Tue.Jan 11, 2022

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It’s Okay To Not Be Good

Joseph Lalonde

It’s easy to look at someone else and think “Man, they’re good. They always do the right thing. They always make the right decision.” It’s easy to think everyone else is good while you’re not. We get this way in our hobbies. We don’t want to pick up a pencil to try our hand at sketching. The […].

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How to Maintain Your Mojo This Year

Next Level Blog

So, this is usually the week when your good intentions for the year smack up against the reality of the work at hand. In the words of the great philosopher, Mike Tyson, “Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit in the jaw.” As the meetings mount and the emails accumulate, that clarity and sense of calm you developed over the extended holiday break can start to fade.

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Conversation with Walt Rakowich on Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to participate in a LinkedIn Live conversation with Walt Rakowich, former CEO of S&P 500 firm Prologis and author of the book Transfluence. We talked about the role of relationships in the long-term success of individuals and organizations, strategies for managing stress, real-world stories of connection in action from Costco and Starbucks, our experiences with mentors, how to grow in influence even when you aren’t in a position of formal author

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A Personal Look at the Great Resignation – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

“The great resignation.” It’s a hot topic right now and it’s mostly been discussed as as a macroeconomic concept. What is it doing to organizations? What’s causing it? What can organizations do about it? In this episode of Remarkable TV, I want to talk about “the great resignation” as a microeconomic concept, really more as […].

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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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Comment on Conversations That Build Psychological Safety by Lalit

QAspire

I just want to add that if you are a leader who likes the post above, you also may be interested to read book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun Gandhi. [link].

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Are Company Cars Still as Popular as They Once Were?

Women on Business

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How a Speech-Language Therapist Can Help You Communicate Better in Business

Women on Business

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How To Cut Business Overheads

Strategy Driven

It’s crucial that you spend money on your business. If you just set it up and hope that people will find it and start paying for your products and services, you might be lucky – this could happen – but it’s far more likely that you’ll make little to no sales and that your business simply won’t succeed. To be noticed, you need to spend money; you have to market effectively.

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How the “Sponsor Update” Can Open Doors for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Consulting firms often become disconnected from the sponsor as their work revolves around lower-level personnel. A simple check-in format will keep you connected at the highest levels and position your consulting firm for follow-on projects. Let’s say your consulting firm landed a solid, consulting engagement with the Food-as-a-Service pioneer, Nutscape.

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Smart Ways To Get More Customers For Your Business

Strategy Driven

There are many important facets to consider when running a successful business. Yet, no matter what else you concentrate on, getting customers always has to be a top priority! The good news is you can find some clever ways to maximize your customer numbers, below. Foster a strong customer base. Most businesses spend their time and their money attracting new customers.

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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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Making Quick Connections Is Key To Success For New Hires

The Horizons Tracker

One of the notable challenges for new hires during the Covid pandemic was making the kind of connections that are so crucial to success in their new job. Research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management illustrates the importance of these connections. While the importance of connections has been well explored at work, most of these studies have focused on connections between newcomers and more experienced colleagues.

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Diversifying Your Product Line: Tips for Start Up Clothing Brands

Strategy Driven

It’s an exciting time when you’re starting your own clothing brand. You get to decide what pieces are your signature pieces and how much they’ll cost. But there is one decision that can be difficult – diversifying the product line! Should you include more than just shirts? What about hats or shoes? How many colors should each item come in?

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Diverse Organizations Seen As More Moral

The Horizons Tracker

We increasingly want the organizations we deal with to be purpose-driven and to behave in an ethical way. Research from Rice University suggests that we’re more likely to perceive an organization in such a way if they have a diverse workforce. The study shows that when we view such diversity in a team or an organization, we’re more likely to believe that team will act in a moral way.

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4 Ways You Can Manage The Risk Of A New Business

Strategy Driven

Are you thinking about setting up your own business ? If so, it’s important to remember that the majority of new companies fail on the market. Indeed, some reports suggest that up to 90% of new businesses are likely to fail within their first year. That’s why it’s important to make sure that you are managing the risk effectively when setting up your company.

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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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Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Leadership

Leadership Freak

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The Environmental Benefits Of Teleworking

The Horizons Tracker

Instinctively, working from home feels like it must be a positive thing for the environment. After all, the average commuting time in the UK is 1 hour and 38 minutes, much of which will be spent in a car. With the average petrol car in the UK producing around 180g of CO2 per kilometer, this adds up. The situation is even worse in the United States, where larger vehicles mean an average of 650g of CO2 is produced per kilometer.

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One Key Element in Successful Church Revitalization

Ron Edmondson

I have learned there is usually one key element found in a successful church revitalization. A sense of desperation. I’m not saying it can’t be done without this. But there needs to be some level of understanding that this needs to improve and we can’t keep doing the same things. Until you get to that point people will be resistant to the change that needs to happen.

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My Work Email Is Flooded With Queries on Completion Timeline by a Coworker

HR Digest

I have a coworker who is a compulsive micro-manager. She likes to send multiple emails in a day as reminders to get the work done on time. The moment any work file lands on my computer, she is busy sending emails. If you ignore that, she texts or even calls. The constant interruptions are distracting. They take the focus away from work as I am forced to answer her every few minutes.

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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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7 Quotes to Inspire New Leaders to Trust the Process

Niagara Institute

New leaders are motivated, full of anticipation, driven, eager, and ambitious. However, the transition from individual contributor to people leader is a humbling one. One that leaves many new leaders asking themselves, "Am I cut out for this?" after just a few weeks on the job.

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Please Stop Using These Phrases in Meetings

Harvard Business Review

“I’m going to give you 10 minutes of your life back,” and other unbearable meeting jargon.

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4 Characteristics of a Modern Data Management Strategy

Strategy Driven

Clean, comprehensive data is one of the most, if not the most, useful assets at an organization’s disposal. Data analytics is a major driving force behind business leaders’ efforts to streamline operations, connect with new clients, and gain an advantage over competitors. Unfortunately, for many organizations, efforts to devise and execute strategic initiatives tend to be hampered by the need to spend significant amounts of time and financial resources toward compliance with regula

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5 Questions to Help Leaders Achieve Growth Amid Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Traditional management frameworks aren’t always suited for a world of unexpected twists and turns.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Live Within Your Means — Or Else!

Frank Sonnenberg Online

One of the great misnomers of our time is that rich people have it all. The fact is, it doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor. If you don’t live within your means, you’ll be creating a lot of stress and hardship for yourself — pressure that’s easily avoidable. Given that, do you spend money like there’s no tomorrow? If so, what impact is that having on your life?

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Finding the Right Balance — and Flexibility — in Your Leadership Style

Harvard Business Review

Today’s leaders need to cultivate a range of approaches, rather than a fixed style.

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Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?

Harvard Business Review

How startup Shield AI works with the US government to develop autonomous combat robots to protect civilians and service members.

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Finding Success Starts with Finding Your Purpose

Harvard Business Review

It’s never too early — or too late — to ask the big questions.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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To Get Ahead, You Need Both Ambition and Humility

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with professor Amer Kaissi about when to charge ahead and when to take a backseat.