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Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re neck-deep in planning your virtual kick-off meeting like so many of our clients, great! Your team needs this moment more than ever. In this extraordinary year, a virtual kick-off meeting is a great way to close this chapter and give […]. The post Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading Thoughts for December 10, 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. Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism: “Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that’s incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery.

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7 balancing acts for 2021

Lead Change Blog

What a year! The number of highs, lows, laughs, and tears I’ve experienced has been phenomenal. So has the number of lessons I’ve learned. Back in the spring when the pandemic was new, a philosophical friend asked what I hoped to be at its end. My too quick, and in retrospect too flippant, answer? Alive. Given the multitude of other events that have occurred this year—social unrest, natural disasters, a tumultuous election, and more, if my friend were to ask me that same question today, my answe

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EVERY CAKE (AND GREAT TEAM CULTURE) HAS THE SAME FIVE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS

Great Results Team Building

Every cake you have ever eaten (if it was good) included at least these five main ingredients – because you cannot have an impressively delicious cake without them. Similarly, in working with teams as a teamwork speaker and teambuilding event facilitator, I have found that all GREAT teams have the same five ingredients. The interesting thing about this discovery is that once you know what you’re missing you can fix the recipe you’ve been using to make it more successful.

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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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If You Want to Be A Better Leader, You Must Do This

Lead from Within

In today’s fast-paced, frantic and frenzied world, there’s one thing above all else that leaders must do if they want to improve their attention, performance, relationships and—most of all—stress levels. Simply put, the secret to being a better leader is to have the discipline of pausing. Pausing to gain focused attention. You can’t give your best when you’re doing more than one thing at a time.

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7 Simple Steps to Becoming a Better Virtual Learner

The Regis Company

In previous blogs, we focused on what organizations can do to create the best learning opportunities for their learners. We discussed how companies should focus on good content/experience design and facilitation regardless of whether the learning is delivered virtually or in person. COVID has made us change how we conduct learning programs; with everything going virtual these days, what can you do to ensure that you get the most out of learning programs to remain competitive in the current econo

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How Procrastination Causes Stress At Work

The Horizons Tracker

A common concern around the digital economy is the potential for the plentiful distractions available on the web to erode our productivity. New research highlights the various factors that can contribute to our procrastination, including poor time management and perfectionism. The consequences are often grave, with stress levels rising and job satisfaction falling.

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How eCommerce reviews drive digital transformation in Global brands

CEO Insider

In this continually evolving market, it is essential to stay relevant to your customers and competitive enough for your rivals. As the world is becoming increasingly digital with every passing day, it is nothing but imperative for businesses to resort to technology for all their problems. This is where digital transformation comes into the picture. […].

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How To Manage An Empowered Workforce

The Horizons Tracker

As workers have been forced to work from their home offices during COVID-19, fresh challenges have been placed on managers to oversee teams that are working in fundamentally new ways. It marks the latest step in a transformation of managerial roles that also include the rise in external workers, the mass introduction of millennials into the workplace, and the need to change and evolve at extreme speed.

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Crossing Cultural Lines: Why Your Website Needs to be Multi-Language

Strategy Driven

As a business owner , you know connecting and engaging with your clients and customers is the foundation of your business. Without happy and loyal customers, your business will not be profitable, which eventually will lead to business failure. For this reason, going the extra mile for your customers is a great way to show them they are important to your company and encourage their loyalty.

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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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Resignation Checklist before Leaving a Job

HR Digest

Deciding to leave a job without having an apt resignation checklist is a big step in itself. The reasons can vary, but it is imperative that you avoid taking an impetuous step as far as your decision to leave a company is concerned. We all have heard tales of people throwing up their hands and just walking out of a job having no resignation checklist; such grand gestures look fine on celluloid or in telling of tales, but in real life, it is just unprofessional to walk out on a job.

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Can Platform Technology Reinvent The Welfare State?

The Horizons Tracker

The platform economy has been one of the most profound changes to the labor market in recent years, with millions turning to services such as TaskRabbit, UpWork, and Deliveroo to offer their skills to the market. According to research for the European Commission, roughly 10% of the adult population in Europe now uses such a platform, with the coronavirus-related lockdowns exacerbating a trend that has seen this number grow from just 4.7% of the population in 2016.

