Tue.Aug 29, 2017

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Why Starting a Distribution Company Might Be Your Best Opportunity

Women on Business

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What does your heart think?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Many leaders got to where they are because they’re smart and had been successful in their work as individual contributors. When they become people leaders, they may continue to use their well-honed logical brain but forget that they are now leaders who also have to use their hearts in order to engage and inspire others. Luckily, science continues to help us to learn more about how our bodies have “little brains” in unexpected physical places.

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Building a Culture of Appreciation

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Paul White : Great leaders understand the value of showing appreciation to those whom they are leading. They realize, by building a culture where all team members feel valued and actively support one another, the goals of the organization will be reached more efficiently and not at the expense of wearing out all who are involved. Misguided leaders believe supporting and encouraging employees is a waste of time.

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Listening Skills for Leaders: 8 Ways to be Sure You Get the Message

RapidStart Leadership

Have you ever been in a situation where you had something to say, but people didn’t seem to be listening? How did that make you feel? I’m guessing your response would not include words like “understood,” or “respected.” Listening skills are are often overlooked in leaders and yet are so essential to our ability to lead. We’ll try to fix some of that today by giving you eight ways to be a better leader by listening.

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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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How to Best Navigate When It Comes to Leadership

Lead from Within

We’ve suffered far too much bad leadership in recent years. Many who call themselves leaders and hold leadership positions have conducted themselves like people who can’t find their own way, let alone lead others. That’s why we are looking for a kind of leader—one we can respect, one we trust and want to follow. The kind of leadership we’re looking for, like all great leadership, is grounded in character.

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Candor that Strengthens Relationships and Delivers Results

Leadership Freak

Set a tone of candor early in relationships. Let people know you’re frank, open, forthright, and kind from the moment you meet them.

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Team Building at a Distance

Kevin Eikenberry

I was recently asked, How do you handle team-building when you have a remote team? And the truth is we are getting asked this question more and more because leading remote employees is now a fact of life. Whether you lead one employee who works remotely or from home once a week or you lead […]. The post Team Building at a Distance appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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CANDOR THAT STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS AND DELIVERS RESULTS – Part Two

Leadership Freak

My habit is to quickly get to a substantive topic, even if I don’t know you. It lets people know that I have meaningful conversations. It’s who I am and what I do.

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Why You Should Take Your Consulting Firm Back to School

David A Fields

For the better part of two decades you entered a new course of formal education every year. That annual ritual probably ceased after you received your degree(s). Would reviving it elevate the success of your consulting firm? Absolutely.

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Caption Contest 2017.8 and a Winner Announced!

Chris Brady

We want to congratulate the winner of the recent Caption Contest 2017.7! Here is the winning entry: Jennifer Dibala said. “Choosing the location for the next major function.” Jennifer: Simply. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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 To Retain Employees

Eric Jacobson

I had the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Branham over the past few years. He's the author of the popular book called, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. He told me that in research that he has done about the leaders of companies that have won " Best-Place-To-Work " competitions in 45 U.S. cities, that there are six things these effective leaders do that don't cost money.

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Caption Contest 2017.8 and a Winner Announced!

Chris Brady

We want to congratulate the winner of the recent Caption Contest 2017.7! Here is the winning entry: Jennifer Dibala said. “Choosing the location for the next major function.” Jennifer: Simply. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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5 Things I Control as a Senior Leader

Ron Edmondson

Having planted two churches anc two revitalization churches I am frequently asked about what things do I try to control and which did I release to others. And, I love that question. I think its one all leaders need to ask themselves – frequently. The leadership lid you will always create is in whatever area you choose to control. I believe this strongly and it’s why I often discipline myself not to have an answer.

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Being Positive

Leadership and Change

Guest post by Graham Williams. “The frames our minds create define – and confine – what we perceive to be possible. Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view”. That is what Rosamund Stone & Benjamin Zander explain in their book The Art of. Read More.

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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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Can 10 Minutes of Meditation Make You More Creative?

Harvard Business Review

Photo by Toia Montes. In more and more occupations, creativity is part of the job description. Whether you are trying to reconcile conflicting stakeholder priorities, finding a solution to a customer’s issue, or launching a new product line, your solution probably won’t come out of a textbook. But it’s hard to keep having great ideas day after day.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Photo by Christine Roy. According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report , the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030 — and yet there will still be a shortage of skilled workers. The result is likely to be intensified global competition for talent. Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures.

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Stress Leads to Bad Decisions. Here’s How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business Review

A senior sales executive I’ll call Daniela was frustrated. She’d been working on delegating more to her team. To her dismay, many were struggling to take on the levels of freedom she’d offered — even though they’d asked for more responsibility. Exasperated, she vented to me, “I thought delegating was supposed to free me up to do more of my own job.

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