Fri.Nov 11, 2016

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Veterans Day – Solemnly Remember

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Armistice Day parade – 1929 – Boston (Source: Boston Public Library). “…solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.”.

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The Hidden Ways Organizational Culture Can Impact Your Team’s Functioning

Lead Change Blog

A few years ago when I was managing a high energy, informal, friendly, and fun team, I could count on everyone to work well together–with one exception. One of the men–a young recruit–was extremely structured, highly conforming, protective of his private time, and confrontational. He had been hired at a time when we were worried about having enough hands on deck to get all of the work done, but his presence contrasted starkly to everyone else in the team and anyone who interfac

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Why A Rough Start Isn’t The End Of Your Leadership Journey

Joseph Lalonde

W hen I first began leading, I wasn’t very good. Some would say I still can’t lead well. But in all seriousness, we all have issues when we first begin to lead. The Problems Of First Leading. As you begin to lead, you’ll face all sorts of trials. Team members won’t like you. You won’t lead the same way as the previous organizational leaders.

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When Things Don’t Go Your Way.

Rich Gee Group

It’s been a crazy week. Heck, it’s been a crazy year. Many people I know are quite unsettled. Business is unsettled. The markets are unsettled. A large portion of our electorate voted for the loser, a larger portion voted for the president-elect, and an even larger portion stayed home and didn’t vote*. But I’m absolutely sure one of three things will happen — it’s going to get better, worse, or stay the same.

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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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10 Steps to Doing Less and Getting More Done

Leadership Freak

You’re stressed out and over worked because it takes skill and courage to delegate effectively. You’ve reached your highest potential, if you’re maxed out and you refuse to delegate.

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Weekly Round-Up: Best Things for Leaders & Business, Employee Engagement 2016, Communicator Issues,  Prioritze Employees & Conversations Millennials Want To Have

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles the best thing leaders can do for business, employee engagement in 2016, employee engagement isn’t only up to internal communications, how to succeed in business by prioritizing employees, and 5 conversations your millennial employees want to have.

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Hiring Your First Chief AI Officer

Harvard Business Review

A hundred years ago electricity transformed countless industries; 20 years ago the internet did, too. Artificial intelligence is about to do the same. To take advantage, companies need to understand what AI can do and how it relates to their strategies. But how should you organize your leadership team to best prepare for this coming disruption? Follow history.

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Agnes 1.7

Steve Farber

Chapter 17. I’d heard this theme before from Pops, of course. I’d been struggling with his mantra, “Do what you love in the service of people who love what you do,” and trying to put it into practice in my own life and business. So it was a little jarring when I heard what Agnes said next: “This is how you stoke the fires of your success, Cam, by doing what you love in the service of people you love, who, in turn, love what you do for them.”.

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The Fortune 500 Can’t Go Along with a Rollback on Climate Policy

Harvard Business Review

The Paris climate agreement – under which governments from around the world agreed to keep the global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — came into force last week, and this week delegates from almost 200 countries are meeting in Marrakech to consider the progress that has been made since the agreement was signed and the best ways to move forward.

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Agnes 1.7

Steve Farber

Chapter 17. I’d heard this theme before from Pops, of course. I’d been struggling with his mantra, “Do what you love in the service of people who love what you do,” and trying to put it into practice in my own life and business. So it was a little jarring when I heard what Agnes said next: “This is how you stoke the fires of your success, Cam, by doing what you love in the service of people you love, who, in turn, love what you do for them.”.

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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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The Antidote to Office Gossip

Harvard Business Review

Sara*, the CEO of a software company, had recently fired an employee. In a heartbeat, gossip about the who, how and why of the termination began spreading through the office grapevine like chicken pox in a kindergarten classroom. The copy-room commentary was flat-out false. But the buzz quickly infected her team with a rumor that more people were on the chopping block, even though this was far from the truth.

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The World Just Got More Uncertain and Your Strategy Needs to Adjust

Harvard Business Review

Donald Trump’s unexpected win in the U.S. presidential election is unleashing an inevitable maelstrom of analysis: Why and how did it happen? As with the Brexit vote , almost all pollsters and pundits failed to foresee this result. But now that we have a clear outcome, it’s time to move forward and assess the implications for business and society.

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Why It’s So Hard for Us to Visualize Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

The U.S. presidential election did not unfold the way so many predicted it would. We now know some of the reasons why— polling failed —but watching the real-time results on Tuesday night wasn’t just surprising, it was confusing. Predictions swung back and forth, and it was hard to process the information that was coming in. So not only did the data seem wrong, the way we were presenting that data seemed wrong too.

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Are Americans Enamored with the Wrong Kinds of Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

Americans adore entrepreneurs. In every poll that I have seen, entrepreneurs are held in high esteem even as big business is generally viewed with disdain. Why? Americans’ positive feelings about entrepreneurship are related to their positive feelings about small business, with which entrepreneurship is often conflated. Small business gets its rosy glow partly from the well-propagated claim that the small business sector creates all the jobs in the economy.

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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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Patients Make Better Medical Choices with Coaching

Harvard Business Review

Patients newly diagnosed with acute medical conditions are often overwhelmed with their situation. They don’t know what to ask the doctor, how to evaluate the information provided (if they even remember it), or how to arrive at good decisions about their treatment. The Patient Support Corps seeks to change that by giving patients the tools to make more-informed choices about their care.

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Trump, Globalization, and Trade’s Uncertain Future

Harvard Business Review

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency of the United States makes Brexit look like a hiccup. As Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, put it, the election of Trump is “Brexit times three.” This new reality will require businesses to rethink globalization , starting with the aspects Trump is most critical of. Trump’s plans so far have focused on restricting two facets of globalization: trade and people.