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Managing Change Through The Reinvention Continuum

Lead Change Blog

Economic uncertainty, industry change, personal evolution—there are many reasons we–or those we know—decide to pursue career reinvention. No matter what the motivation, an understanding of the reinvention continuum is an important part of supporting ourselves and others through this very important process. Before I can explain The Reinvention Continuum, I need to first address the difference between career reinvention and mere change or adaptation.

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What to Consider When Employees Want to Work from Home

Women on Business

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Leadership Biz Cafe Podcast #16 – Heidi Grant Halvorson On Why No One Understands You

Tanveer Naseer

A common theme found among the numerous books and articles on successful leadership is that leaders need to be more open, more transparent with those they lead in order to improve communication channels and drive forward initiatives that are key to an organization’s success and growth. But what if we’re not as open or as easy to read as we might think that we are?

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Give Thanks For The Circles Around You

Lead from Within

For some it takes a special day to say thank you, or a special occasion to feel gratitude. Some people have everything they need to be happy, but all they feel is an empty void that they work on filling. Others seemingly have very little. terrible things may happen to them, yet they feel content and rich. What’s the difference? The secret lies within the circles they draw around themselves.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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What if…

Leadership Freak

Stop asking, “What about?” Start asking, “What if?” What if the people you’re trying to please approved of you? How would you spend your energy? Living to please others is serving fear.

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Do you have a "Gratitude" plan?

Jason Womack

One way to think about this week: Thanks, Happy-Giving! During the winter of 2007, over a breakfast of oatmeal (him) and pancakes (me) I sat down with Jim - a mentor of mine - for one of our quarterly breakfast.

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Remarkable TV: A Fun Way to Reinforce a New Habit

Kevin Eikenberry

Changing a habit is HARD. We do it so often that it’s subconscious. But the good news is that it’s not impossible. Here’s one simple technique to help you reinforce a new habit. Watch the video below to find out! Tweet it out: To change a habit successfully, replace it with something you prefer, and […]. The post Remarkable TV: A Fun Way to Reinforce a New Habit appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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WHE27: How to Engage Senior Leaders in Wellness Communications | with Mark Snyder from Owens Corning

Engaging Leader

As with any important initiative, it’s vital to have the CEO and other senior leaders actively supporting workforce health engagement. These executives can help to: Articulate why the initiative is important to the organization’s purpose and business strategy, Create buy-in from all levels of the organization, Cultivate a supportive work environment, Dedicate resources, and […] As with any important initiative, it’s vital to have the CEO and other senior leaders actively supporting workf

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20 Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading

leaderCommunicator

What does it take to help leaders communicate and lead more effectively? Even the most personable and engaging leaders can benefit from new leadership tips. Leadership roles change every day and leaders need to grow and improve with them. Here are 20 leadership blogs, similar to this one, that I like to check in with on a regular basis.

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Give the Customers Your Product in the Way They Want to Get It – (NPR Faces the Challenge)

First Friday Book Synopsis

If you want people to do things your way, you are bound to be disappointed… You have to start with people where they are. You have to meet people where they are. This is a “how to reach your customer” first principle. And to be a late adopter in this arena can be deadly to… Read More Give the Customers Your Product in the Way They Want to Get It – (NPR Faces the Challenge).

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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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How Much Should You Reveal When Hiring Help for Your Business?

David A Fields

A consultant emailed me the following question: I want to get help developing a marketing plan for the assessment tool I developed, so I am posting an ad on Elance (now Upwork). But they’re asking me for a my budget. I’m leery of giving a number since I don’t want to discourage someone who is really good with a low number, but I don’t want people to inflate their fees based on my budget.

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Professional Development Warning Flag 1 – Over-reliance on the I’ll Take Care of You Boss

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Professionals continually seek to excel personally and professionally. As such, these top performers become the 'go to' person superiors rely on when difficult and/or critical tasks need to be completed; knowing they can rely on these individuals to get the job done right the first time. Hi there! This article is available to StrategyDriven Personal Business Advisor Remote Access and Dedicated Advisor clients and those who subscribe to one of the article's related categories.

