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Invest in the Middle: Why Manager Development Pays Off the Most

Middle managers are the most overlooked yet high-impact layer in your company—investing in their development drives engagement, performance, and long-term growth.

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Navigating The 9 Most Dangerous Leadership Traps: Avoiding Common Pitfalls for Sustainable Growth

Discover the nine hidden leadership traps that sabotage even the most well-intentioned leaders—and learn practical strategies to overcome them and build sustainable success.

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Mastering Delegation: How Startup CEOs Can Avoid Decision Fatigue and Scale Faster

Effective delegation and strategic decision-making are essential for scaling a tech startup—this guide explores proven frameworks and actionable insights to help startup founders and HR leaders empower teams, streamline operations, and build a high-performing, agile organization.

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7 Strategies to Improve Employee Performance Reviews

Discover seven actionable strategies to transform employee performance reviews into meaningful opportunities for growth, engagement, and alignment with organizational goals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and development.

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Top Five Management Challenges and How to Overcome Them

This blog explores the top five challenges managers face—like communication breakdowns, workload balancing, and conflict resolution—and offers actionable strategies to turn these obstacles into opportunities for building stronger, more engaged teams.

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First Day as a Manager: Success Tips and Common Mistakes

Starting as a first-time manager can be both exciting and daunting. This guide offers essential tips for building rapport, avoiding common pitfalls, and establishing a solid foundation to lead effectively from day one.

What is Empowering Leadership? Traits That Define an Empowering Leader

Discover how empowering leadership unleashes your team’s potential by fostering trust, autonomy, and a culture of innovation.

Simon Sinek on Great Leadership and Success: Key Insights from an Optimist

This blog explores Simon Sinek's influential leadership philosophy, diving into key principles like purpose-driven leadership, long-term success, and prioritizing team well-being.

Bill Gates' Leadership Style and What We Can Learn From His Leadership Principles

This blog examines Bill Gates' leadership style, highlighting key traits and lessons that can inspire business leaders and entrepreneurs to drive innovation and empower their teams.

What Does a Chief People Officer Do? Unpacking the Role of the CPO

The Chief People Officer (CPO) is a strategic leader essential to aligning human resources with business goals. In this blog, we unpack the CPO's role, responsibilities, and impact on fostering a thriving workplace culture and driving business success.

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How Executive Leadership Training Can Improve Your Business

The right executive leadership training can help you become a bona fide leader in your organization. Discover what to look for and how to choose the right program.

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Applying the Elon Musk Leadership Style To Your Startup

Love or hate him, Elon Musk has forged several successful companies. Learn how to apply the Elon Musk leadership style to inspire your team.

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The 2 Most Difficult Management Challenges To Overcome

Management challenges arise every day, but learning how to deal with them isn't always simple. Discover ways to solve these problems.

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What You Should Know About Engineering Leadership Development Programs

Engineering leadership development programs propel engineers into the visionary an engineering firm needs. Discover what it entails and how to accelerate your career.

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The Ultimate Guide to Executive Decision Making

At even the most moderate level, executive decision making is difficult. Discover ways to assess, analyze, and master the tough decisions in this guide.

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Time Management for Managers: Tips, Tools, Advice, and More

Time management for managers is essential for streamlined operations and leadership. Use this guide to master the art.

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The Top 13 Emotional Intelligence Books

Emotional intelligence books can put the complex idea of emotional intelligence in perspective. Here are the 13 best books to help you understand better.

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Storytelling for Leaders: How To Build Credibility and Inspire

Storytelling for leaders creates credibility, inspiration, and rapport. Learn how to turn your business idea into a story that compels.

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11 Interpersonal Skills for Managers You Need To Master

Mastering interpersonal skills for managers is crucial to workplace success. Discover what they are and how to use them effectively.

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Leadership Coaching for Women and Why Your Business Needs It Now

Women face unconscious biases and other hurdles in the workplace. Help them unlock their full potential with leadership coaching for women.

