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Executive Presence in a Virtual World: What Matters Now?

Let's Grow Leaders

With more of us working remotely, what it means to have executive presence is changing along with everything else. What matters most now? Tips for upgrading your executive presence in a virtual world. What IS Executive Presence? “Karin and David, my boss […]. The post Executive Presence in a Virtual World: What Matters Now? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Can I Give You Some Feedback?

Kevin Eikenberry

“Can I give you some feedback?” is a question filled with emotion, for both parties. When and how should you ask it? And how should you respond to it? There are layers to these questions that are worth considering, especially when giving peer feedback. Let’s take a closer look. Your Intent We can assume that […]. The post Can I Give You Some Feedback?

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Walnut Shells and an Important Life Lesson

Lead Change Blog

COVID has been deadly and disruptive. One of the reasons we’re having so much trouble with it is that we’re not used to dealing with diseases we don’t know much about. Medical science has made such great strides that we believe that there’s a pill, potion, or procedure for any physical ailment. That wasn’t true in 1952 when I was six years old. Kids I knew died from the measles.

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How to Maximize the Most Neglected Growth Opportunity in Leadership

Leadership Freak

Pain doesn’t change you; neither does education, adversity, or social interaction. Only one thing changes you. Attitude – mental disposition – determines the impact of life events.

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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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Humbled to be Named #1 Communication Blog by Feedspot for the 5th Year in a Row

leaderCommunicator

It’s hard to believe the time that’s passed since I started the leader communicator blog back in 2010. I didn’t start the blog for me – I started it for you – to help you elevate how you lead and communicate. All of us have this superpower inside of us, and my wish and hope is to invite you to reach beyond what you know. And I think we all did that, in so many ways in 2020, stretching new muscles at home and in the workplace.

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Social Inequality Continues At Elite Universities

The Horizons Tracker

Class may seem like one of those issues that has been consigned to the dustbin of history, yet its presence continues to undermine fairness and social mobility. For instance, research from the American Psychological Association highlights that people of higher social class tend to have an exaggerated belief in their abilities, especially compared to their lower-class peers.

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Does Religion Help Or Hinder Economic Progress?

The Horizons Tracker

Religion has long faced accusations that it focuses almost exclusively on the past at the expense of the future, and this inherent conservatism can hold back progress in society. It’s an accusation shared by new research from Bocconi University, which explored the role religion played during the Second Industrial Revolution in France between 1870 and 1914.

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Why Leadership Skills Are Also Crisis Management Skills

The Center For Leadership Studies

As crises big and small peppered our daily lives in 2020, the past 12 months have been a clear lens through which to view the crisis management skills (and sometimes lack thereof) of folks from all cross-sections of society. Crisis management skills are often overlooked until a crisis is upon us. Luckily, crisis management skills are leadership skills, applied in unusual, often stressful situations.

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Gray-Zone Leadership—A Powerful Formula for Career Success

Management Excellence

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in organizations

Leadership and Change

I’ve been inspired by the work of the Arbinger Institute (see my book Developing a Positive Culture) so I was thrilled to attend this webinar by Mitch Warner, their managing partner, about improving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in organizations. Bringing more DEI into the culture will dramatically improve the bottom line. It’s an ingredient […].

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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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Online Reputation Management: What You Should Know

Strategy Driven

Have you ever wondered how celebrities or big brands manage their presence on the internet? With the increase in people using online resources, social media, and reviews, one bad review can have a huge impact on a business’s success or reputation. Online reputation management helps those with larger public profiles to maintain a good online presence and representation in an age where everyone and anyone can use the internet to give their opinions.

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5 Benefits of Hiring The Right Leader

CEO Insider

Having just watched Tom Brady win his 7th Superbowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers I think it shows the transformative powers of great leadership and the benefits it can bring to any organization. As I examined the impact that he had on the team, I wanted to share five of the key benefits that hiring […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article 5 Benefits of Hiring The Right Leader are those of the author Gordon Tredgold alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine.

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Who’s the Best Person for the Job? 5 Tips to Find ‘Culture Fit’ in a Candidate

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

The way a potential hire interacts with your staff can be just as important as their resume. Keep your team chemistry strong with these hiring tips. Today’s post is by Joel Patterson, founder of The Vested Group and the ForbesBooks author of The Big Commitment: Solving The Mysteries Of Your ERP Implementation (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Many factors go into a company’s decision to hire someone: the candidate’s experience, talent, skills, and ability to communicate, for starters.

