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Rules of Engagement

Lead Change Blog

A friend of mine came to visit over the holidays. Before the visit, I gave her a long list of rules prior to engaging with Louie, my rescue dog. For the six years since I’ve adopted Louie, his behavior at the door when guests enter my home has been less than stellar, making it a bit tough to entertain. I’ve tried everything to work through this behavior.

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Unlocking The Keys To Becoming A Better Leader For Your Employees

Tanveer Naseer

Most people who choose to become leaders do so with the best of intentions because they naturally want to succeed. So why is it still common to hear people saying they left not because of their organization, but because of their boss? That’s the question I get to the heart. Click to continue reading.

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Set and Forget Leadership: How to Delegate So You Won’t Get Burned

RapidStart Leadership

"Set and forget leadership" is all too common, and it can get us into trouble when it comes to delegating work; here's how to delegate without getting burned. The post Set and Forget Leadership: How to Delegate So You Won’t Get Burned appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Coronavirus is coming to us. Is your business ready?

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. A pandemic in the US now seems inevitable. Get ready! You’ve no doubt heard the advice about handwashing and avoiding crowds in confined spaces: concerts, aircraft, conferences. I’d add, “Do everything you can –STARTING RIGHT NOW– to stay healthy and strong: adequate sleep, regular exercise, and good food (including weight control).” Here’s one you may not […].

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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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What Confidence Can Do – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Last week, we talked about confidence from the perspective of our own experience. You can watch that episode here. Today we are going to look at confidence from a very different perspective. We are looking at it from the perspective of others. I’m sharing the impact of confidence as well as a really simple equation […]. The post What Confidence Can Do – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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5 Ways to Foster Connection in Mentoring Relationships

Leadership Freak

NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Lisa Fain to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of her book, Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring.

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How Do Employees Feel About The Need To Retrain?

The Horizons Tracker

While it’s largely foolhardy to place too much faith in the various estimates of individual jobs vulnerability to technological and economic disruption, what seems far more certain is that disruption will become a way of life, especially in an era where our life expectancy continues to grow and therefore our time in work stretches outwards. The need to successfully transition from career to career is likely to be just as important at an individual level as the ability to successfully pivot is f

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Gig Economy: A Cost-Cutting Measure or Adding Value to the Workforce?

HR Digest

Is the gig economy a result of the tightening of economic opportunities and job slowdown or are more people opting for it because of the flexibility it offers and to achieve a life-work balance? . Gig economy, the lexicon, has origins in the music industry where singers and bands scored a gig or a contract to play at a venue for a day, hours or for a set period of time.

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Personal Ownership Is Key For Team Success

The Horizons Tracker

It’s often said that there is no I in team, but teams are nonetheless only effective if everyone is pulling in the same direction. New research from the University of East Anglia highlights how individuals need to feel personal ownership towards the goals of the team in order to give their best. As you can perhaps imagine, encouraging individual ownership has to be carefully balanced, as it can easily encourage individual actions that reduce collective effectiveness.

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How to wish a Co-Worker a Happy Retirement?

HR Digest

How to wish your co-worker a happy retirement, and let them know how much they’ll be missed? Retirement is a crucial part of a person’s life. It is the period when after long years of service and building a career, a person takes off from service forever and reflects on the achievement. A retirement leaves ample time for a person to do the things they always loved to do.

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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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4+ Reasons Why Your Business Needs An Accountant

Strategy Driven

Whether you’re starting up a new business or have a successful one already, you may feel like you don’t need to use an accountant. After all, if your financials are simple enough to calculate, why pay for the services of an accountancy firm? Well, whether you may wish to admit it or not, there are actually several reasons why it makes perfect sense to use an accountant for your enterprise.

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The Power Of 5 Percent More

Eric Jacobson

“Making small changes to reach big goals is the answer,” says entrepreneur and bestselling author Michael Alden in his book, 5 % MORE: Making Small Changes To Achieve Extraordinary Results. “If you just put 5% more effort into any aspect of your life, you will not only achieve your goals, you will surpass them,” he explains. “Far too often, people become paralyzed when they want to improve their lives, because the effort to reach their goals seems overwhelming,” adds Alden.

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Business Management Tips to Help You Boost Profits in 2020

Strategy Driven

Company profits are derived partly on hard work, and partly by the decisions made about the direction and focus of that hard work. This article focuses on the latter, inspecting how you, as a manager of a business, can make better decisions, and manage your resources more wisely, in order to improve growth, boost profits, and please shareholders. In the modern age of business, you need to be sharp to manage your business towards having a competitive edge.

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Leadership and Management Book Talk #7: Talking About Clayton Christensen

Management Excellence

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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 to select the right personality test and use it to for professional development

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

There is a lot of information in the web available about what is personality, personality tests and personality development. This is not a big surprise considering the role personality plays in our lives and the size of the market associated with services related to personality testing and development. However, most of the stuff you will find on the web doesn’t really live up to its promises and does more harm than good.

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Leadership and Management Book Talk #7: Talking About Clayton Christensen

Art Petty

The world of business lost a giant thinker recently, who by all accounts was a fabulous person. I'm referencing Harvard's Clayton Christensen, perhaps best known for his thinking and books focused on The Innovator's Dilemma. Wally Bock and I connected on the latest episode of our podcast to talk about Christensen and his books. The post Leadership and Management Book Talk #7: Talking About Clayton Christensen appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Rules for Effective Hiring — and Firing

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with JetBlue Airways chairman Joel Peterson on what he’s learned about recruiting and releasing talent throughout his career.

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Most Problems Can Be Solved If…

Frank Sonnenberg Online

We all have problems — some bigger than others. While some of those issues can be solved right away, other problems seem to linger forever. Did you ever ask yourself why ? Are those issues that hard to rectify or is something else getting in the way? The truth is that it doesn’t matter whether you’re heading a family, running a business, nurturing a relationship, or leading the free world, most problems can be solved if folks have the will and desire to do so.

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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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Build a Network — Even When You Don’t Think You Need One

Harvard Business Review

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All Good Leaders Do 2 Things

Ron Edmondson

There are two things all good leaders do for their team. These are vital if you want to lead a healthy team. They help their team say yes. Good leaders give their team the freedom to dream. They empower the team to take their ministry in new directions. Risks are encouraged without fear of retribution if it doesn’t work. Good leaders make sure they aren’t so distracted with mindless and burdensome tasks, so they can pursue the things which spark their interest.

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Use This Framework to Predict the Success of Your Big Data Project

Harvard Business Review

Data projects often fail because executives can’t assess risks at the outset.

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Quirky Ideas For Small Business Marketing

Strategy Driven

Business marketing can’t be avoided, and often entrepreneurs will stick to the same tried and trusted methods to get the results they require. There’s nothing wrong with that at all, but on occasion it’s a good idea to think a little out of the box and try some different strategies to open your business to (hopefully) a whole new customer base. Quirky ideas for small business marketing are entirely possible with a little know-how.

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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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Is Technology Subsuming Marketing?

Harvard Business Review

An analysis finds CMO pay declining while CTO pay skyrockets.

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Has Trump’s Protectionism Worsened Unemployment?

The Horizons Tracker

The protectionist trade war implemented by American president Donald Trump was in part designed to bolster employment among the American workforce. Alas, new research from the University of Geneva suggests it might have had the opposite effect. The researchers attempted to quantify the impact of the president’s economic policies on unemployment and welfare across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) area.