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Leading Rookie Talent: A Sizing Guide for Stretch Assignments

Leading Blog

While we often think of newcomers (be they young employees or experienced staff from another arena) as empty vessels that need to be filled up, my research shows that being a rookie – facing a new problem or a challenge for the first time – can provoke top performance. Or underutilized top performers that need to be turned loose?

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What Affect Does The “Zoom Mullet” Have On Our Thoughts About Work?

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Columbia University highlights how it has prompted a change in adherence to fashion norms in our newly hybrid workplaces. It’s a phenomenon the researchers refer to as the “Zoom mullet”, with business attire on top and relaxed on the bottom. Harmony and dissonance.

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March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Joel writes: “Miguel had been working to increase his responsibilities to prove he could handle a leadership role, but now he was having a hard time keeping up with it all. Here’s a way to think about how to delegate that task we’ve cooked up so that things function smoothly in the kitchen, and nobody gets burned.”

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3 Casualties from Unresponsive Leaders

Ron Edmondson

A few weeks later, I followed up with him. I realize we are all busy, but people are too valuable not to respond to them in a timely fashion. The bottom line is when you don’t respond to people you force them to create their own response. Even in the best environments, situations like the example above will happen.

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Are You Aware Of The 3 Approaches to Strategic Planning?

The Empowered Buisness

The internal and external environment of your business is somewhat stable. Decisions are made often in a top-down, hierarchical fashion. You expect or foresee major changes in the internal and/or external environment of your business sector over the next year or so. Decisions are made often in a bottoms-up, organic fashion.

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The Significance of Data Optimization During Covid-19 Pandemic

Strategy Driven

Until recently, very few CEOs, IT, or marketing professionals would have put ‘data optimization’ high on the list of agenda items that keep them up at night. Bottom line: Your products and services should be where your clients are. These days — and by my estimation — this notion has become a top priority for the majority of businesses.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Every workplace is plagued with manipulative people who use emotion to create conflict in order to cover-up for their lack of substance. Thanks for sharing your insight Sarah.

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