be accomplished much more easily today with 1st90.


09.12.23Watch the replay from our flyover of High Impact Learning, a proven methodology for driving business results from training.


09.05.23 - More than 10,000 sales professionals have read Level Five Selling:The Anatomy of a Quality Sales Call Revealed. That is an achievement only 7% of all trade books ever reach. Get a free copy with your RSVP to our Level Five Selling event in October.


08.29.23 - Build team strength with collaborator safety (pdf)
Whether your team is all back in the office, working remotely, or a hybrid of both, here is a conversation starter to help everyone feel they can collaborate fully.


08.22.23 - Dr. Linda Hill shares leadership strategies from her book in our webinar replay & takeaway from 09.14.20: Being the Boss insights for Leading in a Crisis


08.15.23 - To Infinity and Beyond:  Tap into the power of storytelling to create positive change


08.08.23 - Strategies and activities for career development from Christine DiDonato of Career Revolution


08.01.23 - A Multipliers Experiment: The Talent Magnet: How to Discover and Utilize Genius


07.25.23 - 3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration (TED-ED, 5 minutes)


07.18.23 - We’re happy to welcome a new Advantage partner! Meet Steven Orova


07.11.23 - TED Talk: Can we build AI without losing control over it? by Sam Harris, neuroscientist and philosopher


07.04.23 - Tipsheet: The Importance of Taking a Work-Free Vacation – Boston College


06.27.23 - Advantage thought leader Julie Winkle Giulioni, who specializes in workplace growth and development and whose workshops we love to bring to our clients, has created ChatJWG, a virtual GrowBot at your service. We love it!


06.20.23 - Take a humor break: Memes to celebrate summer


06.13.23 - 5 AI tools you need to start using now to build elearning
A review of ChatGPT,  MidJourney, D-id, descript, and openelms.ai (Source: Open eLMS Ltd via Learning News)


06.06.23 - Catch up on Multipliers concepts and discover your own diminisher tendencies with our free 3-part mini-learning journey.


05.30.23 - Need to make an important decision? Try our decision diagnostic.

05-23-23 - A new episode of the OneHabit podcast from our thought leader partners at 1st90: Jennifer Mrozek Sukalo – The Power of Gratitude. The author of Claim Your Swagger(out soon!), Jennifer shares how small changes in perspective can increase your awareness, help you reframe overwhelm into gratitude, and create an immediate and profound mind shift toward creativity and productivity.

05-16-23 -   Be There Certificate – Did you know that May is mental health awareness month? Learn to support someone struggling with their mental health through this free online course created by Jack.org in partnership with the Born This Way Foundation.

05-09-23 - Classic TED Talk: Malcom Gladwell on Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce - A lesson in human behavior for leaders who want to build workplaces where people are happy and fulfilled.Related Advantage event: Well-Being in the Workplace through Emotional Intelligence

05-02-23 - Advantage Partner Kristina DiStasio co-authored a great article that's recirculating on Forbes about why sometimes NOT knowing is better. Find out 4 dangers for all-knowing leaders and 7 ways to not know best. It's good advice that Kristina says aligns closely with building a Multiplier mindset.

04.18-23 - The Best Well-being Program Practices Checklist
from our friends at TaskHuman.

Related: Well-being in the workplace

04.11-23 - The One Habit podcast from our thought leader partners at 1st90
Tyler Ellison - The Art of Listening
An executive with experience leading companies in logistics, manufacturing and technology, Tyler believes that problem solving and critical thinking begins not with hearing, but with listening.

04.04-23 - OpenAI and ChatGPT
The future is here. Have you tried it yet?

03.28-23 - One Habit Podcast: Vic Smith - Self Reflection
Vic Smith, Manager Capability Lead at Amazon, dives into the power of self-reflection and how she uses journaling, self-reflection throughout her day, and other reflective tools to check-in with herself to re-center, reground and move forward.

03.21-23 - Leader’s Playbook: Drive Business Results through Learning
How to get great (or not so great) results from learning

Related: Our secret family recipe

03.14.23 - Podcast

03.07.23 - Podcast

02.28.23 - Beauty in sustainability

We discovered this story on Celemi's blog:

The House of Fish sculpture park
Beneath the Mediterranean Sea, a sculpture garden is saving an ecosystem thanks to Paolo the Fisherman.

