November 20, 2025 Future-Ready Organisations Will Be Nurturers What does it look like for organizations to invest in their long-term futures, rather than in short-term gains? From today’s teacher, Aman Zaidi We are excited to welcome Aman Zaidi as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! Aman is a former Head of Operations who likes to move his cheese. He moved into Learning & Development, motivated by a strong desire to utilize his Strength of “Developing People”. He has headed business...
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November 4, 2025 Serious Leaders Know How to Play How do we take our work and learning seriously, without taking ourselves so seriously? From today’s teacher, Mildred Fischli We are excited to welcome Mildred Fischli as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! Mildred Fischli is an Executive Coach and Leadership Facilitator based in Zurich, Switzerland. She helps leaders show up with clarity, courage, and connection—often by bringing a little more play back into the room. Mildred develops...
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Next Friday, October 24 Upcoming Webinar onThe Six Change Languages A small update for this week's newsletter! Next Friday, October 24 at 11 am PST, Aaron Barlin from Elynndí will be presenting to ERE, a community of professionals in HR and talent acquisition. Based on his article on the six Change Languages, Aaron will explain how Change Languages operate in the specific market and organizational forces that inform workforces today. Click here to register! Hope to see you there! If you...
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September 30, 2025 New Podcast Trailer:ASK IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT Click here to subscribe where you get your podcasts to get notified when the first 3 episodes drop on Monday, October 6! Think of the YouTube show "Hot Ones," but... ...instead of spicier and spicier questions ➡️ it's deeper and deeper ones...instead of celebrities ➡️ it's thought leaders in the fields of business, healthcare, culture change, and more...instead of hot wings ➡️ well, there's no food, actually. (Maybe we should add...
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September 16, 2025 Balancing Policy with Judgment: The Alignment between Workplaces and Classrooms If policy isn't the end-all-be-all of healthy organizations, what else do we need to equip ourselves with? From today’s teacher, CHRISTINA MORAN, Ph.D. We are excited to welcome Christina Moran, Ph.D. as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! Dr. Christina Moran is an award-winning licensed psychologist and expert on creating sustainable behavioral change, helping people and organizations...
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September 4, 2025 From Knowing to Becoming: What Academia Can Teach Business About Growth What if the key to thriving in business isn’t about what we know, but about how we become? From today’s teacher, JENNIFER McCUSKER, Ph.D. We are excited to welcome Jennifer McCusker, Ph.D. as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! Over the past 25 years, Jennifer has worked vigorously across multiple industries to position herself as a leader within the Talent & HR field. With a global career in...
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August 18, 2025 How to Really Support Someone Through Grief What does it actually look like to support someone through life’s hardest seasons? From today’s teacher, SARAH KAGAN We are excited to welcome Sarah Kagan as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! Sarah is a coach and founder who helps people navigate grief and design more meaningful lives after loss. After losing her mom to pancreatic cancer, Sarah left her corporate job and started building something that felt more human....
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Bonus Edition THE SIX "CHANGE LANGUAGES":LIKE LOVE LANGUAGES,BUT FOR CHANGE Learning to speak and understand different Change Languages can create the relational and collaborative clarity that change requires. Check out Aaron's article in Fast Company. Here's the link to the recent Fast Company publication. You can also read the full manuscript. As the name suggests, Fast Company is for "fast" reads—so because we wanted to say more about the subject of "Change Languages," a more thorough...
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Click to open in a browser tab August 5, 2025 AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS: The New Professional Advantage How do we suddenly grow these all-important human skills when we just spent the last couple of decades undoing them during the mobile era? From today’s teacher, ANNIE HEDGPETH We are excited to welcome Annie Hedgpeth as this week's guest writer for Mini Lessons! As the Co-Founder and Creative Director at Hedge-Ops Software, she helps organizational leaders lead with clarity, compassion, and...
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