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How Managers (unintentionally) Roadblock an Empowered Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Empowered teams will transform results, solve problems you didn’t know exist, and rapidly respond to change. Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. Avoid these common roadblocks and you’ll release your team to be their best: Soak up their time.

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Is Your Approach Parent-Child Management or Adult-to-Adult Leadership?

Next Level Blog

Years ago, when I was a rising leader in corporate-land, I worked for a company president who regularly asked a thought-provoking question, “Are we engaging in an adult-to-adult conversation or a parent-child conversation?”. When she asked the question, I don’t think she had in mind the nurturing type of parent-child relationship that most of us would likely prefer, but the type in which the parent is the alpha and the child is the beta.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Jurassic World: Dominion

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. The Jurassic World trilogy has ended with the latest entry: Jurrasic World: Dominion. The last film in the series had an interesting premise. We got to see what the world would look like if the genetically brought back dinosaurs lived with humans. The world looked similar but oh so different. Sadly, this fantastic premise didn’t […].

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Not Every Workday Should Be the Same

Kevin Eikenberry

This might describe you. At the start of 2020, you went to the office every day. In April of that year, you worked from home every day. Now you are, or will be, doing both. Whether you will be in the office most days or at home most days, you need to create the dual […]. The post Not Every Workday Should Be the Same appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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How Do I Create More Inclusion on Hybrid Team? (Avoid Proximity Bias) [VIDEO]

Let's Grow Leaders

Is proximity bias really a thing? #askingforafriend. Karin, with our new work-from-home policy, and flexible work arrangements, I have some of my team working from home most of the time. And, other team members are choosing to come into the office (as am I). How do I ensure I don’t give preferential treatment to the people I see most often? How do I prevent this thing called proximity bias #AskingforaFriend. 1.

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10 Practical Ways to Create Mutually Beneficial Relationships

Leadership Freak

Winning doesn’t have to be at someone’s expense. Instead of focusing on what you want, focus on how much you can accomplish together.

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Becoming a Better Long-Distance Leader

Kevin Eikenberry

The pandemic is passing. The urgency is waning. The future of work is starting to become a bit clearer. And for many leaders, the future includes leading people at a distance some or all the time. If this is you, how effective do you feel? At the start of (or the exodus to) work from […]. The post Becoming a Better Long-Distance Leader appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Compassionate Leadership with Donato Tramuto

Let's Grow Leaders

Compassionate leadership is not weak. Compassionate leaders are tough leaders who understand that they can be good to their people and deliver stronger results. In fact, taking care of your people actually leads to better results and creates sustainable commitment to an organization’s mission and values. In this episode, Donato Tramuto, recognized CEO, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist makes the case that compassion is a key leadership principle that drives trust, success, and in

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How The Best Leaders Take Charge Of Their Emotions

Lead from Within

Emotions play a critical role in leadership, especially in influencing and engaging with others. It’s important to reflect on the ways you experience emotion and how it affects your behavior. When you take charge of your emotions, they can’t take charge of you. In my work as an leadership executive coach, I guide my clients to master their emotions with six simple steps: Understand how emotion affects you physically.

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How To Find Help When You Need It

Joseph Lalonde

Early in my career as an Information Technology manager, I felt as if I had to have the answer to any question that came my way. My desire to have all the answers caused a lot of issues, as you can imagine. Sometimes, I would give incorrect information because I didn’t want to be caught […].

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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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How to Reduce Stress and Delegate Leadership on Your Team

Great Results Team Building

Recent research has suggested that 80% of employees feel stressed due to ineffective communication in their organization ( GoRemotely 2020 ). But employees are not the only ones feeling overwhelmed or stressed by their jobs. Leaders and managers in every industry are struggling more with delegation. With the turnover that so many teams have experienced, new hires are more common – but the challenge of learning to delegate often exists in established workplace cultures.

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Complainers: 5 Ways to Limit the Garbage People Pour into Your Ears

Leadership Freak

How much time do you spend listening to complainers? Too much. Cy Wakeman’s research with one company showed employees spent almost 2.5 hours a day dealing with drama.

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3 Unique Ways Leaders Can Prioritize During Change

leaderCommunicator

There was a time, just a couple of decades ago, that change inside organizations was more the exception versus the norm. And the cause of that change was less externally driven – there wasn’t the perpetual risk that if you didn’t adapt, for example, to digital disruption, labor demands, or environmental, social, and governance expectations, you’d be left behind.

