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7 Steps To Becoming A Happier, Higher-Performing Leader

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by CEO Elizabeth Crook. From growing a successful start-up, to writing a book and speaking internationally about workplace culture, to making a solid attempt at being a decent wife and mother of three kids; I require an enormous amount of mental bandwidth. I’m sure many of you reading this blog are in the same boat. But, my question to you is: Are you building the right habits?

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Talking About What Matters (Part 2)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In a previous post Talking About What Matters (Part 1), I explored how talking about ethical values engages people, helps them find meaning and improves the organization's metrics. This week I want to begin to explore what the conversation should include. You may be surprised to learn that it’s not all about what WE COMMUNICATE about values - it's their questions that will help us bring values to life.

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Once You Understand Emotion, Motivation is Easy

Lead Change Blog

One of the most powerful theories on how to motivate people on the work-floor is Deci and Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory. In my post ‘ Effective Communication Is About Understanding Emotion ’ I dealt with the idea of Observational Listening and how that way of listening focuses on emotions people are currently experiencing. These two concepts together make a powerful combination in which motivation takes current emotions into account.

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What Great Leadership Looks Like

Next Level Blog

In 2017, it can be difficult to find examples of great leadership. Today, though, I want to offer two of them. The first is of neighbors, volunteers, first responders, law enforcement, the National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard pulling together to rescue each other in the greater Houston area. As I write this, I’m flying across the country watching CNN on the seatback TV.

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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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8 Things Every Leader Must Know

Joseph Lalonde

Heading into leadership, you’re starry eyed and hopeful. You have great ambition. And you know you’re going to get things done. Then reality hits. Leadership is hard. Harder than you expected at least. When you entered leadership, you didn’t know everything. You still don’t. But there are some key things every leader must know.

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How Leaders Can Thrive in a ‘Distributed Everything’ World

Leadership Freak

New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies of The New Leadership Literacies. Leave a comment on this guest post by Dr.

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Cashing In On Your Passion: Turning Your Blog Into a Business

Strategy Driven

Blogging is now a huge deal in the online world, and it’s fair to say that readers can’t get enough of the ‘written by the people, for the people’ format. Their honest content and down to earth style is seen as a breath of fresh air after years of glossy magazines with airbrushed models and columns written by journalists. The companies of the world have tapped into just how influential bloggers can be, which gives aspiring writers and bloggers the opportunity to earn money doing something they l

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7 Warnings for Aspiring Leaders

Ron Edmondson

These I've learned the hard way Almost on a weekly basis I hear from young pastors who want to grow as a leader. They feel the pressure placed upon them and knows others are looking to him to steer the church on a healthy course. Most of these leaders are humble, knowing ultimately Christ is the head of the church. They also usually know three things: 1.

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Bullying at work, recognising it & its impact on innovation

Rapid BI

Bullying at work on the increase, Or so the reports and surveys tell us. What we do know is that where bullying exists, trust does not. We also know that innovation requires openness and trust. So what do we really have in our organisations - innovation OR bullying? The post Bullying at work, recognising it & its impact on innovation appeared first on RapidBI.

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Uber’s New CEO Will Have to Win on Two Fronts Simultaneously

Harvard Business Review

This week Uber took a major step toward righting the ship with the choice of Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. To succeed, our research shows, he must address — at the same time — two large issues that are among the most challenging in business: win at the “inner game,” by removing the internal barriers to growth and restoring the energy of the company, and win at the “outer game,” by showing that Uber can generate profitable growth.

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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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4 Signs That Your Focus Is Holding You Back at Work

Harvard Business Review

Focus is an invaluable trait. It helps you stay on task and get work done at a rapid rate. Yet too much focus can be a problem : It drains your brain of energy , makes you care less about people, and prevents you from seeing what is happening around you. In fact, too much focus is a surprisingly common sign of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — a failed and paralyzing attempt to control a roving mind.

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BuzzFeed’s CEO on the Secret to Virality - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBX

Harvard Business Review

Jonah Peretti, CEO and founder of BuzzFeed, discusses how ideas spread and the need for creativity and judgment in a data-driven world. While working at The Huffington Post, Jonah Peretti learned to appreciate the importance of human connections. He then founded BuzzFeed, a global media platform focused on producing highly shareable content. So what’s the secret to going viral?

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Atlantic Records Chairman on Ensuring Long-Term Success in a Changing Industry - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBX

Harvard Business Review

Music industry veteran Julie Greenwald shares her thoughts on corporate culture, brand management, and talent retention. Having the best talent in the world is crucial to success for a music label, but what keeps Atlantic Records at the top of its game is more than simply the talent it signs. Chairman and COO Julie Greenwald spent the formative years of her career digging into each department at Def Jam Recordings.

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Research Shows Unionized Workers Are Less Happy, but Why?

Harvard Business Review

Many employers are paying more and more attention to the well-being of their employees and to how they perceive their current jobs, especially because employee satisfaction is associated with important work-related outcomes such as organizational commitment and job performance, as well as with lower levels of turnover and absenteeism. But what role do unions, historically advocates for the well-being of workers, play in promoting employee happiness?

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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.