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Leverage Your Network

Lead Change Blog

Have you read Friend of a Friend: Understanding The Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career by David Burkus ? David is a friend and an accomplished author, speaker, podcaster, and professor. In each of his three books, he questions commonly held thoughts and ideas, and he always challenges his readers to think on a deeper level.

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The Mind Must Move

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton We know that to stay healthy, we have to move. Many of us wear wrist bands that track the number of steps we take daily to make sure we "stay in the healthy zone." I have been increasing my steps each year, and have enjoyed more energy and a sense of improved well-being. While we can easily track our physical steps, our mental steps are more elusive.

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Using LinkedIn to Pitch to Journalists

Women on Business

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Why You Need To Motivate Your Staff

Joseph Lalonde

A big mistake many leaders make is assuming their team doesn’t need to be motivated. That their team can come in ready to work because they’re being paid. That’s a fair assumption… If our teams were robots. Robots don’t need to be motivated. All they need is a simple input into their system and away […] The post Why You Need To Motivate Your Staff appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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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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5 Pointers on How to Think Clearly

QAspire

Developing clarity in thinking is becoming even more important in a world that is constantly trying to distract you. Overload of information being pushed at us, contrasting theories about almost everything, our own unconscious biases , ego and fear hamper our ability to look clearly through the fog. If we improve how we think, we also improve how we lead teams, develop people, innovate, solve important problems and grow as individuals.

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6 Real-Life Examples of How Senior Managers Lead by Example

leaderCommunicator

When it comes to manager and leadership communication, I’m often asked for examples of how senior managers who lead by example have made an impact on the success of programs. My answer is always that savvy leaders know the importance of leading by example. They know themselves and have an understanding of how others see them and realize that their people are watching not only what they say, but what they do.

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How To Answer “What Your Greatest Weakness?” In A Job Interview

LDRLB

You’re going to get asked. At some point in the interview process, whether it’s first round or further down in the sequence, you’re going to get asked questions about your strengths and weaknesses. Whether the interview is going well or going poorly, you can count on running into the question “What would you say is your greatest weakness?” And not having a good answer prepared can make a good interview suddenly start to go very poorly.

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3 Ways to Identify Arrogant Leaders

Leadership Freak

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How to Make the Most Out of Joint Promotions

Strategy Driven

With the market being as competitive as it is today, relying on your marketing and promotions budget isn’t always enough. You may be able to reach a lot of potential customers through your marketing campaigns, but you are competing directly with other brands targeting the same market segments at the same time. One of the ways to get around this challenge is by joining forces with retailers in promoting your products.

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Always Follow Through

Eric Jacobson

Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. If you say you'll send a team member a report, do so. As the Nike campaign/slogan so aptly says, "Just Do It." Too many leaders don't follow through. Perhaps they get busy. Perhaps they forget.

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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 customise your LinkedIn URL

Rapid BI

How to customise your LinkedIn URL So you have a LinkedIn profile like millions of others. But do you remember the URL? Chances are no. LinkedIn as default creates your URL with your name and a bunch of what look like random characters after it. But it is easy to change to something more personal […]. The post How to customise your LinkedIn URL appeared first on RapidBI.

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The Importance Of Getting-To-Know-You Conversations

Eric Jacobson

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. Ask these open-ended questions. Let each team member know the purpose of the meeting in advance.

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7 Benchmarks Towards Success in an Organization

Ron Edmondson

Great organizations don’t just appear. There is usually some methodical approach, which takes time to achieve. Nothing worth doing well is ever easy. Thankfully, in my experience, there are certain benchmarks we can aim for, which seem to exist in successful organizations I’ve observed. When we strive for these benchmarks, we at least have a path to guide us.

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Great Employees Want to Learn. Great Managers Know How to Teach.

Harvard Business Review

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images. “I’d like to work for a manager I can learn from.” This phrase has come up again and again in interviews I’ve conducted for my team at the World Economic Forum and from more junior folks who I’ve met through various mentoring programs. These people aren’t looking for someone to lecture them, they’re looking for someone who can help them build knowledge and skills as they work toward a valuable goal.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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How to Handle Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?

HR Digest

Most sexual harassment cases are not handled properly, and even more are not reported because the victims feel uncomfortable or intimidated to confront their harassers. They lack good knowledge on how to handle sexual harassment in the workplace, beginning from the reporting system and fear of retaliation. The circumstance is actually difficult to handle; more victims fail to recognize sexual harassment or their rights, how to file a formal complaint and are mostly overwhelmed by the situation.

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Research: When Employees Work on Multiple Teams, Good Bosses Can Have Ripple Effects

Harvard Business Review

Charlie Cordier/Getty Images. If you’re like most people working in an organization today, you’re probably on multiple teams at the same time. Most employees have multiple assignments and projects that they must constantly juggle and prioritize. In fact, research estimates that between 81% and 95% of employees around the world actively serve on multiple teams simultaneously.

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Reminder: Customers Care How You Treat Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

Kelly Bowdon/Getty Images. Two news stories speak to how companies are facing criticism for the ways they shape their workforces. First, former IBM employees have initiated a class action suit against the company for age discrimination. The suit accuses IBM of systematically laying off older employees in an effort to cultivate a younger, and presumably tech-savvier, workforce.

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Where Are the Male Allies in U.S. Politics?

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Jackson/Getty Images. As the sexual assault allegations by Professor Christine Blasey Ford against Judge Brett Kavanaugh have played out, too few men — but especially male politicians — have publicly supported an open and respectful hearing of her assertions. This week, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), her frustration boiling over at male congressmen who have questioned the integrity or mental status of Blasey Ford, or worse, remained conspicuously silent on the issue, spoke for m

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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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Research: Women and Men Are Equally Bad at Multitasking

Harvard Business Review

Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images. According to popular stereotypes, women are better multitaskers. In fact, a quick Google search leads to many press articles claiming a female advantage. For example, women came out as better multitaskers when researchers used fMRI scans to measure brain activity, computer tests to measure response times, and an exercise in which people walking on a treadmill had to simultaneously complete a cognitive task.