Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 12, 2025
Because Clear, Constructive Feedback Shouldnt Feel Like a Wrestling Match You want your team to succeedand you want them to grow. And you know that means having real accountability conversations, even when theyre tough. But sometimes, those conversations feel more like trying to defuse a live grenadeblindfolded. The good news? You dont have to choose between being clear and being kind.
Leadership Freak
MAY 12, 2025
Grip your butterfly-brain before breakfast. The worst thing you do in the morning is let your thoughts run free. A butterfly-brain lands in dark places. Butterflies arent leaders. Scattered people run in circles.
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Leading Blog
MAY 8, 2025
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. Sbastien Page on focusing on what makes us better: Traditional goals focus on outcomes, while mastery goals focus on process. Both are effective. Its important to set goals for process improvements. Dont overemphasize outcomes over process.
Rich Gee Group
MAY 13, 2025
Listen to the interview. Breaking bad news to your standout performer is like telling a Formula1 driver their wheels are looseflub the timing and the whole team could crash at 200mph. The data gutpunch you cant dodge. 44% of managers admit giving critical feedback feels difficult or stressful, and oneinfive duck it altogether. ( HBR ) When employees get meaningful feedback every week, theyre fourtimes more engaged than their flashlightinthedark peers. ( Gallup ) Ignore the hard talks and watch d
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Next Level Blog
MAY 13, 2025
Congratulations! Youve just gotten promoted to your first executive level job. What do you do now? One of the big reasons I wrote The Next Level almost 20 years ago was that the expectations of new executives are always very high but hardly ever clearly defined. My goal with the book was to make the implicit behavioral expectations of new executives explicit.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 8, 2025
Inheriting a Quiet Team? Heres How to Build a Culture of Voice You’re a human-centered leader who wants people to speak up and contribute their ideas. AND, you’ve inherited a quiet team, what to do next? Dear Asking for a Friend, “I inherited a team thats technically strong but emotionally silent. They dont bring concerns, ideas, or challenges forward.
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Leadership Freak
MAY 13, 2025
People dont disengage because theyre lazythey disengage because they feel invisible. When someone doesnt believe they matter, nothing else does either. Discover three simple ways to show people they matterand ignite purpose where its gone dim.
Leading in Context
MAY 14, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton Developing an ethical self is important for good citizenship and good leadership. But what does it involve? Theres more to developing and maintaining an ethical self than trying to make good choices. Making ethical choices isnt easy, and while were struggling, our brains are actually working against us.
Sales Wolf Blog
MAY 15, 2025
Most companies treat team building like a box to check. A quarterly happy hour. A ropes course (remember those?). An annual offsite where everyone plays along. Then they return to the same disjointed meetings, unspoken tensions, and underperforming teams. They leak valuable time, energy, and resources. This approach is not just ineffectiveit is expensive.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 9, 2025
Tired of vague deadlines and Groundhog Day conversations that wreck your productivityand your work-life balance? If youre a leader trying to stay on top of competing priorities while also protecting your teams time and energy, this episode is your shortcut to clarity. Youll discover a practical, people-centered communication tool that replaces fuzzy follow-ups with real resultswithout tipping you or your team into burnout.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
CoachStation
MAY 14, 2025
Lets talk about something that plays out for all of us daily. Sometimes hourly. Its called the Drama Triangle, and once you see it, you cant unsee it. The Drama Triangle was first developed by Stephen Karpman, and it maps out three common roles people tend to fall into when they're under pressure, emotionally charged, or just stuck in unhelpful patterns.
Leadership Freak
MAY 8, 2025
Most leaders think theyre giving enough feedbackbut delays, soft language, and lack of follow-up sabotage growth. Learn 5 common feedback mistakes and how to fix them so your team improves faster, trusts more, and stays fully engaged.
Eric Jacobson
MAY 12, 2025
As we age, the instinct to matter crystallizes into the fundamental need to be seen, heard, valued, and needed, says Zach Mercurio Ph.D., author of the new book, The Power Of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create A Culture Of Significance. The need to matter never goes away. And if our need to matter is satisfied, we flourish. Mercurio explains that mattering is created through small, repeated interactions that ensure people feel noticed, affirmed, and needed.
Sales Wolf Blog
MAY 13, 2025
Most Founder / CEOs fail due to lack of frameworks Most Founder/CEOs do not fail because of a lack of ambitionthey fail because of a lack of mental models or frameworks. Mental models are how strategically smart leaders simplify complexity, make better decisions faster, and lead with repeatability. In a scaling company, chaos multiplies without mental structure.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 15, 2025
Smart, Strategic, and Still Easy to Work With? Yes, You Can. You know that person everyone wants on their team? The one people describe with a big smile and a big thumbs up because, theyre just so easy to work with? Yeah, be that person. Whether youre navigating matrixed teams, global time zones, or just trying to make your next meeting suck lessbeing easy to work with isnt about being a pushover.
