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Manager Basics Definition

Manager basics encompass essential skills and knowledge required for effectively leading a team, including communication, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

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Courses and Mircolessons that cover Manager Basics

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Monitoring Signs of Exclusion to Create Inclusion

Learn how to spot the signs for exclusion and take action.
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Engaging Our Active Listening Skills

Active listening can improve the quality of communication in your team
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Helping a Coworker on a Bad Day

This microlesson teaches you how to support and listen with empathy when a co-worker is having a bad day.
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Managing Contingent Workers

Legal guidance on managing contingent workers effectively.
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Creating More Respectful Interactions

Learn how helpful feedback creates a more respectful workplace.
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Blindspots and Inappropriate Behavior

Being an ally when a colleague hears inappropriate comments.
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Using Active Listening Skills at Work

How to approach conversations with curiosity, not assumptions.
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Supporting Neurodiverse Workplaces

Valuing differences is essential to building inclusive workplaces.
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Using Proper Pronouns in the Workplace

Learn the norms of behavior around proper pronoun usage
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Setting goals, providing feedback, and ensuring the team meets performance standards.
By offering guidance, resolving conflicts, and providing development opportunities.
Leadership, communication, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence.
Every manager should have skills in communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and performance management to effectively lead their teams.

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