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How to Co-Create a Better Future

Let's Grow Leaders

There’s no going back, but a better future is possible It should be clear to every leader at this point: there’s no getting back to “normal.” The pandemic has unalterably shifted the economic landscape and business operations. The racial equity movement sweeping […]. The post How to Co-Create a Better Future appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Infinite Game

Leading Blog

I N 1986, Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University, James P. Carse, wrote a book entitled Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility. He stated that there are two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

“The day you convince yourself that you’ve mastered your craft or profession or even your relationships, is the day you cease to live.” ~ Carlos Wallace. Many employees believe that if they continue doing what’s expected of them, they’ll always have a job. However, with the major changes that are already occurring across countless organizations, that’s not necessarily the case.

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Finding Your Own Version Of Resiliency And How To Achieve It

Lead Change Blog

With the threat and impact of COVID-19 on the world, now more than ever people are being expected to show up with resiliency and endurance. However, the standard concept of resiliency is not as inclusive as we might think. When so many factors play into how individuals combat crises, there’s a stronger need to redefine what resiliency looks like. Mikaela Kiner, author of Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace , along with Ruchika

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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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Leaders Share About Courage: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Frontline Festival. As we prepare to launch our new book, Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates, we invited thought leaders to share their best writing on courage. Thanks to Joy and Tom […]. The post Leaders Share About Courage: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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3 Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

Leading Blog

I F you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong. Well not, wrong exactly. Most startup advice, like most myths, have a kernel of truth to them, but you have to know when to apply it and when to skip it. Here are three pieces of advice that are tossed around Silicon Valley as if they are gospel, but they are really Startup Myths.

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5 Tips For Avoiding Distractions When Writing

Tanveer Naseer

The winter was hard for most authors. Now that spring is finally here, many writers are ready to start anew. The ideas are coming and the creativity is flowing. As a writer, most are always looking for ways to simplify the workday, as well as avoiding distractions to get that. Click to continue reading.

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18 Quotes From Amazing Books

Joseph Lalonde

Reading is one of the easiest, quickest ways to increase your knowledge. You can get the wisdom and experience of an author distilled down into a 150-300 page book. The author pours his heart and soul into the book. He reflects back on his past experiences. And he then shares those insights to the world. […] The post 18 Quotes From Amazing Books appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Leading Thoughts for June 18, 2020

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. Richard Feynman on living with uncertainty: “I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”. Source: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard Feynman.

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Has lockdown improved your leadership thinking?

Lead Change Blog

I am a BNI Director Consultant for Champions Chapter in Sedgefield, County Durham, UK, and I regularly reflect on what we do and how we might improve things. At last week’s chapter meeting, I shared some learning from the first ten weeks of virtual meetings during the current lockdown, now the immediate impact of COVID-19 has lessened. I also noted we were moving through the change curve – based on the Kubler-Ross model – at differing paces.

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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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The Learning Journey We’re On

Next Level Blog

I’ve had a lot of conversations with corporate leaders over the past couple of weeks that have all focused on variations of the same question, “What can I do to help end racism?” This is one of those times when I’m glad that the conventional wisdom on how to coach others is that it’s more about the questions than the answers. I’m good at asking questions, but on the topic of ending racism, don’t have a lot of answers based on long-term personal experience.

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I Want More Toxic People In My Life

Joseph Lalonde

At the beginning of every new year, you see people making declarations. I’m going to be a better person. I will move on from old hurts. Or, and I love this one, I will get the toxic people out of my life. Who are the toxic people in your life? Are they really toxic? Are […] The post I Want More Toxic People In My Life appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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210: Practicing Antiracist Leadership

Engaging Leader

Today I share some reflections about what I’ve been reading, learning, thinking, and practicing over the past few weeks. How can we as imperfect leaders and human beings contribute to helpful solutions, rather than to ongoing conditions of inequality, discrimination, and fear … including the fear of talking honestly about topics like racism? Resources Mentioned […].

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Wisdom from Sports Coaches You May Not Have Heard

Lead Change Blog

We revere sports coaches. Posters and coffee cups are festooned with their wisdom and insight. We love the legend of the locker room speech that inspired a team to victory. We love the short, pithy quote. . Successful coaches have more to say than short, pithy bits of common sense wisdom. Here are a few of my favorite longer quotes. They’re all from famous sports coaches.

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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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What’s the Secret to Strong Leadership?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Alain Hunkins : Over the past two decades, I’ve worked with thousands of teams, and tens of thousands of leaders in twenty-five countries around the world. I’ve worked with every industry you can think of, as well as some industries you probably don’t know exist. On the surface, each team and company’s situation and issues were unique.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Top Gun

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Flashback Article. Muscle-bound guys. Volleyball on the beach. Fast jets. It’s gotta be an 80’s movie. And it is! Top Gun, the classic Tom Cruze, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Meg Ryan movie is jam-packed with leadership lessons. With Top Gun 2 releasing soon, I thought looking at the leadership lessons in Top Gun would […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Top Gun appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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How to Prepare Your People for the New Normal

Lead from Within

As a coach working with CEOs and other leaders, I help my clients learn to be ready for what the future is likely to bring—and for the possibilities that they can’t see coming. Lately I’ve been focusing on helping them prepare themselves and their people for what’s being called the new normal—life after this initial phase of the crisis is over, when we return to a workplace that in many ways won’t be the same as the one we left.