Related: People, planet, profit

02.21.23 - Podcast

02.14.23 - New podcast!

One Habit: The first episode

Susan Burnett talks about how the habit of timeboxing allowed her to unlock both productivity and work-life balance. A former Chief Learning Officer or SVP at Yahoo!, Deloitte, Gap Inc., and Hewlett-Packard, Susan is now the CEO of Designing Your Life Consulting and part of the customer success team at 1st90.

Related: Make this podcast a habit

02.07.23 - The high cost of employee turnover:

Related: No unicorns, but the next best thing

01.31.23 - What would 2023 look like for your organization  if everyone were performing at 100%?
RSVP now for a complimentary “flyover” look or full access to Symphony, one of the world’s best frameworks for performance management.

01.24.23 – Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Talent Development Think Tank Conference, scheduled for February 22-23 at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Advantage was a primary sponsor of the original conference in 2020, and two of our thought leader partners are speakers this year: Jessica Skon, president & CEO of BTS Group, and Don Jones from ExperienceIT.
Use code APG200 for a $200 ticket discount!

01.17.23 – Best-selling Author Daniel H. Pink's My favorite interview. Ever.
(with Oprah on his book Whole New Mind) - Why the future belongs to dreamers

01.10.23Boost your openness, relationships, and impulse control

The BlueEQ™ mini learning journey

01.03.23A free mini learning journey

The Influence Inside™ Mini Learning Journey
from influence expert Kelly Dozois – Identify your goal and key stakeholders, assess your readiness, learn about the myths of influence, fine-tune your strategy.Direct access! No registration is required.

12.27.22Build your authentic brand
Replay + free takeaway tool

12-13-22 - Get a head start on a new habit for 2023:
Here is your strategy guide

12-06-22 - Tips from Santa on being a Multiplier (reprise)

Related: A sweet story

11-29-22 - An opportunity to give

Today is Giving Tuesday. Here's a suggestion that's close to our hearts:
Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund

Related: May her memory be a blessing

11-22-22 - An invitation

Leadership lessons from Capt. J.J. Cummings
Even if you can't join us Dec. 1, please add your greeting to our poster and care package for the men and women serving on the USS George H.W.Bush.

11.15.22 – Quick study: What makes a great leader?
Professor Linda Hill on the new ABCs of leadership

Related: Transforming leaders for the future

11.08.22A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity – It’s not what you think!
TED Talk: Author Tim Harford

11.01.22Back Pocket Questions
Asking questions is a bedrock skill of a Multiplier leader. Smart leaders keep a set of questions in their back pocket to quickly shift into coaching mode.

Related: Deep Impact: Make some magic with Liz Wiseman’s Multipliers + Impact Players

10.25.22To Infinity and Beyond … Tap into the power of storytelling (reprise)

Related: A story or two for you

10.18.22 - A free mini learning journey o bolster your career conversations

Unlock Their Potential: Talent development for a new generation
A free mini learning journey for managers

Related: Let's talk about your career

10.11.22 - A free mental health chatbot

Yesterday, October 10, was World Mental Health Day. We discovered a little AI-powered app called Woebot, a chatbot that puts automated cognitive therapy at your fingertips. Founded in 2017 by a group of Stanford psychologists and AI experts, it's now available free of charge to help you develop skills to challenge your thinking.

10.04.22 - Video playlist

Country music legend Loretta Lynn died today at 90.
Here's a playlist of her top tracks.

09.27.22 - 5-minute free assessment

Julie Winkle Giulioni's Multidimensional Career Self-Assessment
Discover what motivates you most

Related: Help them soar

09.20.22 - 2-minute tool

A secure passphrase generator
Because we can't think up any good new passwords that we haven't already used

Related: Outsmarting the bad guys

09.13.22 - 5-minute read

Multiplying UP: How to bring out the best in your boss with defenses against the dark arts of diminishing managers
- Liz Wiseman, Multipliers

Related: Quiet quitters

09.06.22 - 10-minute read - How to start new habits that actually stick - James Clear, Atomic Habits

Related: Don't think. Do.

