Thu.May 08, 2025

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Welcome to Team Crickets: How to Support Your Quiet Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Inheriting a Quiet Team? Heres How to Build a Culture of Voice You’re a human-centered leader who wants people to speak up and contribute their ideas. AND, you’ve inherited a quiet team, what to do next? Dear Asking for a Friend, “I inherited a team thats technically strong but emotionally silent. They dont bring concerns, ideas, or challenges forward.

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Leading Thoughts for May 8, 2025

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Sbastien Page on focusing on what makes us better: Traditional goals focus on outcomes, while mastery goals focus on process. Both are effective. Its important to set goals for process improvements. Dont overemphasize outcomes over process.

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5 Feedback Mistakes Leaders Make

Leadership Freak

Most leaders think theyre giving enough feedbackbut delays, soft language, and lack of follow-up sabotage growth. Learn 5 common feedback mistakes and how to fix them so your team improves faster, trusts more, and stays fully engaged.

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Doing Personalization Correctly

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Companies today face three critical marketing and Customer Experience (CX) challenges: How can you keep customers coming back? How can you get your customers attention so they dont consider switching to the competition? How do you create an experience that makes price less relevant?

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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May 2025 Social Security Payment Schedule: Tips for SSI Recipients

HR Digest

The May 2025 Social Security payment schedule has sparked attention due to an unusual quirk: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive two payments in May , but none in June. Understanding the May 2025 SSI payment dates and planning accordingly is crucial for the 7.4 million Americans who rely on these funds for essentials like housing, food, and medical expenses.

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How fearful are you of losing your high-performers to other companies?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How fearful are you of losing your high-performers to other companies? Extremely their departure would be devastating 9.28% Very Id hate to lose them and it would be hard to replace them 51.00% Somewhat it would hurt but I can backfill for them 27.15% Not very theyre all going to leave at some point anyway 7.28% Not at all I have a lot of talent waiting to step into their role 5.29% Build Your Bench.

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“I felt I could never let myself do anything wrong, which isn’t healthy”

Chartered Management Institute

Article: I felt I could never let myself do anything wrong, which isnt healthy Written by Caroline Roberts Thursday 08 May 2025 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email Tegan Ryan CMgr MCMI, our Chartered Manager of the Week, has spent her career in the housing sector, both in non-profit and private organisations. In that time, shes had to learn to delegate and build a better work-life balance After spending her whole career in the not-for-profit housing sector, Tegan Ryan CMgr

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When Picking a New CEO, Ask Them for a Growth Plan

Harvard Business Review

The way a candidate talks about the future can tell you a lot about their assumptions, ambition, self-awareness, and openness to being vulnerable.

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No Tax on Overtime income limit: How it’ll affect paychecks in 2026

HR Digest

The much-talked about No Tax on Overtime bill is a proposed federal policy that could finally put more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans. Back by the current administration, this overtime tax proposal aims to reward workers in industries like healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. But what does it mean for hourly workers? And how will income caps shape its impact?

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How Companies Can Mitigate the Harms of AI-Driven Inequality

Harvard Business Review

Strategies to navigate across six societal divides that AI is threatening to supercharge.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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Land Use Policies Key To Achieving Net Zero

The Horizons Tracker

The UK governments ambitious goal to achieve Net Zero by 2050 depends heavily on expanding the countrys woodland. But the way subsidies for tree-planting are currently allocated undermines both taxpayer value and environmental outcomes, according to new research from the University of Exeter Business School. The government relies on flat-rate payments, offering the same subsidy per hectare to landowners regardless of how suitable their land is for afforestation.

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5 Actions to Enhance Shareholder Value in M&A Deals - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM EY

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from EY.

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UK SMEs Show Resilience Despite Economic Pressures

The Horizons Tracker

A recent survey highlights the mixed fortunes of Britains small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). While the broader economy shows signs of stabilizing, many SME owners remain cautious about the future, though determined to pursue growth. The survey, conducted by Allica Bank with over 450 SME owners, found that 72% feel running a business has become harder in the past year.

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Volvo Layoffs Follow Job Cuts at Its Novo Energy Battery Firm

HR Digest

The trend of layoffs is leaving no business unscathed. Auto tariffs have hit the country hard and economic uncertainties are coming for automakers both in and outside of the country. Layoffs at Volvo Cars have been confirmed, with 5% of workers expected to be cut from its Charleston Plant in Ridgeville. This is only the start of the job cuts as the company has a large-scale cost-cutting goal that will likely require further workforce reduction attempts at Volvo Cars.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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AI Writing Has Its Own Style

The Horizons Tracker

The rise of AI tools like ChatGPT has made it easy for anyone to generate text that looks like human writing. While much of this is harmless, schools are dealing with plagiarism, and bad actors are using these tools to spread misinformation. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a tool that can do more than just detect AI-generated writing.

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