Wed.Jul 22, 2020

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Pluralism: 9 Elements Required For Ethical Leadership

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Pluralism is required in our leadership thinking because it drives how we treat people and make decisions. It's the mindset required for important ethical leadership responsibilities such as respect, inclusion, and cultural awareness.

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How To Preserve Dignity And Build Trust

Lead Change Blog

Face is the new social currency of our time. Face represents one’s self-esteem, self-worth, identity, reputation, status, pride, and dignity. The more face you have, the easier and faster you can get things done. “Saving face” is a universal concept that enables you to connect with people, break down barriers, and build trust and long-term relationships.

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Timely Leadership Advice for Unprecedented Times: Courageous Cultures Press Release

Let's Grow Leaders

As workplaces are adapting to sudden and unprecedented changes due to the global pandemic, leaders must find new strengths within their teams. Leadership experts Karin Hurt and David Dye release a timely new book of practical steps leaders can take to adapt […]. The post Timely Leadership Advice for Unprecedented Times: Courageous Cultures Press Release appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Is Your Leadership Lacking This Critical Element During The COVID-19 Crisis?

Tanveer Naseer

Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic has created unexpected hardships and uncertainty. It’s also amplified issues many leaders have failed to adequately address. In this latest edition of Leadership Espresso Shot, I delve into one of these leadership blindspots and reveal why leaders can no longer afford to put it on. Click to continue reading.

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Individual Development Plan Template

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!

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When Visions Collide

Joseph Lalonde

Every leader knows how important a vision is to leading an organization. The vision you cast is the pathway to success. Creating your vision is easy if you’re the only person on your team. Or your team is still small. Grow your team? Then creating a vision everyone can get onboard with becomes harder. It […] The post When Visions Collide appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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How to Downsize Office Space and Cut Business Costs

Women on Business

Brought to you by Safestore: Most entrepreneurs want to see their businesses grow but gone are the days when big business meant a massive office in a key area of the city. In many major cities, real estate comes with prohibitive costs, so office space can be a large expense even for profitable businesses, not […].

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7 Ways to Maximize Talented Naysayers

Leadership Freak

It offends me when “good” ideas are resisted and rejected. Anyone who explains what won’t work before considering how it might work is a resistant, naysaying, uncommitted footdragger.

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What’s Keeping You Up at Night? A Lot of Uncertainty, Survey Finds

leaderCommunicator

Amid Pandemic, Employee Concerns Command Leader Attention. The Grossman Group recently conducted a survey of dozens of leaders and communicators, asking a frank question: “What’s keeping you up at night?”. It turns out that the answer was essentially, “a lot!” Here’s a sampling of one respondent who summed up the wide-ranging concerns in a hospital setting: “I work in healthcare in NYC.

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Significance of Emotional and Psychological Openness in Leaders

CEO Insider

Leaders need to be real. Of course, leaders should set clear business goals, find the best people to get the job done and reflect upon what worked, what didn’t and how to be better next time. But while those technical aspects of corporate management are important, it’s even more so that leaders are truly human. Here’s what […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Significance of Emotional and Psychological Openness in Leaders are those of the author Rob Lynch alon

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Reasons we get stuck (and what to do about them)

Anese Cavanaugh

I'm considering starting up a podcast or some kind of weekly "live" on Instagram or LinkedIn (possibly both for the different platforms, email or DM me if you have a preference). We're currently exploring what feels congruent and most useful for people and, in the meantime, I'm playing with the content and pathways that work best for the two groups.

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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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Tutoring Can Close Any Equality Gaps In Online Schooling

The Horizons Tracker

As the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted the majority of education online, concerns have been raised about the inequalities this might produce, as children from poorer families lack the tools and environment to thrive in such a setting. A recent experiment from Harvard Kennedy School explored how a low-cost online homework tutoring program that utilized university students as tutors could help to close any achievement gaps that may have emerged during the pandemic.

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Leading With A Story

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

In this episode of Innovating Leadership Maureen Metcalf, thoughtLEADERS Principal, sits down to discuss with Paul Smith, a fellow thoughtLEADERS Managing Director, about the power of stories. Paul talks with Maureen about his perspective and thought process on the power of story for leaders. He shares his insights about what works, why it works and how you will be more effective as a leader if you master the use of story as one of your skills.

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What Flight Data Can Tell Us About Economic Health

The Horizons Tracker

One of the more incredible visual aspects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the reduction in activity illustrated on global flight maps. What would ordinarily be a crazy mismash of planes zipping around the world has been a much more sparsely populated picture in recent months, as people’s travel activities have been hugely curtailed by the lockdown procedures most governments have enacted to tackle the spread of the virus.

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4 Ways Learning and Development Ignites or Impedes Culture Shift

The Practical Leader

Recently I delivered a virtual keynote presentation to a national forum of senior executives on leading change and culture development. During these crazy times, strong leadership is more critical than ever. A central focus of the forum was the pivotal role of learning and development in change efforts. I presented four points that generated a lively debate in a panel of change experts and seasoned executives.

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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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HR Reference Letter Templates – Sample Letters

HR Digest

A human resource reference or HR recommendation letter states the characteristics, skills, achievements, and qualities of a candidate seeking employment in an HR position. An HR reference letter tells an organization why the candidate is best suited for the position. The referee plays a supervisory role in issuing the reference letter. The referee can be any person- a former employer, co-worker, professor, or a lecturer.

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5 Unique Coaching and Consulting Offerings from Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

One way my coaching and consulting is unique in that I don’t come to you with a script. I can create a script, but have never found that as helpful when someone does that for me. Therefore, I coach like I lead, which means I let you write the script. But I have a few unique offerings. I’m especially interested in helping you with: Pastor/Minister Search Teams.

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Don’t Work on Vacation. Seriously.

Harvard Business Review

Research shows it’s not worth it.

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New Platform Launched To Support Deep Tech Entrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

Entrepreneurship is one of those things that people often think you either have or you don’t. It’s not something you can learn in a classroom but that’s forged in the marketplace. A few years ago I covered a study that examined this in more detail. It suggests that it is very much a skill that can be learned, with the ability to think in an entrepreneurial way something that exists within most of us, even if we don’t know it.

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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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HBR Readers on Juggling Work and Kids… in a Pandemic

Harvard Business Review

18 working parents share how they’ve been getting by.

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5 Tips for Managing an Underperformer — Remotely

Harvard Business Review

You may actually handle the situation more effectively from afar.

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