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Leadership Support: How Do I Get More Executive Attention?

Let's Grow Leaders

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. You have lots of great reasons to want better leadership support for your team. An executive visit can really help provide strategic context and reinforce important priorities. A regular cadence of executive exposure opens doors for your high-potential employees. And of course, if your executive is closer to the day-to-day challenges you face, they’re better positioned to share, solicit and respond to ideas and remove roadb

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The Secret For Running Great Meetings.

Rich Gee Group

Meetings suck. I know — we've all attended those 2-3 hour status meetings that drone on forever, stray WAY off course, and never get anything accomplished. And the personalities — the boss who thinks they're so important, the empty suit who has ‘great’ ideas and yet never acts on them, and the quiet triumvirate in the corner who never says anything.

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How To Stay Emotionally Connected With Your Team In A Virtual World

Tanveer Naseer

Over the past two years, we’ve all had to learn how to get better at communicating within a virtual setting. While most of us have become comfortable using platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams in our daily work lives, a common challenge that persists is being able to connect at. Click to continue reading.

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Leading In Times of Wear and Tear

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton We've been through a lot. We're tired, worn out, overwhelmed, and stretched too thin. We're worried about our health and well-being and the health and well-being of those we love. We can't lead as if we were in normal times because we're definitely not and everyone knows it.

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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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Expand Your Influence and Impact: REACH with Becky Robinson

Let's Grow Leaders

Whether you want more influence and to make a bigger difference within your organization or the world beyond, Weaving Influence CEO and author Becky Robinson gives you the roadmap. Too many think it’s a question of numbers—the more people you can get in front of, the better. But true reach is about expanding your audience while making a meaningful and enduring difference that has a lasting impact.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Uncharted

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. Uncharted brings the classic Playstation video game Uncharted to real life. Which is perfect for Reel Leadership! In Uncharted, Nathan Drake (Tom Holland, who played Spider-Man) is a conman. He’s working as a bartender who rips patrons off. Doesn’t sound like all that great of a guy, huh? He isn’t, but he is… Nathan meets […].

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7 Powerful Proactive Responses to Hot Emotion

Leadership Freak

Proactive people make things happen. Reactive people wait for things to happen. Reactions come with their own punishment. Reactions are spontaneous. Someone pushes you; you push back. You say something that causes harm.

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Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Now, you might already know that I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of farm phrases in my vernacular. Some of these phrases wouldn’t make any sense to you. But some of those farm phrases are things you’ve either heard before or maybe even heard here on this blog last week. […]. The post Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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What Have You Done for Me Lately?

Next Level Blog

The question in the title of this post isn’t about you as the reader. You’re awesome. However, “What have you done for me lately?” could be the question your senior executive is asking about you. That’s never a good thing. In the absence of real information, people tend to fill in the blanks by making up a story about what must be going on. You want to avoid that because the story that gets made up is hardly ever a good one.

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6 Overlooked Traits That Separate Great Leaders From The Rest

Lead from Within

If you ask people what separates great leaders from the rest, most will tell you it’s intelligence, confidence, charisma, strength, or something similar. But over my many years of coaching leaders around the world, I’ve come to realize that what separates great leaders from good leaders comes down to certain skills. Here are six of the most important: A great leader embraces feedback: Leaders who stand apart from their peers are those who embrace feedback.

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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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Two Dangers of Reactive Management

Leadership Freak

Responding is necessary in a turbulent world. Reacting is not. A person who never responds becomes irrelevant. A person who constantly reacts creates the illusion of importance.

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Fast-Forwarding to the Future

Kevin Eikenberry

We are all used to change – it comes at us every day. Chances are you have read that we experience more change than previous generations. While I don’t know if that is factual, it sure seemed right. But now? In 2022? The events of the past two years have accelerated changes in ways we […]. The post Fast-Forwarding to the Future appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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100 Day Plan for New Leaders (Examples + Template)

leaderCommunicator

When I dropped my son off at school on his first day of kindergarten, he looked at me and said, “I can’t wait to not be new anymore.” Thinking about the many people changing roles and companies these days, I can’t help but wonder how many may be counting the days until they’re not new anymore, too. No matter how many years of experience a person has – even the most senior of leaders – being the “newbie” is daunting for most and hard enough that many avoid taking the new job in the first place.

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4 Choices Smart Leaders Make

Skip Prichard

This is a guest post by Mark Miller. Mark is a leadership expert and executive. His 10th leadership book, Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact was recently released. If you want to hear more from Mark on how to magnify your leadership, visit his website at markmillerleadership.com. What is Holding You Back? As a leader, I have long been impressed by men and women who lead at a higher level.

