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How to Build a Team of Inspired Followers

Let's Grow Leaders

Early in my career, I had a GREAT boss, Gary, who had hand-selected and developed a team of rock star leaders. It’s arguably the best corporate team I’ve ever worked on. I’m not sure how he pulled this off, but nearly every […].

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Team Engagement Brings Competitive Advantage

Lead Change Blog

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships”. Michael Jordan. Team dynamics is one of the overlooked parts of a business. Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. If a team is out of sync or out of flow, things happen slowly or at worst not at all.

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How to Deal With Colleagues Who Deny Reality

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Guest Post by Gleb Tsipursky When was the last time a colleague said something so ridiculous that it made your jaw drop? From politics to science to business issues, there are times people’s beliefs are so out of touch with reality, we are astounded. Our typical response when people deny reality is to confront them with […]. The post How to Deal With Colleagues Who Deny Reality appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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How to Turn Your Startup Dream into a Reality in 2018

Women on Business

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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 develop your intuition

Persuasive Powerhouse

The Oxford dictionary has a simple definition of intuition that I like: “ A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning” I ntuition is the ability to quickly take different thoughts that may have slipped below one’s consciousness and to put them together to create a decision, a direction, or an idea.

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The Gifts of Leadership: How to Give Advice That People Respect

Leadership Freak

People don’t want advice. They want the pain to go away. They want to keep doing the same thing but get different results.

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How You Can Make Your Blog a Business While Traveling the World

Strategy Driven

Traveling is hard enough, without trying to run a business as you go! Arranging transportation, accommodation, trips and looking after your money is difficult to juggle – without the added pressure of blogging. A common problem is finding internet connection when you have important emails to attend to! Thankfully, it’s clear to see nowadays that people CAN do it.

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Top Change Articles from 2017 at Enclaria

Change Starts Here

Another year is coming to a close! The following are the most popular posts of 2017 at the Enclaria blog. Which were your favorites, and what did you miss? Thank you for reading and sharing! What topics would you like to see covered next year? Please reply in the comments. Two Ways to Overcome Your […].

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3 Effective Strategies for Keeping Employees Focused on the Task at Hand

Strategy Driven

The reason you worked so hard to complete an executive masters in business administration program is that you wanted to make a difference. Over time, you saw areas which could have been handled more efficiently and at lower costs within your organization. Although you were already in a position of authority, you felt you needed better skills to keep things flowing smoother in accordance with best practices, as outlined in the company manual.

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How to Crank Up Your Consulting Firm’s Results by 189%

David A Fields

Consulting clients love to see evidence of progress. It’s a business-building, psychic reward that you can provide. Invest three minutes into contemplating why and how to integrate scorecarding into your consulting practice… Your Scorecarding Indoctrination Remember jumping off the school bus and scampering home to show your mom the ✔+ you earned on a quiz?

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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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You’re never too big to care about people

Surviving Leadership

Almost every day, my delightful Mumsie Poo starts her morning by going to her local neighborhood Starbucks for a cup of coffee (grande in a venti cup – the woman likes her cream), chats with the baristas and some of the customers, and then continues on with the day’s activities. The agenda for these activities are usually sent to me in a daily text; I assume that’s so I can find her when she’s kidnapped for ransom money due to her secret royal status.

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Advice for Managers Who are Just Starting Out

Curious Cat

I was interviewed by Vidal Graupera for his Managers Club blog, excerpts from that interview: What are the biggest challenges you face? Convincing organizations to adopt better management methods. People are very attached to historical ways of managing. While it is much harder to convince people to adopt more effective management methods than I would […].

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How Are You Perceived at Work? Here’s an Exercise to Find Out

Harvard Business Review

Tom Kolossa/EyeEm/Getty Images. It’s not easy to understand how other people perceive us. We are often uncertain, confused, or even completely unaware of what we project. And this lack of self-awareness can be career-limiting. Consider a former client of mine who was angling for the C-suite but had received feedback that his colleagues considered him negative and difficult.

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Understanding The Fine Line Of Activism For Today’s Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by former executive Anne Bahr Thompson. Profound changes in cultural sentiment are shifting the landscape for business. An increasingly divided political climate has had many companies—large and small, new and legacy—across industries stepping up and taking positions on issues typically outside the realm of business. Over the past year, the number of brands that have taken activist stances on topics in the public debate has grown significantly.

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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 Successful Digital Transformations Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

joshua sortino/unsplash. Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. Research by McKinsey & Company and the McKinsey Global Institute shows that digitization is having the same radical impact.

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How Large Food Retailers Can Help Solve the Food Waste Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Tara Moore/Getty Images. If you find yourself having to purge your refrigerator’s crisper bin every few weeks, imagine what goes on at a grocery store. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers estimates that annually between a third and a half of all food produced is wasted worldwide. According to the Guardian , approximately 45% of all fruits and vegetables, 35% of fish and seafood, 30% of cereals, and 20% of meat and dairy products are wasted by suppliers, retailers, and consumers every y

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Subscription Businesses Are Booming. Here’s How to Value Them

Harvard Business Review

Philippe Marion/Getty Images. The subscription business model is booming. Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. Business-to-consumer subscription businesses have attracted more than 11 million U.S. subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011.

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How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Harvard Business Review

John Kuczala/Getty Images. The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed this afternoon and the Senate is expected to approve tonight, is complex, but what it will mean for health in the United States is simple: less. It will mean less health insurance for individuals; less coverage for elderly and poor Americans; less revenue for doctors, hospitals, and myriad health care businesses; and, quite possibly, a less-healthy, less-productive workforce.

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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.