Make some magic

08.30.22 - 14-minute video

The 3 magic ingredients of amazing presentations
Phil WAKNELL | TEDxSaclay

Why are most presentations so boring and ineffective? And why are TED talks the exception that prove the rule? Over the last 10 years, as a specialist in high-impact presentations, Phil Waknell has saved thousands of audiences from a painful death by boredom or bullet-points.

Related: You be you

Get comfortable with inclusion

Stacking up habits

08.16.22 - 10-minute video

This algorithm makes you rich, fit, and smart.
James Clear on being the architect of your habits.

Related: Stacking up habits - Talent Development Tuesday

Lighting up innovation

08.09.22 - 6-minute video

How Pixar helped Disney Animation get its groove back
Collective Genius co-author and former Pixar executive Greg Brandeau explains how executives tapped into innovation strategies that succeeded at Pixar to help a weakening Disney Animation division thrive again, eventually producing some of its biggest hits, including Zootopia and Frozen.

More stories about sparking innovation: apg1.us/CG-stories

Talent Development Tuesday: Lighting up innovation

Open your eyes to barriers

08.02.22 - 12:45 video

How losing the ability to walk and talk opened an architect's eyes
Todd Hanson |TEDxPortsmouth Related: The Inclusion Illusion

Bring out the best in your boss

07.26.22 - Free resources

Dealing with diminishers: Defenses against the dark arts of diminishing managers and multiplying UP (bringing out the best in your boss) - a webinar replay featuring Liz Wiseman and bonus content from the Multipliers simulation. Related: When good bosses go bad

Realize your potential with a 'Hi-Level' mindset

07.19.22 - 12-minute video

From Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Cordae:
How a "Hi Level" mindset helps you realize your potential

Get a lesson in leadership and team-building

07.12.2210-minute read

In this chapter excerpt, author Sean Murray captures the hard decisions, heartache, and startling reversal of fortune surrounding a charismatic player who got cut and went home to tend bar in The Straw That Stirred Our Drink from If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory

Related: The power of 3

Get lost

07.05.22 - 8-minute video

Time for a digital detox? Explore Revel's top 10 places to get unplugged and off the grid.

Related: Going off-grid

Nurture a culture of innovation

06.28.22 - 5-minute infographic
A look inside Collective Genius - An experience and tools for leading innovation

Discover your why

06.21.222-minute video

Simon Sinek: A QUICK way to find your WHY
“Believe it or not, you already have a profound impact on the lives of some of the people who are closest to you – you just have to ask!”

Related: Great people: Our "why" in just 6 words and the context behind them

Help us build our team

06.14.22 - 5-minute read
Do you know someone who is considering a career change?  We’re looking for a few great entrepreneurs who might be a good fit for Advantage.

Have some fun building your team

Multiply your team's talent and intelligence

Boost your EQ

05.24.22 - 5-minute assessment + action plans

The BlueEQ™ Mini Learning Journey for Winning Cultures - Boost the 3 leadership skills most critical to psychological safety

Diagnose a decision

05.17.22 - 5-minute interactive form

Could you be falling into one or more common decision-making traps? Evaluate a pending decision with the free Decision Diagnostic.

Dr. Linda Hill and Brené Brown

05.10.22 - 1-hour podcast episode

Paradox Strategies Founding Partner Dr. Linda Hill joins Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead podcast to discuss her research on leading in the digital age. Paradox Strategies is an Advantage thought leader partner.

Related: A new kind of leader and Introducing the Collective Genius Simulation: Join us June 16, 2022

Let's get acquainted

Some things you might not know about us!

05.03.22 - 5-min. read | infographic

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at who we are, our purpose, our passion, and what we can do for YOU.

The sunny side of life

04.26.22 - 10-minute video

TED Talk | Kevin Kelly: The future will be shaped by optimists

Related: The power of optimism

13 ways to create a more inclusive world

04.19.22 - 5-minute read (Reprise from 12.07.21 )

Inclusion doesn't have to be uncomfortable. Here are 13 easy ways you and your organization can become more inclusive, courtesy of our thought leader partner Ten Thousand Feet, LLC, creator of The Inclusive Leader business simulation.

