Mon.Jun 21, 2021

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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale

Let's Grow Leaders

Avoid These Big Mistakes When Recognizing Employees. A great employee recognition program is a remarkable way to build culture, increase employee engagement and reinforce critical behaviors. Done well, these programs will have a positive impact on culture and can also serve as a vital part of your 5 x 5 communication plan. And yet, so many companies screw this up.

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What Your Organization Really Needs from You: Influence and Impact

Leading Blog

L EADERS in today’s multinational, matrixed, diverse business world have impact through their ability to influence others. In many organizations, authority-based leadership is waning. Success is all about getting others to care about what you care about. The most effective leaders get their teams, their colleagues, and their suppliers to emphasize their priorities.

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Gaining Strategic Advantage by Connecting Your Corporate Team with Sales

N2Growth Blog

For over 18 years, I have been leading sales teams through the trenches of sales war. I have experienced corporations deeply connected to what was “actually” happening in sales, and other situations where it was quite the opposite. Throughout my professional career, I have navigated multiple industry segments from professional services to consumer goods and served a decade+ stint in the insurance sector.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Luca

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. Luca is the latest direct to Disney+ movie. The movie is a joint Pixar and Disney venture that delivered great results. What is Luca about? Luca is the story of young sea monster Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay), another sea monster named Alberto Scorfano (Jack Dylan Grazer), and a human named Guilia Marcovaldo (Emma Berman). They […].

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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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Where We Stand in Creating a Post-Pandemic Workplace

Kevin Eikenberry

The pandemic started with little or no warning and changed the landscape of work and the expectations of workers in ways we never expected. Now, depending on where you live and your specific context, the pandemic is ending – or you can see when it will be over. Leading post-pandemic requires understanding of where we […]. The post Where We Stand in Creating a Post-Pandemic Workplace appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Making It Look Easy

Lead Change Blog

“Art makes it look so easy. It’s like he comes to work and puts on his slippers.”. That’s how one colleague described Art Jones, the best supervisor I’ve ever seen up close. There never seemed to be problems with his team. They were always productive. When malcontents or slackers were transferred to Art’s team, one of two things happened. Most were transformed into paragons of engagement.

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004 Trust Teleseminar by Tony Mayo • PODCAST [Refresh]

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Teleseminar participants had a deep and practical conversation with CEO executive coach Tony Mayo about trust–a vital topic for business, family, and every human relationship. We also practiced a calming and centering exercise together. You can join these drop-in, no-set-fee executive coaching teleseminars by registering at [link] Click here to listen or download […].

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Supporting Rural Innovation In Europe

The Horizons Tracker

The dominant thinking is that for entrepreneurship to thrive, a large population is useful as it allows not only a diverse population to bat ideas back and forth between each other, but provides a good-sized local market with which to sell to. As a new paper from INSEAD highlights, there are also crucial infrastructure differences for urban and rural entrepreneurs.

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Don’t Let it Go without Saying

Skip Prichard

What’s Your Legacy ? One of the most memorable conversations in my lifetime happened a year ago. It was a relaxed Saturday morning, rather unremarkable as it began, the sunlight poking in the windows early and signaling a perfect weather day. I called my mom, and we spoke for a few hours. Our discussion covered all of our usual topics ranging from career to spiritual, from family to future, from politics to past neighbors and friends.

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Uniqueness Helps When It Comes To Getting Investment

The Horizons Tracker

Back in 2004 INSEAD’s W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. They reason that when demand is created rather than fought over it creates rich possibilities for profitable and rapid growth.

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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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Are You Struggling to Lead Change? Try This

Frank Sonnenberg Online

The world is changing at a blistering pace. But just because you intellectually understand that “the only constant in life is change” doesn’t mean that you can be an effective leader. The truth is that many change-management efforts fail simply because the vital human component is underappreciated, when in fact it is at the heart of change. As Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan says, “Change is not the enemy.

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You Can’t Be All Things To Your Business

Strategy Driven

Realising that your business needs to you be one step removed from the changing fortunes of its success never happens in the early days. In those frantic days, you live and breathe everything that is connected to your fledgling company. And that’s how it should be: without your energy, the company would be nowhere. However, there comes a point where you can’t be dying a thousand deaths a day just because some small details have not turned out as you had planned.

