Mon.Jan 30, 2023

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Stop Letting the Latest Trend Dictate How You Run Your Company

Leading Blog

Q UIET QUITTING. Quiet firing. Quiet thriving. What will be the next viral workplace term? Today’s businesses aren’t plagued by these “new” movements—except for the reactionary movement of buying into the latest buzzword and letting it affect their workplace culture. As talked about in this Business Insider article , these trends have caused panic among leaders in all industries, who are now looking to combat these “new” issues, and consultants are right there with them, offering all sorts of “s

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Got Workplace Gossip? Powerful Phrases to Stop Workplace Gossip Before It Spreads

Let's Grow Leaders

Stop Workplace Gossip from Stirring Up Conflict and Distracting Your Team I first heard this frustrating bit of workplace gossip from my wonderful, human-centered executive assistant back in my Verizon days. “I know this isn’t funny. By you have to admit it kind of is (she said with a pause, smile, and big grin). You should probably know the rumor that’s going around about you.” “Oh, do tell…” I wasn’t quite prepared for the absurdity of the work

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How Too Much Grit Can Derail Your Leadership Success

Lead from Within

“Grit” is defined as passion and perseverance towards long-term goals, and it is considered a crucial ingredient for success. Research by Angela Duckworth, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has found that grit is a better predictor of success than talent or intelligence. However, I have found that some leaders may be too gritty, and it is costing them in their leadership success.

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Priorities: The One Priority of Leadership

Leadership Freak

A priority gives direction. Without a priority, leaders squander resources, frustrate people, and live in alarm mode. One website lists 40 leadership priorities.

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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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Attributes of a Powerful Question

QAspire

In his book “ Poke The Box ”, Seth Godin asked a powerful question, “When was the last time you did something for the first time?” For me, this question led to a significant mindset change – from working within the boundaries of known to trying new things out. The question helped me discover new potentialities within the self, find opportunities at the intersection of my skills and take up newer learning projects over the years.

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5 Small Business Growth Strategies that Work

Women on Business

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How The Government Influences Media Coverage Of Business

The Horizons Tracker

The role of the media in holding the government to account is well documented, but research from Cambridge Judge Business School suggests that the opposite is also likely to be the case. The study examines how government decisions affected the media coverage of US banks during the financial crisis. It found that the media was typically less critical of banks that had received government bailouts.

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How to Use Mentoring to Attract and Retain Talent

Skip Prichard

This is a guest post by Lisa Z. Fain. Lisa is the CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence, a global speaker on mentoring, and co-author of The Mentor’s Guide and Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. It’s a great time to be looking for a job, and a hard time to be an employer. Indeed, everywhere you turn, you see the headlines about the Great Resignation.

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Is An Ethnically Diverse Founding Team Key To Startup Success?

The Horizons Tracker

Recently, a report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) exposed the stark realities of equality in entrepreneurship around the world. It argued that if the rates of entrepreneurship were equal between men and women that the global economy would grow by $5 trillion. This represents a growth in global GDP of 6%, which to put that into context is slightly higher than the recent economic forecast from the World Bank of the hit to global GDP from COVID-19.

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How to Communicate Layoffs to Employees the Right Way

leaderCommunicator

Following the "Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting,” America’s workforce is grappling with a new era: “loud layoffs” – shocking reduction in force announcements (RIFs) that are taking employees by surprise and dominating media headlines. Top global companies – including Twitter, PepsiCo, Buzzfeed, Morgan Stanley, Salesforce, and Amazon, just to name a few – have recently made headlines for mass layoffs.

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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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Buying A Home Doesn’t Make Us As Happy As We Think

The Horizons Tracker

Across the world, home ownership is viewed as a valuable rite of passage. Research from the University of Basel suggests that it’s not a guaranteed path to happiness, however. The researchers examined the impact buying a home has on our life satisfaction, and the results show that while it does indeed provide a boost to our happiness, this boost is pretty short-lived.

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7 Ways to Respond to Overly-Negative People

Ron Edmondson

How do you respond to an overly-negative person? After speaking at a breakout to pastors, a pastor approached me and asked, “ What do you do when there is one person who is always trying to disrupt what you are doing? He is never satisfied with anything I do and he incites people against me. I know he’s going to complain about something every time I see him or his name comes up in my inbox.

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The Benefits Of When Everyone Leads

Eric Jacobson

It’s only January and the new book, When Everyone Leads , could likely be my pick for the best new leadership book of 2023. It’s that good. There’s still nearly a whole year ahead of us so we’ll see what other books debut. In the meantime, add this book to your must-read list. You’ll learn that: Leadership is an activity, not a position. Leadership is mobilizing others to make progress on the most important challenges.

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Passive Aggressive Phrases To Avoid In The Workplace

HR Digest

With people flooding back into the daily commute and routine of socializing, you’ve got to be on your best behavior. Passive-aggressive behavior in the workplace is very common because an individual would rather be fallacious, than be the root of any conflict, in a formal workspace. Teams that avoid confrontations and don’t vent their disagreements are in a blind belief that they have no conflicts.

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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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Has Progress on Data, Analytics, and AI Stalled at Your Company?

Harvard Business Review

Four recommendations to ensure your investment strategy drives real business value.

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How To Help Your Team Focus & Eliminate Distractions.

Rich Gee Group

Helping your team focus and stay productive can be a challenging task. These ten strategies can be easily implemented to support them in this effort: Set clear goals and priorities. Team members must understand what is expected of them and their role in achieving the team's goals. This helps them stay focused on the task at hand and avoid distractions.

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Help Your Employees Make Strong Passwords a Habit

Harvard Business Review

To shore up security, you need to encourage practices your employees will actually use.

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The Essentials: Making Sound Decisions

Harvard Business Review

How to be thoughtful without overthinking.

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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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Despite Layoffs, It’s Still a Workers’ Labor Market

Harvard Business Review

Recruiting isn’t going to get any easier in 2023.