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How to Scale Your Leadership for Bigger Influence and Results

Let's Grow Leaders

5 Ways to Scale Your Leadership and Motivate Your Large Team. You have a solid track record of building high-performance teams. But, now your team is bigger and you need to scale your leadership. Perhaps you’ve been promoted and your team has tripled in size. Or, maybe you’re leading a fast-growing start-up, and it’s no longer feasible to have the direct influence you once had with every employee and customer.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Disney’s Jungle Cruise

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. When you hear Disney’s Jungle Cruise, you may think of the thrilling theme park ride. You’d be correct in thinking that. However, Jungle Cruise recently became something more. Jungle Cruise is now a movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Frank Wolf and Emily Blunt as Lily Houghton. While I have never ridden the Jungle […].

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Positively Energizing Leaders Are Heliotropic

Lead Change Blog

The heliotropic effect describes the inherent tendency in all living things toward positive energy and away from negative energy. In nature, the sun is the source of positive, life-giving energy, so the heliotropic effect explains why plants and other organisms lean toward the light over time. It is inherent in the cells of living systems. This phenomenon has important implications for leaders because human beings likewise have an inherent tendency toward positive, life-giving energy.

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What Does it Take to Stand Out?

Kevin Eikenberry

Of all the changes to the workplace that the pandemic brought, one hasn’t been talked about or written about very much. But it doesn’t mean it hasn’t been on remote (and now hybrid) team member’s minds. How can I stand out when the boss never sees me? How will this working arrangement impact my career? […]. The post What Does it Take to Stand Out?

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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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6 Reasons Decision-Making Feels Like Swallowing Porcupines

Leadership Freak

A coaching client recently said, “I don’t like making decisions.” This statement is like saying, ” I don’t like breathing.” A person who isn’t making decisions is dead.

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Team Meeting Checklist

Mike Cardus

How to Have an Effective Project Team Meeting. Following good meeting management procedures can have a highly positive effect on your project: People will be more willing to attend meetings that run smoothly. The team will feel a sense of accomplishment that increases commitment and willingness to do project work. What to do: Take time to plan the meeting Follow guidelines for running an effective meeting Don’t forget to follow up after the meeting.

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What To Expect From A Customized Executive Coaching Program?

Strategy Driven

The number one goal of an executive coach is to prepare you for the challenges of today and tomorrow in leading roles. A good coach will train you to reach your goals and enhance your performance to face the obstacles in your path. Your coach will act as a sounding board, advisor, manager, strategist, and guide. Moreover, a coach will also help you gain self-awareness and help you discover greater potential.

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Spotting Where Innovations Are In The Diffusion Lifecycle

The Horizons Tracker

In 1962 Everett Rogers famously described the journey innovations go on as they travel from obscurity to mass market success and through to obsolescence. It’s a process that remains largely observed to this day and being able to spot where an innovation is on the lifecycle is pretty valuable. New research from INSEAD aims to provide just such insights.

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How Can You Progress In Your Career?

Strategy Driven

When it comes to your career, you’ll often want to know that you’re doing everything that you can to get to where you want to be. Because we all have goals. And it’s always good to make sure that you know what you want to achieve. Yet, you don’t always know exactly what you have to do to get there. Even when you know where you want to end up. It doesn’t matter if you have a corporate career, are an entrepreneur , or fall anywhere between, you will always be able to progress.

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Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?

Skip Prichard

Grow Old on Purpose. We may not want to admit it, but we are all getting older. It happens whether we want it to or not. Two friends have written a book on purposeful aging and growing old in an inspiring, purposeful way. Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro’s Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? will help you ask provocative questions as you become the person you always were meant to become.

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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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Tips for Managing Temperature-Sensitive Goods During Shipping

Strategy Driven

Even large, insulated trucks are susceptible to temperature change and weather conditions that can impact the freight inside. Without additional temperature controls within the truck, products can spoil or be damaged by temperature variations. Even if the temperature is fine at the loading and unloading point, a lot can happen in between. Depending on the route the truck travels, you may see significant variations in outside temperatures.

