Sat.Aug 13, 2022 - Fri.Aug 19, 2022

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Where Can We Find Ethical Leadership?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton While it may be convenient to think about ethical leadership as a task, a program, or a rule book, that’s not where it lives.

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How to Give Your Boss Bad News: Avoid This Mistake and What to Do Instead

Let's Grow Leaders

Avoid This Mistake When Giving Your Boss Bad News. You’ve got to give your boss bad news. But the timing isn’t great–for you or for them. The restructure. The uncertainty. The promotion that’s right around the corner. Maybe it’s just not a great time to rock the boat. . How do you give your boss bad news well, while avoiding the proverbial shooting of the messenger?

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7 Ways To Grow Your Business Faster

Tanveer Naseer

A business can grow in many ways but adopting some tried-and-true methods can expedite the process. The following are some of the seven best ways to grow your business: 1. Optimize tax refunds during business trips The type of business you do and where you do it might qualify you. Click to continue reading.

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Leaders Are Dream Releasers

Joseph Lalonde

As people come onto your team, they put their trust in you. They believe you are going to lead them in the right direction. Maybe even help them achieve their dreams. Sadly, too many leaders believe their people are there to work for them and them alone. They shackle them with golden handcuffs or maybe they beat them down with unkind words. These leaders are not dream releasers.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Three Accepted Practices That Need to Be Reconsidered

Kevin Eikenberry

There are reasons why practices get started things – the origin stories usually make sense. But for some things, we’ve lost the original purpose – or that purpose is no longer being served – yet the practice remains, because “we’ve always done it that way.” This is especially true in organizational life. Let’s look at […]. The post Three Accepted Practices That Need to Be Reconsidered appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Too Many Ideas: How To Help Your Team Stay Focused and Creative [VIDEO]

Let's Grow Leaders

Turn Too Many Ideas into Ideas You Can Use. “Hey Karin, I’ve got to tell you. Your book, Courageous Cultures, kind of scares me. We don’t actually need more ideas around here… we have too many ideas! We’ve been growing so fast, it’s like the wild, wild west. Everybody’s bringing their ideas and moving in a gazillion directions.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From DC League of Super-Pets

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. DC League of Super-Pets is an animated adventure centering around the pets of DC superheroes. We get to meet Krypto (Dwayne Johnson) as he is Superman’s (John Krasinski) best friend. After Superman is captured, Krypto is forced to team up with superpowered shelter pets Ace (Kevin Hart), Merton (Natasha Lyonne), Chip (Diego Luna), and PB (Vaness

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The Biggest Problem with Procrastination – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

There are plenty of problems with procrastination. When you procrastinate, you could be falling behind. You could be missing deadlines. You could be losing opportunities because you’re not getting around to taking advantage of them. And for any or all of those reasons, you might be reducing the trust that you have with other people. […].

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Saturday Sage: A Playful Life Is a Better Life

Leadership Freak

When you were a kid you knew how to play. Recess was your favorite subject. You could draw anything, try anything, be anyone. Now you’re an adult. Your playful spirit shriveled.

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Every Leader Must Master This One Very Important Skill

Lead from Within

A practical approach to leadership is to look at it as a collection of skills. The specifics are slightly different for everyone, depending on individual strengths and direction. But there’s one important skill that every leader needs to master—something that will benefit you no matter what your leadership style may be, what your specific role is or what field you’re working in.

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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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Count Your Marbles

Joseph Lalonde

I recently read a story about marbles. I thought my blog readers would also love to read it. The story gives us a lot to think about. Read the story and then keep reading to read some of my thoughts. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash. 1,000 MARBLES. (Author Unknown). The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work.

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10 Reasons to Attend Virtual LeaderCon 2022

Kevin Eikenberry

Virtual LeaderCon is a virtual leadership conference we created in 2020 in response to the realities of the pandemic. Virtual LeaderCon is now in its third year of providing leaders and learners around the world the chance to learn with and from top thought leaders and best-selling authors and interact with them live. If you didn’t […]. The post 10 Reasons to Attend Virtual LeaderCon 2022 appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Elevate Your Status at Work

Leadership Freak

When the boss shows up on the front-line, people notice. When a front-line worker shows up in the corporate office, people wonder how they got in.

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Why Leaders Are Operating in Silos Today and What to Do About It

leaderCommunicator

The long-tail impact of working remotely has helped leaders create deeper connections on their own teams but far less connection across the organization. And the consequences are beginning to show. According to research by Michael Arena an expert in organizational network analysis, pre-pandemic leaders represented nearly 50% of an organization’s bridging connections.

