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8 Habits of Mentally Balanced Leaders

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Facilitating a retreat for a group of fifteen men, all in their late 30’s and 40’s, all high level executives and all high achievers, an interesting topic arose. One of the men asked for help dealing with his wife who was complaining he worked too much. He wanted help in getting her to understand that […]. The post 8 Habits of Mentally Balanced Leaders appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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3 Ways To Stop Sleep Walking Through Your Leadership Legacy

Lead on Purpose

Guest article by Glain Roberts-McCabe “She was completely whole and yet never fully complete” ?Maquita Donyel Irvin One day, I was having lunch with John, a successful CEO of a national retailer.

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Women Need to Be Risk Aware Entrepreneurs

Women on Business

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Optimistic People

Career Advancement

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”. ~Nicholas M. Butler~. Sandra sighed in annoyance when Carlos, her coworker, who bounced into the office humming an upbeat tune. Their team had just lost a major client, and he seemed clueless about how that might affect the company. Over lunch, she vented her frustration to her great mentor —and to her surprise, her mentor told her that Carlos had exactly the right attitude.

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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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16 Signs You’re a Toxic Leader

Leadership Freak

The trouble with toxic leaders is they’re deadly and don’t know it. But if the truth be told, every leader smells at least a little. Every time toxicity gets its way, organizations lose.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Ant-Man And The Wasp

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return in the 20th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Ant-Man And The Wasp. In this outing, The Wasp (played by Evangeline Lilly) and her father Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) are in search of Janet Van Dyne (the original Wasp portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer), their mother/wife. Their search began anew when Scott Lang (Ant-Man) returned from the Quantum Realm, a feat thought impossible.

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Why Coaching is the Gap Even When People Don’t Know It

Kevin Eikenberry

I talk with leaders nearly every day, and often I hear strains of angst and consternation about problems with their teams and team members. There is nothing wrong with identifying problems or issues. Unfortunately, too often after describing a problem, the conversation shifts to blame, frustration, and surrender. When we feel as if there is […].

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Ways To Engage Employees

Coaching Tip

Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEO's, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. Yet, statistics over the past two decades continuously show that over two-thirds of all employees are "disengaged" at work. "Industry has been obsessed with measuring employee engagement," asserts author Dr.

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Corporate Leadership Development Requires Four Principles to Be Successful

The Regis Company

As the world becomes increasingly complex and unpredictable, global organizations typically respond by expanding their playbooks—they add new competencies, codify new processes, and train their leaders how to respond to new situations. In short, they try to define and teach the knowledge necessary for their people to succeed in every conceivable situation.

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Ways To Engage Employees

Coaching Tip

Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEO's, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. Yet, statistics over the past two decades continuously show that over two-thirds of all employees are "disengaged" at work. "Industry has been obsessed with measuring employee engagement," asserts author Dr.

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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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Essential Ingredients Every Business Needs

Strategy Driven

Unfortunately, you can’t simply launch a company and expect business to be booming overnight. There’s a framework you need to put in place, and essential ingredients you’ll want to include that will help you succeed and get through the rough times. It’s not a wise idea to move forward blindly without specifics in place from how you’re going to get from one point to the next.

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How To Make Better Decisions

Eric Jacobson

The book, The Decision Makeoever , by Mike Whitaker presents a fascinating look at decision making and the importance of decision size and timing. As you read the book, you'll gain a better understanding of: The power of decisions Why we make bad decisions How to deal with bad decisions How to deal with regret How to take control of decision making How goals and decisions can help each other Perhaps the most significant part of the book is the author's perspective on goals. " Knowing your goals

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Why I Don’t Always Give People an Answer

Ron Edmondson

I have a theory, which I practice often. I’ve been using it for many years – as a leader, father, a friend, and a pastor. It’s not always what people come looking to me for, but I think it’s the best practice. I don’t always give people answers. As a pastor, people came to me for answers. As a dad, my boys, now grown, often still come to me for answers.

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Five Tips For More Effective Brainstorming

Eric Jacobson

Your employees have lots of ideas. So, be sure you provide the forums and mechanisms for your employees to share their ideas with you. Hold at least a few brainstorming sessions each year, as well. And, when you are brainstorming with your employees, try these five tips : Encourage ALL ideas. Don't evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested.

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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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Book Review – The Mind at Work: Valuing the intelligence of the American Worker

Deming Institute

Guest post by Michael Godfried: planner and policy analyst in Washington State. Mike Rose is a wonderful writer with a host of books to his name. The Mind at Work: Valuing the intelligence of the American Worker (2004) looks at the mental dimension of work that is often dismissed as mindless. Rose provides vignettes of waitresses, hair stylists, plumbers, construction workers, welders and auto industry assembly line workers.

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What Not to Do When You’re Trying to Motivate Your Team

Harvard Business Review

H.Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images. When I speak to large groups about leadership, one question I often ask is, “How many of you have ever received a compliment from your boss that actually offended you?” Without exception, more than two-thirds of the people in the room raise their hands. When I probe further on what people found offensive about their boss’s praise, the most common responses I hear are “It wasn’t sincere” and “They didn’

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Are You a Ruthful Leader?

Lead Change Blog

The word “ruthless” means without “ruth” or “showing no compassion for another.” We have essentially lost the word “ruth” from our vernacular. Its origin comes from the Hebrew word meaning “a true friend.” Students of the Old Testament of the Bible instantly associate it with the heart-warming story of Ruth following her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Bethlehem when Naomi lost her husband.

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Are You Caught in a Loop? The root of behaviors that hijack your will to change.

Cooperperson

by As founder and Chief Learning Officer of Cooperperson Performance Consulting I’ve spent much of my 40 year career examining the ways in which the human will of intelligent, motivated, and seemingly successful Business Leaders can be captured by their own mental circuitry. Based on Neuroscience and reams of empirical data, I have discovered that one brain based mechanism underlies a wide range of self-limiting behaviors from over controlling to procrastination to need for approval.

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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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The Key to Preventing Generational Tension Is Remembering that Everyone Wants to Feel Valued

Harvard Business Review

Martin Barraud/Getty Images. I remember the first time I felt old as a manager — more than 10 years ago now. It was at a lunch with my new team, when I mentioned the first “45” I bought with my own money as a kid. One of my direct reports, who was 10 years younger than me, looked at me blank faced and asked, “What is a 45?” She had never seen the single-song vinyl record format.

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Why Women Volunteer for Tasks That Don’t Lead to Promotions

Harvard Business Review

Helen King/Getty Images. Here’s a work scenario many of us know too well: You are in a meeting and your manager brings up a project that needs to be assigned. It’s not particularly challenging work, but it’s time-consuming, unlikely to drive revenue, and probably won’t be recognized or included in your performance evaluation.