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How to Host Better, More Focused and Productive Executive Visits

Let's Grow Leaders

How do I gain better control over these visits, without damaging my career? How can I make these visits more productive?” Establish Your Leadership As a mentor of mine, Gail used to say, “Where there is chaos seize control.” With some focused conversation, you can ensure these visits add value for all involved.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

Leading Blog

Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.

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Fuel Your Career: 17 Critical Skills When You’re a Young Leader Hungry for Success

Let's Grow Leaders

Help your peers succeed as you invest in your career and you’ll be there together—or they’ll trust you more when you get that next promotion. Internally, look for those sponsors and mentors, but also pay attention to how you and peers can support one another. It’s helpful to build relationships inside and outside your organization.

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How to Use Mentoring to Attract and Retain Talent

Skip Prichard

Lisa is the CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence, a global speaker on mentoring, and co-author of The Mentor’s Guide and Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. Mentees can benefit from a mentor’s perspective on how to prioritize work tasks and which company events are essential. Turnover is expensive.

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Generation Why: How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z

Leading Blog

What is unique to Millennials and Gen Zers is that they were “found to be seeking purpose and meaning at such an early stage in their careers.” Millennials and Gen Zers tend to be loyal to roles or identities rather than to specific companies or organizations and thus want to feel a sense of control over their careers. Give feedback.

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9 Career Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Sooner

Let's Grow Leaders

But, sadly, most of my career lessons I learned the hard way. Today I share my biggest career lessons- learned from years of angst and my fair share of stupidity. 9 Career Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Sooner. Celebrate the productive tension. I’m sure many someones warned me and share their wisdom.

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Eight Ways Mentoring Brings Out the Leader in Your Employees

Great Leadership By Dan

As a matter of fact, they learned that 80% of active volunteers move more easily into leadership roles and grow their careers further as a result. More specifically mentoring, is one of the best ways a company can grow its employees as leaders in many other tangible ways. Mentoring hones your ability to think while you speak.

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