Mon.Nov 13, 2023

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2 Ways to Be Water for the Thirsty

Leadership Freak

Tired people stagger through the desert looking for a drop of relief. Use your experience to provide water. Use your experience to give water to the thirsty.

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How Having an Accountability Partner Can Accelerate Your Personal and Professional Growth

Great Results Team Building

Embarking on the path of personal and professional development is a journey marked by challenges, triumphs, and the continuous pursuit of excellence. In this worthwhile pursuit, the role of an accountability partner emerges as a pivotal force, offering a transformative experience beyond the conventional realms of progress tracking. Imagine having a peer ally deeply invested in your success, providing unwavering support, valuable feedback, and genuine encouragement.

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Why You Shouldn’t Neglect Leadership Development

Lead from Within

As a leadership executive coach, one of the most common mistakes I see leaders make is neglecting their own leadership development. They become so focused on their day-to-day responsibilities and the needs of their team that they fail to invest time and energy into growing their own leadership skills. However, neglecting leadership development can have serious consequences for both the leader and their organization.

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Are You Uplifting Your Team? 4 Ways Leaders Create Positivity

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Dr. Sam Adeyemi offers insights to business executives and C-suite professionals on creating positivity as a team leader. Today’s guest post is b y Dr. Sam Adeyemi, author of Dear Leader: Your Flagship Guide to Successful Leadership (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Here is something not every leader is ready to hear: You are the most powerful force behind the positivity in your workplace.

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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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A Playbook For How Women Advance Within Business

Eric Jacobson

Describing the new book, In Her Own Voice , by Jennifer McCollum , Anne Chow (former CEO of AT&T Business) says that “for women, the book does a beautiful job of explaining not just what to do to advance in your career, but also what to expect. For leaders, it helps you recognize the gap between what you think women seeking advancement want and what they really need.

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Coexisting with AI in HR—Here’s How You Do It

HR Digest

If you thought that the growing popularity of AI was just a tech thing that didn’t affect you as an HR professional, then you might need to reconsider your stance on artificial intelligence in human resource management. The adoption of AI in HR has not been as fast-paced or noteworthy as other industries, but its presence and use case is undeniably diverse.

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The Economic Vulnerability Of Single-Parent Families

The Horizons Tracker

Single-parent families are a prevalent and economically vulnerable demographic in various countries, regardless of income level. Unfortunately, in many nations, nonresident fathers face difficulties in fulfilling their financial obligations towards child support, either due to their inability or unwillingness to do so. A recent study led by Rutgers University indicates that implementing publicly guaranteed child support programs might prove more effective than relying solely on nonresident paren

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5 Ways to Listen to Different Voices as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

As a leader, I need to be listening to different voices. One of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen leaders make is forgetting everyone doesn’t think like us. I have personally made this mistake many times. We assume what we are thinking is what everyone else is thinking. Wrong. And time has proven this to me repeatedly. The fact is people are different.

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Fast-Moving Labor Markets Aren’t Always Good

The Horizons Tracker

The health of an economy is often gauged by examining the flow of labor, and particularly the movement into work from unemployment. Given the complexity of the labor market, analyzing such flows is far from straightforward, however. Research from Yale aims to help by providing a dataset of labor information from nearly 50 countries. The dataset, which incorporates over 80 million individuals has enabled a number of interesting findings to emerge.

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How to Prepare for Promotion Interview Questions

The Center For Leadership Studies

How long does it take you to spot someone who is unprepared to answer a question? Or perhaps on the flip side of that coin, overprepared? Since it is debating season in the political arena each of us has more opportunities than we probably want to observe both ends of that spectrum. If a candidate is unprepared, they might pass on the question or avoid it by talking about something else altogether.

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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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Peer Recognition Programs Carry Risks At Work

The Horizons Tracker

In dynamic and ever-evolving professional settings, employers are always on the hunt for innovative approaches to acknowledge employees within the workplace. Nevertheless, recent findings from the University of Waterloo indicate that public peer recognition, while well-intentioned, may inadvertently trigger unfavorable consequences. The study suggests that the facilitation of comparisons among employees through such recognition can lead certain individuals to perceive themselves as being subject

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Transparency in the Workplace

The Center For Leadership Studies

When you assess the effectiveness of leadership in an organization, there are a handful of parameters you seek to evaluate: Trust : Do employees believe what they are being told? Do they have confidence in the integrity of their leadership? Engagement : Is there evidence that employees exert discretionary effort in service of company goals on a consistent basis?

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Surround Yourself with Colleagues Who Boost Your Performance

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to building a network, new research shows that there is no one-size-fits-all strategy; different kinds of people benefit from different kinds of networks. The key challenge, then, is to figure out the right kind of network for you. In this article, the authors share the findings of their research, which shows that the key to building a performance-boosting network is to include people who support you in areas where your cognitive style is not naturally suited.

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Retaining the Best of Your Culture Amid Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

While leaders are often focused on how to transform their organizations — and, specifically, their cultures — an equally difficult challenge is keeping a culture steady. As companies go through big changes, they need to retain the best elements of their shared assumptions, values, and common behaviors. Based on the author’s work as an organizational and social psychologist and 20 years of advising firms and leaders on culture, soft skills, and performance, she offers four tactics to keep the cul

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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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4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose

Harvard Business Review

In today’s corporate sphere, a growing disparity exists between companies’ declared values and their actions, leading to stakeholder skepticism. This divide prompts discussions about the feasibility of genuine societal contributions within capitalist frameworks. Companies can tread three paths: transactional (profit-focused), toxic (misaligned actions under a guise of societal benefit), or transcendent (true alignment of values and operations).

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Research: The Benefits of a Pet-Friendly Workplace

Harvard Business Review

As leaders consider what their organization should look like in our hybrid world, one area they may not be considering is the benefit that pets can have in the office. But a new research study indicates that there’s a lot of upside for developing a pet-friendly workplace, including increased employee well-being and collaboration, as well as playing a key role in recruitment and retention.

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So Many Feelings. Too Many?

Harvard Business Review

How to share with purpose, recover from an outburst, set boundaries, and provide solace.

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Should I Continue to Climb the Corporate Ladder?

Harvard Business Review

A leader who is questioning the leadership track she’s on must learn how to redefine what gives her meaning at work.

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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.