July, 2024

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Workplace Communication: Stop Asking “Do You Understand?” (and do this instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

High-performing teams invest in clear workplace communication by ensuring shared understanding. When your organization or team communicates effectively, you’re nimble. You can respond to change quickly. But if your organization doesn’t invest in effective workplace communication, you’ll face a constant series of misunderstandings that waste time, create conflict, and drag down everyone’s performance.

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Why You Need a Culture of Growth

Leading Blog

A SECRET to lifelong success is to always be in learning mode, personally and organizationally. In Cultures of Growth , Mary Murphy contrasts a Culture of Growth with its growth mindset and the fixed mindset of a Culture of Genius. These mindsets exist on a continuum. We don’t just have one or the other. We are not static. We frequently shift from one to the other depending on what we are experiencing.

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Top Qualities to Look for in an Interim Executive: Expert Insights from N2Growth

N2Growth Blog

Interim executives are experienced professionals who can step in to fill a sudden leadership gap, manage a crisis, guide a merger, or spearhead a new initiative. They have a talent for quickly understanding and navigating complex situations. One crucial skill for an effective interim executive is managing change seamlessly. Change can be challenging and often met with resistance, so it’s essential for these leaders to have exceptional communication skills, emotional intelligence , and stro

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Cultivating Greatness: Your Personal Growth Manifesto

Leadership Freak

Personal growth is the first practice of remarkable leaders. Show up as the person you aspire to become. What are you waiting for? Average leaders show up as their best selves.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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Leaders Make the Ethical Path Clear

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical leaders are not easily pulled off course – they stay focused on the values that are important to good leadership. They realize that they are influencing others, and they perceive that as both a privilege and a responsibility. They ask themselves, “In my leadership, am I making the path clear for others to follow?” If we see leadership as only a privilege (and not a responsibility) we may be tempted by personal gain.

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3 Simple Steps To Tap Into The Power of Reflection To Drive Success And Growth

Tanveer Naseer

One of the common features I include in all of my leadership workshops is creating space for leaders to reflect and assess not just what they’ve done in the past, but how they can improve on it. The reason for this is that many times leaders have told me that.

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Leading Thoughts for July 25, 2024

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Greg Hoffman on inspiration: “Leaving inspiration to chance, where it just hits you in a random moment, is not a recipe for sustained success in the creative world. You have to go out and find it. While some may be born with a seeker’s mentality, others can learn to be more curious.

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Elevate Your Revenue Game: N2Growth’s CRO Executive Search

N2Growth Blog

The Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer, or CRO, is absolutely essential for propelling business growth. They are responsible for managing and optimizing all revenue generation processes within an organization, and their decisions can significantly impact the company’s financial success. CROs oversee marketing, sales, and customer relationship teams to ensure they work together effectively.

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A 10-Minute Revolution: 7 Things You Can Accomplish in 10-minutes

Leadership Freak

Infatuation with dramatic change is the reason you’re stuck. Transformation happens in 10-minute increments. Momentum is a series of small successes. Dedicate 10-minutes to one thing on this list. It will improve your day. Keep doing it, it will change your life.

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Mental Maps Impact Leader Behavior

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post will explore the interesting relationship between leadership mindset and competency. Which is most important? What happens to our leadership capability when our mindset is out of date?

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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The Iceberg of Organizational Knowledge: How to Unlock Tacit Knowledge

QAspire

Knowledge in organizations flows “across” people and teams. Real knowledge resides in the network of people and its interactions. Everything that is found in documents, systems, process flows and tool kits is “explicit” knowledge that is useful to sustain the business and keep the “status quo”. That is the tip of the iceberg – visible and accessible.

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Attention to Detail: How to Help Your Team Have Less “Oops” Moments

Let's Grow Leaders

Help your team focus on the details for less stress and wasted time If you’re reading this article, you know how much attention to detail matters. There’s not much more infuriating than a consistent stream of sloppy mistakes. You’re not trying to micro-manage. You don’t have time for that. But every time you catch a mistake it confirms your need to triple-check your team’s work.

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Leading Thoughts for July 11, 2024

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Nance Guilmartin on the need to take a pause: “Today you need the ability to discern what lies beneath people’s words, their reactions, or their silence. If you don’t build the neuropathways in your brain to pause, to momentarily disengage your automatic reactions, you can trigger a chain reaction that derails your best intentions and strategies.

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Transforming Customer Engagement: The CMO’s New Mandate

N2Growth Blog

With the rise of the digital revolution, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) role has undergone significant changes. CMOs are no longer limited to traditional roles like branding and advertising. They have evolved into key strategists in the boardroom, steering the organization towards digital transformation, personalized customer experiences, and customer-centric strategies.

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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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Could You Be a Lousy Listener Without Knowing

Leadership Freak

“When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” Brenda Ueland You might be a lousy listener if. #1. Listening feels easy. #2. Listening is about technique. #3. Solutions are top of mind. More. Click the link to expand your leadership influence.

