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Leading Thoughts for December 2, 2021

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. Amelia Dunlop on elevating the human experience: “Elevating the human experience is about acknowledging intrinsic worth as a human and nurturing growth through love. Sometimes the person we need to see most worthy of love is ourselves.

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5 Leadership Lessons My Battle With COVID-19 Taught Me About Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

We’ve been battling COVID-19 for a long time now. There was talk of two weeks to flatten the curve. It’s now been close to two years. It doesn’t feel like we’re any closer to winning the battle against COVID. I had a personal battle with COVID-19 in October of 2021. I had just run my […].

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Educate Your People To Build A Solid Team.

Rich Gee Group

"You know your job — just do it!" Most managers forget that educating your troops is an ongoing process. Great leaders build a learning journey for every team member who reports to them. Success relies on the consistent growth of your team, expanding their knowledge base and experience. That approach is what keeps everyone happy and engaged (and not leaving for another firm).

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7 Rules for Overhelpful Leaders

Leadership Freak

Don’t hand the ball to a person who habitually drops it. Turbulent days have enough frustrations of their own. Don’t enable people to frustrate you.

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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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Do You Need To Educate Your People To Build A Better Team?

Rich Gee Group

"You know your job — just do it!" Most managers forget that educating your troops is an ongoing process. Great leaders build a learning journey for every team member who reports to them. Success relies on the consistent growth of your team, expanding their knowledge base and experience. That approach is what keeps everyone happy and engaged (and not leaving for another firm).

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Mobility Is A Good Thing, So Don’t Scrimp On Employee Development

The Horizons Tracker

Prior to the Covid pandemic, burnout levels were already sufficient enough for the World Health Organisation to declare it an occupational disease. Indeed, survey data from the University of Phoenix revealed that around half of us have suffered from burnout at work. It’s a situation that has gotten worse during the pandemic, with data from OC Tanner suggesting a 15% growth in burnout, with a disgraceful 81% of employees at the worst organizations suffering from it.

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Covid Saw A Boost In Online Learning Among Women

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid period has generally speaking been a difficult one for women. While labor market participation among women had been steadily rising in the decades leading up to the pandemic, it fell dramatically during it, with participation rates in America falling to levels last seen in 1987. What’s more, data from UN Women highlights how the pandemic set back equality in other ways too, not least due to a care burden that the organization argued created a real risk of reverting to gender ste

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How to Talk About Strengths and Weaknesses in an Interview

HR Digest

One of the most commonly asked interview questions experienced by most people or will experience at some point is “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” . When asked what are your strengths and weaknesses during a job interview, you shouldn’t answer with “I’m a perfectionist” or “I work too hard.” Those answers may seem like compliments, but they’re red flags for hiring managers. .

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Laypeople Prove As Effective At Spotting Fake News As Professionals

The Horizons Tracker

The fight against misinformation has been crucial in recent years, with the Covid crisis literally making it a matter of life and death. Platforms have traditionally been deploying a mixture of AI-based tools and human moderators to try and weed out misinformation and prevent it from spreading. Research from MIT suggests that laypeople can play a crucial role and proved as effective as professional fact-checkers in spotting fake news. “One problem with fact-checking is that there is just

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Do You Say “Good Job Team” Enough? Why Recognition from Leaders Matter

Niagara Institute

A simple “thank you” or “good job team” is a powerful leadership tool. Yet, recognition and appreciation for employees and teams can quickly be forgotten or abandoned when things at work get stressful or chaotic. This is unfortunate given that this is when your employees need it from you the very most.

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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 Brain on Work: How Stress Hijacks Your Health and Happiness

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Stress is part of our everyday lives. We can either control it or let it control us. The difference between those two situations is how we manage our “alarm” and our reactions to the daily stressors we face. Today’s post is by Jon Wortmann, thoughtLEADERS instructor and author of Hijacked by Your Brain. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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20+ Strengths and Weakness for Job Interviews

HR Digest

One of the most commonly asked interview questions experienced by most people or will experience at some point is “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” . When asked what are your strengths and weaknesses during a job interview, you shouldn’t answer with “I’m a perfectionist” or “I work too hard.” Those answers may seem like compliments, but they’re red flags for hiring managers. .

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What is your biggest obstacle to delegating more of what you do?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: What is your biggest obstacle to delegating more of what you do? No issues — I’m great at delegating 21.98% I’m afraid they won’t do the task correctly 15.48% I don’t have the resources to delegate to 34.52% I don’t have time to teach them the task. It’s faster if I do it 19.28% I enjoy my work and don’t want others to take it from me 4.48% Something else prevents me from delegating 4.26% Delegation challenges.

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Season’s Greetings: What to Write in Holiday Cards for Clients & Employees

HR Digest

As the holiday season knocks at the door, we wonder what to write in a Christmas card. We may need to write holiday cards for clients and Christmas greetings to staff. No matter what kind of Christmas card we need to write, we need some help in this kind of writing. . Here, we present the best holiday card messages that are the most appropriate for this holiday season.

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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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The Great Resignation: Is the Answer Empathy?

Roundtable Talk

If there is one thing that the past 18 or so months has taught us it’s the need for human connection. While empathy has always been a critical skill for leaders, it is taking on a new level of meaning and priority as we’ve seen each other struggle as lives have been collectively turned upside … The Great Resignation: Is the Answer Empathy? Read More » The post The Great Resignation: Is the Answer Empathy?

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Navigating Cybersecurity Risks in International Trade

Harvard Business Review

Rules — and anxieties — vary from country to country.

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What Time of Day Are You Most Charismatic?

Harvard Business Review

Research suggests that understanding your circadian rhythms can help you become a better leader.

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Designing a Seamless Digital Experience for Customers

Harvard Business Review

Beware these four common misconceptions.

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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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5 Skills Public Health Officials Need to Combat the Next Pandemic

Harvard Business Review

Lessons from leaders of New York City’s Covid-19 response.

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Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’

Harvard Business Review

Put people at the center of your company’s purpose and declare your “interdependence”

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