Fri.Apr 28, 2017

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4 Ways to Bring More Celebration to Your Organization (Scott Friedman)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection. Scott has a special place in our hearts as he’s been an incredible encourager and friend both personally and professionally–and was actually on our first date (unbeknownst to him at the time). Scott is the founder of Together We Can Change the World with whom we’re on tour with during our second half of the Asia trip.

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How to Rectify a Serious Leadership Mistake

Lead Change Blog

We’re having a new kitchen fitted this week, and we discovered yesterday that an erroneous measurement on behalf of the designer means we’ll have to wait another three days for replacement units to arrive. While not a life and death situation, it is rather irritating and puts the completion of our exciting project back further. Despite this, I do have some sympathy; the guy made a mistake – we’ve all done that, and it was a timely reminder of mistakes I’ve made in the past while in charge

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The Apple in the Room: Avoiding the Temptation to Buy into Traditional Gender Stereotypes

Women on Business

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4 Ways to Avoid False Humility

Leading Blog

H UMILITY IS A CHOICE. When you meet a humble person you know you will be accepted, respected and listened to. They won’t try to manipulate you, control you, criticize you or try to impress you. They are safe. When we haven’t conquered our pride putting on false humility might seem like the shortcut to the benefits of being a truly humble person. We’ve all met these kinds of people.

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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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5 Ways To Instantly Elevate Your Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

Boost your leadership with these actions To be valued by your followers and to have an outstanding and high performance in work is every leader’s ultimate goal. Leadership is a large role in any career development, and one has to put in the time, hard work and commitment to achieve results. Just like any other skill, leadership requires continuous learning and consistent practicing till perfection is attained.

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4 Essentials to Growing into Great Leadership

Leadership Freak

The leader you are today can only take you places you’ve been. Becoming the leader you hope to become requires growth. Growth requires change.

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Uncover Your Backstory to Supercharge Your Professional Purpose

Management Excellence

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The Leadership Gap with Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

click to watch. Meet Our Guest: Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world.

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Hachik? ?????

Steve Farber

Love & Loyalty Unleashed. I read about him in Tom Kelley’s book, The Ten Faces of Innovation. If you’ve seen the 2009 movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale , starring Richard Gere, or if you’ve been to Japan, it’s likely you know something about the most loyal dog of all time. In case you haven’t, however, here’s a deeper dive into the remarkable story of Hachikō and his unwavering love and loyalty to his master.

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Take Your Business Online

Strategy Driven

A strong presence in the world of the Internet is a necessity for the businesses of today. As a business owner, you probably already know that. You’ve probably created your business a website, and all the social media handles to match. You’ve probably liked a few photos, ran a few competitions and uploaded a few videos. But there’s so much more your business can do online.

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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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Greatness Lies Within You

Lead from Within

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7 Things Forgiveness IS…

Ron Edmondson

I often wonder if the reason we don’t forgive as we should is because we don’t understand the subject well enough. Yesterday I posted 7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT. It seems appropriate to also post 7 things that forgiveness IS. I should warn someone. The previous post was easier to write – and probably read – than this one.

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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business Review

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Some academic studies support this perspective: one longitudinal study found that traditional diversity trainings are the least effective efforts in increasing numbers of underrepresented minorities, while experimental research has shown that pr

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7 Things Forgiveness IS…

Ron Edmondson

I often wonder if the reason we don’t forgive as we should is because we don’t understand the subject well enough. Yesterday I posted 7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT. It seems appropriate to also post 7 things that forgiveness IS. I should warn someone. The previous post was easier to write – and probably read – than this one.

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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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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

Laura Schneider for HBR. Are companies seeing any value to their investments in “big data”? I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chie

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Recruitment Strategies – What To Look For In A Resume

Strategy Driven

These days any employer advertising a post knows they will be inundated with applications. That mean you will have a large number of resumes to sort through before you can narrow down your choice of candidates for interview. This can obviously take a long time. Many recruiters choose to use recruitment agencies or talent scouts to select the very best talent to come into the office for an interview.

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Returning to Work When You’re Grieving

Harvard Business Review

The death of a loved one can be devastating. And while many companies provide bereavement leave, the leave is often only three to five days. Some of us are fortunate to be able to reduce work hours or quit work altogether for a while. Others have a manager who gives us unofficial time off. Even so, many of us must go back to work well before we’re ready.

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Whiteboard Session: The Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Account for the intangibles.

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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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Smart Cities Are Going to Be a Security Nightmare

Harvard Business Review

In the fictional world of the video game Watch Dogs , you can play a hacktivist who takes over the central operating system of a futuristic, hyper-connected Chicago. With control over the city’s security system, you can spy on residents using surveillance cameras, intercept phone calls, and cripple the city’s critical infrastructure, unleashing a vicious cyberattack that brings the Windy City to its knees.