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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Is Your Empathy Serving or Hurting You ?

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Reverse-Gossip – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Gossip is definitely not something we love or that we hope to have at any workplace. In fact, if we could REVERSE gossip, that would solve many conflicts and issues at work. But before we get to the idea of reversing gossip, we must first discuss two facts about gossip as a whole: 1. Gossip […]. The post Reverse-Gossip – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Funny Office Awards – Don’t Earn the “Margo” for Being the Worst Teammate Ever

Great Results Team Building

As a coach, one of the things I learned was that what gets rewarded gets repeated. So, to motivate our athletes we would give out post-game awards to celebrate the things we wanted our team to value and emphasize. …We had the “Allstate” award for assists. …We had the “Green Light” award for shooting . …We had the “Hardhat” award for taken charges. …And we had the “Windex” award for rebounding.

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How to Communicate with Your Employees During Times Of Crisis

Lead from Within

These are hard times. The pandemic, its associated economic problems and political tension are all raging on with no end in sight, and now the coldest, darkest season of the year is fast approaching. If your employees are like most people, they’re feeling exhausted and stressed even when nothing specific is going wrong. At times like these, the way you communicate with your people is more important than ever.

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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 Express Gratitude When You Feel Ungrateful

Leadership Freak

Ingratitude is breathing through a narrow straw while running a marathon. Definition: Gratitude is noticing and acknowledging benefit or advantage. Feeling grateful isn’t part of my definition of gratitude.

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Professional Development Ideas for Entrepreneurs

Strategy Driven

Entrepreneurship isn’t so much a career as it is a way of life. Owning your own business or working freelance means you don’t have the safety net of an HR department to take care of your personal administration or a boss prompting you to take a course. All of this must be instigated by you, and it is important if you want to be successful in your field.

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How to Start Your Own Business Online

Strategy Driven

Starting an online business does come with plenty of benefits to it. As an entrepreneur, it gives you the freedom and flexibility to make money irrespective of where you are in the world. It also allows you to determine your work hours, work from home, choose the niche to focus on, and require little to no startup costs. There is absolutely no wrong in starting your own online business.

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Is Your Consulting Firm Stretched Thin? How to Handle Even More Projects

David A Fields

Your consulting firm has experienced boom times. You may even be navigating a high tide of consulting projects now thanks to your excellent product-market fit, your diligent business development efforts or the kind winds of fate. When business is strong and your entire consulting team is already working at capacity, how do you create time … Continued.

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Donna Morris of Walmart on Leadership in Rapidly Changing Environment

HR Digest

Integrity, passion, and teamwork – these are the values that Walmart looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others.

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The Unequal Nature Of The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

The future of work amidst the 4th industrial revolution was portrayed very much as one that is both precarious and unequal. As with so much this year, those characteristics have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Recent research from Durham University highlights just how much, after assessing prominent research into the workplace over the last thirty years.

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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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Wrestling With Feedback, Part 1—Why We Don’t Like the Idea of Giving or Receiving It

Management Excellence

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The Burn-Out Caused By Politics On Social Media

The Horizons Tracker

Debates about the impact of social media on our mental wellbeing have raged for almost as long as social media has existed. With so much discussion around politics taking place on social media at the moment, new research from Columbus State University explores the impact this might be having on our mental health. It’s well known that many people get their political news from social media, but also that the deluge of information (and arguments) can cause many to tune out as politics domina

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Are You Leading by Accountability?

The Practical Leader

During a leadership development workshop, we were discussing the keys to building accountability and ownership. One participant told us that he and his wife had their four-year-old grandson, Jordan, for a sleepover at their house. In the morning, he came running down the stairs and reported, “Grandma, Grandpa, somebody peed in my bed!” Now, who do you think did that?

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How do you start your own business

Strategy Driven

Life teaches us important things. As time goes by, different experiences turn into different lessons. Running a successful business is almost the same. Your business becomes your life and you learn new things in business as you experience different events. However, stepping into the unknown without at least a little bit of help can turn into a very short trip.

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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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7 Actions Which Can Quickly Cripple A Leader

Ron Edmondson

There are some things that can quickly cripple a leader. I’m constantly thinking how I can help people on our team improve as leaders. Of course, in order for that to happen it means I must constantly be improving as a leader. I realize our team’s potential to get better at leading others is limited to the extent I am willing to become a better leader.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. This book is my top choice because it : Covers the issues most important to today's workplace leaders Provides "real-world" and practical everyday steps you can take Gives you specific techniques and tactics Tells powerful, life-ex

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Wrestling With Feedback, Part 1—Why We Don’t Like the Idea of Giving or Receiving It

Art Petty

We all can benefit from the right type of specific, behavioral, task, or situational-focused feedback. Unfortunately, our natural fear of either giving or receiving feedback often gets in the way of harnessing value from this input. The post Wrestling With Feedback, Part 1—Why We Don’t Like the Idea of Giving or Receiving It appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

“In the next ten to fifteen years, rapid change in a post-pandemic world and emerging technology will revolutionize nearly every job, eliminate some, and create new forms of work that we have yet to imagine,” says Deanna Mulligan , author of the new book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap. In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to t

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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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#leadershiptruth — You Can’t Drink Half a Cup of Poison

Roundtable Talk

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be collaborative. I don’t know about you, but every time I’ve waffled on a decision that I feel strongly about in my gut because people have told me to think with my head or softened my approach to appease the desires of peripheral stakeholders, I’ve suffered the consequences. Sometimes … #leadershiptruth — You Can’t Drink Half a Cup of Poison Read More » The post #leadershiptruth — You Can’t Drink Half a Cup of Poison appeared first on The Roundtable.

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How to Brace Yourself for Disappointment

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes focusing on the worst-case scenario helps. Sometimes it doesn’t.

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Selfish People Are Losers

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Some lessons are so important that they withstand the test of time. Remember Aesop’s fable The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg ? It’s about a countryman who had a goose that laid a golden egg each day. Unfortunately, the greedy countryman grew impatient because he wasn’t getting rich fast enough. So he killed the goose, hoping to retrieve all the eggs at once.

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How to Identify — and Fix — Pay Inequality at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Women and people of color still earn less than white men for the same work — and this disparity compounds over time.

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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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4 Things to Consider Before You Start Using AI in Personnel Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Even if it’s not perfect, an algorithm may be less biased than a person.

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Why The Global Economy is Recovering Faster Than Expected

Harvard Business Review

And what it will take to continue.

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Talking About Mental Health with Your Employees — Without Overstepping

Harvard Business Review

Three tips.

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