Leading in Context

JULY 10, 2024

By Linda Fisher Thornton It occurred to me while pruning shrubs that we have many mistaken

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Leadership Freak

JULY 10, 2024

Woody Allen said, “Showing up is 80% of life.” But there’s more to leadership than showing up. People reflect the way you show up back to you. Here are 4 reasons people bristle when you show up. PLUS, 5 practices to enhance people's response to you.

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HR Digest

JULY 10, 2024

Nonprofit government contractor Didlake has reached a settlement with the EEOC after it was accused of discrimination against deaf employees. As per the agreement of the disability discrimination settlement, the company will have to pay $1,017,500 USD and provide programmatic relief. The lawsuit alleged that the company was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , which required employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees if it did not pose an undue hardship t

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Lead from Within

JULY 10, 2024

Confrontation is an aspect of leadership that many shy away from, yet it’s an inevitable part of managing a team. The American Management Association suggests that managers spend approximately 24% of their time managing conflict. How leaders handle these situations can significantly impact team morale and productivity. Here are five effective tips for leading through conflict, even if it’s not your preferred aspect of leadership.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 10, 2024

GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky Creating digital products is a multi-disciplinary process, blending creativity, engineering, strategy, customer support, legal regulations and more. How to structure their teams is a major challenge faced by large enterprises and global brands undergoing a digital transformation.

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Chartered Management Institute

JULY 10, 2024

Listicle: Fresh thinking on ethics for management consultants from the latest Management Consulting Journal Written by Ian Wylie Wednesday 10 July 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email From codes of conduct, to professional independence and personal morals, explore some of the key highlights from Issue 7.2 of the Institute of Consulting’s Management Consulting Journal.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 10, 2024

In the world of company predictions, when bosses share their earnings forecasts, it’s not just about money matters. It’s a window into how they think. And guess what? Their political beliefs play a big role. Researchers from George Mason University checked out forecasts from CEOs who lean conservative versus those who are more middle-of-the-road or liberal.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

We all have ingrained ideas and beliefs about how the world works based on our own experiences, upbringing, culture, and values. Those ideas and beliefs -known as mental models, mindsets, or schemas – can help or hinder the development of abilities at work and in our personal lives. Peter Senge , a noted lecturer at the Sloan School of Management MIT and co-founder of the Academy for Systems Change , defines mental models as “deeply held internal images of how the world works, images that limit

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 10, 2024

In Australia, kids from migrant and refugee families, especially those who speak languages other than English, need more help in their early education. A study from the University of South Australia says that the people taking care of these kids—like childcare workers—need extra training. The South Australian government is doing something about it. They’re putting $56 million into making sure the folks working in early education, especially for three-year-olds and after-school care, are we

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

We all want to create courses that are effective and engaging. In this blog post, we’re sharing how easy it is to do just that – with simulations. We’ll also give you an inside look at two tools that make designing a course a breeze – visual flow editor and Course of Action (COA) , one of the many activities you can use to build highly engaging simulations.

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Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JULY 10, 2024

It’s easy to neglect your core responsibilities as a leader when it involves having uncomfortable conversations. Learn how to develop a maxim to overcome uncomfortable situations. As a leader, one of your chief responsibilities is developing the members of your team. Great leaders build more leaders. You have to commit to their growth and create new opportunities for them to expand and learn new skills.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

Business success depends on people learning and doing more, faster. With learning leaders focused on upskilling and retention, our simulation-based immersive learning solutions are used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide to create effective, engaging learning programs with measurable ROI. A simulation is a program that allows learners to learn from their actions and decisions with low-risk outcomes.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 10, 2024

Keeping employees is a big deal for companies worldwide, and a recent study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) suggests that how leaders lead can really affect how employees feel about their jobs. The research discovered that having leaders who include everyone is super important for organizations. It helps set up an environment where employees can have a meaningful and satisfying work experience. “Inclusive leadership is not just about embracing diversity.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

Bridging the gap between learning and application has been a long-standing challenge for business leaders, especially in high-risk or high-stakes roles with dire consequences. Employers must enable their teams to develop market-ready skills through experiential learning methods, and today’s tech puts the advanced tools needed to do so at their fingertips.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

The post Developing Strategic Leaders With Executive Coaching appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

Your organization likely has some good leaders—and even a handful of great ones. But what really makes the difference between a good leader and a great leader? The answer lies in whether they can strategically develop and apply their leadership skills. When we say “leadership skills,” we’re referring to a person’s ability to inspire and advance others toward a goal.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

The post Executive Coaching Success Story: Vice President of Product Development appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

No staff member exists in a bubble—they are all individuals part of a team, which is why collaboration is so important to today’s workforce. Humans in general need to feel supported, especially at their jobs, but they also desire to be a part of something meaningful. This, in itself, is the essence of a strong team: Mutual understanding, reliability, and connectedness are the building blocks for collaboration.

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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

The post Ways to Use Executive Coaching for Leadership Development appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

How do we learn? When it comes to learning, most of us picture the traditional repetition and memorization we performed in grade school. Typical learning models like these involve instruction, imitation, examination, and then? Usually, the information is lost and forgotten. For the most part, this is because humans don’t learn through simple memorization—they learn from complex experiences.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) officially opened its doors for business 55 years ago. We have been a global entity since our inception and have helped our customers build leaders within their organizations in a wide variety of settings. As a matter of fact, that continues to be one of the first questions we are consistently asked by new prospects: “Who are your customers?

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The Regis Company

JULY 10, 2024

Most people don’t learn from reading and memorizing. They learn by doing. So why are so many learning models centered around basic memorization? These methods are outdated, ineffective, and unenjoyable. Retaining information is a top priority when it comes to effective learning & development (L&D), and information is more likely to stick when learners glean both knowledge and enjoyment from their training.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

This is the second in a series of blog posts that will highlight our experience with different industries. The first blog examined our partnerships with Restaurant, Food and Beverage organizations, and can be found here. The paragraphs that follow will highlight our experience with the retail industry. In a word the retail industry is massive. It has a collective market value of over $47 trillion and a compound annual growth rate of almost 8%.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 10, 2024

My last few posts drew excerpts and scenarios from the fictional story of Pete Leonard in Moose on the Table: A Novel Approach to Communications @ Work. Pete’s story showed how he avoided, discouraged, and finally encouraged courageous conversations. These difficult discussions identify and address the problems that are reducing a team or organization’s effectiveness.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 10, 2024

This is the third in a series of blog posts that will highlight our experience with different industries. The first blog examined our partnerships with restaurant, food and beverage organizations, and can be found here. The second reviewed our experience with all things retail and can be found here. The paragraphs that follow will highlight our experience in and with manufacturing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

In this article, written as a follow up to the award-winning “Reskilling in the Age of AI”, the authors report the results of a reskilling survey that they conducted with chief human resource officers from approximately 1,200 organizations in the U.S., along with business leaders from around 200. Their main finding is that reskilling is on track to becoming mainstream — but that companies still have plenty of work to do.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

Estimates suggest ESG investing could surpass $50 trillion by 2025, as investors around the world look for opportunities for their investment capital to have a broader social impact. However, research suggests that ESG ratings suffer from a measurement trap that occurs when a metric used as part of the rating is systematically biased towards certain industries or types of companies.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

Learn how to identify it and cultivate it on your team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

Sponsor Content from Singapore Global Network.

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