Mon.Jul 13, 2020

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How to Scale Best Practices Without Frustrating Your Team

Let's Grow Leaders

To scale best practices, focus on how they work in different contexts Has this ever happened to you? Your top-performing team seems to have discovered the secret to transforming their productivity, customer relationships, or sales. And then you think, “It’s time to […]. The post How to Scale Best Practices Without Frustrating Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Two Behavioral Tendencies That Sabotage Team Communication

Lead Change Blog

In my previous article , I wrote about the conversational “sweet spot” that unlocks team performance. The sweet spot is defined as the balance of candor and curiosity in team discussions. It’s a reflection of a team’s “conversational capacity” – the ability to have open, balanced, non-defensive dialogue about tough subjects and in challenging circumstances.

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7 Ways to Be Decisive Without Being a Jerk

Leadership Freak

Confidence and correctness are not connected. No one wakes up in the morning with the intention of failing during the day. Decisiveness thinks it’s right when it’s wrong.

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Overcoming Remote Work Fatigue

Kevin Eikenberry

You’ve been working remotely for a while. At the start, it went pretty well – you had a common challenge with your team and you met it. But now, you are finding that remote work fatigue is real. You know that work can be stressful at times, but this remote work fatigue you are feeling […]. The post Overcoming Remote Work Fatigue appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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9 Ways to Have Even More Calm, Courageous Conversations

leaderCommunicator

Over the last several months, we’ve all faced discomfort in new ways – from navigating the unknowns of the pandemic and making (and communicating) difficult business decisions, to facing unconscious bias and having important conversations about race – there’s no doubt we’ve gotten out of our comfort zones in new ways. If you’re like me, I’m committed to taking these lessons forward and pushing myself to embrace discomfort even more.

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Good Leaders Send KISSER Messages

Engaging Leader

Keep It Short, Sweet … Especially Relevant! If you are a leader, there’s an expectation that you keep your team informed and up to date. However, some leaders make the mistake of sending long emails or rambling at a meeting. People tune out quickly…even when they know it’s important. Experts say most people only […].

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Executive Coaching for Subordinates

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Are you a business owner thinking about whether coaching might improve the performance of your COO or another key executive? My answer is, “Yes,” in most cases, but only if the CEO is being coached. I’ve learned the hard way over the years that I can have a major, enduring impact with a COO or […]. The post Executive Coaching for Subordinates appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Can We Make Remote Work Work Long-Term?

Strategy Driven

Lots of people who are newly working at home would like to keep it that way. In fact, a worldwide survey of 500 employees conducted by OTRS Group revealed that the vast majority of those surveyed (80 percent) enjoy working from home, even though 68 percent said working from home was new to them. Companies are interested too. Leaders are seeing an uptick in productivity.

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Why Work Life Minimalism Can Lead to Abundance

The Office Blend Blog

Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com. I’ve become painfully protective of my morning ritual. If I’m up early enough, I can log in an hour’s worth of reading & writing before anyone invades my cocoon. There is a designated YouTube playlist bookmarked to avoid any aberrant selections. My notebook is handy. I filter in the birds — and filter out the news.

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New Research Explores The Commercial Consequences Of Collective Layoffs

The Horizons Tracker

Collective layoffs are sadly a rather common affair, with an estimated 556 announced between December 2018 and November 2019 in Europe alone. These layoffs, which affected over 250,000 employees, have an obvious effect on the individuals involved, and their families and communities, but new research from IESE Business School highlights the impact they have on the firm laying the workers off.

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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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How to Run a Successful Video Game Development Company

Strategy Driven

If you grew up as a gamer or are still an active player, they you may have dreamed of being a game developer one day. Or maybe you saw the success of a seemingly simple game like Angry Birds and thought you’d have a go at it. Truth is, starting a game company is more than a pipe dream and definitely possible if you have the know-how and determination to do so.

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Patients Want To Maintain Virtual Care After Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

One of the defining features of the Covid-19 crisis has been the rapid and widespread adoption of digital health technologies. What was previously a trickle rapidly turned into a flood as telehealth was rolled out en-masse, remote monitoring via apps became a bedrock of nation’s responses, and innovative approaches were taken in the development of medicines and vaccines.

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Personal Empowerment and Why It Matters

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Blanca De La Rosa discusses how people can take control of their careers through personal empowerment. Today’s post is by Blanca De La Rosa, author of Empower Yourself for an Amazing Career (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Are you in control of your life and your career? Is your life what you imagined it would be? Or have you somehow allowed yourself to be deterred from your chosen path?

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Will You Take These Services up on Their Offers?

Strategy Driven

In order to stay ahead of the competition your business must utilise the best options offered to it. In this day and age, there are a whole host of companies and services at your disposal to make use of in order to make sure you’re getting the best assistance and the best value for money. Maybe it’s time you took a look at some of the services below and how they can help your business succeed , better their area and field, and how they too can better your wallet.

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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 Make The Most Of Your First Years Of Your Professional Life

Eric Jacobson

A lot has happened since 1997 when Robert L. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life. That's why are few years ago he released a new edition of his best-seller. "The book contains all the lessons you'll need to learn about functioning at work," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts.

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Employees Spill The Beans On What They Really Want From Their Employers

Strategy Driven

If you think employees just want a paycheck at the end of the month, you’re sadly mistaken. Fortunately, (or unfortunately, depending on your perspective), they need a lot more than that. In the past, business culture was very different. Companies pretty much told their employees what to do, and they got on with it, without really asking any serious questions.

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12 Bible Verses to Encourage Christian Leaders

Ron Edmondson

The Psalmist said, “ I have hidden your word in my heart so I might not sin against you. ” God’s Word can be a protection for our heart and soul. It can teach us, convict us, and challenge us. The same is true for Christian leaders. The best leadership book is the Bible. Here are 12 great Bible verses for Christian leaders: Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would like them to do to you.

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Avoid Making This Strategic Mistake in a Recession

Harvard Business Review

Now is not the time for differentiators to try to compete on cost.

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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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Our Desire To Share Helps The Spread Of Misinformation During Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid-19 pandemic has created an understandable desire to stay on top of information as much as possible, whether about the social, economic, or health implications of the virus. New research from MIT highlights how this desire can further the spread of misinformation. The study finds that our desire to share information online often gets in the way of our ability to accurately assess that information for accuracy.

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Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice

Harvard Business Review

You have more influence than you think.

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Research: How Corporate Boards in Asia Can Improve Governance

Harvard Business Review

Five actions to take today.