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4 Ways to Provide Meaningful Encouragement

Let's Grow Leaders

My guess is that right about now, you could use some encouragement. Not meaningless cheer-leading, but some well considered, well-timed, well-meaning “you’ve got this and here’s how I know…” In fact, I’d be willing to bet that the next five people you encounter could use some meaningful encouragement too. No matter how confident people appear on the outside, chances are they could use some encouragement to bolster their insides.

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Leading with Character: Integrity

Michael Lee Stallard

Definition. Integrity can be defined as always interacting with others ethically and honorably. People with integrity aspire to the highest ethical standards and expect the same behavior of others. They conduct themselves honorably in any situation that may arise. They treat every person with respect and fairness. They are straightforward and forthright, expressing themselves with clarity, so that others always understand what is being communicated.

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First Impressions can become your Prison

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” Abraham Lincoln. We all know the importance and emphasis placed on impressions, especially first impressions. As mentioned in a 2011 Forbes article by Carol Goman , in business a first impression is often formed within seven seconds.

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Creativity: An Undervalued Leadership Skill

Lead Change Blog

There is much to be said about leadership, and there is no shortage of descriptive words one uses when talking about leaders – influential, dedicated, globally thinking, focused, etc. – but how often do we describe leaders as creative? The modern leader has to have a lot of differing traits that all help them do his/her best to lead others and make decisions successfully.

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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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#WinningWell Managers Take Refreshing Breaks–Here’s Yours!

Let's Grow Leaders

Is life a little crazy for you right now? It sure is here! Winning Well is full-speed ahead and we’re so excited! Even in the midst of craziness though, it’s wise to take a break and we have just the thing for you. Here’s our Winning Well coloring page! Have you caught the coloring trend over these last few months? We’d love to see your work, so much so that we’ve created a contest.

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Candor With A Promise Attached: The 7 Most Important Words

Terry Starbucker

Six years ago I published a little free ebook, “ Leadership From a Glass Half-Full: The 5 Lessons You Need To Learn Before You Jump Into The Pool” It was a way for me, as I wrote at the time, to “share my hard-earned lessons with leaders of all stripes, but particularly new and emerging ones – ones looking for the kind of guidance that I didn’t get” 14, 338 downloads later (thank you!

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Reprogramming of Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Advances in technology have led to changes in the way we do things. In earlier days, processes were done manually. Operation manuals were created to guide new joiners and current employees on how to get things done. When automation arrived, various tasks were automated and the folks who used to do those jobs had to learn new things to stay employed.

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“Forgive and Live” to Increase Personal Mastery

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I recently sent out a tweet, “When you forgive, the person who benefits most is yourself.” Someone who responded, “I”ll never forgive because what they did was unforgiveable.” I understand that feeling because I’ve experienced it myself. When you’ve been betrayed by someone you trusted or have been injured by someone who had power over […]. The post “Forgive and Live” to Increase Personal Mastery appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Top 5 Bad Sales Habits that Affect Performance

Women on Business

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Dynamic Dozen: Give Clear Direction, Then Follow Through

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The ballplayer who loses his head, who can’t keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. Lou Gehrig. It’s baseball season again, and so we begin the annual Rite of the Green Grass and White Lines.

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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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A New Type of Hero!

Lead Change Blog

Not everyone can be the type of hero that serves our country and defends our freedom. It takes a special type of person. Thank you to all the active service members and veterans! Not everyone can be the type of hero that saves lives daily. Thank you to all the firefighters, EMTs, doctors and law enforcement agencies! Everyone and I mean everyone in the world has an opportunity to impact others every day with every interaction!

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The Executive Checklist (Palgrave-Macmillan)

N2Growth Blog

By: Jim Kerr. A guide for new executives that explores how to create an overarching, enterprise-wide transformative program. The book provides a best-practice checklist for 8 core areas: Strategy Setting, Technology Alignment, Business Renovation, Project Management, Communications Renewal, Employee Engagement, Staff Transformation, and Organizational Design.

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Booknotes: Bob Benmosche - Good For the Money

Leading Blog

☙ Bob Benmosche came out of retirement in August 2009 to lead American International Group’s turnaround. Although few doubted it was even possible, under his leadership, AIG repaid the $182.3 billion taxpayer bailout, with the government claiming a profit of more than $20 billion. ☙ His my-way-or-the-highway style worked well in this turnaround/crisis situation.

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6 Types of Content that Have Greatest Brand Value for Small Businesses

Women on Business

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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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Leaders Set the Tone

Lead Change Blog

Today marks the one year anniversary of the launch of my book Wind In Your Sails: Vital Strategies That Accelerate Your Entrepreneurial Success. The first chapter of my book is dedicated to how entrepreneurs achieve their peak performance and how to show up at their best for the people they lead. Leaders really do set the tone. In the year since publication of Wind In Your Sails, readers have told me that these principles apply to all leaders.

