December, 2022

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How Leaders Sabotage Their Executive Presence: 8 Behaviours To Avoid

Tanveer Naseer

At GEC Research Center, we surveyed 1,400 current and aspiring leaders to pinpoint the most pivotal ways in which people undercut their own executive presence. We found 8 extremely common forms of self-sabotage: Whether you’re exhibiting a couple or all of these behaviours, it’s affecting how others perceive you. Let’s. Click to continue reading.

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Will You Give the 12 Gifts of Leadership This Year?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton How do we lead when we want to bring out the best in people? These 12 Gifts of Leadership are on the wish lists of employees around the world. They aren't expensive. They don't require dealing with the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, and one size fits all. Sure, these gifts are harder to give than a fruitcake, but they will be life-changing for those you lead.

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Leaders Beware: Avoid These Recognition Hazards

The Practical Leader

Early in my career, I reported to Harold, a leader who proudly described his MBE approach – “management by exception.” “If you haven’t heard from me, that’s a good sign,” he explained. “That means I think you’re doing just fine. I only deal with the exceptions. I look for problems and people that need correcting.

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After the layoff: How to support your team when it just got smaller

Let's Grow Leaders

Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. After a Heartwrenching Layoff. My LinkedIn feed and email inbox are filled with news of layoffs and reorganizations causing unexpected career turbulence. And I’ve had more than a few phone calls from really talented human-centered leaders hurting for the team members they’ve had to lose and deeply concerned about those who remain after the layoff.

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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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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic. Diversification is not a trend; it is essential for companies to become and remain competitive. With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model.

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5 Leadership Books To Read In January 2023 To Develop Yourself

Joseph Lalonde

While I typed out the title of this post, I had to correct it. I find it hard to believe we’re rolling into 2023. The last year sped by. For this month, I am focusing on the best leadership and personal development books to develop yourself. These book recommendations will help you become a better leader and, more importantly, a better person.

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How to Get Promoted to Vice President

Next Level Blog

It depends on the industry, but in most large organizations, a promotion to vice president is the entry point to the executive ranks. I’ve written before about what it takes to get promoted in general and have written a book on what’s usually expected of you once you reach the next level. Today, I want to write specifically about how high potential leaders get promoted to vice president or to whatever the entry level executive role is in their company.

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Become A Better Team Leader By Taking These Four Steps

Tanveer Naseer

There are a lot of people out there who are born blessed with the necessary attributes to be excellent team leaders. But there are also always things that you can do to improve your leadership and communication skills. It is so important right now, given everything that is going on. Click to continue reading.

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HOW TO SET MORE EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION EXPECTATIONS ON REMOTE OR HYBRID TEAMS

Great Results Team Building

One of the challenges of moving to a remote or hybrid working situation is finding a way to encourage and improve collaboration when people are not in the same physical space. GM famously defined their expectations during covid were for their people to “work appropriately.” That meant that many new team members joined the company in remote roles, and many long-time employees found that they could do their jobs from home.

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How Leadership Team Coaching Benefits More Than Executives

N2Growth Blog

Executive leaders are masters of their craft. These world-class subject matter experts include members of advising boards, CEOs, and senior executives who are pioneers in their industries and make waves in their spaces. But even those sitting at the top need to identify ways to optimize themselves, bettering their work and diving deeper into their highly specialized skills.

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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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Finding Rest

Joseph Lalonde

Many of you can relate to what I’m going to share today. You know you need to find rest but you don’t. Neither do I. I can struggle to find time to rest. I think of my regular schedule. It’s a full day in the office, only to go on a run in the evenings. Or maybe it’s helping to lead the youth group on Wednesday nights. Then the weekend comes.

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6 Ways to Honor Your Future Now

Leadership Freak

#1. Honor your future by letting yourself be happy. Develop the habit of happiness. We all choose happiness or misery. Circumstances have little to do with it.

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How the Best Leaders Get Themselves Back on Track

Lead from Within

Every leader, whether their title is boss, manager, supervisor, or coach, has a lot going on. And even the most skilled leaders sometimes find they’ve gone off the rails—sometimes in small ways, sometimes disastrously. It’s important to have a plan for what to do when things start to fall apart. Here’s what I tell the leaders I coach about getting back on track: Acknowledge what’s happening.

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5 Tips For Training Better Managers

Tanveer Naseer

When it comes to owning a business, the most important thing is that you have someone to properly run it. Whether you are upper management or just an investor, the key to success is in the ability to find the best managers for the job. You need people who mean. Click to continue reading.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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Leading with Heart: Heart First Leadership is Key to Making an Impact in Business Today

leaderCommunicator

“How do I be a better leader now ?”. As I sit in discussions with leaders these days, I inevitably get some version of this question. We may be meeting about communication, discussing how to navigate change, or working to define a new strategy, and inevitably the conversation evolves to this critical point. Leaders want to know how to lead such that employees feel compelled to follow.

