Fri.Mar 20, 2020

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Leading Through Crisis and Change

Let's Grow Leaders

Coronavirus has turned the world upside down. When you’re called on to lead your team through crisis and rapid change, focus on clear, concise, calm communication. In this episode, get a practical example and more ways you can lead your team […]. The post Leading Through Crisis and Change appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Coronavirus has turned the world upside down.

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Life's Great Question

Leading Blog

W E ALL want to leave a legacy. We all crave meaning in our lives. It’s not just a millennial thing. Meaning in life comes from the contributions we make beyond the self. Those contributions become your legacy. All of this leads to life’s greatest question: What are you doing for others? Tom Rath addresses this question head-on and presents a path for contribution—a map for creating meaning—in Life’s Greatest Question.

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How Are You Impacting Those You Meet?

Joseph Lalonde

I’m still digesting much of the content I took in at the Catalyst Leadership Conference in Atlanta this past October. There were so many memorable speakers and quotes it’s hard to implement everything I learned. This is why it takes time and effort to get the most out of a conference experience. At the Catalyst […] The post How Are You Impacting Those You Meet?

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Infinite Leadership: Lessons From Nature

Lead Change Blog

Many of you might have recently read or seen extracts from Simon Sinek’s new book on the Infinite Game. In it, he suggests that business leaders should stop focusing on short-term (finite) gains and instead focus on the long-term (infinite) game of the business. This is something I wholeheartedly agree with—but it’s nothing new as a concept. When at school, I clearly remember learning about Japanese theory management and how, in Japan, people were more concerned with the long-term outcome

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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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Why Relational Connection Is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

The novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the need for social distancing, quarantine and isolation so that vulnerable individuals are not exposed to the virus and healthcare systems are not overwhelmed. Collectively, we understand the goodness of “flattening the curve” by each of us doing our part to slow the spread of the virus. COVID-19 is not the only epidemic we are facing.

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Please Stop Talking about Work for 10 Minutes

Leadership Freak

Most of my conversations are agenda driven. I’ve had conversations, in recent days, with leaders scattered around the world. And when I say conversations, I mean conversations WITHOUT an agenda.

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Weekly Round-Up: 3 Crisis Management Lessons, How Businesses are Handling COVID-19, Diversity & Inclusion Insights, Communicating COVID-19 to Employees, Opportunity to Build Trust

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts I've seen over the past week. Typically, as you might have noticed, I tend to cover broad topics. Given the current state of business today and how much has changed because of COVID-19, I'm going to use the Weekly Round-Up as a place to share some of the best resources I'm seeing to help leaders and communicators navigate this new normal with their teams.

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Use of Smart Drugs at Work on the Rise

HR Digest

Ever noticed a colleague suddenly become of the top performers in the office with excellent focus and concentration and production targets? The answer to this may be performance-enhancing drugs! Taking drugs to enhance performance and be best at work is nothing new. Famous leaders throughout history, like JFK to Hitler, took amphetamines to handle their grueling schedules.

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How 3D visualization can be a key marketing strategy

Strategy Driven

Marketing is one of the top ways in which you can promote your business. Being able to create an effective marketing strategy can make or break your brand: a good one can bring in new customers, while a bad one can mean you’re being spoken about for all the wrong reasons. You want to stand out from the crowd and also from your competitors, which can be tricky in itself.

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12 Ideas to Help Young Families Endure the Lockdown of COVID-19

Ron Edmondson

Our boys are grown. Cheryl and I enjoy empty-nesting. I remember a few times when the boys were little that we were stuck at the house and couldn’t go anywhere for a period of days. There was an ice storm. Times when we had no electricity in our town. And there were a number of times one of the boys was too sick to get out of the house. We had to improvise to find fun things to entertain the boys – and us.

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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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Can A Leased Car Be Used As A Taxi?

Strategy Driven

Although it isn’t a question we get asked too frequently, someone occasionally asks whether or not a leased car can be used as a taxi. Whether you are just beginning to drive a taxi or have been driving for years, you may be surprised by how inexpensive it is to lease a vehicle. Can you lease a car for use as a taxi? It depends. The section below examines the different circumstances under which a leased car can or cannot be used as a taxi.

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How Do Economic Consultants Find Clients?

CEO Insider

The economics field is a small one. As a result, quality employees are challenging to find. The economic consulting field is especially on the hunt for employees. This field deals with various companies and how they deal with their money. Most importantly, economic consulting firms help business owners understand how valuable their companies genuinely are. […].

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Productive People Secrets

Eric Jacobson

According to entrepreneur and author Margaret Hefferman , as reported a few years ago in Inc. magazine, the secrets of the most productive people are that they do these three things : They take breaks. Breaks refresh the mind and allow you to see new situations. They are great collaborators. They have lives outside work. In fact, the most successful have rich private lives that include interests that hone different skills and that let them think in different ways.

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What Do I Do When Work Takes Over My Life?

Roundtable Talk

Over the past few days, life has unfolded in a way that I think few could’ve predicted when the ball dropped to mark the start of 2020. Who would have predicted that by March, instead of packing for a beach vacation, many of us would be scrambling to change travel plans, set up home offices […].

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Rethink Your Relationship with Your Vendors

Harvard Business Review

Today’s vendors are more likely to be gig workers than large corporations.

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Better Together: Equip your leaders to navigate disruption with group coaching

Roundtable Talk

For many organizations, Covid-19 is causing a shift to a virtual workplace that is creating challenges around communication and community, particularly for leaders who are trying to navigate this disruption while keeping their teams focused and engaged. Group coaching is one of the best ways to harness the collective intelligence of your leaders as they […].

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How Bad Times Bring Out the Best in People

Harvard Business Review

Lessons from one local bank’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

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How Common Is Unethical Behavior in U.S. Organizations?

Harvard Business Review

The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence conducted a survey to find out.

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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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Disrupt Your Own Narrative

Harvard Business Review

Lessons from eight female founders and executives.

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Bonus Episode: Coronavirus News and Industry Bailouts

Harvard Business Review

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss coronavirus news, debate airline bailouts, and share their reflections on the crisis.

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The Coronavirus Crisis Doesn’t Have to Lead to Layoffs

Harvard Business Review

Leaders can approach this challenging time with flexibility, transparency, and compassion.

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