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7 Ways To Improve Your Work Culture Through Experimentation

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by CEO Matt Rizzetta. As our business has scaled, one thing that we’ve carried with us each step of the way has been a commitment to experimentation in the workplace. Some of our best ideas and biggest cultural differentiators were borne from experiments we created. Make no mistake about it. While I’m incredibly proud of the culture of experimentation that we’ve cultivated through the years, it’s come at a steep price.

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Can You Predict How Effective You Will Be Today?

Lead Change Blog

Just two years into my first dream job, I got fired. Like many new managers, I had been promoted because I was ambitious and good at the front-line work. But as soon as I was promoted I started using my authority to boss people around. I assumed I was right and they were wrong, and I spent a lot of time driven by anxiety and annoyance. In the years that followed my termination, I became able to see that self-care had been unimportant to me.

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Talking About What Matters (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post begins a series on talking about what matters. Great attention is often paid to values in defining and marketing an organization. But what happens after that? It's the ongoing dialogue about how to apply those values that brings them to life. Some leaders assume that if the values are written down, they will be followed.

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Using Technology to Enhance Engagement and Increase Productivity

Women on Business

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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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There’s One in Every Group (and How to Make Sure It’s You)

Next Level Blog

One of the many fun things about my work is the patterns I get to observe from working with lots of leaders in lots of different organizations. The best part of that is when I see helpful things in the patterns that I can share with my readers. That’s what I want to do in this post – share a pattern I’ve observed that can help you lead and live at your best.

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How to Create a Workplace Culture Your People Will Love

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The operating system of most organizations is written into its culture. Good or bad, workplace culture is what shapes how we do things, including how we interact with and treat our coworkers. At the heart of workplace culture is values. If we value openness, for example, the way we approach a disagreement might be quite different than if we value harmony or subordination.

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Take Interest in Your Employees And Proceed With Caution

ReImagine Work

A client called me recently asking my opinion about an article he read in BloombergBusiness titled, “The No-Cost Way to Motivate. ” His take on it was, “The author says to take more interest in your employees’ personal lives. Is that really a good idea? ” Maybe, if I already had a relationship with my employees in which we talked about our lives outside of work.

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Excuse Me!

Kevin Eikenberry

“Well, excuuuuussseee me!” In this video, I’m taking a page from Steve Martin’s playbook and talking about the danger in excuses and how to help leaders overcome them. Tweet it out: Try a no excuses week and see how much your world changes – for the better. @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Sign up to receive […].

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Plan Your Communication – Courageous Communicator Quest Challenge 7

leaderCommunicator

Welcome back! After completing the last Challenge , how do you feel getting your vision down onto paper? This will serve as a strategic framework for which all leaders and employees operate. Now that you have formally written your vision down, the next step is to plan and be purposeful in communicating it to your team and employees to move your vision forward.

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Sign in Why Your Sales Figures Are Low & How To Improve Them

Strategy Driven

One thing that a lot of newer businesses struggle with is sales. Have you noticed that your figures are down on your monthly sales report? Are you concerned about the reason why that is? The important thing is not to panic. Your sales might be low, but that doesn’t mean that your business is doomed to fail. Sure, it may fail if things don’t pick up, but if you can turn things around , that doesn’t have to be the case.

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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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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2017

Eric Jacobson

Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2017. A mentor can benefit leaders new to their leadership role and they can benefit experienced and seasoned leaders, as well. A strong mentoring relationship allows the mentor and the mentee to develop new skills and talents, to build confidence, and to build self-awareness.

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5 Signs Your Office Space No Longer Works For You (And How To Fix Them)

Strategy Driven

Your ideas and the skills of your employees will push your company forward, but your office space will be the backbone that allows them both to thrive. If your office is no longer working for you, it’s working against you – and no good can come from that. Below, we take a look at five telltale signs that something the office needs to change, as well as offering some useful tips to fix the problems.

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As Preparation Increases – Stress Decreases

Ron Edmondson

I’ve noticed this principle so many times in my own leadership and in working with other leaders. The more prepared I am to face a situation the less stress I have in the situation. Take a Sunday sermon, for example. On the weeks I’m able to spend my whole Wednesday and Thursday preparing I’m far less stress when I enter my weekend about the message I’ll be delivering.

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The Power Of Living And Leading With Intention

Joseph Lalonde

The Answers From Leadership Podcast Episode 45 I’m thrilled to introduce today’s guest on the Answers From Leadership podcast to you. I’ve known Chris Jordan for awhile on Facebook and other social media platforms. There’s something about Chris that is so authentic and genuine. And I wanted you to get to know him. So, without further ado, let’s get to the podcast episode!

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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How to Keep Email from Ruining Your Vacation

Harvard Business Review

It’s vacation season, which means that millions of people will be hitting the road for some well-earned time off. But for far too many, even though they’ll be away from the office, they’ll still be taking their work along on vacation with them. And that’s made all the easier, of course, by the fact that we can now carry our entire work lives with us right in our pockets.

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Worries About Short-Termism Are 40 Years Old, but Are They Overblown?

Harvard Business Review

The idea that companies face enormous pressure to deliver short-term results at the expense of long-term health is widespread among executives. McKinsey’s Dominic Barton has made the case , as has BlackRock’s Larry Fink. Politicians like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have warned against short-termism, as have scholars at Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute.

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3 Ways Companies Are Building a Business Around AI

Harvard Business Review

There is no argument about whether artificial intelligence (AI) is coming. It is here, in automobiles, smartphones, aircraft, and much else. Not least in the online search abilities, speech and translation features, and image recognition technology of my employer, Alphabet. The question now moves to how broadly AI will be employed in industry and society, and by what means.

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