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How to Build a Better Boss

Let's Grow Leaders

A better boss starts with a good relationship and great performance A listener to a recent episode of my Leadership without Losing Your Soul podcast asked a question about how she could tell her leader about the content she’d learned. Her heart […]. The post How to Build a Better Boss appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Hiring for Cultural Fit

Leading Blog

O RGANIZATIONS OFTEN TALK about hiring for cultural fit, yet very few of them know how to do it well. This is mostly because they haven’t taken the time to define their culture and, therefore, there’s nothing to hire against or fit into. Instead, a standard set of questions, technical skills, qualifications, and psychometric testing are used in the hope that the right candidate lands in their lap.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From 21 Bridges

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. 21 Bridges is a hot new release that faces some stiff competition. Released on the same weekend as Frozen 2, the sequel to the original Frozen movie, 21 Bridges has an uphill battle to win. However, if you’re able to leave the kids at home (or send them to see Frozen 2), you will be […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From 21 Bridges appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Do You Adjust To Poor Behavior?

Lead Change Blog

Recently, I watched a neighbor drive her car to an empty parking lot in our condo complex. She parked, then proceeded to get her dog out of the passenger side and walk around the grassy area right next to the parking lot. She strolled with the dog for quite awhile until the dog did its business, and they got back in the car and drove to her condo. I thought this was very strange behavior.

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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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How To Play Politics With Political People.

Rich Gee Group

I'm bad at politics. Most of us are. If you experience evil political people at work or in your business, this article is for you. Political people suck - in the everyday business world, we call them 'empty suits'. In Texas, they call them 'All hat, no cattle'. They are a natural predator of the business savannah and we probably bump into them every day, in a meeting room where they hone their craft.

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The Dangers of Helping: Are you too Helpful

Leadership Freak

The goal of helping is enabling, not more helping. Over-helpful leaders are over-worked and under-appreciated. Help in ways that strengthen competency and don’t create dependency.

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Innovation Intelligence – 4 Thinking Tools for Innovators

Innovation Excellence

This continues on from an Innovation Excellence blog I wrote last month about how personality types can influence innovation capability. [link] While many of the ideas in that article could also be applied to personal development, the primary focus was on how we behave, develop and recruit innovation capability in a team context. But personality.

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Complexity and Change Readiness

Mike Cardus

How can you best develop your organization, team, and self for complexity and change ? Complexity is determined by the number of factors, the rate of change of those factors, and the ease of identification of the factors in a situation. Elliott Jaques “Life and Behavior” While managing complexity and change is close to impossible, being ready to understand and adjust your approach is possible.

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How to Maximize Your Joy and Savor the Holidays

Center for Creative Leadership

Tis the season to be jolly! At least, that’s what they say. But for many of us, the holiday season can feel more like the season of stress, long lines, and count-downs. Whether we’re worried about meeting deadlines or in-laws, many of us muddle through the holidays and return to work wondering where the time went. While some of the events to come over the next few weeks are inevitable, there’s a helpful technique you can use to help maximize your joy this holiday season — it’s called savoring.

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Amazing AI Facts That Could Change The World

Strategy Driven

AI, or Artificial Intelligence is something we often associate with science fiction movies. The concept of AI is to create machines that learn and are able to work autonomously, to make our lives easier. It is a wonderful and unique technology that can transform our lives as well as business ideas. Whether its using a gpu server for ai deployment , creating self-cleaning machines, or clever robots who are able to think for themselves… AI is amazing.

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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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Effective Teams Have These 10 Characteristics

Eric Jacobson

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals. Team members are clear on how to work together and how to accomplish tasks.

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How Our Hobbies Can Help Us At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Given the intensity with which many of us pursue our hobbies, it stands to reason that such passion can be valuable when we’re at work. A recent study from the University of Sheffield highlights just how valuable our hobbies can be in a professional context. The researchers highlight how hobbies are increasingly important in people’s lives, and they can be hugely influential in our careers, but not always in a positive way.