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When Good Leadership Masks Resistance

Change Starts Here

I recently heard a story about a new process and system implementation. By all measures, the implementation went well at first. Then, there was a change in leadership, and everything started falling apart. It’s a common scenario, and the lesson is usually about gaining support from the new leader.

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We’ve Seen Self-Centered Beasts – How Leaders Become Human

Leadership Freak

Self-centered leaders are beasts. Self-forgetful leaders become human.

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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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Easy Initiatives to Improve Your Office’s Morale

Strategy Driven

A happy office is more likely to be productive and cohesive as a team. Therefore, it is important that you as an employer or manager are always searching for ways to boost morale in the workplace. Here are some of the easiest ways for you to give a boost to your team. Take Their Ideas on Board. One of the first things you should do is consider taking on the suggestions your employees might be able to suggest.

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Have You Grown Comfortable Being Miserable In Your Career? Maybe It’s Time for a Makeover

Management Excellence

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How to Improve the Success of a Manufacturing Company

Strategy Driven

As a manager or owner of a manufacturing company, your job is to make sure all tasks are performed in a smooth, safe, and productive manner. You want to bring in more leads, increase employee retention, and satisfy everyone who buys your product. To do that, however, is not always easy. If you have the drive to do better and increase the success of the business, then here is how.

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3 Things Your Mission Statement Should Include

Eric Jacobson

A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. Author Peter F. Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book's of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization : Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose?

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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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How To Find The Perfect Business Accountant For You

Strategy Driven

When running a business, it can often seem like an impossible task to manage the daily operations as well as the financial stability of a business. Therefore, it is recommended that you use services such as accountants to benefit you in the long-term. In this article, we will be providing you with some of the ways that you can begin to find the perfect business accountant for your business.

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How to Encourage Cooperation on the Team You Lead

Ron Edmondson

Leader, do you want to encourage cooperation on the team you lead? Do you want people to get along, support one another, and join forces to achieve the vision? Of course. All leaders want their teams to cooperate. It builds stronger teams when people aren’t on islands to themselves. How do great leaders encourage cooperation? I can help you encourage cooperation on your team with one quick tip.

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The I Love My Life Challenge With Adam Markel

Steve Farber

The heart and mind are two different areas with different purposes. But together, they forge our personality, attitude, and mindset, making us unique human beings. Author Adam Markel joins Steve Farber to discuss how understanding. Read more. The post The I Love My Life Challenge With Adam Markel first appeared on Steve Farber.

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Have You Grown Comfortable Being Miserable In Your Career? Maybe It’s Time for a Makeover

Art Petty

The biggest challenge faced by many individuals who desperately believe they need to do something different with their careers is moving from recognition to action. It’s easy and cathartic to daydream about doing something different with your skills and interests. Yet, bringing these daydreams to life is another matter. Here are ideas to help: The post Have You Grown Comfortable Being Miserable In Your Career?

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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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Leadership Insights for Moving from Burnout to Breakthrough

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from E ileen McDargh : In May 2019, the World Health Organization placed burnout in its International Classification of Diseases diagnostic manual. While not calling it an “illness,” it classified burnout as an occupational hazard. Indeed, the global statistics in 2019 were enough to consider burnout a global pandemic. From massive stress-related losses in North America ranging between $120 to $300 billion; to European countries revealing high burnout rates among health professionals

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Where Did the Commute Time Go?

Harvard Business Review

Research shows who’s working more — and who’s not.

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Reimagining Medical Conferences for a Virtual Setting

Harvard Business Review

What the Scoliosis Research Society learned from two different approaches.

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New Chapters

Harvard Business Review

Dear HBR: answers your questions with the help of author Bruce Feiler.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

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.

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Creating Space for Religious Diversity at Work

Harvard Business Review

Inside a two-year study of Germany’s first Islamic bank.

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How Long Can a Company Thrive Doing Just One Thing?

Harvard Business Review

A strategic analysis of why Slack sold to Salesforce.

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Why Your Company’s Modernization Journey Needs a Destination - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SLALOM

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Slalom.

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