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Learn to Toggle for Leadership Success

Lead Change Blog

The move from specialist to leader can be challenging. Fortunately, new advances in neuroscience support a focus on learning to lead. Like many STEM professionals, Kurt excels at his practice as a highly sought after tax attorney. His style of using analytical thinking has supported his success in the practice of law. He finds it easy to be steeped in data-driven situations that require sharp focus and logical decision-making.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Avengers: Infinity War

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article The last ten years of movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a slow build that ended this weekend. This weekend, Marvel heroes including Captain America (Chris Evans), Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), and others finally face off against the Mad Titan himself, Thanos (Josh Brolin). Everything Marvel has done in their movie universe led viewers to this moment.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2018 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2018 that you might have missed: The 3 Most Dangerous Myths About Unconscious Bias via @DDIworld. What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It) via @HarvardBiz. How laughter makes you a better worker via @BBC_Capital. Why Our Brains Fall for False Expertise, and How to Stop It via @stratandbiz. Want To Build Your Confidence?

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How to Promote Yourself

Career Advancement

“Self-promotion is a leadership and political skill that is critical to master in order to navigate the realities of the workplace and position you for success.”. ~Bonnie Marcus~. Natalya couldn’t believe her company hired an outsider rather than promote her to the position she was vying for. She knew she had everything it would take to succeed in that role.

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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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Improving Your Health and the Health of Your Business

Women on Business

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If You Don’t Know How to Make Work Fun

Leadership Freak

I’ll never forget the day my wife said our family was more peaceful without me. The kids were still home and I was always upset about something. Tragically, life was better without me.

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How to Promote Yourself

Career Advancement

“Self-promotion is a leadership and political skill that is critical to master in order to navigate the realities of the workplace and position you for success.”. ~Bonnie Marcus~. Natalya couldn’t believe her company hired an outsider rather than promote her to the position she was vying for. She knew she had everything it would take to succeed in that role.

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How to Help Cautious Decision-Makers Make Commitments

Leadership Freak

Great results require meaningful commitments. A commitment is saying NO many times in service to a meaningful YES. The truth about MAYBE: I hate MAYBE. Just say yes or no!

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Why Well-Meaning Managers Burn Out When Leading Remotely

Kevin Eikenberry

There are many leaders and managers who want to do good work and serve their teams and organizations well. They are well-meaning and hardworking, but too often they burn out – for both organizational and personal reasons. While this has always happened, it is happening far more often now as managers lead remotely. The stressors […]. The post Why Well-Meaning Managers Burn Out When Leading Remotely appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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CEO Blog

I have problems saying no. Not that I have problems pronouncing it - it is just I often say yes when I really should say no. The only thing I really have is my time and often saying yes takes that time. It makes someone else's priority my priority. Fairly good article in Entrepreneur article on this here. ++ One of my favourite thinkers and authors is Daniel Pink.

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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 Stay Motivated

Eric Jacobson

To learn how to stay motivated, read High-Profit Prospecting , by Mark Hunter. It's a powerful read that includes counterintuitive advice and cutting-edge best practices for sales prospecting in today's business world. Today, I share one of my favorite sections of the book where Hunter describes his seven things motivated people do to stay motivated : Motivated people ignore voices in their lives.

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5 Reasons Delegation Fails

Ron Edmondson

I encounter many leaders who claim to want delegation to be a part of their leadership. They know the value, but they are often frustrated with the results they receive on delegated projects. As a result, they tend to control the project, which isn’t really delegation, or they simply do everything themselves. A leader may feel they have done their job simply by giving someone an assignment.

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Research Shows a Simple Way to Increase Your Engagement at Work

Harvard Business Review

Juj Winn/Getty Images. It is no secret that many employees face work environments that are not very engaging. A 2016 poll by the Gallup Organization shows that only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. And when it comes to enhancing employees’ engagement (i.e., energy, enthusiasm, and focus), much of the popular narrative has focused on organizational factors such as job design, leadership, or culture.

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Why the Rest of the World Can’t Free Ride on Europe’s GDPR Rules

Harvard Business Review

Laura Schneider for HBR. The digital industry is riding an important—and turbulent—wave of change right now. As Facebook and others grapple with tough questions about data privacy and security practices, trust in social platforms appears to be plummeting. Companies and analysts are scrambling to figure out how to make privacy rules clear, protect user data, and evolve the business models that made them successful in the first place.

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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 One Hospital Improved Patient Handoffs for the Long Term

Harvard Business Review

Janis Christie/Getty Images. Roughly 80% of serious medical errors (now the third leading cause of death in the United States behind heart disease and cancer) can be traced to poor communication between care providers during patient handoffs, according to a 2012 Joint Commission report. This makes patient handoffs the most frequent and riskiest procedure in the hospital.