Thu.Mar 26, 2020

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Leaders Lessons from an Outward Bound Wilderness Instructor

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Mark Brown: Leaders in the outdoor leadership space are quite familiar with a wilderness ethic and organization called Leave No Trace. Originally a program created by the United States Forest Service in the late 1980s, the organization offers guidelines to people who venture into the wilderness to help reduce their negative impact and preserve it for future generations.

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An Easy Way to Improve Your Relationships With Your Direct Reports

Let's Grow Leaders

Even if you have an open door, and are constantly asking your direct reports how you can improve, chances are your employees are holding back. Particularly if you’re generally a great boss, they figure “Why complain? It could be so much worse.” […]. The post An Easy Way to Improve Your Relationships With Your Direct Reports appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading Thoughts for March 26, 2020

Leading Blog

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. Bill Welter and Jean Egmon on the difficulty on truly seeing the world as it is: “Paradigms are wonderful shortcuts as we think about the world, but they are deadly if they are not attuned with reality. All of us are bombarded with increasing waves of data and sensory inputs, and whether we realize it or not, we have become increasingly resistant.

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How Agile Is Your Business?

Lead Change Blog

Today marks the start of something that would have been unheard of two or so years ago – online BNI (Business Networking International) meetings in the UK. In the face of the growing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effect on people, communities, and our economy, and the sheer scale of the pressures created, business, as usual, is no longer an option.

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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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How to Work From Home and Not go Crazy

Leadership Freak

Fatigue from radical change and constant stress hits you after a week or two of working from home. It’s time to set boundaries and establish rhythms. #1. Establish rhythms and routines.

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The Best Way to Control Your Leadership Frustrations

Lead from Within

Everyone in a leadership position experiences some degree of frustration from time to time—and for some, it’s nearly constant. In my work as a leadership coach I often see leaders express frustration. The reasons vary, from not knowing how to handle crisis or just plain having unreasonable expectations. Whatever the cause of the frustration, you may find yourself wishing you could lash out and say exactly what you’re thinking.

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Latest COVID Ideas & Resources for Business Owners

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. A client recently reminded me of this suddenly very relevant Tweet I sent years ago. All energy and attention used to prevent what we dread reduces the energy and attention available for realizing what we desire. –Tony Mayo • • • Download this new poster for your break room(!) in the wake of emergency […].

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Chaos to Complex :: everything is not an emergency

Mike Cardus

This is an overly complex and chaotic environment, suddenly we have to eliminate all the plans, finances, work Key-Result-Areas, and capacity plans! EVERYTHING IS IN CHAOS, THIS IS COMPLEX! Do you feel this way? When everything changes and you have not experienced this change before – how do you lead and plan? I’ve written before about my affection for the Cyenfin Framework , and the work of Dave Snowden.

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Young People Want To Better The World, But Don’t Know How

The Horizons Tracker

The notion that young people wish to change the world is perhaps one for the ages, but the Qatar-based World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) recently found that young people today feel they lack the skills to make such a difference to the world. Several thousand young people from around the world were quizzed about their education, and their thoughts on the future.

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The Question of These Times and 6 Ways to Answer

Mark Sanborn

Until mid 2018, Google’s code of conduct included the well known phrase, “Don’t be evil.” It was explained as the idea of doing the right thing. I always thought a better alternative was “Be and do goo. In light of COVID 19, the related crisis and challenges and the normal every day difficulties we all face, what should be our code of conduct?

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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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Why Do Women In Leadership Roles Face More Sexual Harassment?

The Horizons Tracker

The concept of tall poppy syndrome is well known, and sees those in high status positions frequently attacked and criticized, due in part to their lofty status. New research from Stockholm University suggests the same might be true for female leaders, who the study finds are more susceptible to sexual harassment than women employees lower down the organizational hierarchy.

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7 Ways a Senior Concierge Business Can Help Senior Citizens

Strategy Driven

Senior Concierge businesses help senior citizens with some of their day to day tasks that are becoming difficult for them to accomplish alone. They aren’t home health aides or any other type of medical caregivers. Rather, they allow those who need in-home senior care to get many of the things on their to-do list checked off. Think of them as errand services or personal assistants.

