Sat.Jan 04, 2025 - Fri.Jan 10, 2025

article thumbnail

Leading Thoughts for January 9, 2025

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. Jack Trout on being a doer: The best leaders know that direction alone is no longer enough. The best leaders are storytellers, cheerleaders, and facilitators. They reinforce their sense of direction or vision with words and action.

Trout 316
article thumbnail

Unlocking Potential: The Role of Assessments in Leadership Development

N2Growth Blog

Assessments have emerged as an indispensable instrument in leadership development, serving as both a mirror that reveals areas of growth and a lens that illuminates hidden potential. At N2Growth , we view these evaluative processes as far more than simple scorecards. When strategically designed, assessments can lead executives to sharpen their strategic thinking, refine their interpersonal skills, and ultimately guide teams toward sustainable success.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Brutal Truth About Modern Leadership: Your Team’s Mental Health Depends On You

Tanveer Naseer

One of the harshest realities leaders need to come to terms with is how they no longer just play a significant role in their employees growth and success, but how much influence they have on the mental health and well-being of those they lead. But this is why it’s so.

Influence 304
article thumbnail

The Power of Knowing: Why Rockefeller Habit #9 is a Game-Changer for Your Team's Performance

Sales Wolf Blog

Do you really know how your team is performing? Imagine walking into your office and knowing, without ambiguity, whether your team had a productive day or week. More importantly. Imagine engaging each team member knowing that they know whether or not they had a productive day or week. If I am your coach, this is a normal occurrence for you and your team.

Team 264
article thumbnail

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!

article thumbnail

A Contrarian Approach to Growth

Leadership Freak

Rigid certainty doesnt think, it defends. In all your learning, learn to be a learner. Arrogance knows. Humility grows. #1. Wait for the what-about moment. #2. Listen to people you dont like. Click for more.

article thumbnail

Top Post Series of 2024: Leading in Context Blog

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton The Top Post Series for last year on the Leading in Context Blog was called "10 Quotes to Inspire Leaders in 2024". It reflected insights for leaders into how to lead in ways that bring out the best in others, and featured specific areas of focus and strategies for living and leading with values.

Blog 272

More Trending

article thumbnail

Fireproofing Your Team: How to Handle Toxic Employees Before They Burn Everything Down

Rich Gee Group

Listen to the podcast Heres the truth: Every business leader eventually faces that one toxic employeethe one who drains morale, ignites drama, and turns team meetings into a minefield. Ignoring it and hoping it will go away doesnt work. Leadership is about stepping up, even when its uncomfortable. Let me tell you a quick story. A client of mine once hired a rockstar sales rep who crushed quotas but torched relationships along the way.

Team 195
article thumbnail

Cracking the Code of “Push & Love” Leadership

Leadership Freak

When leading through change, competent leaders take one of three approaches: #1. Hug & Love #2. Push & Shove #3. Push & Love This post explains what "push and love" leadership looks like. BONUS: Don't miss the book giveaway on this post.

article thumbnail

From Search to Onboarding: Recruiting an Exceptional Chief Operating Officer

N2Growth Blog

An operational executive overseeing the day-to-day business functions is the linchpin between visionary corporate objectives and the tactical steps required to achieve them. The importance of this role in high-performing organizations cannot be overstated: research from various organizational studies shows that effective operations leadership is one of the most reliable predictors of sustained performance and competitive advantage in business.

article thumbnail

Why Your Leadership Style Is Failing and Everyone Knows It But You

Lead from Within

The gap in your leadership style is costing your organization millions in lost talent and unrealized potential.Recent Deloitte analysis reveals 82% of senior executives overestimate their leadership capabilities, while only 34% of their direct reports rate them as highly effective. A recent report by McKinsey’s Leadership Index demonstrates organizations with self-aware leaders generate 41% higher shareholder returns.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Asking Better Open-Ended Questions: A Leader's Guide

leaderCommunicator

In the fast-paced world of work we all live in now, one of the most understandable and common mistakes all employees make is simply not asking the right kinds of questions.

article thumbnail

The Easiest Life Imaginable

Leadership Freak

The easiest life imaginable is working at what comes naturally. You enrich life when you follow inclinations you were born with. But be warned, some innate inclinations harm us. Leadership is encouraging people to do things that come naturally.

article thumbnail

Executive Search Excellence: Identifying Your Next Chief Compliance Officer

N2Growth Blog

N2Growth recognizes that a leadership role dedicated to compliance is fundamental to success in any high-performing organization. This vital executive safeguards corporate integrity, ensuring alignment with evolving regulations and fostering a culture devoted to ethical conduct. Although the title emphasizes adherence to standards, the best compliance leaders also uncover ways to bolster strategic growth and mitigate risk to their respective firms and constituents.

article thumbnail

How To Find Your True Purpose And Avoid Purpose Anxiety

Eric Jacobson

Having a sense of purpose has been scientifically proven to help people find happiness, longevity, and health. But lots of us are also worried about purposehaving purpose anxiety estimated to affect as much as 91% of people. That purpose anxiety is the fear of not knowing your purpose in life. Most people understand the term purpose but have no idea how to take action to discover what it means in their lives, says hospice medical director Jordan Grumet , author of the new book, The Purpose Code:

How To 132
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

The Trust Factor: How Building Trust Can Turn Leadership Into Action

The Center For Leadership Studies

Progress isnt built on ideas aloneits forged through action. To move forward in any capacity, businesses have to tap into the power of the collective and harness the individual efforts of every member of their team. Getting their team movingand keep them movingin the right direction, however, can be challenging to say the least. But with the right amount of trust, leaders can inspire movement in their team thatll bridge the gap between ideation and execution.

article thumbnail

The Novice Advantage

Leadership Freak

The beauty of a novice is ignorance. Beginners havent learned what cant be done. People with untested skills dream bigger than experts. Novices underestimate difficulty and oversimplify complexity. Let novices try things even if you think they might fail. Who knows? They might succeed.

