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How Do I Build More Connected Business Relationships? (With Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Think beyond “networking” to building deeply connected business relationships that will enhance your business and your life. This week on “Asking For a Friend” I interview Susan McPherson, author of “The Lost Art of Connecting” about how to build deeper trust and connection in your business relationships. How do I build more connected business relationships?

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Finding Your Own Version Of Resiliency And How To Achieve It

Lead Change Blog

When so many factors play into how individuals combat crises, there’s a stronger need to redefine what resiliency looks like. How each of us shows up is influenced by our upbringing, economic status, culture, and experiences. The more you know about what resiliency looks like, the more empathy you’ll have for yourself and those around you. Listen as Mikaela Kiner, joined by Ruchika Tulshyan, Emily Parkhurst, and Dr.

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A Powerful Learning Model That Will Make You More Adaptive To Change

Tanveer Naseer

If there’s one thing we’ve all learned over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic it’s the importance of being adaptive to unexpected and disruptive change. Of course, COVID-19 is not the only external force driving systems-wide change. AI and other emergent technologies are poised to be as if not more. Click to continue reading.

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Motivation Vs. Discipline

Joseph Lalonde

Celeste Kieft, the Humans Resources Manager, sent out a message to the team at Bold Furniture. The message was profound and timely. It is a message we should all take to heart. In today’s article, I am going to paraphrase her message and encourage you to think about motivation vs. discipline. Celeste was reminding team […].

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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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Navigating Paradox: Shift Your Perspective

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton What is a Paradox? "A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time." --Literaryterms.net. Just like the many facets of a cut gem, there are multiple dimensions to issues and problems. Each facet reflects one particular element of the issue. When we encounter a paradox, we need to step back to get a broader view of the various facets.

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What’s Better for You? Peer Coaching or Mentoring?

Next Level Blog

You want to accelerate your development as a leader in your organization and think having a mentor to guide you could be a really good thing. You may be right about that but it can often be hard to find a good mentor. If that’s the case for you, what are your options? If you’re committed to getting better and better, I’d suggest you both get and be a great peer coach.

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4 Tips On How to Design a Presentation that Will Impress Your Audience

Strategy Driven

For most people, the sole idea of standing in front of an audience, presenting something, is terrifying. Even so, most have to do this in their lifetime – and more often than they can anticipate. It’s very unlikely that a student will go through the educational system without being asked to present something, or that a person will get a higher position at work without the need to present their ideas to others.

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It Pays When Employees Treat Each Other Well

The Horizons Tracker

While it’s perhaps common for us to be concerned about how managers treat employees and the cultural impact of that relationship, it’s perhaps less common for us to be worried about how employees are treating each other. New research from Columbia Business School explores how important our relationships with our peers are to how we feel about the workplace.

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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

We are at a major inflection point that will largely determine the future of work. By 2030, according to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, Jobs lost, jobs gained: Workforce transitions in a time of automation, 375 million workers – or roughly 14 percent of the global workforce – may need to switch occupational categories and learn new skills as digitization, automation, and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) disrupt the world of work.

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The Factors That Determine Success When Working From Home

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid pandemic has sent many of us to our homes to work remotely in what has been possibly the biggest transformation in work patterns ever seen. While it remains to be seen how much of the current remote work trend will endure or indeed what work might look like when the pandemic eases, it has nonetheless shone a light on some of the benefits and challenges of working remotely.

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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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One Tiny, Good Deed…and Your Consulting Firm Grows Like Wildfire!

David A Fields

There’s a behavior which, if you perform it daily, will transform your consulting firm, grow your business and improve your life. And it’s very, very simple: One extra act of kindness. (Or, one act of extra kindness). That’s it. Boom. You’re going to enjoy a more successful consulting business. Well, you will if you perform … Continued. The post One Tiny, Good Deed…and Your Consulting Firm Grows Like Wildfire!

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The Global Fight For Cloud Supremacy

The Horizons Tracker

Given the intensity of the cloud marketplace today, it seems incredible to countenance that Amazon largely had the market to themselves for a number of years, before the likes of Azure launched in 2010. In the intervening decade, however, competition has intensified, with IBM, Google, and Alibaba joining Microsoft in taking the fight to Amazon. The growth of crowd-based services from these early roots has been considerable, however, with a growth of 12.6% leading to a projected market of $331 b

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How to Create a Commit Goal

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Learn what a commit goal is and what you should consider when creating one. When you set goals, I encourage you to set two kinds of goals. The first is a commit goal and the second is a stretch goal. A commit goal is something you’re committing to do for the organization. If you miss it, you can get fired. There should be extreme consequences for missing a commit goal.

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How Highly Strategic Leadership Teams Rock

The Practical Leader

The metaphor of putting rocks, pebbles, and sand in a jar has been used for decades to illustrate the time management principle of prioritization. If we start with sand, then marbles, and finally rocks, we likely won’t get many rocks in the jar. And the jar will have gaps and empty spaces. However, if we first add the rocks, then the marbles, and finally sand, we’ll get more rocks into the jar — with no gaps and empty space.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Superbosses Ask Themselves These 10 Essential Questions

Eric Jacobson

Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. These are from Sydney Finkelstein 's book, Superbosses. Do you have a specific vision for your work that energizes you, and that you use to energize and inspire your team? How often do people leave your team to accept a bigger offer elsewhere?

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How to Negotiate a Remote Work Arrangement

Harvard Business Review

Frame the conversation as a win-win.

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Seven Principles To Keep You Present, Grounded And Thriving

Eric Jacobson

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the new book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. “The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil.

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How to Get Surgeons to Make Cost-Effective Decisions Without Jeopardizing Care

Harvard Business Review

Lessons from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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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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A Better Approach to Group Editing

Harvard Business Review

Thirteen tips to avoid the headaches of track changes.

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8 Steps for Building a Culture of Data-Driven Empathy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SALESFORCE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Salesforce.

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