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Carson Coffman

Carson Coffman is a writer and contributor at Mindset with a background in sports journalism and coaching — including work with Sports Illustrated and experience as a defensive coordinator. He holds a BBA in Business Administration and Marketing and writes about leadership, strategy, and entrepreneurship through the lens of performance and competitive thinking.
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Carson Coffman

Workers say they are doing three jobs at once and over half have not received a raise for it

Employees report performing three roles simultaneously with no pay increase. Workload compression…

Brené Brown told Fortune that leaders who ‘can’t discuss people’s fears’ will not be leading in the future

Brown's 20 years of research shows leaders who avoid emotional conversations lose…

Adam Grant spent 10 years studying givers, takers, and matchers and the data on who comes out on top is not what you’d expect

Grant's Wharton research found givers are both the worst and best performers.…

Martin Seligman trained 100 insurance salespeople in optimism and they outsold the control group by 37%

Seligman's learned optimism research at MetLife showed that optimistic salespeople outsold pessimists…

Liz Wiseman interviewed 150 leaders across 35 companies and found that ‘multipliers’ get twice the output from the same team

Wiseman's research identified multipliers who amplify intelligence and diminishers who shut it…

Gallup tracked 2.7 million workers and found that manager quality explains 70% of the variance in team engagement

Gallup's data says the single biggest factor in employee engagement is the…