Related: Moving the DEI needle, Diversity and sales

Help them learn

04.12.22 - 3 quick and easy ways managers can support learning + a free leader's playbook Related: The impact map

Welcome a new team member

04.05.22 - Reprise: Onboarding new hires: 9 ways to get it right by Richard Hodge,1st90 strategy & content
Related: Transformational technology

Make everyone smarter

03.29.22 - Transform your culture with Multipliers. Get started with our free mini learning journey. Related: An operating system for leadership

Make time for play

03.22.22 - TED Talk: Why Play Is Essential for Business: Strategist Martin Reeves makes a pitch for embracing play to spark innovative business ideas — and invites us to try out a series of imagination games that he uses to get leaders to stretch their thinking and dream up new possibilities.

Launch your extraordinary life

03.15.22 - Watch the replay of LIMITLESS from our annual give-back event last week featuring special guest Peter G. Ruppert, an education innovator, entrepreneur, speaker, and author of LIMITLESS: Nine Steps to Launch Your One Extraordinary Life.
Related: Living the dream: Lifelong Bengals fan Pete Ruppert is going to the Super Bowl

Break though bias

03.08.22 - Revisit our webinar with Kelly Dozois on Breaking Thru Bias
Related: #BreakTheBias

Tell your story

03.01.22 - Revisit our webinar with Kelly Dozois to tap into the power of storytelling. (Get her free story tool!) Related: The power of storytelling

.. - Make it memorable!

02.22.22 - It's 2-22-22, a profound and rare date that's perfect for weddings, letter-writing, and postcards. How are you making it memorable? Here's a heart-warming story about a baby born at 2:22am today.

Listen up

02.15.22 - ICYMI: Liz Wiseman talks with Brené Brown Need we say more?

Talk about those career hopes and dreams

02.08.22 - Looking to Improve Engagement? Look No Further Than Career Development, a 10-page guide to get you started from Julie Winkle Giulioni and Christine DiDonato

Related: Party with us! A book launch celebration and a challenge to touch someone's life

Follow @ontheroadwithhope

02.01.22 - @ontheroadwithhope - Kelly Dozois on instagram
"I took a huge leap and bought a Sprinter van to drive around the country. Follow me on this journey of reflection, contemplation and new discoveries."

Listen and learn about The 3 Imperatives

01.25.22A complimentary audio learning journey

Harvard Business School Professor Linda Hill, author of the management classic Being the Boss, explains the 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader via the Giide interactive auditory learning platform. Listen now!

5 must-read business books

01.18.225-minute read

The top 5 business books you must read this season - Forbes (Liz Wiseman's latest book, Impact Players, is on the list!)

Saving your soul: Set boundaries at work

01.11.225-minute read

From our thought leader partner Lisa McLeod: Saving your soul: How to set (and keep) boundaries at work

10 New Year's resolutions that are good for the soul

01.04.225-minute read

From the New York Times: 10 New Year’s resolutions that are good for the soul

ICYMI: Sunlight & Shadows

12.28.215-minute read

ICYMI: Revisiting a favorite from last year: Refresh & Recharge with Sunlight & Shadows

12.21.21 - 5-minute read

Tips from Santa on being a Multiplier
(How do you think he inspires the elves to make all those toys?)
 
This is an Advantage Performance Group holiday infographic based on the groundbreaking bestseller by Liz Wiseman, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter and the official Multipliers business simulation available as a live virtual workshop or on-site event.
 
Related: Finding joy

Burned out? Liz Wiseman has some ideas for you

Photo by Tangerine Newt on Unsplash (matches)

12.14.21 - 5-minute read

Feeling burned out? Liz Wiseman (epic thinker and author of Multipliers and the new Impact Players) shares some ways to increase influence and impact (and restore your energy) without clocking in more hours in this new article for Harvard Business Review.

