March, 2022

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Courageous Questions: How to Make It Easier to Get Better Insights

Let's Grow Leaders

If you want better insights, ask clearer questions. Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. Courageous questions are specific, vulnerable questions that get right to the root of the matter.

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How Startups Can Revamp Their Executive Leadership Talent for Growth

N2Growth Blog

Organizations, particularly startups, require changes in executive leadership talent in the business lifecycle to capitalize on growth potential. Sometimes CEOs are late to make the necessary executive team changes, which comes at a cost. Today, I’d like to share some examples and critical considerations for companies that fit in this category. NerdWallet is an example of when the rapidly growing company missed profitability targets and subsequently changed its leadership team.

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How To Help Your Team Transform Failure Into Success 

Tanveer Naseer

In prolonged periods of uncertainty like the one we’re in right now, it’s natural that we take a more cautious approach to things. But what if that fear of the unknown also leads us to avoid failure and the powerful lessons we stand to gain that can help us achieve. Click to continue reading.

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How To Stay Positive

Joseph Lalonde

In studying leadership, one of the most effective traits of a leader that I’ve seen repeated again and again is the ability to stay positive. We’re not talking Poylanna positivity or pie in the sky. We’re talking honest-to-goodness positivity that’s rooted in reality. When the leader is positive, the people will follow. It may take […].

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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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How Do You Recognize An Ethical Leader (Part 3)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton n How Do You Recognize an Ethical Leader Part 1 and Part 2, I shared 6 special qualities, behaviors and outcomes that define ethical leadership. This week I'll share three more. These are intentional actions ethical leaders take to stay competent as things change around them.

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The Value of the Vision

RapidStart Leadership

A little known act during World War II highlights the value of vision for our teams, and why we should treat it like a precious metal. The post The Value of the Vision appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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What We Can Learn About Giving Better Instructions from Monopoly – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

In this episode of Remarkable TV, I’m sharing tips for giving better instructions. And to do that, we’re using the game of Monopoly to help us. So Monopoly. Chances are, if you’ve played Monopoly, you either love it or you hate it. And if you’ve played it, you know that there are a lot of […]. The post What We Can Learn About Giving Better Instructions from Monopoly – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How Positively Energizing Leadership Can Help Your Organization To Flourish

Tanveer Naseer

With everything we’ve all experienced over the last two years, it can feel more challenging than ever to ask employees to stay the course and trust things will work out. So how do leaders inspire people to deliver their best despite their understandable concerns about the future? That’s what I’ll. Click to continue reading.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Lost City

Joseph Lalonde

The Lost City is surprising audiences. I wasn’t sure what to expect when Pamela and I went to the Cinema Carousel to watch the movie. It looked interesting with Sandra Bullock as Loretta and Channing Tatum as Alan (and Dash the cover model). The movie excelled at the laughs. Our theater couldn’t withhold their laughter. […].

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How Do You Recognize an Ethical Leader? (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton How do you recognize an Ethical Leader? Today I'll share 3 special approaches to the leadership role that are central to ethical leadership. These are ways that ethical leaders understand their roles and responsibilities in relation to others and world. .

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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 18th Mile: It’s Not the Finish Line Leaders Should Focus On

RapidStart Leadership

In leadership as in the marathon, it's not the finish line we need to focus on, but the 18th mile, if we want to reach our goal; here's why. The post The 18th Mile: It’s Not the Finish Line Leaders Should Focus On appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Three Questions That Lead to Better Meetings

Next Level Blog

The one thing that I think all of my clients agree on is that they’re sick of meetings. That tracks back to the quantity of meetings they have in a day or a week – way too many, and to the quality of the meetings they attend – too often, they’re tortuous and inconclusive. In other words, a painful waste of time. There’s a lot out there about how to run a good meeting so I’m not really going to get into that here.

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Reframing Change – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Change is hard. It doesn’t usually come naturally. And at the end of the day, when we change we have made a choice. And as leaders, when we are trying to lead change at work, we are asking our team to be “all in” – to make a choice to change. Unfortunately, most change leadership […]. The post Reframing Change – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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3 Keys To Building A Successful Business

Tanveer Naseer

Running a corporation is hard. It’s difficult to see where to improve and even more challenging to know what you should do to keep up with the competition. You’re not alone if you feel this way. Millions of business owners struggle with the same issues, and they’re all looking for. Click to continue reading.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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12 Questions Guaranteed to Energize People

Leadership Freak

Lousy managers are anchors. Successful managers are wind. The first step in filling people’s sails is setting an intention to energize people. After time with you, you want people … Standing tall.

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The Danger of Us Versus Them

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Any time you draw a line that excludes, you're leaving ethical territory. That's a bold statement, but when someone draws a dividing line that intentionally excludes people or groups, it can lead to an "us versus them" mentality. And from there, it's a short slippery slope to this and more.

