Sat.Sep 07, 2024 - Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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Dynamic Drive: The 7 Keys to Sustainable Success

Leading Blog

T HERE is drive, and then there is Dynamic Drive. Dynamic Drive is about aligning what you do with who you are. Author Molly Fletcher says, “It’s about figuring out whether there are parts of your life where you are playing small or safe or are dissatisfied.” It’s about fulfillment. Dynamic Drive is about the journey. It’s about becoming. “Dynamic Drive is the process by which we implement and sustain intentional change.

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Intimidating Questions: How Bad Questions Shut People Down

Let's Grow Leaders

Avoid These Intimidating Questions That Can Silence Innovation and Problem Solving When someone on your team screws up or has one of those “what were they thinking” moments, particularly when the stakes are high. You need to figure out what’s going on– fast. In these moments of stress, it’s tempting to shortcut communication with blunt, intimidating questions to get quick answers.

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Ethical Leaders Adapt (Part 3)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical leadership requires growth, a willingness to acknowledge complexity and an understanding of the broader context in which we lead. Use these resources to learn about how adaptation and ethical leadership are connected and check for learning blind spots.

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Executive Search for Chief Strategy Officers

N2Growth Blog

Chief Strategy Officers are crucial for shaping an organization’s strategic vision and ensuring long-term success. They develop and execute initiatives that align with the company’s goals, focusing on market trends , competitive threats, and emerging opportunities. By crafting and implementing strategic plans, CSOs guide the organization toward achieving its objectives and adapting to industry changes.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Leading Thoughts for September 12, 2024

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. Harvard Professor Paul Lawrence on making morally significant choices: “It is as much within our power to make choices that lead to the destruction of species as it is to make choices which keep us on the track of continued life and development.

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Mental Toughness in Leadership: A Guide to Success

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 271: Have you ever wondered what sets the best leaders apart from the rest? How do they remain calm under pressure while still achieving extraordinary results? What if the key to success lies in strengthening your mental toughness? Whether managing a team or striving to become a more resilient leader, mental strength is the cornerstone of your leadership journey.

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How a CEO Can Make or Break Your Company

N2Growth Blog

The CEO defines an organization’s direction and culture, shaping a vision that motivates employees, engages customers, and builds confidence with investors. The CEO also balances immediate needs with long-term goals, transforming strategic ideas into actions everyone can support. Every CEO’s impact is most visible in company decision-making.

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Great Communicators Share These 7 Characteristics

leaderCommunicator

When was the last time you heard a great speech? Listened to someone who captivated you with their personal story? Read something that was written so beautifully and powerfully that it challenged your thinking or moved you to action? For many of us, it may have been a while. That’s because outstanding communication is rarely practiced with the kind of diligence it deserves, even among leaders who count on inspiring their teams to achieve ambitious goals.

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Founder Mode: The Entrepreneurial Mindset That Separates Visionaries from Mediocrity

Sales Wolf Blog

Founder Mode and Scaling Up a Business Successfully scaling a business requires much more than just hiring well, trusting processes and keeping employee team members happy. Successfully scaling a business demands that the founder remain deeply engaged and relentlessly sharing their vision while continuously adjusting the trajectory.

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How To Effectively Prepare For Your Next Leadership Role in Six Steps

Lead from Within

The path toward effective leadership begins with intentional preparation and personal growth. As you aim to take on greater responsibility and influence. It’s essential to equip yourself with the right skills and mindset. Whether you’re stepping into a leadership role or seeking to expand your impact as a leader, adopting a structured approach to your development can mean the difference between success and struggle.

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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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Integrating Succession Planning with Organizational Strategy for Maximum Impact

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Importance of Succession Planning in Business Succession planning is a strategic commitment to future-proofing an organization. Instead of merely reacting when key roles become vacant, it cultivates a steady flow of prepared leaders, ensuring the business remains strong and adaptable. This kind of foresight fosters an environment where leadership changes aren’t disruptions—they’re opportunities for renewal and growth.

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How to Use Digital Spaces for Personal Branding, Learning, and Business Growth

QAspire

Generosity in sharing, engaging in authentic conversations, and nurturing meaningful relationships are the foundation of learning in the digital space. My journey, which began with my first blog post in April 2006, followed by rise of social media has reaffirmed this time and again. These foundational principles are still as relevant and transcend beyond platform-specific tactics.

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The Rockefeller Habit #4: Establishing Accountability Across Your Organization

Sales Wolf Blog

In the great game of business, where success is measured by the consistent achievement of goals, accountability is the cornerstone that literally holds everything together. Without accountability, even the most well-crafted strategies and the most talented teams are doomed to fail. The fourth Rockefeller Habit is unequivocal: every facet of your organization must have a person assigned with the responsibility and accountability for ensuring that goals are met.

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How To Develop A Leadership Style That Resonates With Your Team

Lead from Within

Developing a leadership style that resonates with your team is about more than managing tasks and meeting objectives; it’s about connecting on a personal and professional level. This type of leadership involves understanding individual and collective needs, communicating effectively, and fostering an environment of mutual respect and encouragement.

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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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Finding the Right Chief Experience Officer

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Role of a Chief Experience Officer The Chief Experience Officer (CXO) might not have the same name recognition as a CEO or CFO, but their influence is felt across every aspect of a company’s strategy and operations. Tasked with championing customer-driven strategies, the CXO ensures that every decision and initiative is grounded in a deep understanding of customer needs.

