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LeadershipNow 140: January 2024 Compilation

Leading Blog

Are you teaching your employees to resist change? by @JenniferVMiller Never Give Up Hope: The Detroit Lions Community from @JohnBaldoni See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Let your brain play!

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

Nokia just couldn’t keep up. Organizations undergoing transformations often operate diverse business lines across various markets, manage aging and complex IT environments, and navigate significant regulatory oversight. Its phones were quickly viewed as antiquated and difficult to work with for developers.

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When Everyone Leads the Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved

Leading Blog

Anyone can step up and take responsibility. We need the diversity of thought that can come from anywhere. In your efforts to close The Gap, the following five barriers are the most common: Navigate Loss. Resist the Allure of a Quick Fix. And When Everyone Leads , our tough challenges get seen and solved. Reorder Values.

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Embrace the New Norm by Listening to Your Employees

Leading Blog

workforce is disengaged, burned out, and fed up. In addition, research continually shows that Millennials and Gen Z’s in particular, plus an increasing number of other generations, are wanting to work in places that are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It’s very easy to come up with a few cool-sounding words and phrases.

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Leadership Growth – Are You Coachable?

Let's Grow Leaders

We looked up and 90% of the managers had clustered around “prioritizing what matters most.” Both leaders shared a lack of humility and resistance to feedback. On my first overnight shift, I followed the procedures. But when I looked up, there was no one at the door. Oh, I’m good at all of these,” he replied.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

ironically) “Just follow the protocol.” That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Clichés such as ‘We’ve always done it this way’ stem from a historical resistance to change. Phrases like ‘That’s a decision for the higher-ups’ can be used to maintain power hierarchies and silence dissenting voices. That’s not in the budget.”

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How to Recruit Top Talent without Treating It Like a Chore

HR Digest

Something is clearly amiss here when the priorities do not match up to capabilities. but benefits can be stacked up in other ways as well. Discriminatory bias and outdated tests might convey a lack of modernization at an organization, discouraging potential candidates from taking up a role.

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