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Why You Need To Attend a Sales Leadership Development Program

Sales is more than just setting goals and hitting metrics. Discover the ways that a sales leadership development program can boost your team's performance.

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A Beginner's Guide To Remote Leadership

Remote work can pose management problems for many organizations. Learn more about remote leadership and how to craft a strong strategy.

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Decision-Making Techniques and Tools for Leaders and Managers

Making the right decision is one of the most difficult things in business. Use these tools and techniques to turn indecision into a strong decision.

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7 Team Motivation Ideas To Lead Your Company to Success

Motivating a team isn't always as easy as it sounds, but it's crucial to the success of your business. Get some ideas of how to motivate them here.

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Startup Leadership Programs Are the Answer To Your Startup Success

Every startup experiences growing pains, especially with regard to leadership. Discover why a startup leadership program is just what you need to excel.

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Your Ultimate Guide to a Leadership Retreat

Leadership retreats enable management to develop their skills and improve your vision for the future. Use this guide to find out how.

Management
A Comprehensive Guide to Engineering Manager Training

Need to turn a junior engineer into a manager? Use this engineering manager training to transform the analytical mind of an engineer into a natural leader.

Management
The New Manager Checklist You Never Knew You Needed

Want to become a great manager? Make the transition from employee to fearless leader with this new manager checklist for employees and employers.

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Meeting With a Mentor: A Beginner's Guide

Meeting with a mentor for the first time can feel overwhelming. Learn how to prep for your first meeting and get the most out of the mentor-mentee bond.

Leadership
Why You Need To Implement Present Leadership Sooner Rather Than Later

Present leadership is a holistic approach that helps you focus on the now—mentally and emotionally. Use this article to help your leadership plan today.

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Your Guide to Emotional Intelligence for Managers

Emotional intelligence for managers is the force that allows you to identify emotions within yourself and others. Learn how to use it to your advantage.

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Things Your Boss Should Never Say To You: An Employee's Perspective to Become a Better Leader

Minding your words is important. Use this list of things your boss should never say to you from an employee's perspective to become a better leader and manager.

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Cultural Leadership: The Inspiration You Need to Lead a Successful Team

Cultural leadership helps to inspire employees. Discover how it can improve your business through improvements in employee engagement and morale.

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Leadership Assessment Tools: How To Measure Your Capabilities

Choosing the right person for a leadership position can improve your business. Learn how to use leadership assessment to select the perfect candidate.

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Understanding and Managing Different Personalities at Work

Understanding and managing different personalities at work isn't easy. Use the DISC Assessment to help you overcome this hurdle and hone your skills.

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The 12 Best Books for New Managers

Books can impart the wisdom you need to succeed as a manager. Put these 12 best books for new managers on your reading list and get the knowledge you need.

Management
Conflict at Work Examples and the Best Ways to Handle Them

Conflict at work is a certainty that all managers must deal with. Use these conflict at work examples to recognize issues and become a better leader.

Leadership
How To Master Conflict Meetings

Conflict meetings are necessary, uneasy part of being a manager. Use these tips to help you formulate an agenda and resolve conflict at your next meeting.

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What Is a Leadership Coach?

Do you want to transform the leadership within your company? If so, you may be wondering what is a leadership coach. We've got the answers for you here.

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How do I Motivate My Team? Cultivating Motivation Using the 7 Motivation Types

Ever wonder how you can increase engagement, drive and motivation in your team? Here's your guide.

Management
6 Ways to Improve Retention and Why Directors with HR Skills are Becoming Essential Amid Great Resignation

The Great Depression is not something you should fear, as long as you have the right HR skills in your team

Management
5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself As a New Manager

When landing a new leadership role we are full of questions or perhaps even imposter syndrome. Here are five questions you should ask yourself as a new manager.

Management
People Management Tips for First-Time Managers

People management is important as a first time manager. It is the process of training, motivating and directing employees to optimize workplace productivity and promote professional growth.

