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5 Ways Leaders Can Maintain Momentum This Summer

Lead Change Blog

The summer months can signal the death knell for a business unless managed properly. As leaders and business owners, we all know that it is important for us and our team members to have balanced life; but have you ever stopped to consider how the summer months can literally kill the momentum in your business? Think about an aircraft. It uses a large proportion of its fuel to simply get off the ground.

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More Human: My Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership (Part 1)

Terry Starbucker

Leadership is one of my life’s great passions – and I’m pleased to share with you my journey (in three parts in 3 weeks) to what I consider to be the heart of great More Human leadership – the success trifecta. A successful company, A happy team, And a fulfilled YOU. It’s what happens when a leader gets off their pedestal, and makes critical human connections.

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6 Ways to Learn and Grow Your Career for Free

Women on Business

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How to Improve Your To-Do List

Kevin Eikenberry

You fall into one of two camps: you make to-do lists, or you don’t. If you are a to-do list person, what I am going to share with you today will instantly make your list more helpful and enable you to get more done. If you aren’t a to-do list person, read on, because this […]. The post How to Improve Your To-Do List appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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How to Get the Most from Chapter Four

Leadership Freak

The six chapters in the leader’s journey are: Believe you can make a difference. Engage in leading. Learn leadership skills and behaviors. Respond to adversity and disappointment with openness and resolve. Humility. Kindness.

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Closed Loop - How to make a Quality Product

CEO Blog

I am coaching a newer company on how to produce high quality products. I figured it was easier to write this blog entry where it might have use to other people than just send it in an email to them. One lesson I learned years ago by going through ISO9000 certification is closed loop. Every failure needs to be analyzed and the root cause solved. Simply fixing the problem for one customer is not enough.

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CONSCIOUS

Coaching Tip

We live in a world of accelerating change that we can either tune out and avoid, or evolve with, lead and transform by awakening and expanding our minds with heightened awareness. In "CONSCIOUS: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life" author and psychologist Bob Rosen, PhD and Emma-Kate Swann argue that the state of mind most needed today is not mindfulness,which recharges us, but an awareness that can empower us to adapt to and even lead change.

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Empowering Leadership: Fostering Growth in Teams and Individuals

CO2

Embarking on the journey of parenthood, I’ve discovered striking similarities between raising my 7-month-old daughter and the principles of empowering leadership. These experiences echo the foundations of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), highlighting the universal needs for Autonomy, Belonging, and Competence. This article delves into these elements, demonstrating their relevance in both family and professional settings, and the role of executive coaching in enhancing empowering leadership

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CONSCIOUS

Coaching Tip

We live in a world of accelerating change that we can either tune out and avoid, or evolve with, lead and transform by awakening and expanding our minds with heightened awareness. In "CONSCIOUS: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life" author and psychologist Bob Rosen, PhD and Emma-Kate Swann argue that the state of mind most needed today is not mindfulness,which recharges us, but an awareness that can empower us to adapt to and even lead change.

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Newborn to Leader – the ABCs of Internal Motivation

CO2

By: John Sandahl What do leading a team and raising a newborn have in common? I’m a new father of a beautiful 7-month-old daughter, and she is already doing things and learning faster than I thought possible. As I watch her grow, I’m struck by how she, in her very baby way, is looking for the same things as the executives and leaders that I coach. Simply put, she (and everyone) wants: Autonomy, Belonging, Competence (and Meaning) The “ABCs” of internal motivation are universally true to the huma

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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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Healthcare Management: The Top Strategies You’ll See In 2018

Strategy Driven

While there have been numerous developments over the years in different industries, the healthcare sector has not been left behind. Both technological and policy advancements have brought significant changes to this horizon. Most of these changes have helped better the services and competence of the healthcare industry. In 2018, more business strategies have been put in place intended to complement the benefits of the industry.

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Newborn to Leader – the ABCs of Internal Motivation

CO2

By: John Sandahl. What do leading a team and raising a newborn have in common? I’m a new father of a beautiful 7-month-old daughter, and she is already doing things and learning faster than I thought possible. As I watch her grow, I’m struck by how she, in her very baby way, is looking for the same things as the executives and leaders that I coach. Simply put, she (and everyone) wants: Autonomy, Belonging, Competence (and Meaning).

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Leadership Caffeine™—The Mess is the Opportunity

Management Excellence

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The Biggest Benefits of Ongoing Staff Training for Your Business

Strategy Driven

As a business owner, you will know how important your staff is to help you grow your business and create good relationships with your customers. However, some companies can be slow to implement the right training that can develop and grow their employees while also keeping their business secure. If you can keep your staff trained in the latest procedures and techniques, then you can get the most from them and also add new opportunities to your business.

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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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Leadership Quotes From The Book, Leading With GRIT

Eric Jacobson

In addition to Laurie Sudbrink 's, Leading With GRIT , being a great book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes. Here are some of my favorites: Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are - Kurt Cobain The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect - Alex Elle You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - H arper Lee People only see what they are prepared to see

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The Neuroscience of Deming by JW Wilson

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows JW Wilson’s presentation, The Neuroscience of Deming, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. In a previous post I wrote about this presentation which included a couple clips from the presentation. Now we have the full presentation on our YouTube channel: Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation.

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What’s the Right Structure for Our Church to Grow?

Ron Edmondson

What’s the right structure for our church? I’ve received that question by email, at conferences, and from pastors I have met. They want to know how to grow their church and what structure is best for them to accomplish it. I understand. It’s a great question – and one we should be asking. Such as the the following email I received.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Equalizer 2

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall in the Equalizer 2. Robert serves as an avenging angel. He goes after those who prey on the weak and the powerless. When one of his close friends is murdered, he sets out on a mission. He will find the people responsible for Susan Plummer’s (Melissa Leo) death and avenge her.

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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 Mistakes Companies Make About Growth Mindsets

Harvard Business Review

Frank Schwere/Getty Images. Like any psychological concept that booms in popularity, growth mindset — the dual belief that skills and abilities can be improved, and that developing your skills and abilities is the purpose of the work you do — is ripe for misinterpretation. Hoping to learn how organizations put growth mindset to use in a rapidly changing work environment , the NeuroLeadership Institute has spent the last two months interviewing HR practitioners at more than 20 major o

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We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire

Harvard Business Review

markus spiske/unsplash. In 2014, Stanford professor Clifford Nass faced a student revolt. Nass’s students claimed that those in one section of his technology interface course received higher grades on the final exam than counterparts in another. Unfortunately, they were right: two different teaching assistants had graded the two different sections’ exams, and one had been more lenient than the other.

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Shoppers with Strong Religious Beliefs Spend Less and Make Fewer Impulse Purchases

Harvard Business Review

H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images. Although religion is a central aspect of life for many people across the globe, there is scant research on how religion affects non-religious routines like grocery shopping. But using both field and laboratory data, we recently found that grocery spending decreases as religiosity rises. For companies in industries with razor-thin margins , as in the grocery business, responding to these dynamics may help increase the volume on which success d

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The Explainer: How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote

Harvard Business Review

Clarity and consistency are key.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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How U.S. Law Needs to Change to Support the Self-Employed and Gig Economy

Harvard Business Review

Tanased Heamathulin/EyeEm/Getty Images. If we were designing a labor market from scratch today, it’s unlikely we’d create one that rewards only full-time employees. It wouldn’t make sense given the many ways that people choose to — or must — work: independently, part-time, on the side, as a contractor or freelancer, or on-demand.