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Bridging the Gap: 7 Tips for Successfully Returning to Work

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Returning to work after a period of unemployment can be challenging. Use these 7 tips to make the process easier. Today’s post is by Carol Camerino, career advisor at University of Phoenix. Looking for a job is one thing. Looking for a job after an extended absence is an altogether different thing. From facing down impostor syndrome to explaining the hiatus, job-seekers face their own set of challenges when returning to work.

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How to Become a Better Manager

Strategy Driven

One of the most important aspects of business is management, yet this can be one of the most tricky and stressful responsibilities for entrepreneurs. Leadership isn’t a trait that comes naturally to everyone, and it may need to be worked on to succeed if you’re going to be undertaking a managerial role. However, failing to show good management traits can have a profound impact on the productivity of the workforce, leading to poor results and lower profits.

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My New Book Is Here. Heart First: Lasting Leader Lessons from a Year that Changed Everything

leaderCommunicator

As I shared earlier this summer, I’ve been working on a book for the past year reflecting on some of the key lessons learned from an unforgettable time, for business and for society. With the pandemic and social unrest that we confronted over the past year, 2020 changed us in enduring ways. As we see from our remote and hybrid work, reduced travel, abundance of video meetings, and new awakenings on equity and inclusion in the workforce, it’s clear that the way we work and lead will never be quit

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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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Characteristics Of The Best Leaders

Eric Jacobson

Author Melissa Greenwell interviewed many top business executives while doing research for her book, Money on the Table. When she asked them to list characteristics of their best leaders, those who work well as a team, collaborative was almost always first and foremost. The full list is: Collaborative Good listener Asks thorough questions and seeks new information or is curious and innovative Risk taker Sense of urgency or takes action Subject matter experts Not afraid to challenge Participatory

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7 Reasons Leaders Fail to Delegate

Ron Edmondson

Perhaps one of the biggest obstacles to growth, low team morale, and not sustaining momentum has to do with leaders who fail to delegate. I often call this dumping delegation. Either they don’t know how, they don’t see the value or they simply don’t want to, but it hurts their team’s potential. And I think there are even deeper reasons for failing to delegate. 7 reasons leaders fail to delegate: They might appear to be doing less.

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Assertive vs Aggressive Communication in the Workplace

Niagara Institute

The assertive communication style is typically seen as the communication style to strive for. Assertive communication can help you establish relationships, build trust, minimize conflict, manage expectations, and protect your boundaries when done effectively.

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Training Needs Analysis – for a Production Unit

Rapid BI

TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS For a Production Unit Introduction: Success of any business relies on the dedicated employees of the company. Production of quality products that the company makes itself viable in the business depends on the performance of its production unit workers. A well trained production team will tantamount to a business success. It […].

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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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Leadership Fundamentals: Surviving Your First Year as a People Leader

Niagara Institute

There is a never-ending supply of advice on leadership success. For example, if you search for leadership books on Amazon, you’re presented with over 60,000 results. With so much information available at the push of a button, it can be difficult to know exactly which leadership topics you need to learn to survive and even thrive as a first-time manager or supervisor.

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Encourage Your Employees to Give You Critical Feedback

Harvard Business Review

An informal 360 review will help you grow as a leader and build mutual trust with your team.

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Common Business Laws And How A Business Lawyer Can Help

Strategy Driven

Every business needs two professionals right from the very start. One is an accountant, for apparent reasons. And the other one is a business lawyer. Now, you need an accountant for bookkeeping and filing taxes. But why an attorney? Simply put, a business attorney handles no single task. Indeed, a business attorney will be responsible for providing advice at every step, from zoning compliance to hiring, recruiting, and even finalizing a deal.

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Could Ransomware Attacks Ultimately Benefit Consumers?

Harvard Business Review

The rising number of attacks are forcing companies to take cybersecurity more seriously.

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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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Talk About Privilege at Work

Harvard Business Review

Frank conversations are the first step to creating a more inclusive culture.

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Here’s What Happens When You Focus on Employees to Better Serve Your Customers - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SALESFORCE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Salesforce.

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