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How to Become a Successful Leader from Anywhere (in the World)

Lead from Within

Change generally happens gradually. But the past couple of years have been the exception in many workplaces because there has been a dramatic shift. What started as an accommodation is becoming business as usual, with remote work and global teams now the norm. That leaves leaders still grappling with important new issues: managing different distractions, making information and tools accessible, and keeping remote employees motivated, connected, productive, and engaged.

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How One Successful Senior Executive Juggles All the Balls

Next Level Blog

One of the impacts of the shift to working virtually is an increase in the number of topics we find ourselves dealing with on a daily basis. The ability to log in and out of one meeting after another without the friction (or the respite) of having to move our physical bodies from one place to another has made it easier to pack more meetings and conversations into a day.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Seasons of Growth

Kevin Eikenberry

Growth doesn’t occur in a linear way. We know that when we look at kids. They have noticeable growth spurts. Most plants don’t grow continuously, and certainly not at the same rate throughout their life. The same is true for us as leaders, professionals, and people. We go through seasons of growth. When we understand […]. The post Seasons of Growth appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Many Languages of Career Development – Guest Blogger Julie Winkle Giulioni

leaderCommunicator

We’ve all heard of the 5 Love Languages… right? But how many career development languages do you know? If you’re like many, the answer is just one: Promotions! But in most organizations, the time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, and/or title changes is dying or altogether dead. Hierarchies are flattening.

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3 Ways to Increase Personal Energy

Leadership Freak

A person without energy is dying. Exhausted leaders have neglected personal energy. 4 kinds of personal energy: Physical energy concerns your body. Movement, rest, and nutrition impact physical energy. Emotional energy concerns perception.

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How Do You Recognize an Ethical Leader? (Part 2)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In How Do You Recognize an Ethical Leader (Part 1) I shared 3 special qualities and behaviors that define ethical leadership. These three additional leadership outcomes even more directly impact others in a positive way.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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Why Are Smart Leaders Always Into Personal Development

Lead from Within

If they’re being honest, most leaders don’t think they need personal development. They believe that what got them where they are will keep them there, and that the only things that really matter are how well they perform and how much profit they bring in. In my work as an executive leadership coach, I regularly work with very skilled leaders who don’t see the value of personal development.

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The Mistake that Costs Your Consulting Firm Winnable Projects (and How to Fix it)

David A Fields

Consider reality talent show contestants for a moment. Many have modest talent (at best) and are, nevertheless, shocked when they fail out of the competition. They exhibit what appears to be an inexplicable overestimation of their own talents. You and your consulting firm occasionally suffer from the same lack of awareness in a particular area … Continued.

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Bluster Buster: How to Bring Your Values to Life and Strengthen Your Culture

The Practical Leader

Years ago, we helped an international mining company transform its safety culture from good to outstanding. Their 65% reduction in injuries over a three-year period vaulted them to become a benchmark company in their industry. A delegation of senior leaders and safety professionals from another mining company visited a few of their mine sites to understand how they achieved such dramatic safety improvement.

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4 Ways Employees Can Help Prevent Cyber Attacks

leaderCommunicator

How to Activate Employees to Take Information Security into Their Own Hands. If there was ever a time to reinforce the importance of cyber safety, it’s now. Experts believe countries and businesses who stand in the way of Putin’s military attacks could be at risk for cyber attacks, particularly those responsible for infrastructure and financial systems.

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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3 Powerful Steps Toward Confidence

Leadership Freak

Life without confidence is agony. “Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller Insecurity loves excuse-making. You’re less than you could be when you’re afraid to make a decision.

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Unethical Leadership: Selective Inclusion

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton I previously wrote about the problem of selective respect and today I'll address it's evil twin. It has been happening right in front of us and has been amplified by social media - leaders speaking from a perspective of selective inclusion. This week, I'm sharing a collection of posts that explain the importance of full inclusion and how to recognize examples that stray from it.

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Does Your Leadership Need Improvement In These Areas?

Lead from Within

If you’re serious about leadership, you should have a comprehensive, frequently updated plan for self-improvement. Because it’s not the skills you already have that will make you a great leader, however strong they may be—it’s the work you put into the areas you need to improve. Here’s a quick checkup you can give yourself on the skills leaders most often need to improve: How are your communication skills?

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How to Make Clients Comfortable that You (the Star) are Not on Their Project

David A Fields

If you’re known as the founder of your consulting practice (or one of the founders), you may feel your ability to scale your firm is limited because prospective clients want to work with a/the founder and there’s only so much of you to go around. You’re a victim of “It’s gotta be you” syndrome. Fortunately, … Continued. The post How to Make Clients Comfortable that You (the Star) are Not on Their Project appeared first on David A.

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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.