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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Executive Development

Let's Grow Leaders

In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share their perspectives and insights on executive development. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Executive Development on a Personal Level Eileen McDargh of […]. The post Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Executive Development appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Can Lawyers Lead?

N2Growth Blog

Recently I taught a brand new class on leadership at the Yale Law School. Despite popular misconceptions, young lawyers are hungry to become more self-aware and to sharpen their leadership competencies. One of the best leaders I’ve met is a lawyer named Wim Dejonghe. In this interview, you’ll hear his advice to aspiring lawyers who wish to become better leaders.

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Give Me The Facts, Just the Facts

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Facts are bite size pieces of reality. There is no such thing as an “alternative fact.” If you start to believe there are alternate realities, it will make you crazy because there is nothing you can depend on. 2 + 2 equals 4. The sun rose this morning. George Washington was the first president of […]. The post Give Me The Facts, Just the Facts appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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3 Lessons On How Promoting Sense Of Belonging Can Drive Change

Tanveer Naseer

The past several months have presented leaders with a wide array of unexpected challenges that few of us anticipated we’d have to collectively address. Without question, one of the few shining examples of exceptional leadership we’ve seen during this unprecedented time has been New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Thanks. Click to continue reading.

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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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How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor

Let's Grow Leaders

How do you exit your job with grace? You’re on to the next thing. Perhaps it was your call. Maybe not. Maybe you’re happy. Perhaps you’re not. In fact, perhaps “not happy” is an understatement. But it’s not about you. It’s about […]. The post How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading Thoughts for November 19, 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. Gary Burnison on anticipating what lies ahead: “You don’t need a crysal ball to anticipate. Rather, you need to be acutely attuned to what’s happening around you and in the world at the present moment. Once you see reality clearly, then—and only then—can you make the leap to extrapolate the meaning.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Wolfwalkers

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. Our local Celebration Cinema theater, Cinema Carousel, had a special screening of the new animated movie Wolfwalkers. Brought to the theater by Fathom Events, Wolfwalkers was a fantastic exploration of a fantasy world. If you’d like to see Wolfwalkers in the graphic novel format, it is available on Amazon. Directed by Tomm Moore (The Secret […].

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Leading While Green – Interview with Pierre Quinn

Let's Grow Leaders

? Your new leaders – the ‘green’ ones, are an incredible resource and the literal future of your business. If you are a new leader, the lessons to learn and the natural influence you see from more senior leaders can feel overwhelming. […]. The post Leading While Green – Interview with Pierre Quinn appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession

RapidStart Leadership

Succession is the final act of leadership, but too many executives get this part wrong; here's what to focus on to get it right. The post The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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How’s Your Gratitude Habit?

Kevin Eikenberry

We all have hundreds of habits, big and small. Some that serve us, and others that don’t. Let me ask you this: How’s your gratitude habit? Do you even have a habit of gratitude? The power of habits comes in the fact that we do them without conscious thought. The habit doesn’t care if it […]. The post How’s Your Gratitude Habit? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Practical Ideas To Enhance Effective Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

A stellar group leader is first a very good person, a role model in character and behavior. Further, in demeanor and approach, an effective leader emanates the “feel” of being part of the group rather than above it. Examples include endeavoring to talk with instead of to the group in tone and substance and working […].

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One Year Ago Today: The Path From Empathy to Accountability

Leadership Freak

This post was published one year ago today. (11-15-2019) The ability to manage schedules, operate machines, or take someone’s temperature has nothing to do with leading.

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How to Get Ten Hours of Your Week Back

Next Level Blog

A couple of weeks ago, I was having a coaching conversation with an executive whose story is all too common in this pandemic year of leading and working from home. Since the pandemic started, Susan’s been working around 15 hours a day. With her permission and a name change on my part, here’s the story of how we solved her problem in the hope that it might help you too.

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Take a Chill Pill – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Are you deliberating about a tough decision? Are you struggling with a relationship? Are you worried about the future? In today’s episode, I am suggesting we all take a chill pill. And I don’t mean this in an unsympathetic or glib way. I am seriously suggesting six steps that we can take to help us […]. The post Take a Chill Pill – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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A COVID-19 Leadership Reset: Moving Beyond Paradox

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton It's been a tough year for everyone, and much of the strain has fallen on leaders. They have had much more to think about and juggle than they usually have to consider in a typical year, and the stakes have been much higher. Today I'm sharing a collection of curated resources that will help leaders achieve a leadership reset for adapting to COVID-19.

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Do Less of This and You’ll be More Successful

Leadership Freak

You’re not as interesting as you think. If you’re long-winded, the people around you wish you were short-winded. Talk less. Succeed more. 5 Reasons people talk too much: Thinking.

