Leading Blog
AUGUST 8, 2023
I F YOU WANT to change your culture, you need to change the stories that the people in your organization share with each other. Jay B. Barney, Manoel Amorim, and Carlos Júlio write in The Secret of Culture Change that these culture-changing stories are the secret of culture change. If you want to change your organization’s culture, start by building stories.
Modern Servant Leader
AUGUST 8, 2023
“To really understand someone, you need to walk a mile in their shoes.” That sounds nice, but it’s wrong. To really understand someone, we need to walk a mile in their muddy boots. Let me explain…. When you ask someone how they’re doing, what is a typical response? Do they tell you their struggles and pains? Or do you get pretty pictures, rosy responses, and even simplistic, “fine” or “good” answers?
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Women on Business
AUGUST 8, 2023
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Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
Navigating the business landscape with a large fleet is a daunting task filled with countless challenges, from managing fuel expenses to ensuring timely maintenance. An efficient fleet is a crucial cornerstone of any logistics-based business, and maximizing productivity while keeping costs under control can directly translate into increased profits.
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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.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
When you’re running a business, it’s imperative that you maintain a focused and productive workforce. As a business leader, this is arguably one of your most important jobs, because it can define the success or failure of your company. After all, if your team members aren’t pulling in the right direction, or if they feel like they want to leave the company at the first opportunity, then you’re hardly going to be running a successful enterprise.
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Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
As any restaurateur knows, the success of a dining establishment hinges not just on the quality of the food but equally on the performance of the staff. A well-trained team not only ensures a smooth operation but also creates a pleasant dining experience that encourages customers to return. This article delves into the different aspects of staff training that can lead to a successful and profitable dining business.
HR Digest
AUGUST 8, 2023
Recognizing the significance of reproductive care, Amazon, the global e-commerce giant, has taken a bold step to enhance employee wellness and family building by offering reproductive care services to its employees. Through a strategic partnership with Maven Clinic, Amazon is committed to providing comprehensive support for its employees and their families across the globe. 1.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
Starting a retail shop comes with excitement, adventure, and challenges. And as a founder or entrepreneur, you’ll want your shop to stand out from the rest. However, with a lot of competition in the retail market, how do you make your brand unique and noticeable? This blog post will give tips to help your startup retail shop stand out. Create a Unique Brand Identity The first step to making your retail shop stand out is to create a unique brand identity.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
AUGUST 8, 2023
Learning to ask the right questions in the right way is a key technique for surfacing blindspots that can easily be overlooked. The best leaders know that the questions they ask are as important as the answers they provide. Today’s post is by Robert Bruce Shaw, author of Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter ( CLICK HERE to get your copy).
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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
David A Fields
AUGUST 8, 2023
Dagnabit, there’s someone slowing down your consulting firm! More than one someone, in fact—multiple someones conspiring to suppress growth, pillage productivity and wipe out your hidden chocolate stash. And, worst of all, you know the rascals. They’re you. You’re the leader of your consulting firm and you may also be the biggest obstacle to its … Continued The post 3 People Reducing Productivity at Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.
Lead from Within
AUGUST 8, 2023
Leadership skills are highly sought after and are essential for professionals in all types of leadership roles, such as team leader, project supervisor, and business executive. To be a great leader in the workplace, it is necessary to have strong leadership skills. Here are ten proven strategies that can help you achieve leadership success: Build a “we” culture instead of a “me” focused leadership: Successful leaders recognize that it takes a team to achieve success.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
The oilfield services industry (OFS) encompasses all products and services related to oil exploration and extraction. These include seismic testing, directional services for drillers, transport services, and more. It’s important to have strong problem-solving skills in this field. Many positions require physical strength and stamina. It’s also good to have a wide variety of technical knowledge.
Eric Jacobson
AUGUST 8, 2023
The new book, Thrive With A Hybrid Workplace , provides a way forward to understand the changing world of work, to dispense of old biases, and to establish trust between the enterprise, its leaders, and its employees. “Our goal is to provide organizations, leaders, and employees with guidance as to how to sort through what feels like a ping-pong argument about whether to embrace a hybrid workplace, explain the authors Felice B.
