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Leading Thoughts for May 20, 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. Robert Heinlein on dying cultures: “Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named…but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters.

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Leadership—Unwrapped and Unadorned

Lead Change Blog

The true story is a part of the Southwest Airlines folklore—stories you would retell around the corporate campfire. A customer repeatedly wrote a complaining letter after each of Southwest’s flights. She complained that Southwest did not have first-class, that they did not have assigned seats, that they failed to serve meals, on and on. The public relations team struggled to find new ways to try and appease Mrs.

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Will You Require Employees To Return To The Office?

Joseph Lalonde

COVID-19 has taken its toll on the workplace. Many businesses shifted to a work-from-home model completely or a hybrid model. There were businesses that said they were going to keep this model of work for the foreseeable future. With COVID-19 vaccines being readily now, these organizations and many others are shifting gears. They’re now thinking […].

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Term of agreement for customers via a Reseller.

General Leadership

As mentioned above, the somewhat unstructured nature of a mediation can be disconcerting to those who may be entertaining the idea of submitting a dispute to mediation, but who may not be sure what to expect. For such persons, some guidance is set out in the following paragraphs, which outline the main steps in the conduct of a WIPO mediation. The procedure outlined should, however, be understood as being for guidance only, since the parties may always decide to modify the procedure and to proce

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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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My Friend Died Last Tuesday

Leadership Freak

Cy’s wife called Tuesday morning to tell me he passed away between 4 and 5 a.m. My wife and I were enjoying breakfast on the deck. We saw him the week before.

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This Policy shall be incorporated by reference into the Customer Agreement.

General Leadership

If an APRN is practicing under Georgia law OCGA 43-34-23, the APRN sees the patient, makes the diagnos(es), determines the course of treatment, and then calls in a prescription under their collaborating physician’s name to the pharmacy – just like a nurse or medical assistant does. This applies even if the physician has NOT evaluated the patient at all.

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The Key To Being A Good Leader

Strategy Driven

Leading a team is a big responsibility and there are key factors to remember. Building a strong and productive workforce takes time and effort and can be the difference between a successful company and a failing one. How can you ensure you’re a leader that contributes to a positive outcome? Set an example. Most people understand that the best way to lead is by example, but how exactly can you do that?

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Feedback is Funny—Just Not in a “Ha Ha” Kind of Way

Management Excellence

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The Guide to Market Analysis & How It Can Help Your Business Improve

Strategy Driven

Do you have a new business and are working on brand recognition? Do you have a growing small business or an established, large company that you wish to keep successful? Regardless of its size, your business needs market research and analysis. These two are the core of any marketing or business plan you’ll ever create – or pursue. What Is Market Analysis?

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Is The Use Of Consultants By The NHS A Dirty Habit?

The Horizons Tracker

Consultants have had something of a hard time during the Covid pandemic, with headlines in the UK bemoaning the considerable sums paid to companies like Deloitte and Serco by the National Health Service and the Department of Health to support their efforts. New research from the University of York finds, however, that such use of consultants has become habitual in the NHS, despite the poor record of those consultants in terms of efficiency improvements.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to Tech Support for Small Businesses

Strategy Driven

The myriad benefits of integrating technology in everyday businesses are limitless. Technology is essential for providing quick solutions to problems your company might face, whether from clients or while you’re trying to accomplish your organization’s goals. If you’re a budding entrepreneur thinking of starting a business in this day and age.

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Transparency Is Key To Removing The Gender Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

The pay gap between men and women has remained stubbornly present despite efforts to reduce it over the past few decades. Indeed, today, it’s estimated that women still earn around 18% less than men. A new paper from Washington University in St. Louis highlights how a lack of transparency around pay contributes to the enduring pay gap between men and women. “A lack of knowledge about who makes what within organizations contributes to this continuing disparity,” the authors exp

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Unique Ways To Make Your Website More Dynamic

Strategy Driven

Website design has gotten quite stale over the past couple of years. Thanks to all of the easy-to-use website building services and applications, it’s never been easier to put together a website in just a few clicks. To make things easier, there are thousands of templates available online that will help you create a wonderful page that can be modified to your liking.