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Gauging an Employee’s Emotional Well-Being in a Virtual World: Warning Signs and Ways to Help

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Guy Casablanca: Much has been written lately about how leaders can gauge productivity and performance in a virtual world. Beyond these two metrics, we have asked the question, “How can a leader tell when an employee is struggling emotionally in a virtual world?” In a short span, a lot has changed in the world, and how we work, socialize, and lead.

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The Best Way To Deal With A Stubborn Leader

Lead from Within

Few professional situations are more challenging to deal with than a stubborn leader. A boss who debates every point, ignores feedback, and refuses to listen is not only frustrating but also a significant professional barrier. So how do you deal? In my experience, these techniques work best: Acknowledge the situation. Acknowledging a stubborn leader can be a problem in itself.

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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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Redefine Your Purpose

Joseph Lalonde

The online world is abuzz with talk about finding your purpose or living out your purpose. This is well and good. We need a purpose. We need something to drive us harder and farther than we would normally go. But… What if we have our definition of purpose wrong. In the online and leadership sphere, […].

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Lessons from Observing a Life Well-Lived

Lead Change Blog

My father-in-law, James Gladney McGee, Jr. died on November 3. One of the great blessings of my life was knowing him. Jim graduated from Clemson in 1953, when it was still a military school. After two years in the Army, he took a pay cut to go to work as a management trainee at the Sonoco Products Company. He retired 34 years later as President of Sonoco International.

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The 7 Impossibilities of Gratitude

Leadership Freak

Gratitude makes many bad things impossible. The 7 impossibilities of gratitude: #1. Worry. You can’t worry and be grateful in the same moment. Don’t worry about overcoming worry.

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Fighting Fear of External Events – Five Things You Can Do

Kevin Eikenberry

Remote work and virtual school. Lockdowns and take-out. Pandemics, the economy, and climate. Elections, protests, and more. I didn’t really need to make a list of things that you might fear, but there it is. This article isn’t about those things (or whatever else you might put on that list) themselves, but rather how you […]. The post Fighting Fear of External Events – Five Things You Can Do appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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20 Years of Learnings in Leader Communications

leaderCommunicator

At The Grossman Group, we started the year gearing up to celebrate a big milestone: our 20th Anniversary. And come March, things changed. We quickly shifted our plans, and our focus, like the rest of the world. In our case, we began providing our clients support for the pandemic, for social unrest, for diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging, and more.

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Rainmaker for Your Consulting Firm? The 10 Attributes You Need to Succeed

David A Fields

“Self,” you say to the warm, approachable person contemplating you from the mirror, “I’d like to win <fill in amount> of consulting next year.” Or you say, “Self, I’d like other people in my firm to win <fill in amount> of consulting next year.” Then you promise to achieve your target weight and proclaim your … Continued. The post Rainmaker for Your Consulting Firm?

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How to Break Free from People Pleasing and Speak Your Mind

Leadership Freak

All people-pleasers lose themselves. The #1 regret of the dying is, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

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Critique, Don't Criticize!

Mills Scofield

NYC Guggenheim Museum’s Oculus ? Guggenheim Foundation. In my first year of college, I took an upper level course on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, filled with philosophy majors. I was totally over my head. But, I still love Critique ! Usually relegated to the design world, it is a technique we should be using in business (and life!). In business, we usually criticize…and personalize.

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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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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The year 2020 is playing out like a bad dream in need of a wake-up call. The battle of the world against the pandemic shook up the workplace, requiring swift accommodation and responses to skills gaps and skill shifts. The big shift in organizational needs and long-term reliance on digital solutions are creating demand for upskilling and reskilling across the globe.

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A Bad Boss can Destroy Everything!

Brigette Hyacinth

Employees don’t leave organizations, They leave bad bosses. The worst place an employee can be, is stuck in an organization with a micro-manager who doesn’t care about their development and there are no opportunities for growth and advancement. In my early career, I worked for a bad boss who put profit before people and sought to gain every ounce of productivity out of employees.

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81% Will Work Harder if Bosses Include this Simple Ingredient – and it’s Free

Leadership Freak

I invited my college buddies over after I got married for homemade donuts. They were nearly inedible. I left something out of the batter. It was a fiasco.

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How Middle Managers Can Survive In Toxic Organizations

The Horizons Tracker

If you trust the various employee engagement surveys that are published each year, you could make a reasonable assumption that the majority of workplaces are in a pretty dysfunctional state. It’s also quite likely that you might pin the blame on middle managers, who often seem to be the scourge for all seasons. Alas, as new research reminds us, middle managers can also be just as much victims of such toxic workplaces as the rest of us.

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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.