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Introducing Newbies Isn’t Always Easy

Lead Change Blog

Louie, my adopted pup since 2013, has experienced a lot of loss over the last year. We wrote about two of those losses, Ellie and Mick , in previous blogs. Our neighborhood grieved over the loss of these beloved companions. Though it took some time, Mick’s and Ellie’s families welcomed new puppies into their homes. We’ve also noticed many other families in the neighborhood with new puppies as we take our daily walks.

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Establishing Trust: Why the Details Matter

RapidStart Leadership

How do we establish trust? We know that establishing trust is a key to leading well, but how do we go about it? An unexpected encounter in the back of a dark garage shines a light on how we can build the trust we need to lead. Not as it … Establishing Trust: Why the Details Matter Read More ». The post Establishing Trust: Why the Details Matter appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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How listening more will change you

Persuasive Powerhouse

Photo credit 123RF. A leader in a large organization was having a difficult time influencing his employees to move forward on a significant project that needed to be completed in a short period of time. The people who were most resistant were long-time technicians at the company who resisted the change that this project would make to their daily routines.

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How to Choose the Right Promotional Merchandise to Market Your Business

Women on Business

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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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7 Things Every Leader Needs to Quit Doing Immediately

Lead from Within

Coaching as many leaders as I have, there are patterns that emerge—and there are times it’s apparent, from the perspective of an outsider, that certain actions are not going to lead to the desired results. I consider it part of my job to help leaders avoid unnecessary struggle. It’s in that spirit that I present some things you need to quit doing immediately—not because I say so but because they will not serve you in the way you think they will.

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Raising the Communication Bar – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Communication is hard. I know, it’s likely not a surprise to you. And it’s certainly no surprise to us – communication is consistently one of the biggest challenges that we hear about from leaders. And in this episode, I am going to help you (and your team) be a better communicator by raising the communication […]. The post Raising the Communication Bar – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Your Goldilocks Consulting Projects [Part 2 – Time Horizon]

David A Fields

Let’s finish up with Goldilocks, that unrepentant trespasser, porridge thief and handy metaphor for everything “just right.” When last we left our fair-haired bear bait, she was pointing to Significance as one of the key indicators of the perfect project for your consulting firm. (See this article.) Goldi’s Five-by-Five zone consists of your prospect’s top … Continued.

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Use Your Next Leadership Retreat to Manage the Future

Innovation Excellence

Each year, thousands of organizational leaders head to the hills for an annual ritual: the strategic offsite leadership retreat. The purpose of such meetings, of course, is to get away from it all and strategize. To leave behind the quarterly pressures, and think big about the future. All too often, that’s not what transpires. Social events.

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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

I started working at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) in June of 1983, and I was so very honored to do so! My job at CLS was well-defined. We had a packaged program ( The Essentials of Situational Leadership ® ) that I was responsible for selling and, if need be, facilitating. There was no internet. Nobody Googled anything. There were no lists of training professionals you could purchase with up-to-date contact information for the person making leadership and management training decisions

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How to Start a Used Car Business

Strategy Driven

For some people, starting an independent used car business is the perfect combination of a love of cars and great business skills. Or, at the very least, a desire to develop great business skills. However, building a used car business from the ground up is not as simple as finding cars and selling them on. It’s not even enough just to know everything about cars and their features; you also need to have a sound understanding of business finances, licensing and legal requirements in terms of permi

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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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Looking Back At The Best New Leadership Book For 2018

Eric Jacobson

If you haven't yet read the book I named the Best New Leadership Book for 2018 , here's a reminder about why I think it is so good: The book, Say What You Mean , by Oren Jay Sofer , couldn’t have come at a better time. Because 2018 was a year filled with communication challenges for so many people. Often, those conversations were ineffective and unhealthy, causing frustration, conflict and distress.

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This Is The Reason Why Your Off-Page SEO Strategy is Not Working.