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The 10 Things I Am Thankful For This Year

Eric Jacobson

Each year, around Thanksgiving time, I think about what I am thankful for. This year, I decided to once again take the time to make a list. A list of 10 things I am thankful for. What's on your list this year? What's on your list this year that wasn't on last year's list? Here is my list : Family and friends Employment, and a year of positive evolution for my workplace Technology, Blogs, Twitter and all social media sharing tools that help me to be a constant learner Health and all those who hel

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Making Your Case to Senior Executives

Curious Cat

This month Dr. Suresh Gettala writes about the Talking To the C-Suite About Quality in the monthly ASQ Influential Voices post. My take is a bit different than Dr. Gettala (and most others) in that I believe CEOs are so wedded to short term financial measures that if you are speaking to them you need to both appeal to this bias while also fighting to move the organization away from being led by such a bias.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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The Many Times You Should Thank Customers

Eric Jacobson

In your leadership role, it's vital that your team members know how to deliver excellent customer service. " Knock Your Socks Off " type service as book editor Ann Thomas and Jill Applegate would say. Part of delivering excellent customer service is saying "Thank You" to your customers and knowing when to say "Thank You". Thomas and Applegate recommend telling your customers "Thank You" during at least these nine situations : When they do business with you.every time.

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The Dark Side of Creativity

Harvard Business Review

Few psychological traits are as desirable as creativity — the ability to come up with ideas that are both novel and useful. Yet it is also true that creativity has been associated with a wide range of counterproductive, rarely discussed qualities. Being aware of these tendencies is important for anyone trying to better understand their own creativity, or that of other people.

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Tuesday Time Machine: How Are You Choosing to Show Up?

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 26 March 2014. “The history of free men is never really written by chance, but by choice; their choice!”. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Greece’s history is replete with tales of heroes and the great battles they fought.

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Use Storytelling to Explain Your Company’s Purpose

Harvard Business Review

The idea of “purpose” has swept the corporate world. Encouraged by evangelists like Simon Sinek , myriad firms like Nike, Adidas, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola are devoting real time and attention to explaining why they do. The idea of purpose was central to a book I co-authored. But activating purpose is impossible without storytelling, at both the corporate and individual levels.

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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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7 Impractical Leadership Principles and Why I Use Them

Ron Edmondson

I talk to pastors frequently who find themselves in a difficult situation. Many times they know the right thing to do, but they can’t bring themselves to do it. Often, the advice I give is simply received with a reply such as, “I know it’s probably the right thing to do, but it seems like it would be easier just to __” I understand.

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To Lead Change, Explain the Context

Harvard Business Review

Imagine that your boss asks you to run as fast as possible in one direction, and then after a few minutes, blows the whistle and asks you to run the opposite way. Imagine that this happens over and over again. After a while, you’d not only get tired, you would be frustrated by the meaningless instructions and the lack of progress. And you’d be less willing to run again next week since you would no longer trust that your boss had a real plan.

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What It Really Takes to Attract Top Talent

Harvard Business Review

Remember the phrase “employer of choice” from the dot-com boom? It was a period of ridiculously low unemployment, a time when companies struggled not just to find exactly the right talent at the right price — but to find talent, period. So they did everything they could to woo applicants with a string of new perks: concierge services that would pick up your dry cleaning and help you do basic domestic tasks, free food at the office, foosball tables for recreation, casual dress c

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The Pfizer-Allergan Deal Shouldn’t Be Just About Tax Inversion

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. Pfizer and Allergan are set to merge in the biggest combination of the year, valued at $150 billion. It is big in terms of the total corporate assets that are being re-assigned to new owners. But is it also big in terms of the joint value that will likely be created? The size of a merger transaction and the joint value created are different concepts.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Thriving in the Reimagined Workplace

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor Content from GoToMeeting. Now that technology allows us to work anywhere, on any device, work is something people do — not just a place to which they go. This shift demands that businesses manage and operate so that they can attract the right people, retain them, and ensure they can do their best work. The result: the reimagined workplace.

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The Condensed December 2015 Issue

Harvard Business Review

Amy Bernstein , editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features. For more, see the December 2015 issue. Download this podcast.

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How to Better Manage Your Company’s Utility Bills

Harvard Business Review

In general, managing energy bills has traditionally been a pretty low priority for most corporations. For all but a few process-focused companies or those with energy-intensive facilities such as data centers, the utility bill is generally filed under the list of uncontrollable, take-it-or-leave-it costs of doing business. Outside the hot topic of who gets to control the thermostat , most managers just want to know that the lights will turn on and the computer servers will not be interrupted.