Related: Why, why, why?
Proving and improving the impact of learning

The biggest mistake in trying to transform your culture

11.30.21 - 10-minute video

According to Start With Why author Simon Sinek, the biggest mistake companies make when trying to transform their culture is treating it like a marketing campaign. Here, he describes a model you can use to help make big changes by starting small.

The joys of everyday life hidden in plain sight

11.23.21 - 15-minute video

From TED: Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes: Why do some things seem to create such universal joy? In this captivating talk, Ingrid Fetell Lee reveals the surprisingly tangible roots of joy and shows how we all can find -- and create -- more of it in the world around us.

Making culture count

11.16.21 - 5-minute assessment

In a world where workplace culture has become a key strategy for success, are you making culture count?

Culture can energize or drain, motivate or discourage, empower or suffocate the people on your team. Culture impacts productivity, profit, talent, and more, especially as the changing workforce landscape continues to disrupt and reshape the work environment like never before.

Make sure your culture is a force for good.
Take our free assessment and see where you stand.

Why agile is for everybody

11.09.2128-minute video

Matt LeMay, author of Agile for Everybody,  gets to the heart of agile in just 4 words – collaborate, improve, deliver, reflect. His talk, “Why agile is for everybody and why everybody hates agile,” was a part of JAM London 2019, a 2-day event for product makers from top companies around the world. His talk is 28 minutes long and more traditionally Agile-focused, but don’t miss his One Page One Hour Pledge. (Sadly, JAM did not survive the pandemic and announced its own demise last May with a quote from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxySo long, and thanks for all the fish.)

Related: Being agile, not fragile

Secrets to driving and sustaining innovation

11.02.21 - 5-minute video

Harvard Professor Linda Hill, a founder at Paradox Strategies, an Advantage thought leader partner, talks about Pixar and Google as she reveals secrets to driving and sustaining innovation in her 2014 TED Talk on how to manage for collective creativity.

The 3 Trainees: A vintage video classic

10.26.21 - 4-minute video

This vintage video from the Advantage film archive features Dennis Dressler, a former Advantage senior partner, interviewing Dr. Robert O. Brinkerhoff, the creator of High Impact Learning Systems®, who portrays 3 types of trainees at a typical learning event. We've just refreshed our certification curriculum for High Impact Learning Systems: The Advantage Way, which helps learning leaders drive the business impact their stakeholders love through targeted, measurable learning initiatives. More info at apg1.us/aw

The Multipliers mini learning journey

10.19.21 - Revisit our Multipliers mini learning journey as we celebrate Liz Wiseman's new book

Take the accidental diminisher quiz, define your native genius, and discover how and why to play fewer chips: The Multipliers Mini Learning Journey. Related: Threat or opportunity? Multipliers author Liz Wiseman explores the source of professional brilliance and discovers "opportunity goggles" in her just-launched new book, Impact Players.

Tell your story

10.12.21 - A mini learning journey

A timeless classic with our thought leader partner Kelly Dozois: Learn how to become an effective influencer with the power to get others on board with the free Influence Inside™ mini learning journey. Related: Tell your story

Diagnose a decision

10.05.21 - An interactive online tool

Need to make a tough decision? Use this decision diagnostic to check for traps. Related: Decisions, decisions

Psychological safety and team success

09.28.21 - Amy Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, introduced the construct of "team psychological safety" that became a core tool in Google's re:Work guide for teams. In her TEDx talk, Edmondson offers 3 things individuals can do to foster team psychological safety.  Related: Psychological safety in a hybrid world

Peace, love, inclusion

09.21.21 - Remember the llama? Revisit our webinar on how to get comfortable with inclusion and get a tool with 13 actions you can take right now to build a more inclusive world around you! Related: An inclusion infusion

2 more weeks of free wellness coaching

09.14.21 - TaskHuman CEO Ravi Swaminathan spoke at this week’s Zoomtopia 2021 on Investing in Employee Well-Being and Happiness for Agility and Retention.  TaskHuman’s Head of Sales Matt Prostko was a guest facilitator at our own webinar in June on Making Wellness a Strategy and generously provided free access through the end of September 2021 to their TaskHuman wellness app for all of our attendees and those viewing the replay. It’s not too late to enjoy 2 more weeks of great wellness coaching. Sign up here for immediate access! Related: Burnout syndrome

Why great leaders need empathy

The real job of a leader is not about being in charge, it's about taking care of those in our charge. I don't think people realize this, and I don't think people train for this."

