Fri.May 22, 2020

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When Being Right Frustrates Your Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

You’re smart, informed, and know your work backward and forward. But sometimes, being “right” stops you from being effective. In this episode, you’ll discover challenges leaders face when they’re overly focused on being right and how to let go of being […]. The post When Being Right Frustrates Your Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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A Chance to Start Anew

Lead Change Blog

Why doesn’t the training stick? We asked ourselves that question many times. Full of hope and possibility, we’d send employees to leadership development sessions, anticipating that they’d grow into their potential. A few did; most didn’t. One day, Amy, our L&D director, had another of her glorious eureka moments—the company’s existing systems and processes were inhibiting new behaviors promoted in training from taking root.

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Why Are Christian Leaders Busier Than Ever Before During COVID-19?

Joseph Lalonde

I had a great question from a reader of this blog. The question was so good, I couldn’t not answer it in a blog article. A reader asked: Why are Christian leaders busier than ever before during this crisis? It caught me by surprise… Then I realized he was right. Christian leaders are busier than […] The post Why Are Christian Leaders Busier Than Ever Before During COVID-19?

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12 Manipulations of Rebels, Fools, and Backstabbers

Leadership Freak

Novice manipulators are obvious. Skillful manipulators come off as kind and helpful. Avoid being manipulated by spotting the strategies used by manipulators. Strategic manipulation: #1. Pretend you agree when you disagree. #2.

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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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Pultrusions Explained – Their Benefits And More

Strategy Driven

Pultrusion products are used for a huge number of different applications. This includes everything from sports goods and rail transport to motor vehicles and wind turbine blades. The pultrusion process leads to materials that are of exceptional quality. From incredible strength to low weight, the benefits are truly extensive. Keeping that in mind, in this post you will discover everything you need to know about pultrusions, including the pultrusion process and the many advantages associated with

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Crisis Leadership ? 8 Lessons from 8 Global Leaders

CEO Insider

Crises can define CEOs and cement their abilities to guide an organization. As business leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked eight former C-suite leaders of global workforces, who sit on the Advisory Board and Board of Directors of InStride, to share their perspectives on leading through a crisis. Collectively, these global leaders led workforces […].

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Weekly Round-Up: Risks in Working From Home Forever, Comms When Returning to the Office, Leadership Tips for Resiliency & Change, Maintaining Trust in a Crisis, 7 Mistakes Managing Remote Teams

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts I've seen over the past week. Typically, as you might have noticed, I tend to cover broad topics. Given the current state of business today and how much has changed because of COVID-19, I'm going to use the Weekly Round-Up as a place to share some of the best resources I'm seeing to help leaders and communicators navigate this new normal with their teams.

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How to Develop a Digital Marketing Strategy for 2020

Strategy Driven

Every business needs to have a digital marketing strategy in 2020. If your business has any kind of online presence at all, as every business should at this point, digital marketing is essential to your survival. But just throwing money at your digital marketing isn’t going to get you very far. If you want your marketing to have an impact and achieve your goals, you need to have a solid strategy at the core.

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Why You Should Count on Small Rituals Right Now

The Office Blend Blog

PipChristie@Unsplash. Rituals are the formulas by which harmony is restored.- Terry Tempest Williams. We planted four clump, yellow rose bushes in our backyard garden last summer. They are situated in an area where for some odd reason, everything seems to perish. I have a number of concocted theories as to why this continues to happen. Our home is well over 70 years old and from what I discern from original plans, a garage once stood near that area.

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4 Screening Tests for Employees That Management Should Consider

Strategy Driven

A company’s strategy towards employees typically requires managers to be vigilant about potential employee issues that happen unexpectedly but demand an immediate response. However, not leaving things to chance means being proactive and not just reactive to avoid potential issues becoming all too real. To avoid management getting bogged down with interpersonal conflicts, security issues, or concerns over questionable conduct, here are four screening tests for employees that are worth considering

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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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Crisis Leadership ? 8 Top Executives Share 9 Lessons On Leading Through Uncertain Times

CEO Insider

Crises can define a leader and cement their abilities to guide an organization. Leaders who help their organizations shoulder the burden of a difficult challenge can elevate themselves, their organization and sometimes, an entire industry. As businesses and their leadership teams collectively navigate the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked eight former executives to […].

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The Danger of Vaccine Nationalism

Harvard Business Review

Countries must deploy a coordinated strategy based on science, not politics.

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Let Freedom Ring: What Our Founding Fathers Would Think Of These Lockdowns

CEO Insider

As of May 19th, 34 states in the US have re-opened mostly or partially for business. Another 10 states have opened regionally, leaving decisions to local authorities. If you’re like us in Illinois, you’re part of the minority, the 5 states finally starting open, still with significant restrictions (NY Times, 2020). Lockdowns haven’t stopped the […].

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What Hospitals Overwhelmed by Covid-19 Can Learn From Startups

Harvard Business Review

A classic business concept — the S-curve — can help chart the way forward.

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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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How U.S. Companies Can Support Employees of Color Through the Pandemic

Harvard Business Review

Though we’re all in this together, we’re not all in the same boat.

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If You Feel Like You’re Regressing, You’re Not Alone

Harvard Business Review

Crisis is often a three-act story: Emergency. Regression. Recovery.

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How to Prepare Your Virtual Teams for the Long Haul

Harvard Business Review

Triage issues now to prevent problems in the future.

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In Times of Crisis, a Little Thanks Goes a Long Way

Harvard Business Review

Five ways leaders can make gratitude routine.

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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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Rebuilding the Economy Around Good Jobs

Harvard Business Review

It’s time to invest in workers.