Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2021. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. The Power of Clarity : Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment by Ann Latham. According to a Fortune 500 study, as much as 80% of working time is lost to tiresome meetings, unclear expectations, difficult decisions, and other wasteful delays.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 1, 2021

It usually comes as a shock that what we believe about ourselves doesn’t match how others perceive us. Recently, two clients asked me to conduct confidential 360 assessments of vice presidents at two different companies. The VPs’ leaders were getting consistently negative feedback about the VPs. My 360’s surfaced the negative impact their behavior was having on teams and colleagues.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2021

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. Former Chairman and CEO of Pepsico, Indra Nooyi , on assuming positive intent: “My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him, I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 1, 2021

It is easy to bulldoze over people as we climb the ladder to the top of the organization. It’s all about us, right? Wrong. We cannot continue to climb the organizational charts without understanding people and caring for them. People are the life-blood of our organization. Trying to understand people is hard, though. It’s a […].

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Leadership Freak

JULY 1, 2021

They say you shouldn’t compare yourself with others, but sometimes comparing is unblemished enjoyment. When your car outshines your neighbor’s, talking about cars is pleasurable, for example.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 1, 2021

Are you looking to become a better leader this year? Now, more than ever, businesses need effective leaders at the helm that can steady the ship, create a positive atmosphere and take the company forward. Now is also a challenging time to be a business leader because so much has. Click to continue reading.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2021

Managing any sort of team is not easy. It does not matter whether you have ten team members or you have 50, you have to make sure that the project remains on the right track so that you can achieve your objects on-team and on budget. However, this can be a lot easier said than done. As any project manager will attest, it is difficult to ensure things don’t run off in another direction.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2021

Education is undoubtedly one of the biggest investments we can make in our lives, but interesting new research from the University of Notre Dame suggests that this investment doesn’t always result in improved job satisfaction. Indeed, the study goes as far as to suggest there is no link between the two at all. “Our study shows people who have invested in formal education do not tend to be more satisfied in their jobs,” the researchers say. “We found that better-educated

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HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

Most companies make the mistake of instituting a hiring freeze in economic downturns. During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. The most frequent action was to roll back on recruiting.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2021

Space is at a premium in most cities around the world, and few would actively choose to devote more of it to waste management than was strictly necessary. Landfill sites are filling and there’s little desire to find new sites, and so recycling is being turned to in order to extend the lives of existing sites. Recent research from the University of Johannesburg explores how AI can give waste managers a helping hand in forecasting the landfill requirements of their city in the medium to lon

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2021

SEO and PPC are two of the most popular and widely used digital marketing channels. While there is a lot of instruction and discussion out there when it comes to individual optimisation strategies for these respective channels, there is perhaps a lot less said about how these two channels can actually work well together. In this article, we want to explore two specific ways in which your business can benefit by having your SEO and PPC processes aligned.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JULY 1, 2021

Our reader poll today asks: When delivering bad news, how do you handle it? I’m very direct and matter of fact: 48% I soft-pedal it and try to cushion it: 29% I try to find a cheery upside to balance it out: 20% I avoid it and don’t deliver it or ask someone else to: 3% Delivering Bad News is Hard. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 1, 2021

After a post about casualties of being a people-pleasing pastor, I received the following email asking how to stop: Ron, Have just finished your blog post “ 7 Casualties of a People Pleaser in Leadership “ I recognize I am a People-Pleasing Pastor. How do I turn the tide on this? How do I stop? I am seeing tension mounting on the team. There is frustration on our staff and it is even spilling over to our spouses, and my vision has hit a brick wall.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

In Part 1 of this series, we shared tips for adapting your in-person ILT content to virtual. For Part 2, we will focus on how to adapt your training to improve the virtual learning experience. We spend a lot of time working with our internal facilitators and client trainers on ways to improve the learning experience of our programs. With the rapid shift to virtual training last year, one of the main concerns from our group of trainers was participant engagement.

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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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Clinton M. Padgett

JULY 1, 2021

“YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” I’m guessing you not only heard a certain voice when reading this, you may have also visualized the scene and context of this quote. It ranks as one of the most recognizable cinematic quotes yelled by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. The fact is, not only can your client and team handle the truth…they need the truth.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

If I am truthful, I tend to see every top performer as a sort of superhero. (Am I alone here?) Pick your favorite: Iron Man, Supergirl, Captain America, the Flash, Wasp—mine is Batman. Each is smart and strong and wise. When no one knows what to do, the superhero does. They find a way to triumph in every scenario and their “win” is a win for everyone!

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Niagara Institute

JULY 1, 2021

If the events of the last year have taught us anything, it’s that teamwork matters more than ever, and if a team cannot be high-performing in the best of times, there is little to no hope they will be able to rise to the challenge during VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) times.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

At last! Your boss is turning over leadership of the task force to you! You are thrilled since you have been desperate to take the reins and not only put more of your ideas in motion, but also speed up the pace of implementation. You know what you know —and you are ready for this moment! Then, your optimism takes a hit. Your first meeting isn’t the “big win” you envisioned.

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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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2021

Three prompts to get started.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

In Part 2 of this series, we discussed how you can adapt your training to improve the virtual learning experience for participants. In Part 3, we focus on three tips for creating a more productive virtual breakout room. When designing a training program, integrating activities throughout the training will significantly improve the learning experience for the participants.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2021

Including these lenses alongside race, ethnicity, and gender can help your organization move toward more meaningful change.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

For Part 4 of this series, we provide a few tips on how trainers can improve their virtual facilitation skills before, during and after a training session. “Glossophobia” is the fear of public speaking, and it is believed that roughly 75% of the population suffers from some level of fear or anxiety when faced with a public speaking engagement. For those that make a living as a corporate trainer, you are either in the other 25% or have learned to overcome those fears.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2021

Three ways in-person work can make your life easier.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

Life is hard. It can be challenging, rewarding and fulfilling, but the well-worn phrase, “Are we having fun yet?” is usually sarcastic, not rhetorical. Leading is also hard. It requires us to bring our A game every day, to every person, team, customer, challenge and situation. Getting real here, do we not all wish (occasionally) for a short-and-simple instruction guide of what to do and say for many of the leadership situations we encounter?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2021

Lessons from a health care system in Texas.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

How would you finish the phrase, “If the pandemic has taught me nothing else, it has taught me …?”. Through my coaching and facilitation over the past 15-plus months, more than ever before, it has been deeply impressed on me how important it is for managers and followers alike to be heard , to be seen and to experience empathy. Listening and empathy are inextricably linked!

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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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HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

Minimum wages are essential in a capitalist society. They ensure some form of guarantee to basic pay, but how far they are fair or equitable is debatable. The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour and has not been revised since 2009. And with the pandemic playing havoc with the economy and businesses, the labor market is witnessing a lot of disruption.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

In this four-part series, we are going to explore helpful tips on how to adapt In-person instructor-led training (ILT) content for a virtual modality. For Part 1 of this series, we will provide four tips to help maximize your content for virtual training. Last year, COVID-19 forced the training world shift to virtual training almost overnight. While many training organizations and L&D departments were already offering blended learning or e-learning modules on a regular basis, most of the tra

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