Lead Change Blog
JULY 28, 2017
Imagine a world in which you wouldn’t experience any emotion whatsoever. What would your life look like? Drab? No, it wouldn’t be drab, as that’s an emotion. Nor boring, peaceful or any other state of mind which implies an emotion is being experienced. This means, therefore, that emotions are necessary for you to be able to experience anything at all.
Joseph Lalonde
JULY 28, 2017
In our hyper-connected world, you’re expected to be at the beck and call of the organization you lead. This expectation can drain you and take a toll on your weekends. They’re no longer sacred. They’re no longer set aside for rest. Instead, you’re worried about what could go wrong. Image by Evan Rummel. You can’t live like this.
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Women on Business
JULY 28, 2017
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Leadership Freak
JULY 28, 2017
“CEOs, on average, have the lowest EQ scores in the workplace.” However, CEO with the highest EQ scores outperform their low EQ colleagues. Emotional Intelligence 2.
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leaderCommunicator
JULY 28, 2017
Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles on where business should spend more of their time (but don’t), 3 steps to building engagement with your hourly workers, why women aren’t CEOs according to women who almost were, what really happens inside a PR crisis war room, and recommended
Leadership Freak
JULY 28, 2017
“CEOs, on average, have the lowest EQ scores in the workplace.” However, CEOs with the highest EQ scores outperform their low EQ colleagues. Emotional Intelligence 2.
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Eric Jacobson
JULY 28, 2017
AMACOM's (of the American Management Association) sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. One of my favorite sections of the book is the one about class in a manager : Class is treating people with dignity. Class does not have to be the center of attention.
Strategy Driven
JULY 28, 2017
The sad fact of the matter is that no business is guaranteed long-term success. Statistics show that at one point or another, most entrepreneurs will be faced with the task to reviving their dying business. So if your business is failing, don’t worry because you’re not alone. At one point or another, most businesses will have a ‘near death experience’.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2017
Friendship matters. Everything we do to succeed in our careers is improved when we’re supported by a foundation of strong, stable friendships. Basic research tells us this is so, yet many who focus on their careers run the risk of losing touch with their closest social connections. Psychologists define close friends as those nonrelatives whose birthdays we celebrate, with whom we discuss intimate matters such as work or marital stress, and whom we might call upon for help with a move or a
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2017
The companies that think their employees’ digital IQs are unimportant are probably few and far between. After all, in just one decade the concept of “digital” has changed from a niche skill set to something that’s mandatory for virtually all blue-chip companies. If you don’t feel that your employees’ digital IQs are competitive, you have a major problem on your hands.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2017
An employee handbook update doesn’t usually merit a press release and glossy promotional video — except when there’s a benefits arms race on. The paid-parental-leave arms race is red-hot because employers see a unique opportunity to nab talent and headlines by one-upping their competitors. Although 86% of American employees have no access to paid parental leave, at elite firms access is growing.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2017
One of the most common ways that companies attempt to address organizational diversity is through formal training. Yet research on the effectiveness of such programs has yielded mixed results: Some studies show that diversity training is effective , others show it’s ineffective , and still others show that it may actually lead to backlash. This has led to pessimism regarding diversity training, with some claiming it simply doesn’t work.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2017
Many people would agree that scheduling meetings is tedious. Perhaps you have experienced an email chain like this: Jenn, a potential client: Hey! What day/time works for a quick call next week? You: (toggling between calendar app and email) I’m wide open Monday. Jenn: (several hours later) Sorry. Traveling that day. How about Wednesday at 10 AM?
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