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Why Are Big Companies Losing to Startups?

CEO Insider

“You suck at innovation.” I unfortunately have to tell corporations this all the time. Why is it that a corporate employee can come up with an innovative idea and get nowhere with it? Despite having an abundance of resources, the corporate innovator is often left begging for time, talent, and treasure. Why is it that […]. The post Why Are Big Companies Losing to Startups?

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Pez Outlaw

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. I was turned onto The Pez Outlaw by Bobby Hill (he’s guest posted on the site before). The Pez Outlaw, directed by Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel, is a documentary about a Michigan man who began selling Pez dispensers.

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A New Year – A New Focus

Leadership Freak

An unfocused life goes in circles. Focus – in the new year – matters because you go where you look. Focus determines direction. The problem, bad is magnetic.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Year-End Checklist for Leaders: Achieving Success in the New Year

Lead from Within

At the end of each year, leaders can use a checklist to reflect on their leadership style, assess their team’s performance, set goals, and make changes to continue developing and growing. By taking the time to reflect and plan, leaders can position themselves and their team for ongoing success. Here are some things to include in your year-end checklist: Assess leadership style: Reflect on your own leadership style and approach, and identify areas for personal growth and development.

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A Year-End Reflection Exercise Every Leader Should Do | Leadership Espresso Shot 44

Tanveer Naseer

The last few weeks of the year mark a time when most leaders are busy working on getting the last of the year’s projects completed while at the same time looking at developing goals and strategies for the year to come. But this time of the year also marks an important opportunity for leaders to take stock of their leadership performance over the past 12 months.

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NOISE analysis Goal Setting What is Next for You

Mike Cardus

Goal Setting: What’s Next for You? webinar recording. Personal-Professional Goal Setting. Setting goals is important. You have seen and heard many ways to identify and establish goals. Yet you still feel unsure of what goals to set, how to figure them out, and what works to support your progress towards goal achievement. In this 60-minute conversation, we will share with you the following: How to identify personal-professional goals by first understanding your current situation and environment.

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The six-minute leadership practice that might surprise you

CEO Insider

Here’s a question: where do you speak about strategy issues when you don’t know exactly what it is you want to say? Certainly not in the board room or at a company presentation. Probably not even in front of your senior leadership team or even in a one-to-one meeting with a key report. You’re supposed […]. The post The six-minute leadership practice that might surprise you appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Avatar: The Way Of Water

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. It’s hard to believe James Cameron’s Avatar movie was released 13 years ago. There have been plans for multiple sequels ever since. This past weekend saw the first sequel realized. Avatar: The Way Of Water splashed into theaters around the world.

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The Heart of Time Management

Leadership Freak

Everything feels urgent to a person without priorities. You master life when you master time management. When everything is a priority, you run around with your hair on fire.

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Top 5 Emerging Trends That Leaders Need to Know

Lead from Within

The world of work is changing rapidly, and leaders need to be aware of the latest trends in order to stay competitive and effective. This is especially true in today’s fast-paced, constantly-changing business environment, where new developments and innovations can quickly disrupt traditional ways of doing things. By staying on top of new trends, leaders can identify opportunities for growth and development.

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More Female Leaders Results In Companies Being More Eco-Friendly

The Horizons Tracker

It’s well known that a greater share of women in senior leadership roles has a wide range of benefits for their organization. Research from Surrey Business School suggests that one of these might be the adoption of environmental standards. The researchers explored how companies with a higher share of female leaders performed in terms of their adoption of environmental standards, before then examining how the personal attributes of female leaders contribute to these outcomes. “We foun

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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How To Not Let Job Interview Feel Like An Interrogation

HR Digest

I had a job interview one time where the interviewer was nothing like I had expected. She was welcoming and nice, and she had a great smile on her face. It felt so unreal having such an interview and coming across such a great personality. I was amazed, to say the very least. Unfortunately, many of us have had to attend interviews that made us so uncomfortable and it looked like we were in on something other than the job.

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3 mistakes to avoid when building a team from scratch

CEO Insider

According to various studies anywhere from 25% to as many as 55% of startups fail due to poor team management. The first step of good management is selecting the right people for the team. This task often keeps first-time founders and managers awake. Their main goal up until now has been to create a unique […]. The post 3 mistakes to avoid when building a team from scratch appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Labyrinth

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Growing up, I watched a lot of fantasy movies. I remember tearing up during The Neverending Story, the adventures of Willow, and many other fantasy movies. The film I never remember watching is Labyrinth.

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3 Ways to Trust Yourself

Leadership Freak

Learn to not trust yourself. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman teaches you can’t trust yourself. “… we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

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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.