General Leadership
AUGUST 1, 2018
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If your action inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. John Quincy Adams. Anyone following the news these days is painfully aware of the divisiveness plaguing politics.
Leading in Context
AUGUST 1, 2018
By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series we looked at how leaders generate meaningful environments where others can thrive. In Part 2 we explored a leader's own quest for authenticity. In Part 3 we'll look at the role of powerful conversations and a focus on collective success.
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Women on Business
AUGUST 1, 2018
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Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 1, 2018
One of the hardest things a manager has to do is sit down with an employee and discuss a serious behavior or performance issue, especially when if it’s going to be an unpleasant surprise to the employee. Tough feedback is just that. tough! And while we may not ever get to a point where we look forward to sharing difficult information, there are ways to make these conversations less difficult.
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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.
Leading Blog
AUGUST 1, 2018
Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2018. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Mastering Fear : A Navy SEAL's Guide by Brandon Webb and John David Mann. 8 Steps to High Performance : Focus On What You Can Change (Ignore the Rest) by Marc Effron. Humble Leadership : The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust by Edgar H.
Joseph Lalonde
AUGUST 1, 2018
A week into my training for the Grand Rapids Marathon I’m running to raise money to help children in Africa have access to clean water (you can help by going HERE and donating any amount you’re able to), I was on the sideline. I couldn’t run. It’s not that I didn’t want to run. I did… Oh, did I ever. So did Lok. Photo by Kristian Egelund.
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QAspire
AUGUST 1, 2018
. Everybody we meet is trying to get attention through tactics. More clicks, eyeballs, likes. What if you focus more on giving attention? What do you deeply care about? What are you trying to make happen? Who are you trying to help? These are good questions to find out what truly matters and then pay attention to only those things. “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” – Simone Weil.
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 1, 2018
The way you occur to others and the way you imagine yourself are completely different people. You interpret your heart. Others interpret your behavior.
leaderCommunicator
AUGUST 1, 2018
Perhaps you’ve heard the quote “There’s a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.” The concept might seem simple, but active listening – that is, fully concentrating on what’s being said – takes work and practice. And the results can make a significant difference in the quality of relationships, followership and overall results.
Decker Communication
AUGUST 1, 2018
It’s undeniable that the way your voice sounds has a lot to do with how you come across. As reported in the Wall Street Journal , people who hear recordings of rough, weak, or strained voices tend to label the speakers as negative, weak or tense. While people with strong voices are described as successful, sociable and smart. Whether you’re speaking one-on-one, in a meeting or presenting on the big stage, here are 3 tips to help boost connection and credibility with your voice: Changing your voc
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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
HR Digest
AUGUST 1, 2018
Mentoring, coaching, teaching, and leading are few terminologies that are used interchangeably. Keeping the explanation simple for now, all the mentioned advisory-genre terms have a different context of reference. Though each one of them possesses individual scope of guidance style, ‘mentoring relationships’ are the ones difficult to be found or to be precise it’s a bond without any book-bound definition.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 1, 2018
Finances are tight at the launch of most new businesses, especially if you factor in the costs associated with employing staff and renting premises. There are ways of cutting costs and one way is to outsource a lot of the essential tasks to freelancers. Outsourcing will lower the number of staff you will need to employ on a permanent basis. Freelancers only get paid for the work they complete and won’t require holiday and sick pay.
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 1, 2018
3 Reasons Your Policies Might be Wasting Your Volunteers. Daniel serves in the parking area at one of our church campuses. We intentionally put him in the parking lot where parents with preschoolers prefer to park. If you knew Daniel, you’d know why. Each weekend you’ll find Daniel wearing a lime-green vest and waving two light sabers (aka orange light wands) while safely parking cars and helping people walk into the building.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 1, 2018
Promoting your Florida business is critical to your long-term success. Good marketing means that people will hear about your business and that adds to your customer base. Before you can get into any complicated marketing tactics, you need to make sure you cover the basics and start off by promoting your business the right way. The Right Sign. The biggest misconception in business is that only companies that rely on foot traffic need to invest in a good sign.
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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 1, 2018
Emma Innocenti/Getty Images. Um. Ah. So. You Know. Like. Right? Well. When we find ourselves rattled while speaking — whether we’re nervous, distracted, or at a loss for what comes next — it’s easy to lean on filler words. These may give us a moment to collect our thoughts before we press on, and in some cases, they may be useful indicators that the audience should pay special attention to what comes next.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 1, 2018
Businesses like Zappos and Amazon have set the bar high for customer-centricity. Are you an entrepreneur wondering how to match the big guys in customer focus? Have you spent thousands of dollars for setting up a customer survey exercise to understand what customers really want? And has that left you with no better understanding than you had previously?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 1, 2018
dlanor s./unsplash. Machine learning is increasingly being used to predict individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, and preferences across an array of applications — from personalized marketing to precision medicine. Unsurprisingly, given the speed of change and ever-increasing complexity, there have been several recent high-profile examples of “machine learning gone wrong.” A chatbot trained using Twitter was shut down after only a single day because of its obscene and inflamm
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