Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? After all, that’s the point of a blind spot, right? In today’s #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock , serial entrepreneur, and best-selling author of several books including Plan D. He talks about why you should care about your blind spot and understand your “ghosts” and practical ways to get other perspectives.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

One leader said, "I realized my supervisors weren't supervising because I was doing it for them. Don't handicap people. Be the reason people step up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In this episode about leading with laughter, Steve Cody and Clayton Fletcher discuss the role of humor in the workplace and how it can be used strategically to improve communication, build relationships, and create a healthy workplace culture. They explain the different forms of comedy, including improv, stand-up, and sketch comedy, and how each can be applied to leadership and business.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“No matter your title, or how advanced you already consider yourself to be as an inclusive leader, I believe this book will help you evolve and motivate you to take action,” says Jennifer Brown about her book, How To be An Inclusive Leader: Your Role In Creating Cultures Of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive. The book is the second edition of the bestselling title from 2021.

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Niagara Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We’ve all been there. Attending meetings where the leader drones on, a few people monopolize the conversation, and nothing is actually accomplished. You find yourself looking at the clock, seeing your inbox pile up, and wishing you were anywhere but here. Ineffective meetings are a serious time sink and, according to an Otter.ai report , costly. They uncovered that a company with over 100 employees could save almost $2.5 million annually by eliminating pointless meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It’s common to wrestle with feelings of unmet expectations, missed opportunities, and paths not taken when you reach the midpoint of your career. But experts say that arriving at middle-age is also a profound opportunity for growth and self-reflection. It’s a chance to reevaluate your priorities, draw from your experience, and carve out a path that aligns with your goals for the second half of your professional life.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Anything can turn excessive when taken too far and in the latest update to the warehouse woes of big corporations, we now learn that France fined Amazon’s French warehouse unit €32 million or $34.9 million for excessive surveillance of its employees. Amazon employee monitoring systems have often been criticized for being too over-the-top in its pursuit for efficiency and this case is no different.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Income inequality remains a troubling issue, despite years of progressive and proactive approaches and legislation. All too often, workers of one particular group (usually women or people of color) are systematically underpaid across an organization. The remedy for such pay gaps is often to focus on those workers who are most underpaid. This article explains why this approach falls short and how using a structured approach to pay equity analysis will help companies not only address systematic bi

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In times of inflation and economic uncertainty, customer expectations of brands increase. Brands that acknowledge inflation’s effects on business show vulnerability, which, when perceived as genuine, can build customer loyalty. Conversely, brands that fail to be transparent, will lose trust. The author recommends five strategies for companies to maintain consumer trust during these periods: 1) If you have to increase pricing, tell customers why, 2) practice value-oriented marketing, 3) offer cus

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