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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

For example, if you have a short-term loss in demand, rather than lay people off, is there a short-term labor need elsewhere in your organization—or even with another business? In the short-term, the options available may be distasteful, but is there a path that helps you and your team achieve your longer-term goals?

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How Leaders Can Move Beyond Fear And Employ Positivity To Drive Organizational Success

Tanveer Naseer

Even before the global pandemic struck, many organizations and their leaders were limiting themselves to a short-term view at the expense of achieving any of their long-term goals. So how do leaders move past the current and persistent short-termism that’s often driven by a fear-based mindset, and instead embrace a.

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Transforming Fear with Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas

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Most of us have seen fear drive short-term results, but it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover. 09:27 – Why fear works in the short term. Winning organizations know how to reframe fear into opportunities for learning and growth. They create resilient cultures of unfear.

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Winning Now, Winning Later: Playing the Infinite Game

Leading Blog

When he took over, Honeywell was plagued by short-termism. The problem was that he had to deliver something in the short-term to the investors for survival but had to set the company up for tomorrow too. Short- and long-term goals were more tightly intertwined than they appeared. He did both. It is a process.

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Paycor HR Leaders Survey: The State of American Business in 2021

Here are some examples of what we found: HR is more bullish on both the short- and long-term. Paycor surveyed more than 2,000 HR and Finance leaders about the state of American businesses. Finance leaders are more confident in their ability to manage change. 86% are concerned about mental health, but very few have a plan.

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One Reason Your Employees are Rolling Their Eyes

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The first key to real encouragement is have a real understanding of which behaviors are driving your long-term results. For example, what behaviors lead to long-term customer retention? Sure it’s simpler to focus only on short-term outcomes. What leadership behaviors build employee loyalty and engagement?

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The Biggest Mistakes Team Leaders Make

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Short-Term Focus - It’s always urgent, and there’s never time for the long-term investment in people and processes that will impact the business. This can work for a week or so, but beyond that you’re doing substantial long-term damage to your team.

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Paycor CFO Survey: The State of American Business in 2021

HR is more bullish on both the short- and long-term. Here are some examples of what we found: 86% are concerned about mental health, but very few have a plan. Finance leaders are more confident in their ability to manage change. Less than 10% of HR technology is highly effective at mitigating risk.