Fri.Jun 02, 2023

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3 Telltale Signs It’s Time to Rethink Your Executive Team

Leading Blog

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes. Replacing these hand-picked team members becomes a highly unpleasant process, one that CEOs avoid at all costs—despite clear signs it’s necessary.

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An Elegant Accountability Practice for Today

Leadership Freak

Leaders often ask about ‘holding people accountable’ What they sometimes mean is, “How can I pressure resistance into compliance and still be a nice person?

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6 Effective Ways Leaders Emotionally Connect With Their Team

Lead from Within

Leadership is not just about setting goals and delegating tasks; it’s also about building relationships and connecting with your team on an emotional level. When leaders emotionally connect with their team, they foster a sense of trust, belonging, and commitment that can lead to increased productivity, engagement, and overall success. Here are six effective ways leaders can emotionally connect with their team: Show genuine interest: The most effective leaders show genuine interest in their

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6 Small Business Strategies to Gain More Customers

Strategy Driven

Every small business is attempting to attract new customers, but not all of them are successful, which is why around 60% of small businesses fail within the first year. There’s no miracle “fits all” solution to gaining more customers, as every business and its audience is unique, but you can ensure that by following the below strategies, you will gain new custom and increase your profits.

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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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Divulging the Role of HR in Terminating an Employee

HR Digest

People get fired for all sorts of reasons every day and most people in America don’t have any recourse when it happens. Can HR fire you? HR surely plays an important part in firing an employee. The HR managers oversee the termination while processing documents to legally sever the employee-employer relationship. The HR manager only manages the process and is rarely the decision maker for the firing.

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Helpful Money-Saving Tips for Your Ontario Business

Strategy Driven

If you’re the owner of an Ontario business – whether you’re just getting started, or your enterprise is long-established – there’s never a bad time to focus on ways to cut costs and reduce any strain on your cash flow. The past few years have been difficult (to say the least) for businesses of all shapes and sizes around the globe. Add to this the higher cost of living in Ontario , compared to other parts of Canada, and you may be finding that it’s harder to make ends meet than you may have hope

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How to Choose an Australian Invoicing Software for Your Business

Strategy Driven

In the modern business landscape, efficiency is paramount. Streamlining operations can significantly enhance productivity, and one area where this is particularly evident is invoicing. The right invoicing software can revolutionize your business, saving time and reducing errors. But with so many options on the market, how do you choose the right one?

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The Key to Finding Solutions

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever experienced a recurring issue and despite thinking of multiple angles, no clear solutions comes up? You can probably relate to this one too, have you ever looked for something in your refrigerator or bookshelf, not been able to find it, only to discover it was right there in front of you the whole time? Sometimes to find what you’re looking for, you have to first update the search image that your mind is using to look for it.

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The AI Hype Cycle Is Distracting Companies

Harvard Business Review

Machine learning has an “AI” problem. With new breathtaking capabilities from generative AI released every several months — and AI hype escalating at an even higher rate — it’s high time we differentiate most of today’s practical ML projects from those research advances. This begins by correctly naming such projects: Call them “ML,” not “AI.” Including all ML initiatives under the “AI” umbrella oversells and misleads, contributing to a high failure rate for ML business deployments.

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You’re Not Powerless in the Face of Imposter Syndrome

Harvard Business Review

Research found that moxie — strength of will, self-discipline, and the ability to persist despite challenges — was vital to the success of professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.

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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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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address

Harvard Business Review

In our technology-dependent society, the effectiveness of cyber risk governance of companies affects its stock prices, as well as short-term and long-term shareholder value. New SEC cybersecurity rules provide a solid basis for transparency. Unfortunately, monitoring the long-term effectiveness of a cyber risk management strategy is not easy to grasp.