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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

It seems like a ridiculous question to ask, somewhat like wondering whether cars really need drivers. Just imagine all the things a driver does every second in order to reach a specific destination: taking in vast amounts of inputs about current conditions of the vehicle’s motion, receiving thousands of changing data points from all the visual clues about lanes, traffic, signs, pedestrians and all the other moving vehicles in the vicinity, then comparing all this information to a previously set

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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 Future Of Work

Eric Jacobson

Timely, critical, instructional and enlightening are how I describe the new book, Work Disrupted , by Jeff Schwartz. “I wrote this book to share my view that the future of work, a source of fear for so many, is actually about the opportunities, the resilience, and the growth that we can leverage to do things differently,” explains Schwartz. He adds, “My work on this book had been well underway before the global pandemic took hold in the early 2020.

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How to strategically plan for your business’s future

Strategy Driven

Business planning can save time and money in the long run. Refresh your fundamental values, key growth areas and sectors you want to target. Sharing your business plan with your employees can help to direct and motivate them as well. A business plan should be a flexible and dynamic template that changes with the industry. Say goodbye to your static method, and hello to a continuous business planning cycle.

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Handle Little Things Before They Become Big Things

Ron Edmondson

Some of my best leadership principles developed while watching other leadership efforts – or lack thereof. It was an average day experience that shaped one of my “go to” principles to handle little things before they become big things. The story: . Cheryl and I were in a grocery store. We turned a corner from one aisle into a main aisle and instantly saw a gentleman slip and fall.

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Why Working On Your Financial And Economic Ability Will Boost Your Money-Making

Strategy Driven

When it comes to your ambition and your ability to bring in money, you’re going to want to make sure that you have a lot in your locker with regard to skills surrounding it all. People who have the wherewithal to generate a large income don’t just get a little lucky. Sure, some might take a punt on a particular business and come out the other side a lot healthier, but there’s a method to it all.

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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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Norway’s Wealthiest Sovereign Fund Pushes For Gender Equality on Company Boards

HR Digest

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s largest oil investment fund with $1.3 trillion in assets, wants more diversity and gender equality reflected on the boards of companies it invests in. The wealth investor has suggested that companies with fewer than 30 percent female directors should set targets to increase the numbers. “The board (of a company) should have a diversity of competencies and backgrounds,” read a new policy document from the fund. “Boards where eit

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3 Key Strategies To Enhance Small Business Success

Strategy Driven

The truth is most small businesses are currently fighting to establish themselves after facing a heavy blow from the Coronavirus pandemic. The virus saw many ventures close down while others sold out after failing to withstand challenges ranging from lack of finances, stiff competition, unskilled staff, and lack of disaster preparedness mechanism. As the world moves towards the post-COVID-19 recovery phase, it is essential to take necessary measures to uplift this sector as it plays significant

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Gray-Zone Leadership—A Powerful Formula for Career Success

Art Petty

It turns out, learning to spot and seize gray-zone opportunities is a spectacularly great way to get ahead in your career. . The post Gray-Zone Leadership—A Powerful Formula for Career Success appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty. Related Stories Our Early 2021 Professional and Career Development Programs Ignore these Five Facts of Organizational Life at Your Peril Discovering the Right Approach for Leading in this Era.

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How Business Leaders Can Prepare for the Next Health Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Organizations need to radically improve their approach to securing and distributing PPE and other medical and safety supplies.

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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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The Best Way to Boost Employee Motivation

Lead from Within

If you want your employees to have more stamina and drive, the best place to start is by learning what motives them. Getting the best from people doesn’t come with a one-size-fits-all formula. It means working to understand and address the inner drivers that will boost their motivation. The best leaders understand that they play a critical role in their employees’ motivation.

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Choosing What’s Next for My Career

Harvard Business Review

A leader who wants to redirect his career learns how to think about choosing his next position.

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The Changing Shape Of Fake News During 2020

The Horizons Tracker

Misinformation has reached such considerable proportions that even Donald Trump’s frequent and often incoherent ramblings are being labeled as wholly unreliable. The issue of the reliability of what we read on social media has seldom been more prescient. Researchers from the University of Michigan examined social media content during the presidential election and found that the amount of dubious content not only rose on topics related to the election during that period, but also on a rang

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Research: When New IT Systems Shift the Burden onto Employees

Harvard Business Review

A new survey reveals the hidden costs of learning.

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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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How to Reinvent Your Organization In the Middle of a Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Five strategies to increase resilience.

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