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The Power of Persistence – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Persistence is good and virtuous. But it’s also hard. And telling someone to be persistent seldom goes all that well. We may know it, but don’t want to hear it – or even know what to do with the advice when we hear it. Many years ago when I was at Purdue, I was having […]. The post The Power of Persistence – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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5 Leadership Books To Read In October 2021

Joseph Lalonde

As the month of September comes to a close (it’s hard to think it is almost October already!), I like to recommend some of the best leadership books you should consider reading. These can be traditional leadership books or even odd things such as a comic book graphic novel where leadership principles are displayed. This […].

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7 Questions that Change the Way People Think

Leadership Freak

When making decisions the most important thing is to make them. The principles of decision-making include: Go with your highest point of clarity. (Important decisions are never perfectly clear.

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Improving Work-Life Balance Only Helps To A Certain Extent

The Horizons Tracker

As Covid has prompted both a growing desire for compassionate leadership alongside concerns around the expanding workload of people who are often working remotely, there have been understandable discussions around achieving the right work-life balance. A recent study from the Rotman School of Management highlights that while improving work-life balance has benefits, there is a limit to the impact it can make.

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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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LEADING WITHOUT FRONTIERS: How to fearlessly navigate invisible horizons?

CEO Insider

Creativity is the most distinguishable quality for every leader in every domain. Creative leaders display distinctly different behaviors, values, and characteristics from traditional management, and they get exponential results, inspire creativity in others, build productive teams, and drive successful businesses. They embrace originality and make unique connections between disparate universes past and present to light […].

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How To Impress Potential Business Investors

Strategy Driven

Not all businesses require investors, but if yours does because you want it to grow more quickly, you can’t keep up with demand, or you can see that it will be much bigger than you can handle on your own, you will need to be able to impress those who might invest their money with you. When you meet with investors, you have one chance to get your pitch right and let them know why they should give you their money and not invest it elsewhere.

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The Easy Way to Determine the Value of Your Consulting Firm’s Projects

David A Fields

When you’re talking with a prospect for your consulting firm, one of your most difficult tasks can be establishing the value of your potential engagement. The simple, Three Sides approach below makes your task easier. Let’s say Cher Little, the VP of Stuff at Vageny Lusive reached out to you last month to inquire about … Continued. The post The Easy Way to Determine the Value of Your Consulting Firm’s Projects appeared first on David A.

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You Need HR Services – Here’s Why

Strategy Driven

Did you know that there are over 30 million businesses in the US right now that hire almost 60 million people? Small businesses are popping up all over the place and those small businesses are employing people to work within their walls. While large enterprises are still sweeping through and making a name for themselves, it’s smaller businesses that need some help with human resource issues as they crop up.

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What Motivates Online Trolls?

The Horizons Tracker

Trolls are something most people who have spent any time online will have encountered. The act of deliberately trying to provoke others seems to be a feature of online communities. While it may seem an utterly pointless endeavor, recent research from Brigham Young University highlights the subtle motivations behind their behavior. The researchers surveyed a few hundred Reddit users and found that those with the so-called dark triad personality traits of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavelli

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Toxic and Underperforming Leadership Creates a Negative Employee Experience. Here Are 3 Steps to Retrain Your Leaders.

CEO Insider

A toxic leader is someone that hasn’t learned the correct leadership style to maintain a successful team, damages the well-being of their employees, and fails to contribute to a positive culture. Unsurprisingly, these toxic leaders can deeply impact the employee experience. Here’s how to retrain them for the better. More than almost anything else, the […].

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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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5 Work Life Rules That Stand the Test of Time

The Office Blend Blog

Alexander Schimmeck @unsplash. As a coach, it is vital to reflect upon my own work life and learn from its experiences. Ultimately, offering advice without introspection — could read as empty & hollow. As with most career journeys, there have surely been highs & lows. I’ve held roles that were for the most part glorious, where work felt like an expansion.

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The Role of a Shepherd: Encouragement for Pastors and Teachers

Ron Edmondson

What is the role of a shepherd of God’s people? Sometimes I think we confuse our role and get discouraged as a result. Many pastors and teachers get frustrated when people fail to live up to their expectations, or when they come so far only to mess up again. I can easily join them in that frustration. It hurts to invest so much time into people and them see them walk opposite of where you feel you were leading them.

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5 Biggest Takeaways from ATD 2021 International Conference & EXPO

Experience to Lead

With a growing need for innovation and engagement across virtual, hybrid and on-location environments, these were the key takeaways from my attendance and WDHB’s speaking session at the largest talent development conference in the world. Many of these can be put into practice immediately. 1. Commit to Virtual Learning. Adapting to virtual work environments was originally seen as a challenge, and now, it has provided endless opportunities to connect and inspire your organization.

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Thirteen Lesson’s That’ll Bite You if Ignored When Merging Your Business with Another & Especially in Today’s Merger Mania Post COVID Climate!

CEO Insider

The path to global wellness in your business may be through partnerships, collaborations, mergers, or associations with other organizations that can exponentially accelerate your business footprint. Just as in today’s new labor climate, McKenzie estimates 20-million workers just this year quit their jobs, another 50-million held up on the unemployment couch, and everyone re-examining what […].

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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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The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care

Harvard Business Review

Box checking and perverse incentives undermine the patient/physician relationship.

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Are We Really Living Through A Rudeness Pandemic At Work?

The Horizons Tracker

In a pandemic that has underlined our shared vulnerability and responsibility towards one another, surely rudeness is something that will have fallen by the wayside? Research from the University of Central Florida suggests that may be a hasty assumption, at least in the workplace. The study reveals that 98% of employees have experienced some kind of rude behavior at work, but that the vast majority of our relationships at work are not characterized by rudeness, with this instead limited to isol

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The Paradox of Marketing to Caregivers

Harvard Business Review

We often feel guilty about using products designed to make it easier for us to help others.

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Keep An Open Mind

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Open your eyes to the world around you. You just may learn something. It will make your decisions better, your relationships stronger, and it will transform you into a more enlightened person. Being open-minded doesn’t require a major investment of your time but rather, a fresh new way of thinking. It requires you to be a sponge — obtaining information from various sources, seeking input from people of diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, and evaluating that input based on its merits rather than

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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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How to Make Strategic Career Decisions, Even in a Crisis (Back to Work, Better)

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with consultant and author Dorie Clark about focusing on the big picture.

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The Challenges of Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Business World

Strategy Driven

Right now, there are a lot of companies that are figuring out how they are going to respond to the pandemic moving forward. Even though it is great news that many people have already gotten vaccinated, the virus is still out there. Furthermore, the virus is continuing to mutate, creating a lot of concerns for companies that are trying to stay afloat.

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6 Strategies to Help Your Company Weather Inflation

Harvard Business Review

Lessons from a study of 5,700 global businesses.

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Millions of US citizens face bleak future with the lapse of unemployment benefits

HR Digest

The Covid-19 pandemic affected the livelihood of many as the economy shut down and businesses came to a halt. Many companies either furloughed or laid-off employees, and governments stepped in with unemployment benefits and stimulation payments for affected people and businesses. These measures were time-bound and had an end date. The easing of the lockdowns and the rollout of vaccines mean that most governments are tapering off these payments.

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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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Transforming Portfolios for Long-Term Growth in a Red-Hot M&A Market - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM EY-PARTHENON

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from EY-Parthenon.