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10 Surprising Job Interview Questions that Identify the Right People

Leadership Freak

A job interview is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Paraphrased from Forest Gump. Reality is more important than aspiration when it comes to job interviews.

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How Investing in Your Top Leaders: Keeps Your Best Employees Around

Lead from Within

As a leadership coach, I often work with organizations on strategies for retaining top talent. One key factor that can have a major impact on employee retention is investing in your top leaders. Here are four reasons why this strategy is effective in keeping your best employees around: Professional development: Providing opportunities for training, education, and professional development can help top leaders stay up-to-date on industry trends and improve their skills.

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What Will You Stand For?

Modern Servant Leader

What will you stand for? What will you stand for? A little story of one time I made a stand, paid the price, then reaped the reward… If looks could kill, the CIO would have assassinated me on the spot. “If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.” I was done falling for anything. The CIO had a large ego and surrounded himself with yes men and (very few) women.

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Are Your Clients Resistant or Just Confused? [Consulting Essentials]

David A Fields

Consultants frequently (and unknowingly) mishandle proposal discussions with prospective clients. As a result, they take on projects that were improperly scoped. Or they set their consulting firm up to disappoint the client, leave opportunities on the table or, in some cases, lose promising engagements. Imagine you submitted a proposal to Sara Noé, CEO of Bean-Free … Continued The post Are Your Clients Resistant or Just Confused?

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Why Personal Branding is More Important Than Ever in Today’s Digital Marketing Climate

Women on Business

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Did Austerity Politics Lead To A Rise In Crime?

The Horizons Tracker

Many governments implemented so-called austerity measures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis in an attempt to get public finances back in order after large borrowing was implemented to bail out financial institutions. Given the intense strain on public coffers caused by both the Covid pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, governments are considering similar actions again now.

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Executives’ Careers Benefit From Using Twitter

The Horizons Tracker

It’s well known that career moves at the C-suite level are often made by virtue of personal recommendations and connections. There’s a profound sense that promoting oneself on social media is more something done by people less senior. Research from the University of Texas at Austin suggests this mindset might be misguided, and that social media can play a bigger role than we think.

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How to be an Essentialist?

QAspire

Essentialism by George McKeown When facilitating strategy discussions with customers, I often came across situations when teams commit to work on multiple critical priorities at a time. While I appreciate their aspirational intent to solve many of those plaguing problems at once, I have to request them to list Top Three priorities that they would like to address first and three actions that they can commit to within each priority.

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Homelessness Interventions Needed For Older People

The Horizons Tracker

According to a survey conducted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, over 15% of 634,000 homeless individuals were 50 years or older, and the number of homeless people aged over 65 has been projected to double by 2050. Research from Simon Fraser University highlights how better support is desperately needed for this vulnerable group.

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Bad habits that are harming your leadership effectiveness and what to do about it.

CEO Insider

Despite many leadership frameworks, models and books, there are still frequent examples of ineffective leaders. The Gallup group’s research highlights the leadership deficit. Research found that 82% of employees see their leaders as uninspiring, only 15% of employees are engaged at work, 60% of employees are emotionally detached from work, and only one in three employees strongly agree that they trust their […] The post Bad habits that are harming your leadership effectiveness and wh

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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5 Ways to Help Young Leaders Succeed

Ron Edmondson

I love to help young leaders succeed. I consistently look for ways to invest in and recruit those currently entering leadership or who will be in the future. In doing so, I see part of my role in working with younger leaders as helping them succeed. I’ve been practicing this for years with incredible results finding new leaders – for non-profits where I serve on the board, to businesses I’ve owned, to churches where I’ve served as pastor.

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6 Principles to Consider Before Electronically Monitoring Remote Employees

Leading with Trust

Let’s be honest. Many leaders are suspicious of remote employees’ work habits. “I know remote employees aren’t working eight hours a day,” said a leader when I recently asked him how his organization was dealing with remote/hybrid workers. He didn’t have any specific data to support his conclusion, but it was clearly his perception that people working remotely weren’t putting in the same effort as those in the office.

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Crafting the Perfect Business Analyst Job Description: A Template for HR Managers

HR Digest

The role of a business analyst has become increasingly important in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape. Business analysts’ job descriptions highlight their role in identifying business problems, analyzing data, and developing solutions to help organizations achieve their goals. By understanding the needs of both the business and its customers, business analysts are able to make informed recommendations that drive growth and profitability.

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Creating Accountable Leaders

Roundtable Talk

It comes as no surprise that organizational leaders all want to improve accountability – from themselves, their peers and their teams. Businesses around the world are investing heavily in developing leadership skills and behaviours, yet few are achieving the desired results they were looking for. The culprit? A lack of accountability. Data shows that 91% of … Creating Accountable Leaders Read More » The post Creating Accountable Leaders appeared first on The Roundtable.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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5 Ways Learning Professionals Create Impact with CoachingOurselves

Coaching Ourselves

L&D professionals, more than ever, are seeking impactful, flexible approaches to strengthen employee engagement, ease adaptation to new processes, and promote flourishing – for one and for all within their organizations. CoachingOurselves peer group learning is proving to be a key component in solving our client's challenges. We have been collaborating with top management and business thinkers since 2008 to develop expert content in the form of peer learning discussion guides.

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3 New U.S. Employment Regulations That Companies Should Prepare for Now

Harvard Business Review

A spate of laws and rules in three areas — noncompete clauses, pay transparency, and human capital disclosures — will have far-reaching implications on the talent landscape.

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5 Ways L&D Professionals Use Peer Learning to Connect Leaders

Coaching Ourselves

L&D professionals, more than ever, are seeking impactful, flexible approaches to strengthen employee engagement, ease adaptation to new processes, and promote flourishing – for one and for all within their organizations. CoachingOurselves peer group learning is proving to be a key component in solving our client's challenges. We have been collaborating with top management and business thinkers since 2008 to develop expert content in the form of peer learning discussion guides.

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Why You Should Start A/B Testing Your DEI Initiatives

Harvard Business Review

Testing your approach with a randomized sample of employees can help you find out what works and what doesn’t.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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The Rebirth of Software as a Service

Harvard Business Review

What sparked a SaaS crash in 2022 — and why its best days are still to come.

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Stop Neglecting Low-Wage Workers

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman of HBS about developing frontline employees.