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Leaders Share Their Best of 2020 Insights: Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share their Best of 2020 thoughts and posts. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Best of 2020 Insights: Practical Help Rachel Blakely-Gray of […]. The post Leaders Share Their Best of 2020 Insights: Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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What Approach Do You Use?

Lead Change Blog

All leaders have the same goal—change things for the better. However, they utilize different approaches to bring about change. I believe there are four basic approaches leaders use to influence and inspire people to make positive changes. . 1. Thought Leaders. These leaders introduce new ideas that have the power to change people and organizations.

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Make People Better

Joseph Lalonde

Leaders have a lot of responsibilities. We must help our organization survive, no thrive. We have to help create a vision and mission people can get behind. There’s also helping to motivate team members to get their tasks accomplished. I’m missing more than a few on this list. It’s not exhaustive but you get the […].

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Acting with Power

Leading Blog

W E need to think about power differently. Deborah Gruenfeld has been teaching a class at Stanford University that is the title of her book, Acting with Power. It is a tour de force on what power is, how it works, and how it affects every aspect of our lives. We all have power. The question is, what are we doing with it? Two statements she makes at the start caught my attention immediately: Success, impact, and life satisfaction are not the result of how much power you can accumulate, or even ho

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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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The Best Leadership Articles of 2020 (and more … based on your votes)

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s always fun to look back to see what resonated as the best leadership articles of the year at Let’s Grow Leaders. Most years, there’s quite a mix of topics and interests. It’s not a shocker that this year, the most helpful […]. The post The Best Leadership Articles of 2020 (and more … based on your votes) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Discover The Joy Of Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Managers, leaders, and anyone who works with others will benefit from Willy Steiner’s advice, which provides insights for a wide variety of challenges. Explore how to develop relationships that matter while leading others in a variety of circumstances. Willy Steiner, the author of Discover The Joy Of Leading , discusses time-tested models and theories from the very best practitioners and experts, as well as how to quickly identify ways to respond to the challenges that confront you.

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Leading Thoughts for December 24, 2020

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Frank Wilczek on the truth of science: “Science tells us many important things about how things are, but it does not pronounce how things should be, nor forbid us from imagining things that are not.

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A Message About Connection

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton We'll remember this year for a long time and we will tell future generations about the challenges we endured as we tried to stay safe and well during a global pandemic. One lesson we can take away from this experience is the power of connection.

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Great Leaders Attract Great Talent

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Susanna Camp and Jonathan Littman As a leader, you shape the ideas, provide the direction, set the goals. You’re great at focusing the journey and laying a course, especially when winds are uncertain. It can be a long, strange trip indeed – and your success depends on attracting the right talent. Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment.

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Personal Lessons from The Pandemic

Kevin Eikenberry

2020 will be a year of historical note – it will be a marker of generations. Like the Great Depression, The World Wars, or 9-11 changed the world, so too has COVID-19. In fact, your grandkids will read about this year in the history books, and ask you “What was the pandemic like?” Remembering it […]. The post Personal Lessons from The Pandemic appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Leadership Lessons From Christmas

Joseph Lalonde

Christmas is a happy time for many people. It’s also a sad, depressing day for others. It really depends on how you were brought up and what the holidays meant for you. Thankfully, Christmas is one of those happy holidays for me. I have fond memories of opening up Christmas presents that were under the […].

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My Favourite Podcast Guest Moments And Insights From 2020

Tanveer Naseer

One of the perks of hosting my leadership podcast is I get to speak with some fascinating and thought-provoking people whose insights help us to learn and grow. So for my last episode for 2020, I wanted to share some of my favourite moments from this past year where my. Click to continue reading.

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When Scaling Your Leadership is a Matter of Life or Death

Next Level Blog

What would you do if your customer base tripled almost overnight and their lives depended on you scaling up your leadership and your organization to meet the sudden surge in demand? That’s exactly the question that Los Angeles Regional Food Bank CEO Michael Flood and his team had to answer and act on this year. Their experience provides a case study that holds lessons for any organization in any sector.

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Humbled by Christmas Lights

Leadership Freak

My Twitter survey indicated a minority make the right choice when choosing Christmas lights. An amazing 62% prefer white lights. I thought it tragic until yesterday.

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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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The Servant-Leader’s Night Before Christmas – 2020 Edition

Modern Servant Leader

All I want for Christmas is Servant Leadership. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all of the staff. Sat on Zoom hoping a leader would come, on their behalf. Tired of the power model still in the air, They hoped a servant-leader, soon would be there. There had been no focus on long-term success, And Short-term drivers too long caused distress. While some struggled for a solution, others had fled, We needed a change before going in the red.

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Ours Was One of the “Most Read” Articles on SmartBrief

Michael Lee Stallard

I was delighted to learn that an article Katie Stallard and I wrote, titled “Why Relational Connection is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic,” was one of the most read articles on SmartBrief over this last year. If you haven’t read it, you can find the full article here. Thank you for your support and for helping us to share the connection culture message!

