Mon.Nov 22, 2021

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Burnout Is Not a Buzzword. It’s Real!

CEO Insider

The pandemic brought many problems facing the business community to the forefront of people’s consciousness – owners, leadership, managers, and employees. As a result, the traditional outlook of having people work long hours and perform tasks without asking questions met a severe roadblock. Due to people changing from working in an office environment to working […].

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What to Do When a High-Performer Quits (With Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Everyone is watching how you respond when a high-performer quits. When a high-performer quits, it can feel like your world is imploding as you scramble to keep the work going AND find the right unicorn to fill that spot. Of course, there’s never a good time for a high-performer to quit. But, what you do next matters. For you. For them. And for everyone paying attention to your response (see also: How to Build a Great Culture in a High-Turnover World.).

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4 Ways to Practice Gratitude when You Don’t Feel Grateful

Leadership Freak

If you believe ingratitude creates a bright feature, good luck. Ingratitude is toxic to you and destructive to your future. Gratitude delivers unequalled benefit.

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Do You Need To Delegate More To Be Successful?

Rich Gee Group

"I hate to delegate — it's easier if I just do it myself." That's a recipe for a management disaster. Leaders build a delegation strategy in everything they do. The more they delegate lower-level tasks, the more time they have to spend planning, leading, communicating, and growing their team. Here are 5 simple actions to delegate more like a leader: What will you delegate?

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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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Putting a Focus on Mental Fitness

Kevin Eikenberry

Driven in large part by the pandemic, a useful and needed conversation about improving mental health has moved to the front of the stage. And as helpful as that is, the timing seems off. If we wait until we are mentally unhealthy to address it (personally, organizationally, and/or as a society), we are causing unnecessary […]. The post Putting a Focus on Mental Fitness appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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8 Ways to Foster a Positive Employee Experience in a Hybrid Workplace

leaderCommunicator

As organizations plan for the post-COVID workplace, many are considering a hybrid approach with good reason: It’s what employees want. Of more than 30,000 workers surveyed in the Microsoft 2021 Work Trend Index , 73% wanted flexible remote work options to continue and 67% wanted more in-person time with their teams. Perhaps to help their employees enjoy the best of both worlds, two-thirds of business decisionmakers are considering redesigning physical spaces to accommodate hybrid work environmen

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How We Can Overcome The Beauty Premium At Work

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fairly well established that beauty matters professionally, and indeed I wrote about research to that effect earlier this year. Good looking people tend to be more likely to get hired, secure better performance reviews, and subsequently get paid more. Research from the University at Buffalo School of Management suggests things may go a bit deeper than we think, and that attractive people may also develop somewhat distinctive traits due to how the world responds to their looks. “

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What Makes Apple’s Tim Cook the Most Influential CEO

CEO Insider

Apple’s Tim Cook is arguably the most influential person and CEO worldwide currently. Cook regularly features in various global rankings for the most influential people and CEOs. One such ranking is TIME’s 2021 influential persons, which ranked Cook in the “Titans” category alongside other influential people such as Tom Brady, Simone Biles, Shonda Rhimes, Swizz […].

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Politics Improves When Politicians Have A Science Background

The Horizons Tracker

In the UK, many politicians stem from a very tailored background, with the most common being studying politics at either Oxford or Cambridge, and then either going directly into politics or a think tank as an intermediary step. Research from the University of Bath explains that just 17% of current British politicians hold a degree in a STEM subject, which ensures that parliament lacks the cognitive diversity to be truly effective.

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20+ Strengths and Weakness for Job Interviews

HR Digest

If you plan to apply for a job , you should be ready for the interview questions that can be hard sometimes. One of the hard questions is “Can you tell us about your strengths and weaknesses?” As this is a question that requires some thinking, you must prepare yourself in advance. . In this article, we list some of the strengths and weaknesses for job interviews so that you can have an idea of what to answer when this question arises.