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You Are An Annoying Boss If You Do This

Eric Jacobson

A former co-worker shared a great blog post with me awhile back about the most common complaints about the annoying things bosses do without even realizing it. Here are the highlights : 1. Making social events unofficially required. 2. Pressuring employees to donate to charity. 3. Calling employees who are on vacation. 4. Holding endless meetings. 5.

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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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Strategies for Taking Your Business to the Next Level

Strategy Driven

If you want to take your business to the next level but you don’t know how, you’re certainly not the only small business owner to feel that way. Finding that next leg up and finding a way to accelerate your progress is always going to be tough and there are never going to be any easy answers. But there are some strategies that you can make use of when it comes to leveling up and showing people your business should be taken seriously.

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Feedback is Funny—Just Not in a “Ha Ha” Kind of Way

Art Petty

OK, the topic of feedback isn't stand-up comedy funny. It's funny as in odd because there are so many contradictions surrounding it. Here are five practices to help managers bring feedback to life as the performance-enhancing tool it is capable of being: The post Feedback is Funny—Just Not in a “Ha Ha” Kind of Way appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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How do most leaders in your organization view the world?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How do most leaders in your organization view the world? An abundance mindset: There’s plenty of rewards to go around, so focus on making the pie bigger: 54% A scarcity mindset: There’s only so much to go around, so you should fight for a bigger share of the pie: 46% There’s plenty for everyone. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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A Major Communication Barrier On Every Team

Ron Edmondson

There has been a major communication barrier on every team I have led. It is huge, and yet often overlooked. Most effective teams at some point will do a personality assessment of team members. I work a lot with Myers Briggs, but there are certainly other great ones. At one time have probably taken most of them, All of them can be helpful at some level.

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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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Celebrating Milestones at Work: How To Recognize Team Achievement

Niagara Institute

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” This famous line from the 80’s movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is what many of us face in the day-to-day race to keep up at work. In the hustle to stay on top of the immediate needs, meet deadlines, and achieve committed results, taking the time to reflect on what has been accomplished can easily slip by.

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What’s Your Customer’s Purpose?

Harvard Business Review

Recognizing it — and delivering on it — is the key to growth.

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How to Start Up Your Own Healthcare Business

Strategy Driven

It can be easier said than done to start your own business; however, if you are interested in the healthcare sector, it could be a beneficial career option that you may never have thought about before. Healthcare is always in demand, especially in the current day and age, in which the ever-growing elderly population will need more medical services. With this in mind, it is certainly an avenue to consider for the long term.

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Marketing Still Has a Colorism Problem

Harvard Business Review

Four strategies to help the industry fight discrimination against those with darker skin.

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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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What Should You Be Looking For In Potential Employees?

Strategy Driven

You’re always going to have to hire new people as a business owner, but how do you know when you have hired the right one? It’s never possible to be 100% that the person you have hired is the right person until they start working, but you can get a pretty good idea during the job interview. In this article, we are going to be taking a look at some of the things that you should be looking for in potential employees, so keep reading down below if you would like to find out more.

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The Changing Role of the Investor Relations Officer

Harvard Business Review

In a world where activist investors are increasingly vocal about company strategy, this once-boring job has become essential.

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CEO Series: 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki on Scientific Breakthroughs and Public Trust

Harvard Business Review

How a genetic testing company tackles the challenges of an emerging industry.

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Ransomware Attacks Are Spiking. Is Your Company Prepared?

Harvard Business Review

They’re up 150% in 2020 — and growing even faster in 2021.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Building a Trustworthy Market for Carbon Offsets: Part 2

Harvard Business Review

How do carbon offsets work? And can we make them work better?

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When an Iconic Founder Overshadows the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

How to set up the next generation for success.

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Harvard Business Review

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