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The Most Important Remote Work Question – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

The questions we ask determine the answers we find – and therefore the decisions we make. And in the video below, I am asking you the most important remote work question… Are you “working from home” or are you a great remote teammate? Tweet it out: There is a big difference between working from home […]. The post The Most Important Remote Work Question – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Batman: The Killing Joke

Joseph Lalonde

Batman: The Killing Joke is a Warner Brothers Animation film adapting the graphic novel Batman: A Killing Joke. The animated movie was released in 2016 to much fanfare. It deserves the praise it received. Batman: The Killing Joke tells the story of Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (Tara Strong). It also delves into the […].

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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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This Is What Leaders Should Be Doing to Boost Mental Health

Lead from Within

As the pressures of the pandemic drag on and winter brings shorter, colder days, the mental health of your employees is even more important than usual. Worry, stress, and anxiety have negative effects on productivity and effectiveness—not to mention overall health and personal relationships. As a leader, you’re responsible for supporting your employees’ mental health.

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The Christmas Story Slaps Traditional Authority in the Face

Leadership Freak

The story of Christmas is a slap in the face to traditional authority. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s true or myth. The story disrupts common ways of thinking.

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What’s the buzz about CLEVER DEFI? The internet’s latest buzzword.

Strategy Driven

It has recently proved false to believe that saving money in the bank is the only way of achieving financial independence. Banks pay low-interest rates that mostly depreciate money saved in the bank over time. Also, conventional and better investment prospects stocks and ETFs deliver less than 10 percent of investment interest annually. To solve this issue CLEVER DEFI has become a buzzword these days.

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Recommending Humankind: A Hopeful History

Kevin Eikenberry

Cynics too often seem to rule the world. Worse yet, often those who take a more positive view are seen as “spinning the message” or as hopelessly naïve. While this has never been my belief or approach, it seems to be prevalent in the world today. That is just one reason why I love Humankind: […]. The post Recommending Humankind: A Hopeful History appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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How to Set the Conditions for Psychological Safety to Emerge

Mike Cardus

Psychological Safety – Setting the emergence conditions. I facilitated a discussion with ATD Buffalo Niagara on Psychological Safety and setting the conditions for it to emerge. During the webinar, we discussed how psychological safety is different from trust within the workplace , explored and identified how to set conditions for a psychologically safe workplace to emerge and adapt through challenges and successes, and co-constructed what we can do as talent development professionals to c

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The Children AREN’T Nestled and the Creatures ARE Stirring

Leadership Freak

Clement Clark Moore needs a reality check. He penned “The Night Before Christmas.” Moore made the whole thing up, including eight tiny reindeer.

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Strange Ticks Can Be a Sign of Trouble: 3 Things That Can Lead to CNC Machine Failures

Strategy Driven

Similar to any other technological device, the majority of CNC machine problems are caused by insufficient or non-existent maintenance or user error. This means that most issues that a person will run into are within their control. The good news is, there are quite a few things that can be done to avoid these problems in the future. When it comes to Heavy Duty Machining knowing what can go wrong is half the battle.

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Where Should Your Consulting Firm Invest for Growth? The Answer is…

David A Fields

If you want your consulting firm to win more clients and deliver higher profit with less labor intensity on your part, where should you invest in the coming year? Popular candidates include development of virtual offerings, lead generation programs, and dark-chocolate covered espresso beans. There’s likely a more valuable investment. Before you read my recommendation, … Continued.

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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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5 Success Lessons from Rudolph

Skip Prichard

Christmas Lessons. Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer is one of the great Christmas classics. You know the story. As a young reindeer, Rudolph’s nose receives unwanted attention for being so different. Glowing bright red, at just the wrong time, Rudolph becomes the brunt of jokes. Friends dismiss him from games. He is publicly humiliated and sad. It doesn’t end there, of course.

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Generosity Makes you Great and Much More

Leadership Freak

No one stays up late waiting for the Grinch. But all the young at heart stay up waiting for Santa. His heart is warm and his hand is open.

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Is Remote Learning Better Than We Think?

The Horizons Tracker

COVID-19 has forced students around the world to learn remotely via a range of video-based technologies. The transition has raised concern among many that the education students receive is not comparable to face-to-face classes. It’s an accusation new research from the University of Birmingham disputes, at least as far as teacher education itself is concerned.

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What Are The Benefits Of 3D Printing?

Strategy Driven

These days, more businesses across a huge assortment of industries are embracing the process of 3D printing. This is because of the many different advantages that it possesses. With that being said, in this blog post, we are going to explore all of the benefits in further depth to help you get a better understanding. 3D printing is rapid. There is only one place to begin when it comes to the benefits that are associated with 3D printing, and this is the fact that it is rapid.

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The First 90 Days: Onboarding Checklist

While onboarding, don’t let yourself get caught up in administrative details. Automate paperwork & training so new hires can focus on the business at hand from day one. Get Paycor’s checklist to see where your company can make HR process improvements.