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Leadership: It’s Not About Us

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton You may have noticed that society’s expectations of us as leaders are continuing to increase. Consumers prefer to purchase from companies that genuinely care about their well-being. Employees want to work for companies that treat people well, do meaningful work and give back to the community. To survive in this new land where ethics is key to success, we must understand that it is not all about us.

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4 Lessons Inspired By The Olympics On How To Ignite Employee Success

Tanveer Naseer

Whether you’re a sports fan or not, there’s no denying there’s something special about watching the Olympics. No doubt a big draw is the immediacy of knowing who the winner will be. Instead of months, it only takes a matter of days to discover which athlete will end up rising.

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Managing Change: How to Cultivate Forward Thinking Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? If it’s been a year or more since you experienced a significant change for yourself or your team, you might be missing out on great opportunities to build morale, build your career, and enjoy your work.

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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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Leading Thoughts for July 4, 2024

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Peter Block on freedom and accountability : “Freedom being the choice to be a creator of our own experience and accept the unbearable responsibility that goes with that. Out of this insight grows the idea that perhaps the real task of leadership is to confront people with their freedom.

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The Role of Executive Search in Today’s Competitive Marketplace

N2Growth Blog

Understanding Executive Search Executive search, or headhunting, is a specialized recruitment service companies use to identify and attract individuals for senior-level and executive roles. Organizations typically use this solution when seeking candidates for positions requiring high-level professional expertise. Executive search has a positive impact on a company’s strategy and growth.

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The Surprising Guide to Lasting Impact

Leadership Freak

Personal struggle is an unexpected source of lasting impact. "Life is not about you. It is about what you do for others." - Tom Rath Discover 10 sources of competence and learn how reflecting on your struggles can lead to meaningful contribution. Transform personal challenges into opportunities for growth and leadership.

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What is (and Isn’t) Leadership?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton It occurred to me while pruning shrubs that we have many mistaken

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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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4 Phrases That Unintentionally Convey Rudeness, and What to Say Instead

Lead from Within

As an executive leadership coach, I have seen firsthand how communication plays a significant role in how people perceive and respect you. Many of my clients are unaware that they are being rude. It’s only through coaching that they gain the insight needed to recognize and address this issue. Often, the culprit behind unintentional rudeness is the use of common phrases. that have become so ingrained in our daily conversations that we rarely stop to consider their impact.

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Creative Peer Recognition: How to Get Better at Team Celebration

Let's Grow Leaders

Build a cadence of regular peer recognition for a stronger, happier, more connected team As a human-centered leader, you know it’s important to recognize and celebrate your team. But, if you’re like most managers we talk with, you wish you could do more. You can multiply your efforts by building an infrastructure for effective peer recognition.

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How to Use the Science of Personality to Make Better Decisions About People

Leading Blog

S OME of the biggest decisions we will make involve judgments about people—who to hire, who to marry, which friends to have, what job to take, or which business partner to take on. Good people judgment becomes a critical skill in all aspects of life. There are hundreds of ways to describe someone’s observable behavior. On the whole, these can be cumbersome and confusing.

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Hiring Interim Executives: Is It Worth the Investment?

N2Growth Blog

Interim executives are highly skilled and experienced individuals brought in at short notice to lead organizations during times of crisis, management transitions, or to spearhead major strategic initiatives. They provide rapid and effective leadership solutions during uncertain times and offer guidance to organizations. Drawing on their extensive leadership experience, they bring fresh, unbiased perspectives to the boardroom, addressing challenges while ensuring that solutions are firmly aligned

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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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Gratitude Shapes Your Future

Leadership Freak

Gratitude is poison to envy, resentment, regret, anger, and anxiety. Ungratefulness makes you ugly. Many things in the world invite you to be an ingrate. This post offers simple practices to face negativity. I'm interested in your suggestions.

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What is the Connection Between Ethics and The Human Soul?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Since the human soul is hard to define, we lack a blueprint for how it connects to ethical choices and actions. If you like digging into topics that some people think are difficult to define, read on.

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7 Benefits Of Having A Future-Oriented Mindset In The Workplace

Lead from Within

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand the remarkable impact a future-oriented mindset can have on a leader’s success. This forward-thinking approach is not merely advantageous; it is an absolute necessity in today’s fast-paced business world. Here are the seven powerful advantages of fostering a future-oriented mindset in the workplace: Anticipating Change: Future-oriented leaders actively anticipate change and proactively prepare for it.

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The Ultimate Guide to Having Brave Conversations at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 264: In this episode of the Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast, you’ll dive into the importance of brave conversations at work and tackling those tough conversations head-on. Have you ever wondered how to make those difficult chats a little easier? Ed Evarts joins us to share his insights and experiences navigating these tricky waters.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.