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How To Move From Being Tactical To Being Truly Strategic

Eric Jacobson

83% of executives we surveyed said that their meetings were an unproductive use of time. With practical tools and dozens of real-world examples, Strategic shows you how to be more than tactical―and how to be truly strategic. Horwath : Killing meetings. If your car or television worked less than 20% of the time, would you keep them?

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How Leaders Can Reduce Employee Burnout Within The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

The constant pace of change and a variety of new demands are contributing to widespread burnout among both employees and managers today. According to new research from a Harris Poll survey done on behalf of The Grossman Group , more than 75% of employees and 63% of managers report feeling burned out or ambivalent in their current position.

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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.

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The Keys To Managing Millennials, Part 2: The Progress Bar Effect

Terry Starbucker

In my last post I introduced Part 1 of my two-part series on the the topic of Managing Millennials (the generation born roughly between 1980 and the mid 90‘s) – Treat Them Like a Celebrity. Today in Part 2, I’m presenting the other key tactic – Create The Progress Bar Effect. Guest Post By Adam Tenenbaum.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. As buyer expectations to receive this type of relevant engagement continues to heighten, database management strategies are of high importance. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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5 Strategies, Tactics and Traits to Support Diversity in the Modern Workplace

Strategy Driven

Whether through anonymous email surveys, engagement surveys (think: a employee net promoter score) or a digital suggestion box, you’d be surprised at what you can by asking the right questions. By emphasizing these tactics and traits, you can manage your team with more peace of mind while also embracing diversity.

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Does Your Email Inbox Dictate Your Day — And Should It?

Great Leadership By Dan

As I shared stats from my organization’s recent survey, the reporter passed along comments from a CEO he’d just interviewed: “Email interrupts me all day long. My organization, Booher Research Institute, recently commissioned a survey of email habits and productivity from the Social Research Lab at the University of Northern Colorado.

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