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Leadership and Change: Why Resilience is the Key to Success

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Resilience is key to success for leaders. Resilience is a source of energy to move forward and make an impact. Five strategies can develop your resilience. Today’s post is by Beth Kennedy, author of Career ReCharge (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Several years ago, the company for which I was providing career consulting was purchased by another company.

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New Study Explores The Risk Of Automation Among The Self-Employed

The Horizons Tracker

The self employed are widely viewed as being in a precarious position in a number of ways. They often lack the kind of social safety net enjoyed by salaried roles, and the job by job nature of the work can render income highly uncertain. Now, a new study from the University of Buffalo also suggests that the self employed are more at risk of their work being automated.

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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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3 Fears of Every Young Leader

Ron Edmondson

After years mentoring younger leaders, I’m convinced there is something all leaders with more experience need to understand as we welcome young leaders to our teams: Every young leader shares some common fears. And they aren’t talked about much – or even admitted. The pressure to perform often keeps us from admitting fear, but these fears are real. 3 common fears of every young leader: Am I good enough?

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3 Knowledge Gaps That Small Business Owners Need To Fill

Strategy Driven

There are a lot of misconceptions about running a business, and the biggest one is that some people are born to be business owners and some aren’t. But the idea that you either have it or you don’t isn’t really true. There are certain qualities that a good business owner needs and some people do have those natural talents. But if you are going to be a successful business owner, there are a lot of skills that you have to learn as well.

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Navigating Conflict

Harvard Business Review

Conflict at work is inevitable, and resolving conflicts can lead to higher job satisfaction, stronger relationships with colleagues, and innovation. But dealing with conflict becomes especially difficult when we feel pressure to be likeable or accommodate others. In this live show we talk through a general plan, as well as common situations. Guest: Linda Hill.

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Why Steel Tubing is the Best Form of Fencing Around

Strategy Driven

When a fence needs to be built, choosing the right materials is crucial. On farms and ranches, installing standard fences like the ones around homes can be cost-prohibitive and may not provide what the property owner is looking for. Instead, an inexpensive and easy to install option would be steel tubing. For fences, corrals, cattle pens, horse pens, and more, steel tubing is often the best option because it provides the following benefits.

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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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What No One Tells You: The Emotional Strain of Startup Life

Harvard Business Review

We hear the stories of successful Silicon Valley startups all the time. But entrepreneurship can also have a dark side, especially when it involves going broke, losing sleep, and working 100-hour weeks. This week, host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Emma Mcilroy, CEO of Wildfang International, who has been outspoken about the emotional strain of startup life.

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Tips on hotel marketing 2019 (including email marketing)

Strategy Driven

Promoting your hotel to your target audience, increasing occupancy rates and online bookings, maximising your ROI and engaging with guests can often be an overwhelming task. This is where hotel marketing comes to the fore, because it includes a range of strategies that can be combined into one cohesive marketing campaign. These strategies include internet marketing, social media marketing and email marketing, but basically it’s all about understanding how to make your hotel stand out from the co

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Why Investors React Negatively to Companies That Put Women on Their Boards

Harvard Business Review

Researchers studied 1,644 public companies.

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The Need For Academics To Develop Collaborative Skills

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written before about the increasingly collaborative nature of modern scientific research. Unfortunately, a new survey highlights the paucity of collaborative skills within academia, and underlines how this lack of skills is undermining attempts to collaborate effectively. The findings emerged from a survey of over 600 academics and researchers across the physical, natural and social sciences.

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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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How to Tactfully Disagree in a Job Interview

Harvard Business Review

A good interview is a two-way street.

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Brookings Report: AI will heavily affect white-collar jobs

HR Digest

The fourth industrial revolution of intense technology has come with doomsday predictions for the workforce in certain industries. Earlier, the wave of automation led to disruption for people employed in repetitive and manual jobs done by the blue-collar brigade; now the effects of the same will be felt by the highly skilled white-collar employees too.

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How to Negotiate as a Freelancer

Harvard Business Review

Three common pitfalls to avoid.

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