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Strategic Silence: How to Empower Not Overpower

Leadership Freak

A mind is a terrible thing to spew when it’s a bubbling cauldron of brilliance. Practice strategic silence rather than blinding with faux wisdom. Conformity disempowers. Strategic silence empowers. The more certain you feel the more likely strategic silence is protection. Practice strategic silence, not disengagement.

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Leading with Happiness: What Bill Walton Taught Us About True Success

Next Level Blog

Bill Walton’s Philosophy of Joy Why is it that the death of NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton this week hits me harder than the passing of most celebrities that I’ve never met? I think it’s because he so clearly sought joy in his life and that a big source of joy for him was giving it to others, including me as one of his many fans as a player and especially as a broadcaster.

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How to Successfully Recruit the Right People for Your Team

Lead from Within

Your team members are the heart of your organization, and selecting individuals who align with your vision, values, and goals is crucial for success. As an executive leadership coach, I know that building a high-performing team starts with recruiting the right people. In this blog post, we’ll explore a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the recruitment process effectively and ensure you bring the right talent on board.

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Ethical Values Are Good For Business (Part 3)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series "Ethical Values Are Good For Business" I shared the importance of clearing up the confusion employees have in balancing ethical values with bottom line profitability. In Part 2, we looked at the importance of aligning strategy with the organization's values. In Part 3, we'll address the senior leader's important role.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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How to Celebrate Your Team Members’ Successes

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Improve your team’s culture by celebrating your team members’ successes. Be careful, though…one person’s reward is another person’s punishment. Success and failure are part of running a team day to day. You need to recognize and promote wins because it’s going to build momentum for the team and make them feel like they’re accomplishing great things.

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How Presence and Energetic Awareness Impacts Profitability

Anese Cavanaugh

Is your organization focusing on the right objectives and outcomes when it comes to developing your workplace culture? Many companies may outwardly share that they care about its culture, values, and mission, yet the internal story for managers and employees doesn’t match this narrative. Typically, this disconnect is rooted in a lack of presence, accountability, and awareness of the energetic impact of each and every person in the company.

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Electric Vehicles Don’t Clean Up Air Quality Enough In Poor Communities

The Horizons Tracker

Rich neighborhoods have more electric cars than poorer ones, but a study from UCLA says electric cars help clean the air everywhere. But here’s the catch: roads going through poorer areas still have a lot of pollution from regular cars. The study says places with more electric cars see 40% more pollution reduction in poorer areas. Sounds good, right?

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Kroger’s CEO Takes a Pay Cut—Salary Falls to $15.7 Million

HR Digest

Kroger’s 2023 financial report recently revealed that the Kroger CEO took a pay cut with a compensation package that was 18 percent less than in 2022. Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO of the company since 2014, took a pay cut to match the decline in operating profits and identical sales growth compared to the earlier year. The Kroger CEO’s salary and the benefits provided to senior executives are strongly tied to the annual performance of the company, and while Kroger described it as strong, th

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The Negative Consequences Of The Agglomeration Effect

The Horizons Tracker

The agglomeration effect has seen the rise of global cities, such as Paris and London, which have tended to suck in talent and capital not only from around the world but also within their own countries. While these cities are honeypots for many in the world, this attraction isn’t always welcomed by locals. Research from Kellogg highlights how locals can turn against the influx of foreign talent into their communities.

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Making Teams Work: What’s Your Type and Decision Vision?

The Practical Leader

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports on a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European leaders whose careers derailed, “the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.” He goes on to quote a highly successful Silicon Valley venture capitalist, “In the world today there’s plenty of technology, plenty of entrepreneurs, plenty of money, plenty of venture capital.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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How To Fail Intelligently

The Horizons Tracker

Failure has become increasingly acceptable in recent years as organizations have accepted it’s vital to push the boundaries. There are good and bad ways to fail, and Harvard’s Amy Edmondson explores how to fail intelligently in her recent book Right Kind of Wrong. She argues that intelligent failure is characterized as: Taking place in new territory , as if it’s not new territory then there is probably already a way to solve things that would negate the risk of failure.

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M&A Should Be Transformational — Not Transactional

Harvard Business Review

M&A deals have traditionally been transactional in nature, pursued for economies of scale and to consolidate costs. But that approach has more limited success in today’s volatile business landscape and won’t provide the transformational results that companies need today. To unlock the growth potential that transformational M&A can bring, leaders need a shift in thinking and behavior.

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Bridging AI & Human-Centric Learning: 5 Lessons for L&D Innovators by L&D Innovators

Experience to Lead

What lies at the intersection of AI and human-centered learning? Join me as I unpack the insights gleaned from the recent CLO Exchange, hosted by IQPC , in the dynamic city of Nashville. Here, I was in the company of leading L&D practitioners from brands like Kellanova, Chewy, Medtronic, Bridgestone, HCA Healthcare, Hilton and more. A convergence of brilliant minds from top-tier companies, all deeply invested in the future of Learning and Development (L&D), gathered at this event to cons

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Why You Should Be Tracking Customer Surplus Value

Harvard Business Review

How much value are your customers getting from your products? Net Promoter Scores are one tool to answer that question but the authors offer another: Customer Surplus Value. The idea, drawn from economics, is to ask customers how much money they’d need to be given to give up your product for a period of time. The more money it would take for them to accept, the more valuable the product.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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What to Know About Starting Your Career Remotely

Harvard Business Review

Remote work can be a blessing and curse for those just starting their careers. While it has clear benefits (improved work-life balance, geographic flexibility, and eliminating commutes), it’s not without drawbacks. There are unique challenges that come with starting your career remotely: isolation, distractions, and communication gaps. Fortunately, you can overcome these obstacle.

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Personalize Your Customer’s Shopping Experience with AI - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PAYPAL

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor Content from PayPal.

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How to Make Your Leadership Potential More Visible

Harvard Business Review

If you’re an aspiring leader trying to get to the next level, this episode is for you.

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How One Energy CEO Is Leading a Transition Toward Clean Energy

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good on when to test your assumptions and how to make incremental adjustments to your strategy.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.