Wed.Aug 10, 2022

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How Do I Prepare My Team for an Uncertain Future? (Video Interview)

Let's Grow Leaders

Important Conversations to Prepare for an Uncertain Future. In this week’s Asking for a Friend, I talk with Meredith Elliott Powell, Author of Thrive– Turning Uncertainty to a Competitive Advantage. Meredith offers practical approaches to help your team prepare for an uncertain future. The Skeptic Model for Helping Your Team Prepare For an Uncertain Future.

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Laura Kriska | How Leaders Close The Us Versus Them Gap In The Workplace

Tanveer Naseer

It’s hard not to feel as though there’s a growing tide of divisiveness spreading across the world, splitting people into us vs. them camps on a variety of issues. Of course, those divisive issues found in various communities and countries inevitably spill into the workplace. So how can leaders ensure they’re closing the gap between those us and them groups within their workforce?

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Making Time: There’s Never Enough; Can We Make More?

RapidStart Leadership

Time - there's never enough of it, and everyone seems to want more; is making time an option? With a change of perspective, I think so. The post Making Time: There’s Never Enough; Can We Make More? appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Changing Our Mind (It May Not Mean We’re Indecisive)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton When we change our position on an issue, sometimes it is because we simply can't decide. But when you look at mind-changing from the perspective of human growth and development, you can see that there is often more to it than that.

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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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Life is About Questions

Leadership Freak

Life is about questions. Compared to everything that could be known, we’re in diapers. “Telling” plays a role in leadership. Questions advance your leadership. A question-rich environment develops talent.

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Seven Critical Needs for Sustained and Successful Organizational Change

Great Results Team Building

Successful organizational change can be a challenge for leaders. Even when leaders see the need and benefits of changing a process or a platform, the entire team must ultimately buy-in and make a commitment to adapt if the changes are to have a lasting and positive impact on productivity and results. According to Gartner , 46% of CIOs feel that culture is the most significant barrier to the success of their change plans… and it is the gap in understanding between C-suite and entry-level employee

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I Exam: Negative Nuggets of Pessimism or Positive Points of Optimism?

The Practical Leader

In the Shakespearean tragedy titled after the main character, Hamlet ponders his imprisonment by Denmark and the King as well as in his own mind when he says, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” In my previous post in this series of posts on the nature of “reality,” we discussed how wearing C.R.A.P. glasses can distort our reality.

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Service Sector Workers Most Vulnerable To Predatory Lenders

The Horizons Tracker

The very nature of the service and gig economies can be both a blessing and a curse. Whereas many workers value the autonomy such work affords them, they also bemoan the volatility of work, and therefore of income. Research from Harvard reveals that this inherent unpredictability leaves service employees vulnerable to predatory lenders, which can saddle people with unreasonably high-cost debt.

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Example Answers To “Describe A Challenge You Overcame”

HR Digest

When you need to describe a challenge you overcame, there are many options that you can apply. This kind of interview question is very sensitive and you should answer it in the right way. There are some things to avoid, and these are: Blaming others for some issues. Providing too many details . Telling a story with negative outcomes . All these bad things to avoid are very important because they can influence your interview outcomes. .

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Did Remote Working Result In Falling Productivity During Covid?

The Horizons Tracker

Despite such a huge volume of evidence produced during the pandemic, many conservative voices still remain lukewarm in their support of remote working. Research from King’s College London provides the latest attempt to add some evidence to the debate. The researchers wanted to provide tangible evidence to a debate that often seems to revolve as much about emotive opinions as anything more tangible.

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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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Right to Disconnect: Can your employer call you after work hours

HR Digest

The right to disconnect policy has been gaining traction globally ever since it was made into law by the French government back in 2017. The right to disconnect allows the employees not to answer calls, emails, or text messages from their employers outside of work hours. The French law also protects the employees from being fired on the grounds of misconduct if they don’t respond during their off-hours. .

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Critical Thinking: Understanding the Real Question

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

When a stakeholder asks you to solve a problem, make sure you understand what’s driving their request. Asking follow-up questions can help you come up with better solutions. So many times when we’re asked to look into an issue, we just rush off and start solving it without really thinking through what’s causing the person to ask the question in the first place.

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Stop Ghosting and Start Saying No

Harvard Business Review

Five ways to manage your time and energy while following through on commitments.

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4 Ways to Communicate with More Empathy

Harvard Business Review

Not everyone is naturally empathic, but it’s a critical leadership skill.

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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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Stop Offering Career Ladders. Start Offering Career Portfolios.

Harvard Business Review

Companies need a more holistic approach to developing talent.

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