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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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The Influence of Three Women

Leadership Freak

Helen Keller: Helen Keller died June 1, 1968, but she lives. The Helen Keller Institute served approximately 300 million people last year. In 1904 Helen Keller graduated cum laude from Radcliffe.

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5 Ways to Streamline Operations for Your Service Business

Women on Business

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Research Explores How Remote Work Affects Our Health And Productivity

The Horizons Tracker

As people worked from home en masse during the pandemic, it provided an incredibly rich opportunity to explore the impact it was having on worker productivity and wellbeing. One of the most detailed explorations was done by a team from the University of Southern California who have published a number of papers based on their findings. The results reveal the extent of the physical and mental health challenges people faced during the pandemic.

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Reality Check: Are Your Values Hot Air and Gas?

The Practical Leader

An elderly man went to the doctor with a complaint about a gas problem. “But,” he told the doctor, “it really doesn’t bother me too much. When I pass gas, they never smell and are always silent. As a matter of fact, I’ve passed gas a few times since I’ve been here in your office. You didn’t know I was doing it because they don’t smell and are silent.” “I see,” the doctor replied as he examined him.

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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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4 Ways to Reach Extraordinary

Leadership Freak

Everest was identified as the highest point above sea level in 1852. 70 years later, George Mallory and others attempted to reach the summit and failed (1922).

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5 Time-Saving Measures for Better Work-Life Balance

Women on Business

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Meet The World’s Most Powerful Banker: Jamie Dimon, CEO Of JPMorgan Chase

CEO Insider

Establishing and growing a successful business organization requires the collaboration of various aspects. Some of these elements include but are not limited to proper financing, great strategies and ideas, and passionate employees. However, leadership is very crucial to ensure the appropriate management and mix of these elements. In addition, leadership entails guiding and supporting others […].

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Covid Triggered Digital Transformation, But Was It Really Transformative?

The Horizons Tracker

That the Covid pandemic has resulted in a surge in digital investment is widely reported, but the nature of that investment is harder to ascertain. Were companies simply bringing forward investments they previously had planned, for instance? Were they investing in technologies to help keep the lights on during the pandemic or were the investments truly transformative?

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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.

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5 Ways Managers Drain People’s Energy

Leadership Freak

Managers that care about results notice and fuel energy. You fail when you neglect or ignore energy. You never succeed when you suck the life out of people. Successful managers energize people.

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Starting a Business From Home: Legal Necessities to Keep Up With

Women on Business

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Flexible Work and Faulty Communications: Addressing the Hybrid Malaise

Decker Communication

As a communications advisor to many global leaders, Decker’s work spans a broad range of companies in a variety of industries, all of whom are addressing similar post-pandemic issues. As 2022 gathers steam, there’s a macro theme that we are seeing across clients: While many companies have gotten used to hybrid work, only a select few have gotten good at it.

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How to leverage uncertainty to your team’s advantage

CEO Insider

In a survey I conducted of 190 leaders last December, a whopping 83% of respondents said that what they were most looking forward to over the holidays was a break from work and the opportunity to spend time with family. And it’s no surprise. According to recent Harvard Business Review research, the majority of employees […]. The post How to leverage uncertainty to your team’s advantage appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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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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10 Simple Lessons for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Remember all those little lessons and morals one of your parents or instructors would tell you? Clever maxims such as, “Honesty is the best policy,” and “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” and “No, an empty shoebox is not an acceptable diorama of The Invisible Man.” One of the classic structures for a pithy … Continued. The post 10 Simple Lessons for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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Do You Have Old-School Content?

Women on Business

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Avoid an HR Headache with these 25 Tips

ExactHire - Leadership

The expectations business leaders place upon their human resource departments are increasing. Years ago, the role of HR centered around filing employee paperwork, navigating benefits, and a range of activities meant to avoid compliance fines and lawsuits. Of course, human resource professionals came into their roles with a higher calling: cultivating the company’s human capital, its employees.

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Focus on Employee Mental Health — Everything Else is Secondary

CEO Insider

As topics about the future of work continue to dominate the media, the conversations often revolve around technological advancement, work-from-home, a post-pandemic future, or other similar big-picture issues. When we zoom into a workplace, we find adaptable people who can learn the new skills necessary to succeed. What we’ve failed to focus on enough is […].

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.