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Leading Thoughts for November 25, 2021

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. Pastor Will Johns on seeing the world through the lens of gratitude: “Gratitude is a lens that changes the perception of everything in your life. Your world will be transformed. You will begin to see good things you’ve never noticed before.

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Thieves of Thankfulness – Why Cynics Struggle with Gratitude

Leadership Freak

Research indicates the top three thieves of thankfulness are narcissism, cynicism, and envy/materialism. Narcissism tops the list. Second on the list is cynicism.

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The Most Efficient Ways That You Can Prepare Your Business for the Worst-Case Scenarios

Strategy Driven

There are a lot of different methods that can ensure a business remains successful. This can be because of the fact you have done a sufficient amount of market research, and as a result, know the ins and outs of your industry; it can be because you market yourself well and also because of the fact you carry your work out to a high standard. One of the other most important things that a business needs to be in order to succeed is be prepared for worst-case scenarios.

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How do you handle things when someone refuses to compromise and they harden their stance?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How do you handle things when someone refuses to compromise and they harden their stance? I work around them. They’re not changing, and I need to get things done 36.87% I offer more concessions to see if I can get them to move 4.58% I get other people to pressure them to change their stance 5.30% I accept their position and go work on more fruitful work 10.36% I try to empathize and understand their concerns so I can soften their stance 42.89% Avoid or Empathize

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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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Top 3 Essential Tips for Writing a Professional Email

Strategy Driven

Organizing your thoughts and writing a coherent professional email can be a disaster. Trying to put your thoughts together whilst sounding confident and business-like is not an easy skill to master. If you write professional pieces all the time this may be a skill you want to learn. What goes into writing a professional email? What should you be particular to keep in mind while you’re typing?

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Remote Consultations Aren’t Always The Best Approach

The Horizons Tracker

In the early months of the Covid pandemic strict social distancing rules meant that most primary care appointments moved onto telehealth platforms, either by telephone or over video chat. The process made what had been a gradual transition before Covid into an almost total transition overnight. Research from Syracuse University suggests that enthusiasm has endured a year on.

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How Performance-Related Pay Can Widen The Gender Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

It’s easy to presume that performance-related pay would be a good thing for inequality in the workplace as it limits the reliance of managers on things such as favoritism or gender bias, and focuses attention instead on meritocratic factors. Alas, research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suggests that might not actually be the case.

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20 Believable Excuses to Get Out of Work

HR Digest

We all have that one day where we need to find a believable excuse to get out of work. You might be seeking employment opportunities elsewhere, and can’t afford to let your boss know this. Therefore, you have to come up with an acceptable excuse to miss work. To make sure you are as convincing as possible, you must think about the following: Is your excuse believable?

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Are Firms Becoming More Short-Termist?

The Horizons Tracker

Short-termism is seldom regarded as a positive attribute for managers to adopt, especially at a time of disruption and change. Alas, research from the Cornell Business School suggests that American firms, and indeed investors and policymakers, are actually becoming more and more short-term oriented. The researchers analyzed the strategic focus of publicly listed firms from 1980 to 2013 and found a number of factors that contribute towards this shift in mentality, including the types of investme

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New Book: Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

Eric Jacobson

I am a big fan of the series of Harvard Business Review (HBR)’s Handbooks , including the one for leaders and the one for family businesses. Newest in the series is the HBR Project Management Handbook. Author Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez explains that to fully harness project management and to live into the idea that projects can inspire positive change – it is time for companies and leaders to break out of outdated structures and lean into a fresh, modern approach to project management.

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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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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do 

Roundtable Talk

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do By: Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD Reviewed by: Colleen Jones The Premise: Social psychologist and researcher Jennifer Eberhardt, PhD, takes her readers on a humbling journey of education and self-reflection as she helps us understand the implicit bias that is inherent to all of us.

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3 Tactics to Accelerate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

What Singapore’s DBS Bank learned as it moved toward a more distributed workforce.

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What is a Returnship?

HR Digest

If you took the time off from your work in the recent months or years, you may consider returnship as an option to go back to the marketplace. . But, what is a returnship actually? . It is a program and skill-sharpening initiative to go back to work after a long break. It is also an opportunity to learn new skills at the company that you are joining again. .

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