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First-Time Manager Tips: How to Successfully Lead a New Team

Stepping into your first leadership role is an exciting milestone. After years of strong performance, you finally earned the promotion you’ve worked so hard for. You now have the opportunity to influence decisions, elevate your profile, and contribute to your company in a new way. But that initial excitement often quickly collides with reality: “How do I lead a team…

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Disrupting Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: How to Identify, Interrupt, and Prevent It

Unconscious bias in the workplace is automatic, unintentional judgment that influences decisions about people and groups. You can’t fully stop bias from activating, but you can prevent stereotype application in hiring, reviews, and daily management by naming common bias types, spotting triggers (task, numbers, clarity, perceiver), and installing repeatable “bias interrupters” like structured interviews, calibrated rubrics, and manager coaching. What…

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3 Powerful Ways Women Can Conquer Job Search Imposter Syndrome

“It’s that impostor syndrome when you sit around thinking, ‘Why would they hire me? Oh my God, when are they going to figure out that I shouldn’t be here?’ I guess that they never figured it out. I got pretty lucky.” — Samantha Bee, Mother Jones, February 2016 Job search imposter syndrome affects millions of women—whether they are emerging leaders,… Read More →

The Origins of Impostor Syndrome

People ask me a lot about the book and some people are very familiar with Imposter Syndrome and some are not. I’m often asked if I am writing about people like Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ people, who are duplicitous and trying to deceive others into believing that they are experts in fields they have no… Read More →

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Advance Your Career This Fall | Expert Tips to Take the Next Step in Your Professional Growth

Use the fall reset to implement career growth strategies for long-term success. As summer ends, it’s the ideal time to refocus and apply practical career growth strategies. A clear plan this fall can help you set achievable goals, expand your professional network, and build the momentum needed to reach your next level of success. At Dynamic Transitions, we help professionals… Read More →