09.07.21 - Simon Sinek's talk on empathy has been called one of the greatest speeches of all time and is more relevant today than ever. In this TED Talk, Sinek talks about why great leaders make you feel safe.

Back in time: The future of work in 2020

08.31.21 - Compare and contrast: What we expected for the future of work then and now.

Also, If you've been following our updates about our colleague Terry Speer's son, we just heard some great news! Twins to promote Olympic Medalist Joe Ryan, slated to start Wednesday

Back to school: Thank a teacher

08.24.21 - 7:48 video - Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson
A teacher for 40 years, Rita Pierson challenges educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

Related:

Previous picks

  • Advantage Client Services Specialist Terry Speer, Olympic mom
    A look at Joe Ryan’s journey to Japan and back through the eyes of his biggest fan
  • Baseball’s Team USA: Gold in our hearts
    Team USA finished the Olympic series with a silver medal. Joe Ryan, son of Advantage Client Services Specialist Terry Speer, and teammate Shane Baz reflect on what it means to represent their country.
  • The podcast we love and sponsor - Here's a recent episode from the Talent Development Hot Seat with Andy Storch: Helping our people avoid burnout with Leah Weiss
  • The Parents Matter featuring Joe Ryan | Ballplayers Like Us
    For the moms and dads behind athletes at every level
  • Why a good book is a secret door
    Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn’t children’s books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder — and what real kids say to a fictional whale.
  • Financial formulas cheat sheet - This popular resource is from Brent Snow at 10,000 Feet, creators of the popular simulation Interplay, the interactive game-based workshop that’s been called a “mini MBA in a Day.”  It’s a handy reference of the key financial ratios all business leaders must know.
  • Noble Purpose impact mapping activity – Use this tool to help you articulate how you make a difference in the world, courtesy of our thought leader partner Lisa McLeod, global expert on Noble Purpose in business.
  • Talent development for a new generation – Young professionals crave and need development. Here’s how to connect with them and get it right. Take a free (mini) learning journey featuring research and tools from our thought leader partner Christine DiDonato of Career Revolution, a recognized leader in career development.
  • Tap into the Power of Storytelling with our thought leader partner and influence/communications expert Kelly Dozois. Get started with our all-In-one interactive PDF, which contains the replay, audio, visuals, and a link to the story tool from Influencing with Story
  • Go along on OCEARCH’s 40th white shark expedition held a few months ago off the North Atlantic coast, discover fin facts, track sharks, and learn their names.
  • Rethink wellness in the workplace - Why it's more important than ever to make wellness a strategy
  • A Dog’s TaleHappy memories of a trail dog’s life well lived.
    This 9-minute cinematic marvel especially for dog people will surely tug at your heartstrings.
  • Squirrels up close and personal. Here’s a diversion that’s just for fun. It may look and sound like a scene from Mission Impossible, but Phat Gus, Rick, Marty, and Frank exhibit almost human-like problem-solving skills to figure out a complex backyard obstacle course.
  • Shane Snow's Book List - Shane is an award-winning entrepreneur, explorer, and journalist-and the bestselling author, and was a special guest facilitator for our webinar on How to Think Differently.
  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Night - Shane Snow’s DREAM TEAMS keynote on thinking differently.
  • Just say YES - Shonda Rhimes on TED -  the TV titan behind Grey’s AnatomyScandal, and How to Get Away With Murder, describes how her journey of incredible transformation started with a single word.
  • The power pose – The verdict may still be inconclusive according to science, but given the challenges we’ve faced this year and last, we’re going all-in on Amy Cuddy’s theory that powerful poses can help people feel more powerful.
  • Have fun with us on Instagram - because great people wanna have fun
  • Take the road less traveled - At Yahoo! Labs in Barcelona, Daniele Quercia and his colleagues imagine new ways to use online maps to improve our lives and offer not just the shortest routes, but the most enjoyable.
  • Make your Zoom meetings more fun - At our recent webinar on future-back thinking, facilitator Peter Mulford planned to share a slide his colleagues at BTS created that had been popular at one of their virtual events across the world but decided to leave it out due to time constraints. Here’s the slide he shared with u(on a scale of cat…). Here's another version for dog people.