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How Hierarchy Affects How Black Workers View Racism

The Horizons Tracker

Despite the progress made in achieving equality in the workplace, discrimination is still far more evident than we would like. Our perceptions of something like racism are far from uniform, however, as new research from Washington University in St. Louis highlights. It suggests that the impression of workplace racism among black workers is highly influenced by their own position in the organizational hierarchy.

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A Quick Beginners Guide To Analytics in 2020

Strategy Driven

If you know anything about analytics, it’s probably that you should be looking at them regularly to decipher what is working for your business and what isn’t. Using these stats and figures, you can make sure that your business is always doing the right thing and can get the best results. The only thing is, many people don’t think that analytics are all that easy to understand.

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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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The Inspiration Code

Eric Jacobson

At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, only five months into 2017, I had already found a new leadership book so good that I couldn't wait until year-end 2017 to share it. Reflecting back, and sharing again, that book is, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges.

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4 Easy Ways to Promote Your Business

Strategy Driven

No matter how excellent your product or service may be, it is impossible for you to achieve success as a business owner without customers. Competition in today’s market is fierce, and it can be difficult to set yourself apart from your competitors. Use these methods to promote your business and attract new clients. Give Customers Vehicle Magnets with Your Logo.

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7 Ideas To Feel Productive During Quarantine and Social Distancing

Ron Edmondson

Many people are stuck at home during this Coronavirus pandemic. For the first week or so it might be fun. After a week or more, some will become stir crazy. It may require discipline not to lose patience with the situation. When much of life is out of our control, it is often therapeutic to focus on some things you can control. . I previously posted some ideas to help with children – especially elementary aged.

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Out Of The Crisis: The Deming Institute’s Response to COVID-19

Deming Institute

First and foremost, we want to express our deepest sympathy to the people and families whose health and wellbeing have been impacted by the pandemic. We also want to thank those of you on the front lines – the healthcare workers, pharmacy staff, grocery clerks, truck drivers, government workers, and other unsung heroes who are working long and exhausting hours, risking their lives to keep our society functioning as we face this unprecedented crisis. ?

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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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Leadership in times of the coronavirus crisis: A management guide for professionals

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

Since its first discovery in December 2019 in Hubai, China, the new Coronavirus now called SARS-CoV-2 has managed to spread out in more than a dozen countries around the globe. The still increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2) cases requires governments, business and non-governmental organization to switch from day to day operations into crisis mode.

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How would you describe the “back office” functions at your company (finance, procurement, legal, HR, etc.)?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How would you describe the “back office” functions at your company (finance, procurement, legal, HR, etc.)? They occasionally add value and respond in a reasonable time. 29.78% They add value in every interaction and are highly responsive. 25.56% They are extremely frustrating and overly bureaucratic. 19.38% They rarely add value and tend to slow things down. 17.98% They make my life a nightmare, and I can’t get anything done. 7.3% Improving the

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The Contagion We Can Control

Harvard Business Review

Understanding how emotions spread between individuals can help you cope.

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Fixing Quality Control Issues Is Easier Than You Think

Strategy Driven

For a lot of companies, quality control is a substantial issue. As any executive will tell you, there’s a tremendous difference between producing a hundred products well and tens of thousands. Often you have to rely on entirely different processes. And that’s where the problem lies: making the transition to a new way of doing things isn’t easy. Quality control has always been important, but in today’s market, it is essential.

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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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How Restaurants Can Survive Right Now

Harvard Business Review

It’s simple: Lower prices.

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Things to Avoid when Conducting a Virtual Meeting

HR Digest

People across the world are working from home, as the Coronavirus pandemic has forced them to be at homes. However, working from home also includes virtual meetings and web conferences due to the lack of employees in a single place. As such, it is essential that a participant prepares themselves fully for the virtual meeting and let it occur smoothly and efficiently.

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Why You Should Become an “Intrapreneur”

Harvard Business Review

You’ll be more engaged, and more productive.

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Coronavirus Is Widening the Corporate Digital Divide

Harvard Business Review

The competitive advantage belongs to those who can smoothly transition to remote work.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

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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Real Leaders: Oprah Winfrey and the Power of Empathy

Harvard Business Review

What we can learn from how Oprah built her business empire.

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