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8 Secrets to Creating a Collaborative Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

I’ve never met someone who would admit to preferring drama over collaboration. And yet, most cultures have too much drama, too little collaboration. What’s up with that? This weekend we stayed in a beach house in Nags Head with my sister, and 28 of her closest friends (most of whom we had ever met) to run the Outer Banks Southern Fried racing weekend.

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Veterans Day – Solemnly Remember

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Armistice Day parade – 1929 – Boston (Source: Boston Public Library). “…solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.”.

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Why Real Talk Matters & How to Make It So

Lead Change Blog

Why is real talk hard for many leaders to do? Real talk is two-way communicating that moves past what’s obvious, superficial, and assumed to get at the core of authentic meaning and connection. Unless leaders use thoughtful engagement to probe and clarify, the best we can hope for is a best guess, which isn’t a very firm footing for effective leadership or success.

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What Bad Leaders Can Do To An Organization

Joseph Lalonde

J im Collins in his book Good to Great shares that we need to get the right people in the right seats on the right bus. As leaders, we know this is crucial. What we often forget is that we can place the wrong leaders in the wrong seats on the wrong bus and this creates more issues than having the wrong team members. I recently came across a great quote and I don’t know who said it.

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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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Are You a Closeted Servant Leader?

Let's Grow Leaders

Are you afraid to talk about leadership development at work? Would you like to invest more in developing your people, but worry that your boss will pooh pooh the idea? You’re not alone. This week, I had the honor of co-hosting the Online Servant Leadership Summit with Becky Robinson. We had some great guests including Ken Blanchard, author of the new One Minute Manager and Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes.

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What Is Care?

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “S wonderful! ‘S marvelous! That you should care for me!” Ira Gershwin. What do you care about as a leader? Is it the same thing that your team members care about? What about the organization?

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Anyone Can Train Themselves to be a Highly Effective Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Chris Hutchinson : If you’ve gotten past the title without choking on your warm office beverage of choice, you’re probably thinking something like: 1. Are you kidding? You’ve clearly never met [colleague/boss/archenemy]! 2. Don’t think so. People either have natural leadership ability or they don’t. If you don’t have the right wiring, it doesn’t matter. 3.

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How to Build a High-Performing Team- despite a stack-ranked performance management system

Let's Grow Leaders

Bell curves bring out the worst in your best. Rewarding individual performance drives individual behavior. Yet most performance management systems do just that. Of course unless you’re running HR, you’re can’t change the system, but you can build great teams within it. In this video I share 6 ways to encourage true teamwork and collaboration.

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Resolving Conflict While Maintaining Your Composure – Part 2

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”. William James. Over the course of your professional career you’re going to experience conflict in the workplace.

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How To Ace Nerve Wracking Alternative Format Interviews

Lead Change Blog

Some job interviews aren’t one-on-one, straight up Q&A sessions. Sometimes you’ll be put in a group while other times you’ll be having lunch with your prospective boss or the board of directors. Whatever the case, every interview format presents its own set of challenges, so you have to be prepared. If you’re looking to move up from an entry level position to a management post, or from junior management to senior or executive level management, you have to be prepared for these interview for

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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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Be a Leader People Want to Follow

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

People follow leaders by choice. You can get compliance through imposing your authority, by coercion or manipulation, but you won’t be trusted and respected. When your followers do have a choice, there is no guarantee they will continue to follow you. And if you find yourself out on a limb, it is likely you will find you’re alone. Be a leader people want to follow.

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What is Ethical Thinking?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Today I'm taking you inside the mind of the ethical leader to explore ethical thinking. Inside the Mind of an Ethical Leader “I make decisions based on values, not money pressures.” “I need to constantly learn in order to stay ethical.”.

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. “ Polybius. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Read the rest.

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Happy Triskaidekaphobia Day …

Lead Change Blog

Well, it’s that day again … Friday the Thirteenth , when all manner of bad things are supposed to happen to us, just because the thirteenth day of the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday. Silly superstition, right? Of course, right … but not to an estimated 17 to 21 million Americans, according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute.