Culture
Learning Culture: The 7 Organizational Learning Constructs

We have to create a learning culture in order to actually help our employees and managers learn. Unicorn Labs breaks down the seven organizational learning culture constructs.

Leadership
30 Books all Manager Needs to Achieve the Six Levels of Unicorn Teams

The best way to create a winning team culture is to establish the Six Levels of Unicorn Leadership at your startup. These 30 books will help you achieve it.

Leadership
Conversations: The Most Important Leadership Tool

Conversations are an extremely powerful and important tool for managers to use and gain a better understanding of the team dynamic and the different effects at play.

Culture
My 2021 Book Club

Reading makes you a better thinker, a better writer, expands your lexicon, and allows you to experience other points of view—it makes you a better leader. Here are the books that marked Fahd's 2021 year.

Leadership
The Coach Approach: How to go from Boss to Leader

The difference is subtle, but the impact is noticeable. Unicorn Labs explains how to effectively lead high-performing teams with the coach approach.

Management
Learn How to be a Collaborative Leader

A leader can help to produce extraordinary results. Read Unicorn Lab's latest blog on how to be a collaborative leader.

Culture
How a growth mindset can positively impact your startup and ways to cultivate it

Mindset shapes how we learn, change and grow. In this blog, Unicorn Labs explains how you can recognize, improve and shift your mindset to positively impact your startup.

Leadership
7 Motivational styles all startup managers need to know

What drives your behavior? Why are you making certain decisions? In this blog, Unicorn Labs explains what are the 7 motivational styles and how they show up in your leadership role as a manager

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Important Leadership Skills for Workplace Success

Do you have the leadership skills that employers look for? Read the blog to know what are the most important leadership skills for workplace success.

Leadership
The Great Resignation: Why Leadership Training for Managers Must Not Be Ignored

Leadership training is beneficial to current and future leaders. Check out our blog on why leadership training for managers must not be ignored.

Management
The Importance and Benefits of Conflict Management

Managers need to accept the importance of conflict in the workplace and learn how to benefit from effective conflict management.

Management
The Right Way to Fire Someone

This your guide for the right way to fire someone.

Management
What’s the Adaptability Quotient and Why is it Important?

Adaptability quotient is a person's ability to respond to change and it's the best way to predict success at work.

Leadership
How to Adapt Your Presentation for a Virtual Event

Learn how to adapt your presentation for a virtual event to help you adjust to our new online world.

Management
No More Excuses: Your Ultimate Guide to Remote Team Management

New to remote management? Use this ultimate guide to remote team management to help get you started.

Management
Your Ultimate Guide To Hosting a Productive Employee Performance Review Remotely

This ultimate guide includes everything you need to know to host a productive employee performance review remotely.

Leadership
Introducing Unicorn Leadership: What It Means and Why It Matters to YOU

Your company needs unicorn leaders, read this article to understand why.

Leadership
What New Beginnings Taught Me About Community Building

Is community found or created? The answer may surprise you. Learn how you can create impact in the lives of those around you.

Management
Master Your Priorities So You Always Feel Ahead

Want to reduce the stress and improve your time management skills? Start by mastering your priorities.

Leadership
The Webinar Preparation Playbook

This is your ultimate guide to hosting an A+ webinar

Leadership
How a Box of Mac and Cheese Forever Changes My Perspective on Leadership

Change how you view leadership.

Culture
What to Do When People Challenge Your Ideas

Do you want to learn how to make the most of constructive feedback? Read my top 4 tips to help you manage feedback from others and use it to your elevate your ideas.

Management
How to Become an Unfireable Manager

Want to become unstoppable?? ... Or at least unfireable? Learn what skills you can use to transform yourself from a mediocre manager to an exceptional leader.

Leadership
Exceptional Leaders Have This Critical Skill Do You?

What to become an exceptional leader? Start by improving your emotional intelligence.

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