Skills 225
article thumbnail

Executive Search Innovations: Steering the Future of Talent Acquisition

N2Growth Blog

N2Growth is dedicated to equipping organizations with the strategic insight and leadership they require to thrive in a shifting global marketplace. The current environment calls for a refined approach to recruitmentone that leverages advanced technology, data, and thoughtful engagement to secure and retain high-performing talent. Below, we explore some of the most significant developments shaping executive search today and how N2Growths executive talent acquisition methodologies help our clients

Execution 195
article thumbnail

The Future of Work: Key Trends in Employee Benefits for 2025

HR Digest

As we step into 2025, the corporate landscape is undergoing seismic shifts, driven by technological advancements, shifting employee expectations, and an increasingly globalized workforce. In this era of transformation, employee benefits have emerged as a strategic lever for attracting, retaining, and engaging top talent. Organizations that fail to adapt to these evolving trends risk being left behind in the race for the best and brightest.

Trends 98
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

5 Lucrative Careers You Can Consider in 2025

Women on Business

We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven't already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

Career 100
article thumbnail

Failure: Only the Weak are Brave

Leadership Freak

Failure is a beginning when you rise. Adversity contributes to success when it becomes your teacher. Failure and bravery: ". no living thing is happy without bravery." Seneca Only the weak can be brave. How to use failure to create success.

article thumbnail

The Power of Questions: How Action Questions Propel Leaders Forward

CO2

In leadership, the questions we ask often define the outcomes we achieve. After three years of studying how leaders use questions to guide their teams and organizations, a pivotal insight emergednot from deliberate contemplation but from a serendipitous realization. Leaders naturally gravitate toward specific styles of questioning, influenced by their goals and context.

Power 78
article thumbnail

The Value of Values

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Its easy to ignore our health until something urgent comes up. The same can be said for our values, which typically lie beneath the surface of our everyday decisions and are often overlooked. Values are our core beliefs that define whats important to us. They set our priorities and help us assess if our life is heading in the right direction. Think of values as your brains operating system, quietly influencing your thoughts, decisions, and actions by connecting them to your guiding principles.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

5 Lucrative Careers You Can Consider in 2025

Women on Business

We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven't already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

Career 100
article thumbnail

How To Not Say Um And To Communicate Effectively

Eric Jacobson

How you say something matters more than what you say, explains Michael Chad Hoeppner , author of the new book, Dont Say Um: How To Communicate Effectively To Live A Better Life. This book will help you with all your daily interactions. It will help you by focusing on perfecting your delivery, one of the two primary buckets of all spoken communication.

How To 91
article thumbnail

We Overestimate How Trees Keep Cities Cool

The Horizons Tracker

A new study suggests that planting trees in cities may not cool them as much as we hoped, especially during heatwaves. Researchers at UNSW Sydney found that trees lose much of their cooling power when temperatures get too high, which challenges the effectiveness of current urban greening plans. City planners have long promoted planting trees as a way to fight rising temperatures.

article thumbnail

Unpacking 10 Ways to Support Employee with Post-vacation Blues

HR Digest

Do your employees appear down in the dumps after returning from their holidays? HR teams that support employees post-vacation will find them bouncing back much more easily compared to those who have to muddle through the realities of work on their own. Going on vacation can fill your mind with peace and tranquility but returning from these breaks often has the opposite effect, undoing all the mental progress made with a clear head.

Mentor 105
article thumbnail

10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

article thumbnail

5 Lucrative Careers You Can Consider in 2025

Women on Business

We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven't already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

Career 100
article thumbnail

How To Coach Your Employees To Increase Their Influence And Impact

Eric Jacobson

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. More importantly, they say that it is better for you as a leader to coach employees rather than supervise them.

article thumbnail

Visits From Senior Bosses Can Boost Motivation

The Horizons Tracker

When a companys top executive pays a visit to frontline workers, its the boost in motivationnot just the feeling of being watchedthat can drive up productivity, according to a study led by Cornell researchers. In an experiment at a Latin American bank, the researchers observed a significant increase in sales of credit cards, term deposits, insurance, and other products both in the days leading up to and the weeks following a visit from the division manager. “I’ve worked as a consulta

article thumbnail

Evaluating the Legal Implications of Layoffs and Downsizing

HR Digest

Layoffs and downsizing are among the most challenging tasks an HR professional can face. Beyond the emotional toll they take on employees and managers alike, these decisions are fraught with legal complexities that, if mishandled, can lead to costly lawsuits and reputational damage. Ensuring compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and other legal frameworks is essential for mitigating risks and maintaining fairness.

article thumbnail

The First 90 Days: Onboarding Checklist

While onboarding, don’t let yourself get caught up in administrative details. Automate paperwork & training so new hires can focus on the business at hand from day one. Get Paycor’s checklist to see where your company can make HR process improvements.