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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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6 Essential Skills Every Non-Executive Director Should Have

Women on Business

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It’s Time To Have That Hard Conversation

Joseph Lalonde

W e put them off. We hold back when we have them. We pass the buck to someone else to be the one to deliver them. What are these things? It’s the hard conversations we know we MUST have but are unwilling to have. Image Via Creative Commons. Why Hard Conversations Suck. We put off hard conversations because, well, they’re hard. Bringing faults or poor performance to someone you are leading hurts.

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Tuesday Time Machine: Leadership: A Delicate Balance

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. 19 March 2014. There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences. Jack Welch. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization.

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Only 15% of Top Performers are High Potentials

Leadership Freak

Your ability to cultivate people determines your impact in the world. Surprisingly, only 15% of top performers* are likely to be high potentials (HiPo). Performance is easy to spot. But, if you want to change the world, look for people with character. After performance, character determines potential. Leaders without character are disasters in the making.

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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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Why HR Professionals Become Effective Business Partners

Women on Business

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8 Things Church Leaders Are Doing Wrong

Joseph Lalonde

C hurch leaders, I know you mean well but you’re doing some things wrong. So much so that you’re turning people away from the church. That’s the bad news. There’s good news though. Image via Creative Commons. You can change your habits and begin reaching people again. You can stop the mass exodus of people from the church and have a healthy congregation and volunteer team.

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Why it doesn’t need to be lonely at the top

Persuasive Powerhouse

We’ve all heard it: “It’s lonely at the top”. That may be true for some leaders, but I would challenge that statement and question the wellbeing of a leader who believes it is undeniably true for them. Certainly there are times when must make a final critical resolution alone and that can make you feel isolated and lonely. But the loneliest leaders are those who continually struggle without help in making decisions.

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You Have What You Seek

Leadership Freak

To get where you want to go, move toward authentic leadership. The main characters in the Wizard of Oz discovered they already had what they sought. The Tin Man always had heart.

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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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Great Stay-at-Home Jobs for Moms

Women on Business

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Without integrity, your other values don’t matter.

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thoughts: Do what you say. Say what you mean. Without integrity, your other values don’t matter. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. In addition to my regular leadership blog, I offer “Thursday Thoughts” – simple truths for reflection and food for thought. The post Without integrity, your other values don’t matter. appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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That way you're doing.how's it going?

Jason Womack

Tomorrow will be my 5th day with clients here in Washington DC. This is the second week this fall of Monday - Friday work doing what I love. I'd do it 20 days a month, if I could. The opportunity.

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How to Eliminate Stupid Rules

Leadership Freak

The stupid things I’ve done were done sincerely. I thought I was helping. It’s possible to sincerely believe you’re being helpful when you’re doing harm. Sincerity doesn’t erase stupid. Smart leaders do stupid things.

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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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What Is My Trust Set Point?

Kevin Eikenberry

Trust is something we’d all like more of. We’d like to be able to trust more people more. And we’d all like more people to trust us more too. These are universally true statements, even for those who have lots of trusting relationships. While this is true, it only considers part of what trust even […]. The post What Is My Trust Set Point? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Now is the Time For…

Next Level Blog

When you go through a 200 hour yoga teacher training class as I did a couple of years ago, one of the elements you’re introduced to is the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali. The Sutras are an ancient text made up of 196 aphorisms that tie the different aspects of yoga together. (One of the translations for the Sanskrit word, sutra, is thread.). The first yoga sutra is Atha Yoganuśhāsanam.

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Emilie Wapnick on Being a Multipotentialite

QAspire

Some of us are fortunate to have found one true calling early in our lives and career but for most of the others, finding what really interests us is an ongoing exploration – a journey where we go along the direction of our energy. And then there people who are wired to have many different (and often evolving) interests. In her TED Talk titled “ Why some of us don’t have one true calling ”, Emilie Wapnick refers to people with many interests as “Multipotentialites.”.

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7 Ways to Defeat Complexity

Leadership Freak

The simplest way to get something done is do it yourself. Don’t depend on anyone. But, that’s not leadership. New connections expand potential and increase complexity. The result of unchallenged complexity, within organizations, is instability.

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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.