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One Easy Way to Get Your Team Talking (With Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

This technique will get your team talking about hopes and fears. You want to get your team talking about their concerns, but if they’re like so many of the employees in our courageous cultures research , they are likely holding back. In fact, 40% of the employees in our research said they lacked the confidence to share their ideas that would improve the business.

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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. From “hands-on” execution and metrics to “hands-off” strategic decisions and measures, here are 4 shifts to navigate. Shift from “Me” to “We”. News Flash! You are no longer the smartest person in the room. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership.

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What You Do Is Who You Are

Leading Blog

I T HAS BEEN SAID that culture is the most important thing because it determines how your company makes decisions when you’re not there. This led Ben Horowitz to ask, how do you create and sustain the culture you want? He turned to three historical figures and one contemporary that were “outstandingly effective in getting the culture they wanted.” He wasn’t so interested specifically in the culture they produced but what they had to do to change themselves and their culture.

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3 of the Most Important Leadership Skills Your Leaders Hope You Have

Let's Grow Leaders

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. Inevitably, these veteran leaders bring up similar abilities – the skills that differentiate top leaders from their peers.

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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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When People Lie About You and Other Wrongs Leaders Experience

Leadership Freak

Feeling wronged begins when you’re in diapers. Remember that look of betrayal your son or daughter gave you when they got their first shot in the doctor’s office. Things go downhill from there.

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What Will You Tell Yourself in 20 Years?

Mills Scofield

Graduation time is upon us - so much has been learned, so much learning awaits. Some things are cool to learn, some not ~ I wish I’d learned more from others and spared myself a lot of pain. So, to my students (and friends & clients of all ages), here’s some advice that those of us who graduated in the 20th century wish we’d learned upon entering the ‘‘real world.

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What Will You Tell Yourself in 20 Years?

Mills Scofield

Graduation time is upon us - so much has been learned, so much learning awaits. Some things are cool to learn, some not ~ I wish I’d learned more from others and spared myself a lot of pain. So, to my students (and friends & clients of all ages), here’s some advice that those of us who graduated in the 20th century wish we’d learned upon entering the ‘‘real world.

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5 Ways Leaders Can Develop Emotional Intelligence

CEO Insider

We were all fooled growing up in grade school. In your early years between the ages of 5 and 8, if your parents wanted to know whether you were considered ‘gifted’, you were given an Intelligence Quotient Test. Your score was, and still is, believed to be a valid indicator of your intelligence, and there […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article 5 Ways Leaders Can Develop Emotional Intelligence are those of the author Zack Blakeney alone and not the CEOWORLD magazi

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Important Steps For A Successful Sole Proprietorship

Strategy Driven

If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and are the sole proprietor of a business, you know that it is just as important to offer an excellent product or service as it is to understand the business side of your chosen pursuit. A sole proprietorship automatically forms when you begin offering any services or goods. At this point, there is no differentiation between you and your business from a legal standpoint.

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Why saying thank you at work matters

CEO Insider

Being a leader can be hard at times, yet there are also many times when it can be straightforward. When you ask employees what they want from their leader, the answers are relatively consistent and simple. Georgetown University’s, Associate Professor of Management, Christine Porath, found that respect tops the charts for employees. Her global survey […].

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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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The Urban Rural Divide In Covid Outcomes

The Horizons Tracker

The disparity in outcomes during Covid has been well documented in terms of ethnic minorities, who are not only more likely to have died from the virus but also suffered economic hardship. New research from Oregon State University finds that these disparities are especially pronounced when those people live in rural locations. To ensure this disparity doesn’t widen as the vaccines are rolled out around the world, the researchers urge additional resources to be deployed in rural areas by p

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How To Demonstrate Your Leadership Credibility

Eric Jacobson

Demonstrate your leadership credibility by: Practicing what you preach. Walking the talk. Ensuring your actions are consistent with your words. Putting money where your mouth is. Following through on your promises. Doing what you say you will do. Good, quick tips from the book. The Leadership Challenge.

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Top 3 Takeaways from Results vs. People

Roundtable Talk

Last week, I sat down with the always inspiring Tricia Naddaff, President of Management Research Group (MRG), our long-time research partner. We had a terrific conversation about leadership, motivation and why too many of us are set up to fail. You can watch the webinar here. Here are my top 3 takeaways: 1) Leadership Expectations … Top 3 Takeaways from Results vs.

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Interviewing a CFO? Here are 4 questions you need to ask.

CEO Insider

If you are an investor or executive leader at a company, particularly in the middle market, chances are you spend time sourcing candidates for the C-suite on a regular basis—as growth often demands leaders with specific skill sets along the trajectory. Of these candidates, and based on what we’ve been seeing from our wide array […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Interviewing a CFO?

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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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What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace

Harvard Business Review

As work and life are more intertwined than ever, managers need to take a different approach to building trust.

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The Vision Code: A Guide to Creating a Compelling Vision

Skip Prichard

Create a Compelling Vision. Meandering from point to point is not a coherent strategy and yet it is far too prevalent in many organizations. Leaders often struggle with creating a compelling vision, leaving it to chance or crafting lofty statements that mean little. That’s where Oleg Konovalov, business educator, consultant, coach, and a top global thinker on leadership wants to help.

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Family Management: On the Cusp of Parenthood

Harvard Business Review

The time right before having a first baby is a unique point in a parent’s personal history. We hear from a mother whose due date is fast approaching.

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Union Prospect pushes for ‘Right to Disconnect’ policy in the UK

HR Digest

A trade union in the UK has called for the inclusion of a “Right to Disconnect” policy in the upcoming Employment Bill. Seemingly overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people and enterprises globally. Even organizations with more progressive workplace cultures, such as Silicon Valley companies, are struggling to direct their staff to work remotely in an effort to keep employees healthy and slow the spread of the deadly virus.

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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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Are You Spending Your Parenting Time and Energy Wisely?

Harvard Business Review

A matrix to help guide your decision-making.

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10 Ways to Keep Being Favorite Pastor

Ron Edmondson

Most pastors I know are like most people I know. They want to be liked. That is especially true for the people the church where they serve. Everyone likes being favorite pastor to someone. . Yet, that’s hard to do. Leadership expert Peter Drucker once said the hardest jobs in America (not necessarily in order) are President of the United States, university presidents, hospital administrators and pastors.

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How Inclusive Is Your Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

A research-based tool to help leaders understand how their behaviors impact employees.

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Links To Trump Paid Off For Companies

The Horizons Tracker

It perhaps stands to reason that in times of uncertainty, companies attempt to reduce that uncertainty in whatever way they can. Research from a few years ago found that one of the most common approaches was via lobbying. As you might expect, the more concerned a company is that it might be on the receiving end of a politician’s whims, the more they invest to try and influence those outcomes.

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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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Supplier Diversity Programs Are Failing Black-Owned Businesses

Harvard Business Review

Five recommendations to help your organization become a better partner.

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Bonus: Finding a New Balance with Esther Perel

Harvard Business Review

How will the way we work change after the pandemic?