Wed.Sep 09, 2020

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Ask This Simple Question To Improve Clarity And Boost Employee Performance

Tanveer Naseer

Of the many issues leaders of all experience levels have had to address, one that continues to be a major challenge is how to be a more effective communicator. In fact, in a recent study where 1,400 study participants were asked “what is the biggest mistake leaders make when working. Click to continue reading.

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Your Top 5 Motivation Questions Answered

Lead Change Blog

Regardless of your responsibilities, you will inevitably face an individual or a team who appear unmotivated. Susan Fowler, author, trainer, and professor, explores the lessons from her book Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does. Susan’s expert teaching is based on motivational best practices derived from solid science communicated through compelling storytelling, case studies, and real-life examples.

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5 Ways to Avoid Opinions That Lack Insight and Understanding

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Lately we've been seeing too much content that is not grounded in understanding. Some of it is intentionally misleading and some of it is well-intentioned but misinformed.

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Now’s the Time to Reflect on Your Internal Communications Effectiveness During the Pandemic

leaderCommunicator

Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve heard many anecdotal stories about things that worked and things that didn’t – from communications strategies to leadership styles. We’re about six months in and have learned a lot in many cases. As you begin to plan for the next six+ months, now is a good time to reflect on what’s worked (and what hasn’t), so you can make the adjustments needed to be even more effective going forward.

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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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Dear Dan: How Do I Interview for a Job when I Lack Experience

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, What advice do you have or what resources can you recommend to folks like me who want to transition to a supervisory role but have not held a position with that… Continue reading →

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Employers Should Resist Any Urge To Sack Older Workers

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written numerous times about the virtues of older workers, but they continue to suffer from discrimination in the workplace that undermines their status and effectiveness. New research from Flinders University highlights how these (bad) decisions are often made in haste. The authors argue that employers often target older workers when they downsize, and highlight the reduction in funding from the Australian government for the DOME (the Don’t Overlook Mature Experience training

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Why Control Over Boundaries Is Key To Successful Work-Life Balance

The Horizons Tracker

As the Covid-19 lockdown measures have taken effect around the world, large swathes of the workforce have been forced to work from home. Among the numerous challenges this has created, the blurring of boundaries between our professional and personal lives is foremost among them. Indeed, in a previous article , I pondered whether a blurred boundary between the two is likely to become the “new normal” Research published last year highlights how the intrusion of work into our persona

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Zoom Etiquette: 20 video call tips to help you put your best face forward!

HR Digest

In the latest quarter, Zoom saw daily meeting participants peak 300 million, up from 10 million before the COVID-19 crisis forced us to work from the comfort of our own homes. Today, more than two-thirds of U.S. workers have been working from home and would continue to do so even after pandemic restrictions lift, according to a Gallup poll. More of us will be working from home, making video conferencing an integral part of our daily work life.

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Why Business Owners Should Detatch From Banks

Strategy Driven

As a business owner, working with your bank to fund, run and grow your business seems like it’s natural right? Well, it is, and it isn’t. Many people believe that entrepreneurism is all about private ventures, that don’t necessarily involve a bank. It can involve investors, the public in the form of an IPO, or even, family members that are backing you.

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Leading a Multicultural Team

Center for Creative Leadership

Cultural Intelligence (CQ): A Must-Have Skill for Leading Multicultural Teams. Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. However, operating a team with genuinely different people also comes with a number of challenges that must be overcome to create a productive work environment.

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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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Can You Verify Mobile App Users and Is It Worth Your Time?

Strategy Driven

As an entrepreneur with a mobile app as either part of your business model or the whole thing, it’s a difficult part of the business to actively embrace. It’s certainly beneficial when people wish to engage with the brand in any fashion, but what’s it worth if it’s not known who they are? For this article, we look into verifying users, and what value it may hold.

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It is Time to Renew Your Routine

Mark Sanborn

One of the many challenges of Covid was the disruption of routine. As creatures of habit, we all had routines around going to work and the activities of our personal lives. These routines were dramatically changed and constrained. Suddenly most of us were working from home and establishing new routines by necessity. Some put their routines on hold hoping that things would soon return to a semblance of normal. .

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How to Handle Working from Home Stress

Strategy Driven

Were you one of the 49% of British workers who worked from home during lockdown? If so, you might not be heading back into the office just yet. For some workers, moving to home turf to do the day job has been a largely positive experience. However, for others, this shift has had a negative impact on their mental wellbeing, causing stress levels to rise and an increase in feelings of isolation – and these feelings are nothing new.

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Valuable Decision-Making Lessons

Eric Jacobson

As seen on Public Television, the book, Decisions , by Robert L. Dilenschneider , features vignettes on 23 individuals who made decisions that shaped the world. Each chapter offers practical thinking on how these women and men made decisions. You can use their decision-making skills as guidance at work, in your leadership role, and in your daily life.

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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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10 Opinions I Have About Meetings – Leaders, Pay Attention

Ron Edmondson

I have lots of meetings. Over the years of business, government, and ministry – serving on dozens of non-profit boards, I’ve probably attended several thousand meetings. Along the way, I’ve developed some strong opinions about meetings. I thought I’d share a few. Here are 10 strong opinions I have about meetings: If all the decisions are already determined – then don’t call a meeting – send me an email.

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Taking Care of Busyness to Improve Your Business

The Practical Leader

In 1891, the Anglo-Irish playwright and author, Oscar Wilde, wrote, “We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.” Over 100 years later, the tradition of industrious stupidity continues. During these times of crisis and frantic change, we can get caught running flat out with our heads down.

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CEOs Bring in Big Bucks, Even More When a CFO is Hired after Them

CEO Insider

New Research Sheds Light on Phenomenon that an Increase CEO Pay by 10% It’s common knowledge that chief executive officers (CEOs) of companies are highly paid, but new research shows a certain phenomenon can bump that yearly salary up even higher—about 10% higher. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds CEO compensation climbs […].

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Here’s How Luka Doncic Won Over Mark Cuban

N2Growth Blog

Why does Mark Cuban love Luka Doncic? The easy answer is that Luka is a bonafide star for the Dallas Mavericks. Luka is only 21 years old and already an All-Star. He’s a permanent fixture on ESPN’s Top-10 list. Maverick’s season ticket demand has gone through the roof. The economic value of the Dallas Mavericks continues to skyrocket since acquiring Luka.

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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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Remote Work Doesn’t Have to Mean All-Day Video Calls

Harvard Business Review

Three rules from a company that’s been fully remote since 2014.

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Is A Period Of Unrest Likely After COVID-19?

The Horizons Tracker

The last few years have seen numerous bouts of social unrest around the world, with protest movements such as the Gilet Jaunes typifying the unhappiness portions of society have with life at the moment. Those protests have largely been subsumed by the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world, but new research from Bocconi suggests that these and other protests are going to flourish after the pandemic, as a fertile ground has been created for conflicts to arise.

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4 Questions to Help Women Navigate the Second Half of Their Careers

Harvard Business Review

What would you do if nothing was in your way?

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Do You Have the Tools to Build a Great Employee Experience? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SALESFORCE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Salesforce.

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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.