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How to Avoid Remote Work Disasters to Address the Coronavirus Pandemic

Lead Change Blog

The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt our work lives. As a result, companies worldwide are shifting their employees to a virtual setup. However, there are those who have not considered the potential problems that can arise due to this change. Pete, one of my coaching clients, experienced this a few months before the pandemic hit. As a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of a startup of 400 employees doing Electronic Health Records (EHRs), he was given the task of shifting

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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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Empathy Skills – What You Can Do to Be More Empathetic

Kevin Eikenberry

While everyone wants a friend who is empathetic, some will not consider that to be a necessary work skill/habit. If that includes you, I hope you will continue reading. Here is my premise: an empathetic leader is a remarkable leader. The times we have been living in in 2020 underscore this premise and have actually […]. The post Empathy Skills – What You Can Do to Be More Empathetic appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Deal with Toxic Complainers: Bobby Black-Hole

Leadership Freak

The Rolling Stones sang, “You can’t always get what you want.” You can’t always choose the people you work with either. But when you have a choice, avoid relationships with toxic complainers.

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How to Manage Those Who Are Struggling to Perform Remotely

Lead from Within

Working remotely is not easy, especially for people who are relatively new to it. Distractions and diversions, intrusions and interruptions can make it hard for people to excel. You may find that even an employee who is strong performer at the office is having a difficult time working from home. There are specific things you can do to manage those who are struggling to perform remotely: Create a trusted dialogue.

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8 Steps to Combat Video Conference Fatigue

leaderCommunicator

As many of us are spending our days in virtual meetings, we’re realizing the energy drain from staring directly at our colleagues in two dimensions from just a few feet away. That typically wouldn’t be the case in face-to-face meetings where you naturally and easily follow the conversation much like you were watching a sing-along. The conversation is a little like a bouncing ball where you naturally move your head and attention to keep up with the dialogue.

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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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Leading Virtual Meetings – a LinkedIn Learning Course

Kevin Eikenberry

Few people have ever found meetings to be one of the best parts of their day or job. And virtual meetings? Even before they became the only way we could meet, they tended to have even lower satisfaction scores and effectiveness. Can this be turned around? Is there a way to have better virtual meetings? […]. The post Leading Virtual Meetings – a LinkedIn Learning Course appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Deal with Buffy Blasthole

Leadership Freak

Buffy Blasthole’s motto is Express Yourself. She runs around telling everyone what she thinks regardless of harm or turbulence. Ms.

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11 Video Conference Characters and How to Avoid Them

RapidStart Leadership

You've seen these video conference characters before; here's why they look so strange, and how to avoid their mistakes so that you look like a leader on screen. The post 11 Video Conference Characters and How to Avoid Them appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Investment Report: India’s Crowning Investment Heartland is Rajasthan

CEO Insider

This tiger cub is indeed roaring to GO! INDIA has been ranked amongst the top 5 countries in the world to invest in the business in the year 2020 by the CEOWORLD magazine. Singapore, UK, Poland, and Indonesia are the other place holders in the report which analyzed and ranked 80 other countries according to […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Investment Report: India’s Crowning Investment Heartland is Rajasthan are those of the author Sophie Ireland alo

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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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Reset Company Culture: 4 Steps to Take as You Define Your Organization’s ‘New Normal’

leaderCommunicator

With so many changes happening in a short time stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and social crises, employers face important decisions on how to go forward in managing their teams and adapting for today’s realities. It’s a good time to look at where your business is now and apply what you’ve learned over the past several months. It’s also important to look at ways you are listening to and connecting with employees, and opportunities for greater focus on diversity and inclusion.

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5 Ways to Deal with Tommy Touchhole

Leadership Freak

A touchhole is the small hole in early firearms through which the charge is ignited. Tommy Touchhole reacts to slight offenses with inordinate intensity. Insignificant issues have disproportionate impact on touchy people. You might be a touchhole if: Everyone dances around your feelings. Taking offense is an art-form.

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Interview: Organizational Communication in a Time of Disruption

Change Starts Here

In this episode of the Influence Change at Work™ Show, Caroline Kealey, Principal and Founder of Results Map®, shares the important principles to keep in mind when communicating during a time of disruption. Listen in to hear how disruption affects communication, and even how it creates opportunities for better communication.

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The Success Ladder: A Simple, Powerful Tool for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

You can install a simple, powerful tool at your consulting firm that will stimulate progress toward your goals. In a nutshell, the Success Ladder captures the best of your successes and supports the process of continuously raising your game. There’s explosive elegance in combining a couple of basic principles to produce spectacular results. For example, … Continued.

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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.