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Situational Mindsets: How To Boost Critical Thinking And Deliver Results

Lead Change Blog

Making the right call at the right time depends on dynamic contextual factors. But knowing how to set the right goals and make the right call is increasingly challenging. Situational Mindsets presents an entirely new framework for reading current realities and provides practical tools to critically analyze our changing and complex environment. Mary Lippitt, author of Situational Mindsets , presents a business fable describing how a new Sales VP deploys the model to reinvigorate sales, unite her

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How Psychological Safety Can Fuel Growth And Drive Innovation In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

Psychological safety in today’s workplaces has been garnering a lot of attention as leaders and organizations look for ways to boost productivity and retention in their workplace. But is our understanding of this concept too narrow? Are we missing out on real opportunities to not just fuel engagement and collaboration, Click to continue reading.

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Are You Ignoring Your Superpower?

Joseph Lalonde

Before I start this post, I want to say happy birthday to my beautiful bride. She turned 24 again for the umpteenth time yesterday. She’s a pillar of love and strength in our home. I love her more than I could ever convey. And, if you think this is a strange way to start a […] The post Are You Ignoring Your Superpower? appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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5 Steps to Build a Disruption Proof Business Model

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robbie Kellman Baxter : In the past few years, we have seen what we thought of as “disruption proof” businesses get disrupted by new and unexpected competitors. Banks, by Paypal, Venmo, and ApplePay. Taxis by Uber & Lyft. Hotels by AirBnB. More recently in the wake of the novel coronavirus, we have seen a second wave of disruption coming from outside forces, rather than competition.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

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.

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COVID-19 Response: 12 Resources for Business

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton It's important to understand the business impact of the Coronavirus challenge when making critical business decisions. A sound understanding of the situation combined with ethical values will help us make leadership decisions that will be good for our customers and the long-term viability of our business.

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How to Spot and Avoid Chronic Dissatisfaction

Leadership Freak

Dissatisfaction in reasonable doses motivates improvement. Chronic dissatisfaction contaminates environments and teams. The chronically dissatisfied shrink the future with complaint and criticism. Chronically dissatisfied people: #1. Need you to make them happy.

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Aim Higher: Making Failure Fantastic with Mark Sanborn

Skip Prichard

Turn Failure to Success. How do you define providing great service for your customers? Would you say something like, “We give our customers 100% of what they ask for, 100% of the time!”. “Leadership is the ability to help people and organizations surpass themselves.” – Mark Sanborn. Well, I don’t think that’s enough. And I’m not talking about a phony statement like, “We give 110%” or “We go the extra mile!

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Cost Of Living A Key Concern For Top Talent

The Horizons Tracker

The cost of living in urban areas is proving a significant drain on the efforts of companies to attract the talent they need. That was the message from a new report from engineering recruitment company Terminal. The report found that the United States was losing its pre-eminence as a tech location, in large part because of the cost of living in the major tech hubs.

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How to Successfully Organize Virtual Events

Strategy Driven

Organizing a virtual event requires the utmost care and attention. You need to promote the event, engage participants, create memorable moments for everyone present, and eventually prove that the event was a success. In this article, we’ll provide some tips for organizing successful and memorable virtual events. What Virtual Event Organizing Entails.

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How Wealth And Race Affects Covid Risks

The Horizons Tracker

There has long been a suspicion that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a very unequal impact across society, with ethnic minorities more likely to suffer the health implications, and the poor more likely to suffer the economic implications. New research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests things are even worse than feared. Their study of the socioeconomic impact of the virus found that wealth, as determined by one’s liquid assets, significantly affected the chances that you would

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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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Your New Leader 100-Day Action Plan

Eric Jacobson

There are seven major onboarding land mines that you are likely to come across as a new leader and there are specific points in the first 100 days where you are most likely to encounter them, explain authors: George Brant Jayme A. Check Jorge Pedraza.in their third edition of, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan. Ill-prepared, without a plan, and lacking proper onboarding, the land mines will get you.

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How to Develop Resiliency During Times of Stress

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Finding ways to be resilient during difficult times is a key factor in what makes a strong leader. Today’s post is by Maureen Metcalf, a thoughtLEADERS principal. Resilience is a key factor in leadership success during times of stress. Our ability to manage our own energy and thinking have a significant impact on our ability to deliver personally and on our ability to inspire our followers.

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How Driverless Cars Can Function Even In Snow

The Horizons Tracker

Credit: MIT CSAIL. Driverless technology has traditionally struggled in bad weather, due in part to the way road markings are obscured from the cameras used to orient and navigate the vehicles. New research from MIT’s CSAIL lab aims to overcome these challenges by adopting a different approach to the LIDAR-based approach most vehicles used today.

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Frost & Sullivan Honors Leading Organizations in Asia-Pacific in an Inaugural Virtual Ceremony for the 2020 Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards

CEO Insider

Frost & Sullivan honored Asia-Pacific’s leading companies at the 18th annual Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards on 8 July in an inaugural virtual awards ceremony. A total of 15 awards were presented to organizations for elevating performance benchmarks and for their outstanding achievements in the industry. These awards were segmented across six major sectors: Automotive Energy […].

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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7 Mistakes New Leaders Often Make, But Should Avoid

Ron Edmondson

Numerous times throughout my more than 35 years leadership career I’ve been the new guy. Navigating those early days in a new leadership role is critically important. Much of our future success as leaders is determined by how well we start. It is more difficult to regain momentum for our leadership if it is lost or never begins early. (Part of my consulting practice is helping new leaders launch well.

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7 Strategies for Promoting Collaboration in a Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Research-based advice for leaders.

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Research: Only 10% of Joint Venture Board Members Are Women

Harvard Business Review

JVs are subject to far less public exposure — and fewer quotas and disclosure requirements — than other businesses.

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Research: Poor Health Reduces Global GDP by 15% Each Year

Harvard Business Review

The pandemic has demonstrated that rapid health care transformation is possible — and 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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Working Parents, Your Family Needs a “Board of Directors”

Harvard Business Review

Assemble trusted advisors for every aspect of your life.

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How to Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues

Harvard Business Review

A four-step framework.

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