Wed.May 20, 2020

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How Leaders Can Improve Virtual Team Communication In 5 Simple Steps

Tanveer Naseer

In this time of uncertainty brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a curious outcome that the one certainty we do have is that we’re living in an age of collective disruption, where the reality of how things were always done around here is fast being replaced with questions of. Click to continue reading.

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Life And Leadership Lessons From The Life Of Ravi Zacharias

Joseph Lalonde

To be honest, I wasn’t surprised to hear of the passing of Ravi Zacharias. Ravi had been diagnosed with cancer and his prognosis wasn’t good. Yesterday, May 15th, 2020, Ravi Zacharias passed away. It’s a blow to those in the Christian faith. Ravi was an Indian-born, Canadian-American Christian apologist. He helped many Christians understand their […] The post Life And Leadership Lessons From The Life Of Ravi Zacharias appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Flying Without A Helicopter

Lead Change Blog

It’s graduation season, and that means a lot of new faces are about to enter the workforce for the first time. Do they have the necessary skills to succeed in an increasingly competitive world? Or do they fall into the trap of thinking work is boring, tedious, difficult, and frustrating? As their parent or manager, do you know how to help them become healthy, independent, self-reliant workers who will thrive on their own?

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10 Things Ethical Leaders Believe

Leading in Context

While dealing with the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, we need to remember that good decisions are always made based on values. To confirm what those values are that should guide our choices, this week I'm sharing my Manifesto What Ethical Leaders Believe. This Manifesto frames ethical leadership in clear language, and is shareable under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.

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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 Golden Attribute of Leadership You Must Pursue

Leadership Freak

The song says, “Everybody plays the fool sometimes.” But the goal is wisdom, not less foolishness. The golden attribute of leadership is wisdom. “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.

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Two Issues Your Consulting Firm Must Confront to Win Projects in Uncertain Times

David A Fields

Your consulting firm has probably encountered more resistance from prospective clients than usual over the past eight weeks. Fortunately, you can understand and overcome the elevated stumbling blocks. The basics of winning consulting projects haven’t changed. Keep them moist and use lots of butter. No, wait. That’s for sheets of phyllo dough. To win consulting … Continued.

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Use of Surveillance Software During COVID-19 Is a Big Mistake

leaderCommunicator

One of the newest employer trends to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased use of surveillance software to track employees’ daily activity while they work at home. The programs often include webcams that take regular images of employees during work hours. The software may also nudge employees who step away from their laptops, warning them to get back to work within a minute or be marked as off-task.

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How to Get the Most Out of Virtual Team Meetings

Strategy Driven

Wasn’t it obvious? The MFH (meeting from home) trend had to follow WFH. The spreading pandemic has forced businesses into a world full of remote work arrangements and travel restrictions. So, in-person meetings are out for the moment. Meetings have been an essential part of an organization’s workflow. They offer a platform for information sharing, debating and discussing ideas, decision making, reviewing processes, and simply staying in touch with the team.

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Investors Should “STAY COOL” When It Comes To Fruit And Vegetables

CEO Insider

In the rapidly changing economic landscape under COVID-19, one thing remains true: investors, hoping to mitigate losses from the plummeting stock market, are searching for promising new avenues for their investment dollars, especially since traditionally strong sectors, such as travel, retail, and energy, have tanked. There is a viable option … and it could be […].

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…Partnering not Patronizing

The Practical Leader

Sam Walton built Bentonville, Arkansas based Wal-Mart into the world’s largest retailer through treating staff as respected partners. One of his legacies was to “treat them as partners and they will treat you as a partner and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.” A scout leader was trying to lift a fallen tree from the path.

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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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How Free Data Can Transform Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

There appears to be a clear divide emerging around the attitude towards the data that fuels our digital economy. The American approach sees ownership of this data rest primarily with corporations, whereas the Chinese approach strives for the state to own the bulk of data generated in the Middle Kingdom. The EU’s recently published data strategy promises to free up data entirely. “Citizens should be empowered to make better decisions based on insights gleaned from nonpersonal data,

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Applying Storytelling to the Modern Workplace

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Alan Veeck, thoughtLEADERS Principal, sat down with Jim and Jan of The Leadership Podcast to discuss storytelling and what it means for you as a leader. In continuation of our new collaboration with The Leadership Podcast, Alan talks about the power of storytelling in this short form “chalk talk.” These chalk talk series are bitesize sessions on a common (but challenging) leadership issue.

