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Humble Leadership

Leading Blog

I T NEVER HURTS TO BE REMINDED of the need for humility. We tend to fall back on transactional relationships and rule-based leadership. Edgar Schein and Peter Schein call this Level 1 based leadership. What they advocate in Humble Leadership is moving to and developing an organizational culture based on Level 2 relationships. That is relationships that are intentionally personal, cooperative, and trusting.

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Prepare to Honor, Serve, and Impact

Lead Change Blog

At the Faith At Work Summit , Deb Knupp of GrowthPlay made a statement I want to remember. She said, “Preparation is the ultimate sign of honor.”. She went on to talk about how everything we do to prepare, how we gather knowledge and then deliver that knowledge through our work, is an act of service. She recommends an act of service mindset when coaching her clients.

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5 Tips to Blog Your Way to an Awesome Company Reputation

Women on Business

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5 Things I Learned From a 6th Grade Bully

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton October is Bullying Prevention Month. Most of the people I know were bullied at some point in their lives. As I look back on dealing with a 6th grade bully, I realize that I learned some things from that difficult time. Today I share that story along with resources for preventing bullying. .

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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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Stop Shoulding… Start Doing

Joseph Lalonde

Are you shoulding everywhere? I far too often find myself shoulding. And I know I shouldn’t should myself. You shouldn’t should yourself either. Shoulding yourself puts you in a bad spot. But what is shoulding? Shoulding is the act of saying “I should take care of my estimated taxes” or “I should spend more time with my wife.

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Leadership Skills that Inspire!

Coaching Tip

Over his four decades focusing on high-level executives, Fred Halstead has come to recognize and understand the distinguishing traits of high-performing leaders. In "Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results" , Halstead emphasizes the power and payoff of sharpening fundamental leadership abilities, including: Listening actively. Asking more on-target.

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Mr. Rogers in the Boardroom? You Bet!

Decker Communication

The Boardroom was the U.S. Senate Committee Hearing in 1969 as Chairman John Pastore was investigating whether to pass a $20 million funding bill to PBS. And he was losing his patience as PBS was losing the verbal battle— until Mr. Rogers stepped in. You know him—Fred Rogers, PBS star and now the mild-mannered hero of the excellent documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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Executive Briefing Cost Reduction Opportunity: Inventory Optimization

Strategy Driven

Safe, Reliable, Cost Effective… Economic demands place increasing pressure on executive and managers to reduce costs while maintaining high levels of operational safety, reliability, and efficiency. For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with: optimizing inventory levels while reducing associated carrying costs, minimizing or eliminating expediting costs, and. eliminating losses incurred as parts become obsolete in the warehouse. …while providing

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SMILES

Izell Leadership

When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness. Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. Dogs instantly react different to a person smiling than when they are frowning, because the person smells different.

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How Disaster Recovery Can Benefit Your Business

Strategy Driven

If you are a business, having a good disaster recovery solution in place is absolutely vital, especially given the technological world that we now live in and the advancements that have been made in the past decade. If you have not yet invested in disaster recovery for your business, then this is the article for you as we will be taking you through exactly what this is and also how it can benefit your business.

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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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SMILES

Izell Leadership

When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness. Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. Dogs instantly react different to a person smiling than when they are frowning, because the person smells different.

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The 6 Fundamental Skills Every Leader Should Practice

Harvard Business Review

Thomas J Peterson/Getty Images. There’s an old story about a tourist who asks a New Yorker how to get to the storied concert venue Carnegie Hall and is told, “Practice, practice, practice.” Obviously, this is good advice if you want to become a world-class performer — but it’s also good advice if you want to become a top-notch leader.

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SMILES

Izell Leadership

When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness. Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. Dogs instantly react different to a person smiling than when they are frowning, because the person smells different.

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How to Gracefully Exclude Coworkers from Meetings, Emails, and Projects

Harvard Business Review

Here it is/Getty Images. You and about 20 of your coworkers are sitting around a crowded conference room table, discussing the details of some project. Some people are fighting for attention, trying to get a word in. Others won’t stop talking. Others have tuned the meeting out, retreating to their laptops or phones. At the end of the meeting, the only real outcome is the decision to schedule a follow-up meeting with a smaller group — a group that can actually make some decisions and

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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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SMILES

Izell Leadership

When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness. Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. Dogs instantly react different to a person smiling than when they are frowning, because the person smells different.

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Managing a Data Science Team

Harvard Business Review

Ragnar Schmuck/Getty Images. Many managers of data science teams become managers because they were great individual contributors and not necessarily because they have the skills or training to lead a team. (I include myself in that group.) But management is a skill unto itself, and relying on your experience as a successful individual contributor is not enough to ensure that you are able to retain and develop great talent while delivering valuable learnings, products, and outcomes back to the or

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SMILES

Izell Leadership

When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness. Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. Dogs instantly react different to a person smiling than when they are frowning, because the person smells different.

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Auditing Algorithms for Bias

Harvard Business Review

Laurence Dutton/Getty Images. In 1971, philosopher John Rawls proposed a thought experiment to understand the idea of fairness: the veil of ignorance. What if, he asked, we could erase our brains so we had no memory of who we were — our race, our income level, our profession, anything that may influence our opinion? Who would we protect, and who would we serve with our policies?

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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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Is Retail Dying? Plus, How Are Companies Spending their Tax Cuts?

Harvard Business Review

Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee discuss whether the “retailpocalypse” is real, try to figure out how companies are spending their Trump tax cuts, debate whether share buybacks are a good thing or a bad thing, and offer their picks for the week. Download this podcast. HBR Presents is a network of podcasts curated by HBR editors, bringing you the best business ideas from the leading minds in management.

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End the Corporate Health Care Tax

Harvard Business Review

Bjarte Rettedal/Getty Images. Imagine if a single piece of legislation could effectively eliminate all U.S. corporate taxes, subsidize hundreds of millions of dollars in new corporate investment, increase the take-home pay of most U.S. employees, ease state and local budgets, and reduce the U.S. trade deficit — all without increasing the federal budget.