Thu.May 28, 2020

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How To Disrupt the Disruption and Help Your Team Move Forward

Let's Grow Leaders

You wouldn’t have wished for this ridiculous, unprecedented disruption. But if you’re like many leaders I talk with, this stressful period has also been surprisingly energizing. Until it wasn’t. You’re proud of your team. They’ve been working round the clock on a […]. The post How To Disrupt the Disruption and Help Your Team Move Forward appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading Thoughts for May 28, 2020

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. Chief Technology Officer at Better.com, Erik Bernhardsson on ruthless prioritization: “What I have come to believe is that: prioritization is the most value creating activity in any company. Generating ideas and executing things is of course also important!

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Change Your Paradigm

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Luis Pedroza : Don’t be complacent. Always challenge your assumptions, especially when entering a new market or consumer segment. History is filled with examples of successful brands that became too complacent and then obsolete. Underwood, Kodak, Walkman, Blackberry, Vertu, and Blockbuster are just some of the brands that now cease to be relevant.

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Dissatisfaction isn’t the Problem – How to Handle Dissatisfaction

Leadership Freak

If you aren’t currently disappointed with someone or something, you will be soon. Aspiration is dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction is inevitable. Collecting unhappiness is a choice. Make dissatisfaction useful before it suffocates effectiveness.

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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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An Effective Leader Leads by Influence, not Authority

Lead on Purpose

A successful leader leads by influence, not by wielding authority.

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ARE YOU A WHOLE LEADER?

The Regis Company

We’ve all had an experience working with a boss whose technical skills are unquestionably impressive, but whose social fluency could use some work. Or perhaps we’ve had a colleague who creates a positive team dynamic, but whose subject matter expertise is limited. While both of these individuals bring value to the workplace, they lack the well-rounded skill set that defines an effective modern leader.

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5 Steps for Starting Your Own Manufacturing Business

Strategy Driven

Starting a new manufacturing business can be a daunting prospect, but if you pull it off, there can be great rewards. One of the most important things is that you don’t rush into it without being ready, and this means careful planning is needed. These five steps for starting a successful manufacturing business can help you on your way. 1. Planning. You can’t just go into business and hope things will fall into place, because they invariably won’t.

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Is Covid Bringing Communities Together?

The Horizons Tracker

There is a distinct sense that as the coronavirus has spread the world, that communities have united in the fight against it. New research from McGill University highlights how this is very much the case in Canada, with even the political world uniting in the battle. “We know that public opinion tends to become polarized on highly salient issues, except when political leaders are in consensus.

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When your annual plan goes off the rails, how does your organization react?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: When your annual plan goes off the rails, how does your organization react? We try desperately and in vain to make the plan happen. 13% We keep the plan but accept that we’ll fail. 6.3% We tweak the plan and do the best that we can. 66% We disregard the plan and write an entirely new one. 14.6% Are tweaks enough? When bad things happen to good strategic and annual plans, the vast majority of you say you “tweak it and do the best you can.

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The Technological And Psychological Challenges Of Working From Home

The Horizons Tracker

With the coronavirus outbreak sending millions of workers to their home offices, commentators have been sharing tips on how best to maintain productivity while working remotely. As someone who works remotely most of the time, one element I’m acutely aware of is the importance of robust internet access. This was extenuated when my home internet went down just as the outbreak here in the UK was gathering steam, but with so many more people working from home, the question of internet reliabi

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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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A Secret Learned in Church Revitalization – (This is HUGE)

Ron Edmondson

Some of the most vocal opponents to changes we made in church revitalization were simply rule-followers. That’s huge insight. Don’t miss this. These people liked to know we were obeying the written and approved structure of the church. When we didn’t follow them exactly they objected. Sometimes loudly. Often in ALL CAPS. Let me give you one example.

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The Alter Ego Effect

Roundtable Talk

By: Todd Herman Reviewed by: Liyana Johan The Premise: Todd Herman is a high-performance coach for ambitious people who want to achieve outrageous goals. He’s coached athletes, entrepreneurs, leaders, and companies that have become internationally known. In The Alter Ego Effect, Todd shows readers how to tap into the human imagination to create hidden versions […].

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How This Crisis Will Change the Future Of Leadership

Lead from Within

Every crisis, large or small, influences the way we lead because it causes us to stop, recalibrate, and innovate. A global crisis of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic brings wide-ranging changes—changes that not only affect a single organization or industry or nation but that cause us to rebuild the way we think about leadership. Here are some of the things the pandemic is teaching us about the future of leadership: We will need leaders who know how to show presence without being physically pre

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Startup vs. Pandemic: Farmgirl Flowers’ Fight for Survival

Harvard Business Review

How founder Christina Stembel navigated difficult emotions and impossible decisions during the Covid-19 lockdown.

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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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Career Reinvention

Harvard Business Review

Dear HBR: answers your questions with the help of Harvard professor Monica Higgins.

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8 Questions Employers Should Ask About Reopening

Harvard Business Review

Timing is everything.

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Why Women Are the Future of B2B Sales

Harvard Business Review

The selling environment is shifting toward their strengths.

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How to Monitor Your Employees — While Respecting Their Privacy

Harvard Business Review

First, ask yourself whether it’s really necessary.

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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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Upgrade Your Pricing Strategy to Match Consumer Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Three hacks based on behavioral science.

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Graduates, Position Yourselves to Get Hired

Harvard Business Review

You don’t have to feel stuck.

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How Planview Became Its Own Case Study in Agile Transformation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PLANVIEW

Harvard Business Review

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