Wed.Aug 04, 2021

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How Do I Help My Team Thrive During Uncertainty at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

You Can’t Stop The Uncertainty at Work, But You Can Learn to Live in Flux. To face a world in constant flux, and prepare for a future of uncertainty at work, you need more than resiliency. April shares practical ways to live your life so that you’re prepared to better cope with (and thrive) no matter what comes at you. In this week’s Asking For a Friend, I talk with April Rinne, author of Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change. 8 Superpowers to help you prepare for

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Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring

Lead Change Blog

As the workplace has become more diverse, mentoring has become more challenging. Mentors and mentees may come from very different backgrounds and have a limited understanding of each other’s cultures and outlooks. But mentoring remains the most powerful tool for creating meaningful relationships, furthering professional development, and increasing engagement and retention.

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Leadership, Blurred Lines and Sliding Scales

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Leadership has entered a new realm, leaving the space of knowns and certainties (which was an illusion anyway) and entering the space of deep uncertainty, blurred lines and sliding scales. What it takes to succeed as a leader in this new realm is completely different from the leadership of ages past.

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Why Is Workforce Planning Important For The Growth Of Your Company

Tanveer Naseer

Any company cannot do without a workforce. The personnel of the organization is the base of production activities, which is a labour resource. There are no companies that operate like any other resource without labour. But also ineffective and poor quality work of the company’s personnel can lead to deterioration, Click to continue reading.

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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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Transparency and Vulnerability – 4 Ways to Let Yourself be Seen without Oversharing

Leadership Freak

You might enjoy anonymity and mask-wearing. But high-impact leaders let themselves be seen. Letting yourself be seen might be one of the hardest things you do.

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Comment on Micro-Habits of High Impact Managers by Derek Bailey

QAspire

To Tanmay Vora, I am always uplifted when reading your commentaries and viewing your wonderful visuals. Sincere thank you for sharing.

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The Best Software to Improve Operational Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Operational efficiency is the process of delivering quality services with fewer resources. The more high-quality output you can produce with limited input, the more you can sell and the better able you are to serve your customers. When your business is able to maintain high levels of operational efficiency the more profit you are able to make from a project.

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Criticizing Experts For Their Mistakes Can Make Things Worse

The Horizons Tracker

Feedback and transparency are often hailed as unalloyed benefits of a workplace with robust psychological safety. They don’t come completely free from risk, however, as new research from Rutgers University illustrates. The study suggests that when experts are criticized, they can often double down with overly precise predictions that simply make things worse.

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How to Boost Strategic Retreat Effectiveness

The Practical Leader

Getting your leadership team away from daily operations for a few days of reflection and planning is incredibly effective. I am clearly biased since I’ve facilitated so many retreats. When offsite retreats are well designed and facilitated (a bit more bias), the return on investment is exponential. Planning a retreat starts with clarifying 3 or 4 key objectives of the session.

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New Connections Can Shock Us Into Creativity

The Horizons Tracker

Migrants are well known for their above-average entrepreneurial capabilities. While part of this productivity is due to a lack of familiarity and status in the local labor markets, there is also a strong element of the fresh thinking that they can bring to their adopted home, as they adopt the norms of their homeland to their new abode. New research from London Business School highlights how a similar phenomenon occurs when we make new connections in our professional network.

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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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5 Effective Ways to Maximize Your Digital Marketing ROI

Strategy Driven

In order to get the most out of your marketing budget, you need to constantly monitor the performance of your campaigns to ensure you maximize on ROI. There’s no point investing in ads that aren’t working to target the right customers or keywords that aren’t drawing in traffic, for example. It’s essential to analyze your campaigns using the appropriate metrics and tools.

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How to Create a Stretch Goal

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Once you’ve established your commit goals, you should also set stretch goals. Learn how to use the one-third, two-third method to set a stretch goal. In addition to setting a commit goal, you should also set a stretch. A stretch goal is what’s going to push people to achieve more. It still needs to be achievable when you go back and look at SMART goals, but it won’t have a guarantee of success.

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How Can I Increase Sales For My Business

Strategy Driven

The sole purpose of running a business is to grow your profit margins. Anyone can start a business, but without sales, none of it matters. There’s no gainsaying that sales are a critical aspect of running a business. Over the past year, many companies struggled to make money because of the pandemic. Now that those days are gradually behind us, every business owner must develop strategies for generating sales.

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Inspiring Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobson

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S.

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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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Mid-Week Career Caffeine—Overcoming Your Fear of Risk

Art Petty

The number one reason experienced, capable professionals relegate ideas of a career change to daydreams or fantasies is the fear of risk. After all, shifting from the work, firm, or vocation that's paying the bills feels inherently risky. However, what if there were a way to manage and mitigate the majority of the risk involved with a career change?

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Activision Blizzard HR Head Resigns Amid Growing Scandal

HR Digest

Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack isn’t the only executive stepping down amidst the sexual harassment scandal crisis that is causing both employee and customer walkouts and protests. Jesse Meschuk, the company’s Senior Vice President of Global HR, has also quit, an Activision Blizzard spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. “Jesse Meschuk is no longer with the company,” wrote an Activision Blizzard spokesperson.

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Exclusive Event: The Power of Pressure

Niagara Institute

The Niagara Institute is proud to present The Power of Pressure , a live, interactive event that answers the question: how can you thrive in a pressure-packed world?

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Mid-Week Career Caffeine—Overcoming Your Fear of Risk

Management Excellence

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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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Communicating With Impact Discussion Guide

The Center For Leadership Studies

The post Communicating With Impact Discussion Guide appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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Mid-Week Career Caffeine—Overcoming Your Fear of Risk

Management Excellence

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Research: Why Immigrants Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

A 12-year study found that both voluntary emigration and entrepreneurship were associated with a higher propensity for risk-taking.

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What I Learned from a Year Without Business Trips

Harvard Business Review

A working parent reflects on the benefits of staying grounded — and the new practices she’ll carry into the future.

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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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A 5-Step Roadmap for Becoming a More Customer-Centric Company - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SALESFORCE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Salesforce.

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Don’t Lose the Democratizing Effect of Remote Work

Harvard Business Review

Mishandling the transition to hybrid could reinforce social inequalities and jeopardize your diversity and inclusion efforts.