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How Text-Based Counseling Can Be Effective

The Horizons Tracker

Counseling seems like one of those activities that requires face-to-face contact in order for the counselor to properly gauge the non-verbal signals given off by the patient. Alas, new research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there may be times when text-based counseling can be effective also. The study highlighted how important things such as the duration of the session, the length of the counselor’s messages, and the speed of response time can all play a major part in th

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How To Cope With Share Market Turbulence

CEO Insider

The coronavirus pandemic is just one example of how events beyond our control can impact share markets. The Australian market (ASX200) fell from a post GFC high (February 20), by 37% in just over a month- one of the fastest sell offs since the 1987 crash; then rallied over 20% in April, 2020. Events such […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article How To Cope With Share Market Turbulence are those of the author Danielle Ecuyer alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine.

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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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Paid Sick Leave Is Crucial In The Fight Against Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The coronavirus pandemic has placed clear pressure on people’s economic wellbeing as well as their health. Government’s urge people to limit their movements and reduce contact with others, but the pressure to earn money to support oneself can create clear conflicts between the desire to preserve one’s health and the desire to keep financially solvent.

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The Pros and Cons of Becoming an Entrepreneur as a Senior

Strategy Driven

Seniors typically have a lot of time on their hands after they retire, and after being retired for a few years, it’s common for them to want to take up a new hobby, learn something new, and for some, to start a business. Some seniors have great success as an entrepreneur in the elderly years, especially those that either ran a business or worked for a successful one before.

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A Huge Reason We Can Expect Smaller Crowds Upon Church Reentry

Ron Edmondson

One reason we can expect smaller crowds upon church reentry is not the virus. That’s part of it for sure. It makes sense. Especially if you’re high-risk you should consider sheltering in place until it’s safe to return. . But many parts of the country are opening. I’m seeing lots of traffic on the streets. Restaurants are buys again. I haven’t been to a mall or department store, but I hear they have traffic again.

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Actionable Steps To Improve Your Business’ s Financial Position

Strategy Driven

Businesses have been hit hard in recent times, as the pandemic situation has given many business owners cause to worry about their finances. Not that worry is anything new, of course. The life of an entrepreneur has always been a difficult one, as there are all kinds of other factors that can cause financial worry, including the threat of the competition and the ever-changing marketplace which can leave some businesses struggling.

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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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Patients Want To Consent To Their Medical Data Being Used

The Horizons Tracker

As countries around the world have attempted to roll out contact tracing applications, the issue of privacy of health data has reared its head again. Previous research has suggested that people are generally okay with sharing their medical data providing its put to a use that benefits society. New research from the University of Warwick explored how patients with diabetes feel about their data being shared.

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Building Better Cities After Covid-19

Harvard Business Review

What we can learn from the coronavirus crisis about building livable and inclusive cities of the future.

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No Brilliant Jerks: How to Deal with Maverick CEOs

Leading Blog

B OARDS and executives are feeling an unusual amount of pressure these days. And it’s not from covid-19—the squeeze started several years ago. Witness that the average cost of directors and officers insurance has almost doubled in the past two years and experienced a 70 percent jump in the 2019 third quarter. There are many underlying sources for the increased stress and skyrocketing insurance rates.

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Quitting Mid-Crisis (Bonus)

Harvard Business Review

Dear HBR: answers your questions with the help of Michigan Ross negotiations professor Shirli Kopelman.

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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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Rushing Back From Covid-19 Could Be Hugely Dangerous

The Horizons Tracker

As the carnage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has abated in many countries around the world, attempts have been made to re-open economies and return to a semblance of normality from the peculiarities of life under lockdown conditions. New research from Washington University in St. Louis urges officials not to rush to re-open too quickly for fear that the virus could rebound more severely than before.

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Will Covid-19 Have a Lasting Impact on Globalization?

Harvard Business Review

The pandemic is causing the steepest decline in modern history.

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COVID-19 Has Revealed What We Need More of in Business: The Female Brain

Strategy Driven

The coronavirus crisis is a wake-up call. It’s waking us up to what we need to pay attention to in order to live sustainable, healthy lives on this planet. It’s waking us up to the global leadership and cooperation that’s required to ensure our human survival. And it’s highlighting how the female brain is highly adapted to the actions that are needed — right now.

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5 Tips for Safely Reopening Your Office

Harvard Business Review

Establishing a new normal will require a bit of training.

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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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How Populism Is Harming Democracy

The Horizons Tracker

The spread of populism has coincided with a decline in faith in democracy across the western world, but how interlinked are the two phenomena? A new paper from Stanford suggests a strong connection. The paper argues that the populists tendency to discredit formal institutions is resulting in significant harm being caused to democracy, as whilst governmental institutions are not without blame, the extent of the attack causes unnecessary damage.

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Don’t Let Digital Transformation Make You Less Human

Harvard Business Review

Efficiency and empathy aren’t mutually exclusive.

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How Sales Data Can Help Non-Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

The customer is every team’s concern.

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How Health Care Workers Can Take Care of Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Turn awareness into action.

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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.