Wed.May 31, 2017

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Start Stopping Sooner

Lead Change Blog

“Will you just stop it?” is something just about any mom on the planet has asked. Fast forward through a few challenging phases of adulthood, and the words, “You can stop doing that now,” are a relief and we don’t need a reason. We are glad to stop a few things. If you habitually read online articles you’ve read about things to stop doing to be a better leader or operations to stop using because they are obsolete.

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Values Drive Business Success (But Only If They’re Clear and Applied)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Deloitte's 2016 Millennial Survey Executive Summary reported that according to responses from 7700 employed millennials from 29 countries, "the values that support long-term business success are people treatment, ethics, and customer focus. While people treatment, ethics, and customer focus may be the values that drive business success, that only works if they're applied across the organization.

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This Word Unleashes Change & Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Have you ever worked for a boss who always said no ? If you have, my first guess is it was a frustrating experience. My second guess is you don’t hold said boss in high regard as a leader. I’ve always been amazed at the number of well known axioms espousing the benefits of learning to use the word “no” with greater frequency.

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Leadership – Inspiring Loyalty Through Personal Branding

Women on Business

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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The 5-Step Process To Bravery

Joseph Lalonde

Answers From Leadership Podcast I was introduced to Adam Kirk Smith by my friend Leo Lampinen a year or two ago. Adam’s created a massive following through his blog and social media accounts. He also knows a thing or two about leadership. He’s been a leader at Chick-Fil-A (the best chicken around) and owns his own shoe store. When I heard Adam was releasing a new book, The Bravest You , I wanted to have him on the show.

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Do people interrupt you?

Jason Womack

Here's the SELF-ASSESSMENT you can take to learn IF you're creating an inspiring workplace. Click Here Create an Inspiring Workplace Have you ever scheduled time to work on a project while in your office? You know, two or three hours.

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The Upside of a Down Mood for a Leader’s Team

Leadership Freak

What happens in the office when a respected boss is in a bad mood? An occasional bad mood is normal, healthy, even useful.

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People buy logically - Not

CEO Blog

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela But education is not just school. It is more about learning. I pride myself in being a constant learner and want that to be part of the Danby Appliance culture. When I have a challenge, I devise a deliberate study plan. I have learned about learning from my Syrian project.

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Care About Your Business with Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

Click to listen. What is true leadership all about? Does it mean you’re just calling the shots and making all the decisions, or it is something much more important and meaningful? Our guest today has the answer. I’m honored to share my interview with Lolly Daskal, someone I have been following for years. Lolly is one of the most highly regarded thought leaders in business today.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

If you want to learn what it takes to become a great mentor, one place to look is at the great mentors who’ve influenced your success. As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight.

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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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Giving Your Business The Promotion It Needs

Strategy Driven

Photo courtesy of Pexels. When we start a business, we are often clueless to the types of promotion that it actually needs. In this day and age, we are living in a digital world. With this, most of the focus is on promotion via means that we can access through our computers, tablets and smartphones. This isn’t to say that that’s not a good idea – more than half of the world are connected to the internet, and it’s the biggest resource that we’ve ever had in our whole history which is open t

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How To Listen Effectively

Eric Jacobson

Here are some great tips from Michelle Tillis Lederman's book, The 11 Laws of Likability. They are all about: what to do and what not to do to be a leader who's an effective listener : Do : Maintain eye contact Limit your talking Focus on the speaker Ask questions Manage your emotions Listen with your eyes and ears Listen for ideas and opportunities Remain open to the conversation Confirm understanding, paraphrase Give nonverbal messages that you are listening (nod, smile) Ignore distractions Do

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7 Reasons Leaders Tend to Quit Your Organization

Ron Edmondson

If any organization expects to grow, they need to attract, develop and retain quality leaders. Any argument with that statement? If so, you probably just like to argue. And, I get that too. But, new growth always requires new leaders. Period. Certainly the church needs good leaders. One of the highest costs an organization has is replacing leaders, so ideally once a leader is hired, you’ll want to keep them.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

If you want to learn what it takes to become a great mentor, one place to look is at the great mentors who’ve influenced your success. As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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The new training (learning and development) manager on the block

Rapid BI

you have been asked by your line manager to take on the role of company trainer. You accept. But what does this mean? You know that trainers teach people things they have not done before. So being a trainer is about sharing your experiences and skills. The post The new training (learning and development) manager on the block appeared first on RapidBI.

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How U.S. Health Care Got Safer by Focusing on the Patient Experience

Harvard Business Review

Before 1999 “performance” had a simple, unidimensional definition for health care leaders and their boards: It was shorthand for the CFO’s financial report, summarizing operating margins. In the years since, “performance” has become more complex, now including dozens or even hundreds of quality measures. “Numbers that numb” has become an all-too-common description for performance reports in many organizations.

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Top Trend Survey – Top tools for learning in HR

Rapid BI

As we get more and more connected, the tools we use for learning and finding learning are increasingly online and on mobile. I have recently completed an online CPD session focused on trends in learning. As well as hearing the views of top people in the industry, participants were invited to list their own top […]. The post Top Trend Survey – Top tools for learning in HR appeared first on RapidBI.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business Review

Today’s leading organizations are using machine learning–based tools to automate decision processes, and they’re starting to experiment with more-advanced uses of artificial intelligence (AI) for digital transformation. Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025.

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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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How To Create A Workplace Wellness Culture

Eric Jacobson

In 2016, the Wellness Council of America named Lance Breger as one of the Top 50 Health Promotion Professionals in the U.S. Today, Lance shares his recommendations for how a business leader can create a culture that supports workplace employee wellness. Lance Breger Question : What are two to three things a leader can do to create a culture of wellness at their workplace?

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The Omissions That Make So Many Sexual Harassment Policies Ineffective

Harvard Business Review

Our research began with a simple question: If 98% of organizations in the United States have a sexual harassment policy, why does sexual harassment continue to be such a persistent and devastating problem in the American workplace? As evidenced by recent headlines regarding ongoing sexual harassment in the National Park Service , Uber , and Fox News , it seems clear that sexual harassment policies have not stopped the problem they were designed to address.

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LeadershipNow 140: May 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from May 2017 that you might have missed: Four Questions To Turn Everyone In Your Company Into A Futurist by @faisal_hoque. 5 Important Coaching Techniques Every Leader Should Practice via @leaderchat. 38 Sobering Facts For Leaders Who Have Squandered Great Opportunity by @briankdodd. Three Things Jim Hackett Can Do To Save Ford (Again!

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On Resumes, an Upper-Class Background Benefits Men but Not Women

Harvard Business Review

Working-class men got the fewest callbacks.

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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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U.S. Business Leaders Want to Stay in the Paris Climate Accord

Harvard Business Review

According to reports, President Trump is expected to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. This is a horrible decision for business, the United States, and humanity. In this moment, running through the details of the agreement itself, which commits nearly every country in the world to significant energy and carbon reductions , is not vital.

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