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Insights and Observations from the Latest Manager Development Programs

Management Excellence

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How to Build Your First Balance Sheet as a Startup?

Strategy Driven

If there is one area of your startup that requires maximum attention to detail, it is the financial aspect. No successful business attained the height it has reached by neglecting the details of its financial activity. Having a detailed financial system in place helps to increase transparency and accountability within the business environment. It also helps to know whether there is a loss or profit and the reasons for such.

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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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10 Ways To Improve Your Connection Skills

Eric Jacobson

"Connection is what transforms a dog-eat-dog environment into a sled-dog team that pulls together," says Michael Lee Stallard , author of the book, Connection Culture. "Connection builds an emotional bond that promotes trust, cooperation, and esprit de corps among people in the workplace." Based on shared identity, empathy, and understanding , connection moves primarily self-centered individuals toward group-centered membership.

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Growth Mindset Should Be a Part of Your Business Strategy

Strategy Driven

An organization that embraces a growth mindset positions itself to thrive. A growth mindset encompasses a set of behaviors and attitudes that reflect a business owner’s belief that their company’s business model is not set in stone. Such an entrepreneur is open to infusing new talents, innovations and creativity into the business to strengthen it and guarantee its longevity.

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How to Avoid Losing Your Best Talent

CEO Insider

More than half (52%) of North American employees surveyed are looking for a new job this year, according to a report conducted by Achievers. This trend will likely continue into 2022 as companies bring people back into office buildings and create new hybrid working models. The entire workforce has just experienced and witnessed thousands of layoffs […].

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The Product Experience Kept Clothing Sales Going

Strategy Driven

Clothing is one of the industries that has done very well during the pandemic. Despite people not necessarily going to work, partying and traveling, clothing sales have not fallen. Latest figures suggest a 10.6% boost. Despite the recent challenges businesses however , have not seen a plunge in consumer demand. This throws up a lot of questions about ‘the product experience’.

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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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Benefits of using an employee referral program

HR Digest

When one is looking for a job, a good word from an acquaintance, peer, or friend can bolster the chances of your resume getting more than a cursory look. Some firms have entrenched referral programs where employees are encouraged to recommend people for a job vacancy, and even pay a bonus or reward for the same. A good beginning for anyone searching for a job is to find out if you know anyone employed at the company you have applied to.

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Why I Don’t Always Give People An Answer

Ron Edmondson

I have a standard leadership practice, which I repeat as often as possible. I don’t always give people an answer. I’ve been using it for many years – as a leader, father, a friend, and a pastor. People come to me in each of these roles looking for answers, but I choose to respond different from what they might expect (or even want initially). .

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How to Avoid Work-From-Home Burnout

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Follow these tips to help your teams thrive as they continue to work from home. Today’s post is by Lonnie Mayne, author of Red Shoes Living (CLICK HERE to get your copy). During the past year, many changes have been made in the workplace. Since most companies are now working from home with new schedules and meeting formats, employees have been through a lot.

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Managing Known And Unknown Unknowns

Clinton M. Padgett

If you could look into a crystal ball and predict everything that would happen in the future with perfect detail, you’d be more than just a successful project manager. Unfortunately, none of us have that ability. Instead, we plan for and adapt to all the unknown circumstances life throws at us as best as we can. Fortunately, it is possible to predict potential scenarios based on our experience as project managers and human beings.

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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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Insights and Observations from the Latest Manager Development Programs

Art Petty

During the past few weeks, I ran three different cohort sections of my live-online Manager Development Program. While initially geared toward new(er) managers, we had many veterans in the groups, all working on sharpening their skills around the fundamentals of leading and managing. As always, the wisdom of the crowd adds value to the pre-planned content.

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Conquer Your Self-Doubt in Meetings

Harvard Business Review

Four strategies to find your voice.

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5 Questions Boards Should Be Asking About Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Better advice starts with a better understanding.

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Words and Phrases to Avoid in a Difficult Conversation

Harvard Business Review

“It’s not personal” usually means it is.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Creating Boundaries in Our Everyday Work (with Roxane Gay)

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with author Roxane Gay about work and mental health. Plus, Bob Pozen discusses productivity and mental health.

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What Does It Take to Build a Culture of Belonging?

Harvard Business Review

Four concrete actions leaders can take.

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To Build Long-Term Value, Think Like Your Stakeholders - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM EY-PARTHENON

Harvard Business Review

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