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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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Reviving Your Business’s Products: Product Revival Strategies

Joseph Lalonde

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. There will come a time when your business’s products will start to decline in sales. This could be for several reasons: the product might have become outdated, it might not meet the needs of today’s consumers, newer and more innovative products might simply overshadow it.

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Leadership Trust: Leaders, Are You Squandering It? | #PeopleSkills

Kate Nasser

Leaders, are you squandering leadership trust you earned by doing these things? Insights fr Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author of Leading Morale. The post Leadership Trust: Leaders, Are You Squandering It? | #PeopleSkills appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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1 Simple Strategy to A Design Smart Questions

Leadership Freak

Leaders look through three lenses when they ask smart questions. One lens turns to the past and one focuses on the present. The third lens focuses on the future.

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Giving Prisoners Homes To Go To Reduces Recidivism

The Horizons Tracker

When people are released from prison, it’s commonly thought that they’re released to “go home”, but for many prisoners, it may not be quite so straightforward as they may not have a home to go to. Research from UNSW Sydney highlights how post-release housing assistance can be crucial in stopping people from becoming homeless upon release, and often from re-offending again soon after.

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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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How to Make Sure Your Business Is Safe And Secure

Joseph Lalonde

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. When it comes to building up a strong and successful business it takes a lot of time and effort to do so. It can take years to build up a business but only hours or days to bring it crashing down, when you have spent so much time and effort on something the last thing you want is for it to be destroyed because it was not kept safe and secure.

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Estate Planning Strategies for Business Owners Planning an Exit

CEO Insider

After likely spending a lifetime building your business, deciding to exit can be a hard choice. It’s made even harder if you don’t have a comprehensive exit strategy in place. Senior wealth manager Susan Jones provides a guide to exit planning — from estate planning to liquidation strategies — to make the transition smoother for […]. The post Estate Planning Strategies for Business Owners Planning an Exit appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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5 Ways to Defeat Fatigue

Leadership Freak

You’re at your worst when you drag out of bed and light your candle with caffeine to keep going. Stop working to the point of exhaustion every day.

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Digital Nomads Are Not Young And Solo Anymore

The Horizons Tracker

When we think of digital nomads, we perhaps have an image of a young, single person who is taking an extended gap year type experience to travel the world and support themselves by working online. A recent survey from Fiverr and Lonely Planet dispels that myth. The survey reveals that the nomadic lifestyle is now no longer limited to single people with a decent disposable income, but also includes couples and people with families.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Increase Productivity In The Workplace Using These Steps

Joseph Lalonde

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. When it comes to running a business, productivity is often the key to success. Your business relies on your employees being productive as they are the ones who are going to keep the business thriving. However, as much as we try, there can be times when it becomes difficult to stay productive.

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Leading with Courage Develops Impactful Leadership that Inspires Your Employees

Steve Farber

Let’s play a word association game. If I say (or technically, write) the word “leader,” what word pops into your mind? I’m not a psychic, so I can’t claim to know exactly what word you. Read more. The post Leading with Courage Develops Impactful Leadership that Inspires Your Employees first appeared on Steve Farber.

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Positive Illusions: 7 Ways to Defeat The Lake Wobegon Effect

Leadership Freak

We all create positive illusions about ourselves. Your temper isn’t that bad. After all, you don’t blow up as often as your mother did.

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Tracking Mobility During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid pandemic forced many of us to hunker down at home for extended periods, with remote working a feature even when lockdowns were eased. Research from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory explores just how much our daily routine activities were changed during the pandemic. The researchers tracked everything from getting our morning coffee to ordering a takeaway for dinner to understand how our behaviors changed during the early months of the pandemic.

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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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How To Achieve Success Through The Power Of One More

Eric Jacobson

“You are one more intentional thought and action away from discovering your best life,” explains author of the new book, The Power Of One More , by Ed Mylett – released earlier this summer. “You can find your best life by doing ‘one more’ than the world expects from you,” he adds. In his book, he further explains that your individual thoughts and actions you take don’t need to be profound.

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What is a Business Line of Credit and Who Should Use It?

Women on Business

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Helping Women Leaders Move Forward Faster

Leadership Freak

Book Giveaway!! 20 copies available!!

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Social Distancing Was Easier When Others Joined Us

The Horizons Tracker

During the Covid pandemic, there has been a considerable focus on the potential impact social distancing measures had on things such as mental health. Research from Nottingham Trent University reveals that while such behaviors can indeed be harmful, their impact can be buffered if they’re done as part of a community. The researchers took frequent surveys involving around 6,500 people from 115 countries during the first few months of the pandemic.

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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.