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Laziness – The Counterintuitive Act Of Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by fellow author (and Canadian) Michael Bungay Stanier. You jest, sir! Laziness as leadership? Surely that can’t be correct. “I didn’t get to where I am now, young man, by being lazy.” What is this, clickbait? In fact, no. Think about the dual responsibilities of any leader: results and people. That one-two combination goes by other names as well: strategy and culture; impact and engagement.

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How to be a Chief Encouragement Officer

ReImagine Work

If you hear any version of these statements listed below on a regular basis, you may be a Chief Encouragement Officer. ( See the full article here at the Lead Change Group blog.). “I need to hang around you more often.”. “You are the most positive person.”. “You encourage my heart.”. It’s not about compliments. It’s about noticing what is important to another person and offering a boost in that area.

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5 reasons product managers need to embrace mobile marketing

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by Sophorn Chhay Mobile marketing isn’t only for the customer, it’s a viable avenue for product managers, advertisers and even sales floor assistants. If your brand needs to jump-start its product resourcing department, it’d better invest in mobile.

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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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Is give-and-take an old-fashioned notion?

Lead Change Blog

I invite your help in figuring this one out! For centuries, the norm of social reciprocity—by which I mean exchanging kindness, goods and services for mutual benefit and not the icky quid pro quo stuff that all too often contains shady dealings or subtle manipulation—has been part of the cultural fabric. In their book, People of the Lake: Mankind and its Beginnings , Richard Leakey and Kurt Lewin remark that our ancestors participated in an “honored network of obligation” i.e., I help you, you

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The Five Biggest Mistakes New Leaders Make

Leadership Freak

Inexperience is opportunity. Learning from mistakes promotes growth and develops confidence. But making unnecessary mistakes is foolish. Don’t learn everything from personal experience. You grow the most at the beginning.

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Built to Last: Five Leadership Principles Required for Long Term Success

Kevin Eikenberry

At my farm in Michigan stands a barn that, according to a barn expert I recently spoke with, is well over 100 years old. There are older structures than this, of course. But this barn has served its multiple purposes well over years, and stands ready today for its next stage of life. Clearly, this […]. The post Built to Last: Five Leadership Principles Required for Long Term Success appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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10 Ways The Leadership Relationship is Changing (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton A convergence of positive trends is changing leadership expectations, and today I want to explore how those trends are changing the leadership relationship.

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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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How To Lose A Customer Over $10

Joseph Lalonde

U sually, a business doesn’t want to lose a customer. The customer is the one who is purchasing goods and bringing in income. Your employees are paid because someone is spending money in your organization. Your salary is paid for because of said customers. You don’t want to lose their business. But are you doing things that are encouraging your customers to leave?

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Get a Specific “SIP”

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Karissa Thacker What is your current specific self-improvement project? Is it specific? Is it measurable? Is it clear? I have taken a coaching tip from Mark Zuckerberg, the boy wonder and CEO of Facebook, and have committed myself to one self-improvement project for this entire year. Every year, Zuckerberg makes a public pledge to improve himself in one very specific way.

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The courageous conversation you must have

Persuasive Powerhouse

The project was suffering, at a plateau several millions of dollars into it’s beginning. It was an enterprise-wide global effort; a new system that would make life easier and ultimately save money for our company. We were in somewhat of a crisis and saving money by leveraging such systems was pretty important. The leader heading up the project was a couple of levels above me in this hierarchy-conscious organization.

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10 Ways The Leadership Relationship is Changing (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton A convergence of positive trends is changing leadership expectations, and today I want to explore how those trends are changing the leadership relationship.

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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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Why We Really Resist Change

Joseph Lalonde

C hange is an ever-constant truth in our lives. Nothing stays the same (Well, except ONE thing). The seasons change, our roles change, people change. We can’t stop change. But there’s a lot of people out there who don’t like change. You may be one of them. I am, at times. I don’t like saying a forever goodbye. I don’t like losing a friend.

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3 Ways Leaders Drive People Nuts

Leadership Freak

Imagine the person on your team who drives you nuts. Realize you drive others crazy too, but they’re afraid to tell you. A leader’s quirks, inconsistencies, and weaknesses should be addressed, not tolerated. 3 ways leaders drive people nuts: #1. Respond emotionally to problems, failure, or tough situations. Emotionally unpredictable leaders are bullies.

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134: Under New Management: Upending Business As Usual | with David Burkus

Engaging Leader

Great leaders don’t innovate products, they innovate the factory. Through most of the 20th century, great leaders focused on reinventing the factory. From Frederick Taylor to Henry Ford, the industrial age was made by people who could envision the best way to design the organization around the product. Today, much of the world has moved […] Great leaders don’t innovate products, they innovate the factory.

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Make The Most Of Your Potential

Lead from Within

He told me he regretted not having more influence as a leader. He felt he had missed out on becoming something more then he was and it left him with deep regret. As his coach, I knew I had to put things into perspective for him. How much time do we waste wishing we’d had the potential to be more and do more? The truth is in life you have to make the most of your own potential.

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.