Thu.May 07, 2020

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How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support

Let's Grow Leaders

Does this sound familiar? You started the year with a clear vision and direction. You’ve rallied people around that vision and worked hard to engage everyone’s hearts and minds. You connected what to why. And had brilliant momentum. No one ever anticipated […]. The post How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Stop Trying to Ask Good Questions

Lead Change Blog

Many leadership books and coach training programs outline rules for asking good questions. Common ones include: Don’t ask closed questions. Ask open questions that start with What, When, Where, and How. Avoid Why questions. These suggestions are misleading. Coaching and asking questions are not synonymous. The opposite of giving advice is not asking questions.

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Leading Thoughts for May 7, 2020

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Lance Secretan on doing the hard thing and playing to people’s strengths instead of complaining about their weaknesses: “We cannot guide the brilliance of others by getting everyone to do something the same way; we guide the brilliance of others by playing to their strengths, teasing greatness from them by honoring their gifts, and making it as easy as

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4 Questions to Ask to Select the Best Executive Search Firm

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Atta Tarki and Gustav Brown : Selecting the right executive search firm can be almost as difficult as finding the right candidate for the job. As insiders in the recruiting world, our friends have often asked us to help them select a hiring vendor when we were not the right partner for them. By and large they’ve been surprised to see how differently we evaluate their potential executive search partners than they would.

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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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The Power of Mother-Leader

Leadership Freak

I’ve been asking people to complete this sentence. “My mom is reflected in my life when I ….” (You can add a bit of explanation.

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Organizational and Community Tribes

Mike Cardus

Theory of change – Mike Cardus. As a new manager or executive , you may feel that the existing tribes within the organizational community, are getting in the way. You can think about the resistance in three ways; . Fight it – this is a battle, and you take no prisoners. Give up and go apathetic – you are new, and you will just let the tribes do what they do … there is low trust, and you feel powerless.

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Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

I don’t know whether he ever knew it or not, but Warren Bennis was the kind of author that elicited audible reactions from the people (like me) that read what he had to say about leadership. He, Peter Drucker, Tom Peters and perhaps a handful of others in the 1980s jump-started the ongoing obsession with leadership that appears from all available indicators to be both very much alive—and well!

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3 Reasons Why a Ball Screw May Fail: Here’s What to Do If You Encounter This

Strategy Driven

Premature or unanticipated ball screw failure can be extremely frustrating, especially when it causes machine downtime. Thankfully, most ball screws can be repaired, and those that can’t be repaired or refurbished can be reverse engineered to meet the machine’s exact specifications. Before going into these repair options, let’s take a look at three of the most common reasons why a ball screw may fail.

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Enriching The Lives Of Your Employees With Mary Miller

Steve Farber

Before they are anything to your business, your employees are first and foremost human beings. More than adapting systems that make you succeed, you have to keep in mind that without your people, you. Read more.

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Pre-Pandemic Promises (Bonus)

Harvard Business Review

Dear HBR: answers your questions with the help of Kellogg School negotiations professor Leigh Thompson.

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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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How AI Is Transforming Higher Education

The Horizons Tracker

The hype around artificial intelligence has been considerable, with scarcely a single industry spared from its disruptive forces. For many years education has largely been oblivious to the new technologies that have entered the mainstream in other areas of life, but a new paper from Microsoft and IDC argues that it cannot escape the grasps of AI. The paper was the result of a study of several hundred universities across the United States, and it found that just 17.5% of them are currently using

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How Chobani Wins in Business While Giving Back

Harvard Business Review

Chobani President Peter McGuinness breaks down his company’s ethos of social responsibility.

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How Prevalent Was Fake News In 2016?

The Horizons Tracker

The legend has it that fake news played a crucial role in the 2016 US presidential election, especially in favor of eventual winner, Donald Trump. A new study from Princeton University suggests that may not be entirely true. The researchers measured visits to dubious and unreliable websites in the period both before and immediately after the election using traffic data from a few thousand representative volunteers collected by YouGov Pulse.

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Research: The Immigrant Income Gap

Harvard Business Review

How gender, race, and language impact the pay of first and second generation immigrants.

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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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Working Parents, Save Time for Hobbies

Harvard Business Review

Now more than ever, it’s vital to relax, recharge, and reconnect.

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Be a Data Custodian, Not a Data Owner

Harvard Business Review

Your customers trust you with their data. Don’t let them down.

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You’re Not Powerless in the Face of a Layoff

Harvard Business Review

Five steps to maintain your connections and reputation.

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What Family Businesses Need to Adapt to a Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Crisis governance is about more than just leadership.

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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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Adapt Your D&I Efforts to the Reality of the Crisis

Harvard Business Review

A three-step approach.

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