Strategy Driven

All powerful SEO strategies involve in-depth analysis, bespoke planning, and thorough implementation. Although this may sound simplistic, there are two main categories to every search engine optimization strategy: off-page and on-page SEO. Staying true to its name, on-page strategies involve specific elements that occur on your actual website. While it can be time-consuming to optimize these factors, website owners have full control over their implementation.

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12 Great Leadership Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking

Ron Edmondson

One of the best things a leader can do is ask questions. I love to say to teams I lead, “I only know what I know.” The leader can often be the last to know where there is a problem or what others are thinking, so asking questions is critical to good leadership. I love this quote from Jack Welch: “When you’re a contributor you try to have all the answers.

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How to Manage Your Individual Finances Efficiently

Strategy Driven

Each adult in this world has a personal financial world to manage and nurture as they move through life. Ideally, this world grows and develops at a steady and stable pace – but sometimes it’s difficult to manage, what with life’s many difficult obstacles. This article is all about managing those finances efficiently. It’s about making your cash go further, understanding your spending habits, and preventing your life from slipping into the world of debt that can quickly lead to a spiraling decli

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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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Hack the Culture with Micro Changes

Leadership and Change

Some organizations are still operating on industrial-age paradigms. One of my clients was working with the IT department of a very large insurance company. They were building an online platform for insurance clients to upload their documents, download their policies, make claims, and so on. The IT department embraced the Scrum methodology; they needed to be agile to serve their.

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The Secret Recipe For Successful Client Meetings

Strategy Driven

Client meetings are a vital part of the business process and if you don’t know how to conduct them properly, you’re going to struggle to close deals and bring in revenue. But holding the perfect client meeting is a difficult thing to do and a lot of business leaders get it wrong. If you’re not closing deals, you’re wasting your time and not seeing any return on that investment.

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What Managers Get Wrong About Feedback

Harvard Business Review

Marcus Buckingham, head of people and performance research at the ADP Research Institute, and Ashley Goodall, senior vice president of leadership and team intelligence at Cisco Systems, say that managers and organizations are overestimating the importance of critical feedback. They argue that, in focusing our efforts on correcting weaknesses and rounding people out, we lose the ability to get exceptional performance from them.

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Business Politics Practices – Lie with Impunity

Strategy Driven

Lying is wrong. Business politicians master the art of manipulating and misrepresenting facts to elicited a desired response. They do this by making ambiguous assertions providing the necessary false impression with an accountability escape route. Hi there! Gain access to this article with a StrategyDriven Insights Library – Total Access subscription or buy access to the article itself.

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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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Ending Harassment at Work Requires an Intersectional Approach

Harvard Business Review

Gender, race, age, and seniority all affect who’s harassed and how.

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Is Your Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Do your days ever start off crappy? Your kid has a cold, you run into heavy traffic on your way to work, and the milk in your coffee is sour. Really? If it’s not one thing, it’s another. You get cut off by a driver, your computer goes on the fritz, or your favorite shirt gets stained. Sound familiar? None of these problems is so monumental that you’d step out onto a ledge, but some people still go to extremes by saying, “My life sucks!

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What Process Mining Is, and Why Companies Should Do It

Harvard Business Review

To improve your processes, analyze the data.

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The Strategy Driven Guide to Improving Your Digital Marketing

Strategy Driven

Digital marketing can be a difficult beast to master. Not only do you have changes made to the technology, trends have never come and gone so fast. More has changed in the last 2 years of marketing than the previous 50, and it’s all thanks to technology, technology integration, and globalization. You have the opportunity to build a true global community for your brand, but only if you work out a solid digital marketing strategy.

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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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Avoiding Disruption Requires Rapid Decision Making

Harvard Business Review

Scan, orient, decide, and act.

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#leadershiptruth – Past behaviour predicts future behaviour.

Roundtable Talk

As specialists in helping leaders shift their behaviours, I can tell you that there’s a reason we get people focused on working on one big behaviour at a time: it’s REALLY HARD to change a behaviour! When Trump was running for President, I wrote an article predicting that he wouldn’t win because of his bullying […].

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