Lead Change Blog
APRIL 2, 2019
Welcome to the April Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team building, and more. Communication. Stephanie Skryzowski of 100 Degrees Consulting shared 5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Financials to Increase Transparency.
Women on Business
APRIL 2, 2019
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Great Leadership By Dan
APRIL 2, 2019
Guest post from Graeme Findlay : I just finished reading one of Dan’s previous posts , I’m your boss not your friend. He has some very sound advice and ten good reasons why it’s a bad idea for a manager and an employee to call themselves friends. On reading the post, I was immediately reminded of a high-priced leadership development program that I once attended where we were presented with a different view.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 2, 2019
Pushovers prolong helplessness, failure, and mediocrity. But compassionate-accountability fuels boldness, growth, and productivity. You demonstrate respect for people when you hold them accountable. Accountability says behaviors matter.
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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.
Persuasive Powerhouse
APRIL 2, 2019
Photo credit: 123RF. The words kindness and leadership may seem like strange partners in a world that often isn’t kind, and with leaders in the news who exemplify a lack of caring. Yet it’s exactly what our world, your organization, and your leadership need. Think about a time when someone was unkind to you, and recall how you felt – your thoughts, and even the way your body responded.
Kevin Eikenberry
APRIL 2, 2019
Every day, more leaders are becoming remote leaders – whether it was intentional and planned or simply a fact of circumstance where they started working one day a work from home which lead to another which lead to another… The question isn’t whether this is happening or not, it’s what are we doing to prepare […]. The post Preparing Remote Leaders for Success appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 2, 2019
A well-known retailer recently laid off its entire change management team. Like many retailers in the shadow of Amazon, the company had been going through a period of decline. A new leader decided that individual project sponsors and managers could handle change management activities for their projects, instead of having a dedicated team of experts. […].
LDRLB
APRIL 2, 2019
One of the more fascinating findings around creativity (especially creativity at work) is how important the social environment is to whether or not individuals tap into their creativity potential. Social Environment is one of four components that Teresa Amabile discovered. were precursors to creative ideas. The social environment stimulates creativity by effecting collaboration, the safe sharing of ideas, and the freedom to decide how work gets done.
David A Fields
APRIL 2, 2019
You want your consulting firm to continuously improve and grow. The door to improvement and growth opens when you reflect on an experience, not simply from living through the event. Ergo, reflecting on every project will help your consulting firm thrive. But what, specifically, should you evaluate? Or, as sophisticated, technical consultants are trained to … Continued.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
When you’re building your business upwards and outwards, you might consider outsourcing some key components so you can focus on the company from an internal perspective, but you also need to think about accommodating more obvious components on site, or just finding extra space so things can be physically stored. A warehouse is one of those things that can be an absolute lifesaver, but for those businesses that have started in modest surroundings, it can raise a few questions, such as if it
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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
The Practical Leader
APRIL 2, 2019
Which came first; the chicken or the egg? That’s the age-old question of cause and effect. It’s often difficult to know which is which. For example, do caring families create members who feel loved or do loving members create caring families? Is he unhappy because he’s ungrateful or is he ungrateful because he’s unhappy? Do my punny Dad Jokes pull a groan muscle because they’re the lowest form of humor or are they the lowest form of humor jest for the pun of it?
Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
Making money as an entrepreneur has so much to do with your ability to identify opportunities and make the most of them. If you’ve started a business in the first place, then this means you’ve found a gap in the market that you can fill. In light of this, you should always be thinking about how you can grow beyond where you are and ultimately increase your reach and income further.
Eric Jacobson
APRIL 2, 2019
Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. That's because you can use the reasons a departing employee provides to gather information about processes, people and departments that might need some redirection to correct situations that may have contributed to the employee's reasons for leaving. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
We often think that running a business is something that must always be struggled for. We consider it to be a privilege, and something that can easily fail if the correct attention is not placed in the right areas. Of course, both points are true to an extent, but does that mean that only the most accomplished of people could ever hope of dipping their toes into the business pool?
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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.
HR Digest
APRIL 2, 2019
Platform strategy is widely seen by most businesses as a strategy mainly for tech companies. Platforms are environments that connect different groups and derive benefits from participating members. The underlying concept goes beyond its use by tech firms. Beyond just serving as a connection base for companies, platforms have quickly become a strategy to gain competitive advantage, which can create in-depth value for any business.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
To ensure that your SME is protected from security threats, there are various strategies that you can implement. Your business could suffer from financial loss if security is breached, whether it is online and computer security, through employee errors, or the security of the building in which your business is based. Staying ahead of the latest security development in your field is essential, and could help to ensure your company has a future.
HR Digest
APRIL 2, 2019
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Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
Intent, like beauty, is held in the eye of the beholder. Organizations employ policies practices, and procedures as a way to promote consistency in behaviors among executives, managers, and employees. However, no documented directive can cover all circumstances and some accepted practices simply reside in the minds of the workforce. Consequently, leeway is typically given for the application of judgment to tailor directions to the particulars of a situation so long as the intent of the documente
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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.
Ron Edmondson
APRIL 2, 2019
I speak with churches often who want to grow and they contact me wanting for suggestions. It is very often a vision problem. The church actually has the clearest and best defined vision of anyone. We are to “Go and make disciples” Sometimes people have simply failed to do what we’ve been told to do – “Go and make disciples” Either the church isn’t going.
Roundtable Talk
APRIL 2, 2019
Busy, busy, busy, busy. We all know busy is b t, but are we all wrapping our arms around the alternative and praising the pause? Pausing – stepping back, reflecting, being ‘quiet’ – is often the one thing within today’s organizations that we’re not doing enough of. We run from meeting to meeting with no time […].
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Thales Teixeira, associate professor at Harvard Business School, believes many startups fail precisely because they try to emulate successful disruptive businesses. He says by focusing too early on technology and scale, entrepreneurs lose out on the learning that comes from serving initial customers with an imperfect product. He shares how Airbnb, Uber, Etsy, and Netflix approached their first 1,000 customers very differently, helping to explain why they have millions of customers today.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
APRIL 2, 2019
Being successful is great. But having a big ego can be a detriment to that success. Here are 13 costs of a big ego. Weak relationships. People with big egos can be condescending, rude, and disrespectful. Their nastiness can suck the oxygen out of a room. Shallow connections. It’s hard to build deep, trusting relationships when people dominate conversations, spend little time listening, and are totally self-absorbed.
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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.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Don’t show off, and don’t ramble.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 2, 2019
When money is tight, marketing is often the first area where cuts are made, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up on promoting your business completely. There are many ways you can market your business on a limited budget. Traditional advertising techniques can be very expensive, and nowadays they’re not all that effective. Thankfully, technology has come to the rescue, much like many other areas of our lives.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Whenever it happens, it won’t look like 2008.
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Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Once you make the tough call, don’t delay.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 2, 2019
10 questions to assess your company’s digital strength.
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