Women on Business
MAY 11, 2025
I’m excited to announce that Tiffany O’Connell, Founder & CEO of Oh Marketing Group, has joined the team of writers at Women On Business. Tiffany has more than 25 years of experience working with entrepreneurs and small business owners, and I know her content will be insightful and valuable!
Leadership Freak
MAY 9, 2025
Stop managingjoin the ranks of multipliers. Great leaders dont add effort, they expand impact. When you multiply your talent, you grow capacity without burning out. The secret to doing more isnt doing it all. Its taking care of yourself and pouring into others.
CEO Insider
MAY 9, 2025
The ruby red slippers in “The Wizard of Oz” symbolize the power of self-belief and inner strength. Throughout Dorothy’s journey to Oz, she sought the help of others to return home. Yet, at the end of the movie, Glinda the Good Witchrevealed that Dorothy can return to Kansas by clicking the ruby slippers together three […] The post If the Shoe Fits, Discover the Power of Peers appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 8, 2025
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Companies today face three critical marketing and Customer Experience (CX) challenges: How can you keep customers coming back? How can you get your customers attention so they dont consider switching to the competition? How do you create an experience that makes price less relevant?
Eric Jacobson
MAY 11, 2025
In their book, Millennials Who Manage , authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart , quote Donna Hicks's explanation about how dignity is different from respect : Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth. Therefore, Espinoza and Schwarzbart recommend that leaders treat those they are leading with dignity and follow Hick's 10 Essential Elements of Dignity : Accept
Women on Business
MAY 11, 2025
Please join us in welcoming Joe Carter, the founder of Twin Flame Group, to the team of contributing writers at Women On Business. Joe will be sharing insights on leadership, strategy, and empowering women in business. Stay tuned for his content coming soon!
Leadership Freak
MAY 14, 2025
The way you end the day determines how you show up tomorrow. Dont just crashclose the day with intention. These 7 habits will help you shut down well, sleep better, and rise ready to lead. Small actions tonight shape big outcomes in the morning.
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The Horizons Tracker
MAY 11, 2025
How can scientists earn the public’s trust, especially on contentious topics like climate change and vaccines? A new study from the University of Pittsburgh suggests the answer lies in intellectual humilityacknowledging that one’s knowledge might be incomplete or wrong. Intellectual humility is central to good science, the researchers explain.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 9, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Wanting things to be different is a good start, but its not enough. To create conditions for things to move in a new direction, youve got to change your behavior. But with systems that involve people, this is not a straightforward process.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
MAY 13, 2025
Everyone seeks fulfillment, but how do you truly achieve it? Its not just about the pursuit; its about knowing where to find it. Thats why understanding the difference between happiness and fulfillment is crucial two concepts often mistaken for one another. Happiness is tied to fleeting moments of joy, excitement, or pleasure, while fulfillment stems from a deeper, more lasting sense of contentment and purpose.
Women on Business
MAY 12, 2025
Please join me in welcoming Kimberly Parry of Emergence Life Coaching to the team of contributing writers at Women On Business. Kimberly brings 20 years of experience with her with expertise in personal development, leadership, and combatting burnout. Watch for her content coming soon, and in the meantime, you can learn more about Kimberly below.
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Leadership Freak
MAY 15, 2025
We worship success because we want it. But we gain possibilities in the failure. Blunders make you beautiful. I asked John Maxwell what he has learned from success. He chuckled and said, Not as much as Ive learned from failure. Remember blunders. Falling short is the edge of transformation.
The Horizons Tracker
MAY 11, 2025
The UK governments dual commitmentsto achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and boosting economic growthpresent a complex balancing act. How these objectives intersect will shape the countrys green growth agenda and the envisioned “green industrial revolution.” Research from the Cambridge Judge Business School sheds light on this challenge, focusing on the electricity sectors total factor productivity (TFP)a key measure of how efficiently inputs like capital, labor, and materia
CEO Insider
MAY 14, 2025
Weve all heard it before – get a mentor, build your career, rise through the ranks. And yes, mentorship is powerful. But if mentorship is the foundation, sponsorship is the rocket fuel that propels women forward. Having the right people in your corner can make all the difference. As a female leader, Ive seen firsthand […] The post Mentors vs.
Lead from Within
MAY 13, 2025
Recent research shows small, medium, and large companies are all racing to implement AI. Among small and medium-sized businesses, 42% are using AI, and over half report financial savings. Nearly three-quarters of employees say it boosts their productivity, and 60% report higher satisfaction at work. Meanwhile, large companies are even further ahead, with McKinseys 2025 Global AI Survey showing 78% deploying AI across at least one business area.
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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