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The Essential Role of Women Leaders in Homeowners Association Management

Women on Business

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The High-Stakes Game of Team Dynamics: Why Understanding Working Styles is the Key to Unstoppable Success

Sales Wolf Blog

A high-performance team is not built on ambition alone. Building a high-performing team is forged in the fires of intentionality, understanding, and constant effort. Too many leaders make the fatal mistake of assuming that throwing talented people together will naturally yield results. What they fail to recognize is that talent without alignment is chaos.

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10 Useful Things You Need to Know About High-Potential Employees

Lead from Within

High-potential employees are a rare and invaluable asset to any organization. These individuals exhibit the ability to significantly exceed performance expectations and have the capacity to fill key leadership roles as they develop. Recognizing and nurturing high-potential talent can lead to substantial organizational growth, innovation, and long-term success.

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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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Transforming the Food Industry With Precision Temperature Control

Strategy Driven

The food industry is experiencing a significant shift, largely driven by advancements in temperature control technology. Effective temperature management is essential for ensuring food safety, extending product shelf life, and maintaining high quality. This blog delves into how precise temperature control is reshaping the food industry and the advantages it offers to both businesses and consumers.

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Want vs. Need – Which is Right for Successful Consulting Firms?

David A Fields

For your consulting firm to win a consulting engagement, your prospect must explicitly have a Need and also must strongly Want to address their need. Sometimes, though, a client misunderstands their Need and, as a result they Want the wrong project. What should you do in those cases? Consider the following four scenarios, all of … Continued The post Want vs.

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Maine Wasn’t Vacation Land When We Lived There

Leadership Freak

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The Six Most Important Skills Every Future-Focused Leader Needs

Lead from Within

The skills required for effective leadership are evolving rapidly. Driven by technological advancements, shifting employee expectations, and the increasingly complex business environment, mastering a specific set of competencies will be crucial for navigating this new reality. In my experience as a leadership executive coach, I have found that what got us here in leadership will not keep us there in the future.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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Boosting Productivity: Simple Strategies for the Modern Workspace

Strategy Driven

The Importance of Workspace Organization Keeping your workspace tidy can significantly impact your productivity. A well-organized desk helps reduce distractions and allows for better focus and efficiency. According to a study, clutter can make concentrating and processing information easier. This clarity is essential, particularly if you leverage digital tools requiring a focused mindset.

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Your Biggest Blind Spot Is You

Decker Communication

“I hate seeing myself on video.” Or even worse: “I’ve never seen myself on video.” We at Decker Communications hear this constantly when helping speakers prep for an important event or preparing leaders to deliver critical messages. The reality is that the majority of today’s leaders are flying blind when it comes to their communications and the experience they create for their listeners.

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Mexico’s Wealthiest Individual, Carlos Slim, Increases Stake in Talos Energy Amid CEO Exit and Stock Drop

CEO Insider

Carlos Slim, Latin America’s wealthiest individual, has significantly increased his ownership in U.S. oil and gas producer Talos Energy Inc. following the unexpected resignation of the company’s founder and CEO, which led to a decline in its stock value. Through his investment firm, Control Empresarial de Capitales, Slim acquired around 2.7 million additional shares this […] The post Mexico’s Wealthiest Individual, Carlos Slim, Increases Stake in Talos Energy Amid CEO Exi

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Be Informed: 10 Job Titles You Won’t See In The Next Decade

Lead from Within

The rapid pace of technological advancement and evolving business models are transforming the job market at an unprecedented rate. As an experienced leadership coach. I have identified ten job titles within the realms of leadership and business operations. They are poised to become obsolete in the coming years. Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models.

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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 Help a Mortgage Broker Provides in 2024 Homebuying

Strategy Driven

2023 has seen a significant shift in homebuying activity thanks to two big drivers: inflation eating up discretionary income faster than people can adjust, and the Federal Reserve making significant moves in the banking arena to reign in the economic effect before it does more damage. While the market was already tight from a very low supply, which in turn was driving up prices considerably, inflation was causing sellers to stay off the market out of fear of being unable to find a replacement, a

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Your Fall Life Tune Up

Mark Sanborn

Fall is here and this is (as all times are) a good opportunity to tune up your business and your life. Here’s a list of ideas you can use improve every area of your personal and professional life: Personal Development Growth -Develop a learning agenda for the balance of the year. What one or two things do you most need to learn about? What one thing do you most want to learn about?

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How To Lead Bigger

Eric Jacobson

Anne Chow ’s new book, Lead Bigger , is about “where it all comes together.” By that, she means: Being driven by a compelling purpose and values, which are not platitudes, but rather lived. The goals are better decisions, improved performance, and ultimately a greater impact. Impact means you have the power to make real and enduring change for the better.

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Using Speed, Agility, and Innovation to Beat Your Competition

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Innovation, speed, and agility can be a winning combination if they’re used appropriately. Those elements must be tied closely to your strategy if you really want to win. Today’s post is by Jeffrey Phillips and Alex Verjovsky, authors of OUTMANEUVER: OutThink, don’t OutSpend. Every executive knows speed is important. Meg Whitman at Hewlett-Packard declared recently that “the future belongs to the fast.

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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.