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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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Delivery Robots Unlikely To Provide Carbon Savings

The Horizons Tracker

If ever a time was to come in which delivery robots would come into their own, it was during a pandemic in which not only did e-commerce boom but social distancing rules meant that providing safe delivery of goods was paramount. Alas, that didn’t really occur, and delivery robots were instead replaced by an ever-growing army of delivery drivers scooting about our towns and cities on bikes.

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How to Ensure Training Gets Transferred!

The Center For Leadership Studies

In my humble opinion, one of the most useful (a.k.a. easy to both understand and implement) contributions to the discipline of training evaluation ever came from Mary Broad and John Newstrom. They developed something called The Transfer Matrix which was introduced in their book entitled “ Transfer of Training ,” published in the early 1990s. The book told the story of their decade-long research project, and I believe told it in a way that still has relevance for anyone in the training industry w

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Strengthening Thinking as a Mechanism to Building Resilience

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

The ability to manage and strengthen your thinking goes a long way toward making you more resilient and better able to deal with the daily challenges you face. Today’s post is by thougthtLEADERS principal Maureen Metcalf. During a time when we are facing natural disasters and geopolitical uncertainty, many of us are trying to find a balanced path to respond to what is happening on the global stage, national stage, local stage, and in our own personal lives.

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Mental Health Check-in: 10 Questions You Can and Should Ask Leaders

The Center For Leadership Studies

Regular check-ins should be in place for every leader in your organization. No one can give out of an “empty well,” and leaders are the most frequently “tapped.” The healthy and the hurting are found at every level and need the undivided attention of a trusted colleague—who can also be a boss or leader they respect—on a regular basis. With support as your goal and empathy and compassion your priorities, ask a few questions to help both of you maintain a realistic awareness of the leader’s presen

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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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Why You Should Learn Everything You Can From Everyone You Can

Eric Jacobson

No One Succeeds Alone is the inspiring story of Compass Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin , whose mother, mentors, and search for belonging taught him valuable lessons that anyone with a dream can put into action today to improve their own quality of life. Each chapter in the book shares a part of Reffkin’s life story and eight practical lessons , such as: Love your customers more than your ideas.

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Are You a Transparent Leader?

Niagara Institute

Today’s employees expect a certain level of transparency from not only the c-suite but also from their direct leaders. But what exactly does it look like to lead with transparency?

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Mental Health Check-in: 10 Questions You Can and Should Ask as a Leader

The Center For Leadership Studies

If you weren’t scheduling regular one-on-ones with your team members before 2020, the peaks and valleys and twists and turns of the high-stakes roller coaster ride we have been on have surely convinced you by now that they are an invaluable touchpoint for every effective leader with their people. Perhaps your direct reports have even put these meetings on your calendar as they forge new ways to work effectively in a pandemic-impacted world.

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Can Your Job Function Influence a Promotion?

Niagara Institute

In an organization, there are differing criteria for who is promoted. For example, it may be based on seniority, or it could be for performance, but is there a third factor? LinkedIn believes so.

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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 End an Email?

HR Digest

Writing an email contains many rules and you should know them when you write a professional email. You should know how to end an email and send a clear message to your correspondent. . In some cases, an email will contain unnecessary lines, and you should pay attention to the words that you send to your business partners and colleagues. Here we present you with ways to sign off an email and leave a positive impression on the person. .

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Planting the Seeds of Change

Coaching Ourselves

Otto Scharmer. CoachingOurselves was born out of the desire to change the practice of management and we seek out authors who are committed to the same. We are excited to now include Otto Scharmer and Eva Pomeroy of the Presencing Institute as our newest authors. The Presencing Institute co-creates labs and programs to support and scale profound societal innovation.

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The Future of Contactless Commerce

Harvard Business Review

From “pay by face” to AI-enabled assistants, next-generation digital technologies will have a massive impact.

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Becoming a Leader When Everything Is Shifting

Harvard Business Review

Don’t let remote work dissuade you from taking on that leadership role: The levers haven’t changed.

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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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Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for.

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3 Group Presentation Pitfalls — and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business Review

Strategies for a polished, unified final product.

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Neurodiversity at Work

Harvard Business Review

A deeper look at the experiences of neurodiverse professionals at work.

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