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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2023
The idea of appearing professional might seem strange when you’re already an active business interacting with customers and providing them with what they need. Surely, at this point, you’ve already proved that you’re professional enough? Well, you have new audiences to convince outside the one that you currently have access to — and if you’re not appearing at your absolute best, they might assume that your competitors are the more reliable brand for the job.
Chartered Management Institute
AUGUST 8, 2023
Article: CMI Highlights – 9 August Wednesday 09 August 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Management achieving results in the NHS, new flexible working guidance and weight discrimination at work 9 August View all 2023 CMI Highlights Dear all, It’s often said that the problem with the NHS is “too many managers”.
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 8, 2023
AI-based tools have seldom been hotter news after the launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm earlier this year. Research from Stanford University set out to explore whether AI’s capabilities extend to persuading people of alternative political points of view. The objective was to investigate the extent of AI’s political influence by examining its capacity to sway actual human beings on current pressing social matters, including but not limited to a ban on assault weapons, the impl
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 8, 2023
One of my favorite things to say in an idea-generation meeting is, “ Let’s invent now. We can always tweak later.” One of the worst dream-killers is finding all the reasons something won’t work before you even decide if you’re going to do it. I remember reading once that the can opener came almost 50 years after the tin can. Apparently, it takes time for innovation to ultimately find it’s true destination.
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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.
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 8, 2023
According to some estimates, the global economy suffers a significant impact due to poor mental health among employees, resulting in companies losing about $1 trillion each year in productivity. This figure is projected to increase in the future. However, the efforts made by employers to address mental health issues may be having unintended negative consequences.
Roundtable Talk
AUGUST 8, 2023
Tomorrow marks The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, which raises awareness and protects the rights of the world’s Indigenous population. This year’s theme is Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination. In January 2023, The Roundtable, the Indigenous Training Corporation Inc, 3Coze and Parachute Executive Coaching combined efforts and set an ambitious … Empowering Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change Read More » The post Empowering
Rich Gee Group
AUGUST 8, 2023
Picture this: Jennifer, a project manager in a mid-sized tech company, was once struggling to meet her quarterly targets. She often felt overwhelmed with the magnitude of changes she believed she needed to implement to impress her superiors. Then, Jennifer came across the idea of the 1% improvement strategy. Instead of making giant leaps, she made tiny adjustments to her routine, workflow, and team dynamics.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2023
If you’re a senior professional who has decided to change careers, how will you compete in a new field with younger competition? Will prospective employers immediately dismiss you as a candidate because you’re overqualified? The author presents four strategies to use if you’re preparing to switch gears later in your career: 1) Own your age enthusiastically; 2) Identify multigenerational connections within your network; 3) Be prepared to 10X your job search; and 4) Practice your answers to tough
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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.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
AUGUST 8, 2023
Some people think you learn the difference between right and wrong in some magical way. Others think schools or houses of worship are where morality and values should be taught. The truth is, if you don’t accept responsibility for shaping the moral character of the next generation, you’re leaving it all up to chance. That’s a recipe for disaster. Morality affects everything we do.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2023
Many companies go about investor relations all wrong, pitching their companies and plans to whatever audience they can and hoping some shareholders will buy in. This approach wastes time and valuable resources building relationships with the wrong shareholders who do not bring the right competencies, connections, and commitment to a business. Managers tasked with investor relations often believe their role is to “sell” the business — or the strategy the company pursues — with the sole goal of re
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 8, 2023
According to the latest democracy report by the Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem Institute) at the University of Gothenburg, there are currently more closed autocracies than liberal democracies in the world, marking the first time this has happened in two decades. However, the report also highlights that the future is not entirely bleak, and there is some positive news amidst this trend.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2023
How Molson Coors formulated its strategy for entering the cannabis beverages business.
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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.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2023
A conversation with Kapor Capital’s founders on what drives them and their investment choices.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2023
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