Thu.Oct 04, 2018

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What if Serving Others Actually Serves You, too?

Great Leadership By Dan

What if Serving Others Actually Serves You, too? Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds : The cashier at the checkout line at our local grocery store was literally singing. “Did you find everything you neeeedd ?” was the next line in his obviously many-times-rehearsed “show,” and he smiled and laughed as he finished up. He most likely does not have had a high paying career as a cashier, but he does create a joyful work environment!

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Preview Thursday: Blind Spots

Lead Change Blog

Authors Jim Haudan and Rich Berens identify the five most common leadership blind spots that hamper success: Purpose, Story, Engagement, Trust, and Truth in their new book: What Are Your Blind Spots? Conquering the 5 Misconceptions that Leaders Back. They take you straight into the board room of well-known leadership teams to illustrate how these blind spots play out and the impact they have on organizations.

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Quotes From John Mark Comer – Catalyst Atlanta 2018

Joseph Lalonde

Live Blog Catalyst Atlanta 2018. John Mark Comer is a pastor from Portland, Oregon. A fun fact, he is the former pastor of my friend Paul Sohn. 1. If your strategy in life is to live out Jesus vision of the sermon on the Mount, but you don’t change your routine to match that of Jesus, you don’t stand a […] The post Quotes From John Mark Comer – Catalyst Atlanta 2018 appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Successful People Do These 10 Things Best

Lead from Within

The formula for achieving success can be complex, but when it comes down to it successful business people know where to focus their attention, what they need to do and how best to do it. Follow their lead and your own success won’t be far behind. Here are 10 of the top principles successful people follow: They consistently and continually work on self-awareness.

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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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Quotes From Dr. Henry Cloud – Catalyst Atlanta 2018

Joseph Lalonde

Catalyst Atlanta Live Blog 2018. Dr. Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist and leadership expert. He is also the author of over 45 books, including Boundaries For Leaders. 1. If you have a belly button, you have issues. 2. We’re not coming to the party in Genesis 1. We’re coming to the party after Genesis 3. 3. We are created […] The post Quotes From Dr.

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The Self-Reflection Sandwich

Leadership Freak

Bias to action results in drama, disappointment, and crisis apart from systematic self-reflection. The truth about self-reflection: I erred on the side of too little reflection most of my life.

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Why Asking For Help Is A Good Thing

Eric Jacobson

If you are new to managing, or if you are struggling with a management dilemma, ask for help. There is no shame in asking for help. Seek the guidance of a colleague at work. Reach out to a mentor at or away from work. Turn to an online resource. Consult a book on managing. Whatever you do, don't sit back and do nothing. Managing even one employee can be challenging.

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Strategic Organizational Development

Rapid BI

Organisational Development professionals are the CEOs allies in creating a top performance culture for the organization. Organizational Development professionals are specialists in Change Management and Culture Development. However many find themselves in positions that make it difficult to get a straight line of communication to the CEO. Mainly because of the Organizational structure and the […].

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What to Do If Your Team Is Too Busy to Take On New Work

Harvard Business Review

STR/Stringer/Getty Images. When a manufacturing line in a factory is running efficiently, one can see lines of robotic arms working synchronously, conveyor belts moving smoothly, and goods being produced. Unfortunately, when it comes to knowledge work, it’s much tougher to get an understanding of how much a team of people is producing. There comes a point in every organization when if you want to keep growing, you simply have to hire more people.

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The Words and Phrases to Use — and to Avoid — When Talking to Customers

Harvard Business Review

CSA Images/Getty Images. The key to any successful relationship is effective communication. In the business world, this means trying to understand what consumers and clients are saying, and responding to them in ways that reflect that understanding. For the most part, however, the way businesses have used language to persuade, satisfy, or rectify has been more art than science.

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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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How to Cope with Secondhand Stress

Harvard Business Review

Mike Stobe/Getty Images. It’s a well-known phenomenon: emotions are contagious. If you work with people who are happy and optimistic, you’re more likely to feel the same. The flipside is true, too; if your colleagues are constantly stressed out, you’re more likely to suffer. How do you avoid secondhand stress? Can you distance yourself from your coworkers’ emotions without ostracizing them?

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Remote Workers

Harvard Business Review

How does working remotely complicate your career? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR: , cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Siobhan O’Mahony, a professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business. They talk through how to advance in your job when you’re not in the building, deal with a problematic colleague you never see, and manage teams in other offices.

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The Chairman of Nokia on Ensuring Every Employee Has a Basic Understanding of Machine Learning — Including Him

Harvard Business Review

ANTTI AIMO KOIVISTO/Getty Images. I’ve long been both paranoid and optimistic about the promise and potential of artificial intelligence to disrupt — well, almost everything. Last year, I was struck by how fast machine learning was developing and I was concerned that both Nokia and I had been a little slow on the uptake. What could I do to educate myself and help the company along?

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How Doctors Can Be Better Mentors

Harvard Business Review

STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images. Being a good doctor is a lot like being a good mentor. Just as clinicians have an ethical duty to act in the best interest of their patients, mentors have a similar duty towards their mentees. In our clinical and academic lives (where we’ve treated countless patients and mentored hundreds of doctors-in-training) we strive to do both as well as we can.

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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.