  • Turn rookies into valuable team players - College basketball coaching legend John Beilein describes how he built relationships with rookies to help them become valuable team players. He spoke withAdvantage CEO Jon Hodge as part of our recent national sales meeting.
  • Recruit and build a great team - One of the greatest coaches in the history of college basketball, John Beilein talks about team-building with Advantage CEO Jon Hodge.
  • Connect with your body, mind, and spirit - Take a few minutes from your busy day to reconnect with your inner bliss as Anita Steele, a wellness coach at TaskHuman, guides you through the 5 layers of well-being.
  • Avoid remote work burnout - Too much screen time, too many video calls and too few boundaries make working remotely hard for all of us. Podcast host and writer Morra Aarons-Mele shares advice on protecting your energy and your limits.
  • Become a great leader - Dr. Linda Hill, author of Being the Boss, explains the 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader via the Giide interactive auditory learning platform. Listen now!
  • Onboarding new hires: 9 ways to get It right - Bringing a new hire up to speed isn’t just about performance. Build an emotional connection by helping them understand your organization’s values, your purpose, and your culture.
  • Be optimistic - Positive thinking isn’t just for making yourself feel better. It’s a strategy backed by science that can improve your relationships and your business results. Find out why in this short video by Lori Urban, a partner at Advantage Performance Group and a facilitator for the BlueEQ™ emotional intelligence self-assessment and workshop.
  • Take my quest - Building a great corporate culture is more important now than ever, especially with the ongoing challenges of remote work and a relentless pandemic. Discover the jewels that build a great culture with the free resources in our Culture Quest.
  • Sunlight & Shadows - Wellness coach Stephanie Meriaux of TaskHuman shares a mindfulness exercise to help you expand your perspective, create rich discussions, or build psychological safety. Use it for yourself, your family, your friends, or your team.
  • Live in a thousand joys of the present moment - The actor John O’Hurley provides a source for hope in 2021. Related: Go fish
  • Spread some Christmas cheer - Dr. Elmo, the original performing artist for the iconic Christmas comedy song, Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, sends Advantage Performance Group a special holiday greeting we’d like to share with you courtesy of Shirley Dahl, our client services manager. Related: We believe
  • A great Dolly Parton story - She rose from poverty to stardom with a great singing voice, beautiful prose, and incredible ambition, but it’s her wisdom, sense of humor, and generous heart that will stand the test of time.
  • Include the introvert - Susan Cain, author of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, is revolutionizing how people think about the virtues and abilities of those who tend to look inward in this classic TED Talk from 2012.
  • Make everyone smarter - Mutipliers resources from our webinar
  • Give thanks - Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk and interfaith scholar, presents a TED Talk about gratitude as the source of happiness.
  • Own your career, own your life - With so much going on around us that is out of our control, this is the “missing manual” for 2020 and beyond. Andy Storch, host of the Talent Development Hot Seat podcast, co-founder of The Talent Development Think Tank, a former partner with Advantage Performance Group, and now a newly minted author, wants you to reach new heights by taking charge of your life.
  • Discover your noble purpose - Author/speaker and thought leader Lisa McLeod on why having a Noble Purpose at the core of your business is more important now than ever because organizations who don’t will get left behind. (Bonus: Watch Lisa's TED Talk.)
  • Celebrate our shared humanity - Take a lovely moment to listen to Maya Angelou reading her poem Human Family from I Shall Not Be Moved, her fifth collection of poetry published in 1990.
  • Be a great Zoom producer - Download the producer checklists from a training program we created called Backstage Magic, culled from our many hours of experience producing and facilitating training and conducting webinars on the Zoom meeting platform.
  • Build trust - Find out the 2 critical elements you need to build trust, especially if you’re working remotely, from our webinar with Dr. Linda A. Hill, Harvard Business School professor, author of the acclaimed management classic Being the Boss, and founding partner, Paradox Strategies.
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