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Dubious Ideas, Foolish Clients and Your Consulting Firm. 5 Rules to Act Wisely

David A Fields

The spectacular failure of CNN+ is hardly the largest debacle abetted by a consulting firm. If your consulting firm had been in McKinsey’s shoes, would you have taken the CNN+ project and built a plan that, in retrospect, appears absurdly unrealistic? Let’s say that for a number of years your consulting firm has supported the … Continued. The post Dubious Ideas, Foolish Clients and Your Consulting Firm. 5 Rules to Act Wisely appeared first on David A.

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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 Value Of Inclusive Leadership

The Horizons Tracker

I’m sure we’ve all encountered managers who love to hog the limelight and take any credit for collective efforts. Research from Harvard Business School demonstrates how powerful it can be when leaders do the opposite and share the spotlight with their teams. The study found that not only are such managers more likely to retain key talent but are also twice as likely to be promoted to CEO than average.

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10 Ways to Manage Entitled People in the Real World

Leadership Freak

The entitlement monster always wants more. When you feel you deserve it, you are ungrateful when you get it. You don’t have the right to succeed. You earn it.

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Top Tips for Investing in Crowdfunding

Women on Business

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How to Build Your Leadership Presence

Skip Prichard

How do you define “ leadership presence ?” . And how can you tell from meeting someone, working with them, listening to them speak—this person is a great leader? . When you think about great leaders, what comes to mind, absent the specifics of their success? In reviewing this week’s “Aim Higher” panel discussion about building your leadership presence, I realized that we apply confirmation bias when reviewing leaders who are already successful.

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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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The Importance Of Conversations At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Companies that strive to be innovative often go to great lengths to ensure conversations happen. Workplaces are designed to encourage serendipitous encounters. Digital tools are offered to provoke conversations in the hope that ideas will percolate and inspiration strike. While this concept is fairly well accepted, it’s less well understood just how enduring networks are forged at work.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself That Will Change Your Life when the Seasons Change

Leadership Freak

Variety is one reason I enjoy Pennsylvania. We have four seasons. Transitioning from one season to the next is opportunity to ask questions that change life.

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The Evolution of FinTech

Women on Business

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Early Career Success Playbook

Eric Jacobson

“By 2025, experts predict that Millennials and Generation Z will make up the majority of the world’s workforce. They are two of the most populous generations on earth, and they’re going to have to navigate a work world full of unprecedented challenges,” explains Mark Zides , author of the book, The #PACE Process For Early Career Success. He adds, “The career landscape is rockier than ever, and navigating it takes more than just a résumé to find a perfect job.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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How AI Helped SMEs Buffer The Stresses Of Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic was considerable, especially for smaller businesses without the resources to buffer this uncertainty. Research from Anglia Ruskin University suggests that technologies, such as AI, have played a part in helping small businesses cope with the pandemic, but that relatively few actually took advantage of them.

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How to Move from Talking to Action in 10 Steps

Leadership Freak

Parents say, “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times.” Frustrated leaders ask, “How many times have we talked about this?” Talking isn’t working when: Problems persist.

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Why is Social Collaboration Important in the Workplace?

Women on Business

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How to Stop Avoiding and Start Leading

Skip Prichard

Conflict to Courage. No one likes conflict, especially in the workplace, but avoiding it can lead to bigger issues that, if left unresolved, can negatively impact your team and your business. However, conflict isn’t the problem; mismanagement is. Leaders unintentionally mismanage conflict when they turn towards coping mechanisms and patterns like aggression, avoidance, and appeasing. “Conflict isn’t really the problem; mismanagement is.” -Marlene Chism.

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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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Conscious Collaboration: Essential Business Skills & Beliefs | #PeopleSkills

Kate Nasser

Conscious collaboration for business success requires these skills & beliefs. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ Author, Leading Morale. The post Conscious Collaboration: Essential Business Skills & Beliefs | #PeopleSkills appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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How to Negotiate for a Pay Raise

HR Digest

Many people don’t know how to negotiate a pay raise at work. They find it stressful and anxiety-inducing, but it’s not impossible. But how do you ask for a pay raise? It’s a scary proposition, and it can be hard to know where to start. Luckily, we’ve got some tips on how to negotiate for a pay raise at work — no matter what position you’re in or what kind of company you’re working for.

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Money-Saving Decisions for a New Business

Women on Business

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What Should a New Employee Do for the First Week?

ExactHire - Leadership

Are you interested in increasing new hire retention by 50 percent? How about boosting your team’s productivity by 62 percent? Then, you need a solid onboarding plan. One study found that companies with an effective onboarding plan retained 91 percent of their first-year hires. And those that just wing it when it comes to onboarding? Their new hire retention rate is an abysmal 50 percent.

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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.