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Leading Thoughts for January 16, 2025

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. Joel Kurtzman on leadership: The leader is not separate from the group he or she leads. Rather, the leader is the organizations gluethe force that binds it together, sets its direction, and makes certain that the group functions as one.

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The 6-Step Framework To Successfully Transform Toxic Work Cultures Into Thriving Workplaces

Tanveer Naseer

What would make a successful and profitable leader, who had a self-described dictator style of leadership, embrace love as a business strategy? What compelled this transformation and what lessons can we learn to drive organizational transformation that fuels growth and long-term success? In this episode of my Leadership Biz Cafe.

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One Communication Skill to Reduce Conflict and Improve Relationships at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

To improve relationships at work, reflect to connect Have you ever had a conversation at work take a turn you werent expectingsuddenly, voices rise, arms fold, and you feel the tension? Maybe you walked away wondering, “What just happened? How did we get here?” In those moments, you might feel like defending your position, explain your point more clearly, or even disengage completely.

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10 Quotes to Inspire Leaders in 2025 (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton This series includes 10 quotes (linked to blog posts) to inspire you and help you improve your leadership and leadership development as we head into the new year.Part 1includes the first 5.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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7 Small Acts of Humility

Leadership Freak

Humility is a direction, not a destination. Growth depends on humility. This post explains 7 small acts of humility. For example, make a list of things you don't know. Click for more.

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How Do I Advocate For DEI at Work (When My Company Doesn’t)?

Let's Grow Leaders

Think DE&I Is Dead at Your Company? Here’s How to Keep It Alive You care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), but your company seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Maybe the initial enthusiasm has faded, they were never truly invested for the right reasonsor worse, those conversations never began. I’m hearing heartbreaking stories every day– people frustrated that their leaders seem to be “off the hook,” and are abandoning important

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The Strategic Imperative of Board Evaluations

N2Growth Blog

Board evaluations are pivotal for sustaining excellence across governance, strategic planning, and organizational oversight. Their significance extends beyond simply checking regulatory boxes; evaluations offer a nuanced perspective into board composition, performance, corporate culture, and risk management. Recent research points to a strong link between rigorous board evaluations and robust financial results, highlighting the value of investing in sophisticated, data-driven assessment methods.

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This is How AI Is Coming for Your Job—Unless You Learn to Lead Smarter

Lead from Within

Artificial Intelligence is methodically eliminating leadership positionsand your role could be next. While 68% of executives dismiss AI’s impact, artificial intelligence already executes core management functions with unprecedented efficiency. Organizations implementing AI management tools eliminate mid-level leadership positions at accelerating rates, with projections indicating 37% of current management roles become obsolete by 2026.

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Do These 5 Things to Gain Wisdom

Leadership Freak

Wisdom is abrasive to hardheads. I sought wisdom from a business leader and didn't like what I heard. I asked the same question the next day to another leader, and he told me the same thing! Ignorance dies slowly. Do 5 these things to gain wisdom.

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5 Communication Skills to Promote Productivity in the New Year

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 286- What if you could empower your team to promote productivity and maintain momentum all year long? Imagine leading a team thats not only aligned and motivated but also laser-focused on building habits that drive consistent results. Whether its the start of the year or any season, this episode equips you with the leadership skills to make it happen.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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the leadership power of knowing your team

Skip Prichard

leadership that listens Weve all heard about the importance of understanding people. It sounds straightforward and maybe even simple. But my experience is that most leaders are so focused on a goal that they short-circuit or ignore understanding the team. And the task of truly understanding each team member can feel to some as a waste of time or even overwhelming.

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The Rise of the Chief Employee Experience Officer: Redefining Engagement

N2Growth Blog

At N2Growth, we have seen a clear shift in how organizations prioritize the employee journey as a central tenet of sustainable success. One emerging development is the role of the Chief Employee Experience Officer, a position that embodies the growing commitment to placing people at the core of corporate strategy. By focusing on the full scope of an individuals connection with the companyspanning recruitment, development, and eventual departurethese leaders shape the very essence of culture, pro

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How to Make People Doubt You

Frank Sonnenberg Online

When people have faith in you, you receive countless benefits. Folks dont feel the need to challenge your word, scrutinize your actions, or question your motives, because its clear that you are capable, your intentions are genuine, and your motives are honorable. This confidence strengthens relationships, advances your career, and leads to a more fulfilling life not to mention that you will feel good about yourself.

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The Person You Ignore – But Must Connect With

Leadership Freak

There is no desert like living without friends. - Baltasar Begin to be a friend to yourself. You arent fit to be a friend until you are a friend to yourself. Love your neighbor as yourself. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with yourself. What can you do today?

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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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Large Teams Don’t Help, In Academia At Least

The Horizons Tracker

As the Paris Olympics showcased the power of teamwork in securing medals, new research from the University of Kansas suggests that collaboration doesn’t always yield the same success in other fieldsparticularly for young scientists seeking academic careers. “We found that larger team sizes in a discipline correlate with lower career prospects for individuals,” the researchers note.

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Critical Questions To Ask New Hires

Eric Jacobson

In Paul Falcone s book, 75 Ways For Managers To Hire, Develop And Keep Great Employees , he recommends asking new employees the following questions 30, 60 and 90 days after they were hired: 30-Day One-on-One Follow-Up Questions Why do you think we selected you as an employee? What do you like about the job and the organization so far? Whats been going well?

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What Defines an Exceptional Chief Commercial Officer

N2Growth Blog

Organizations seeking to drive sustainable growth frequently rely on the multifaceted talents of a Chief Commercial Officer. From orchestrating integrated sales and marketing strategies to nurturing high-value customer relationships, this role extends well beyond traditional oversight of revenue goals. N2Growth, as a premier executive search and leadership advisory firm, recognizes the transformative influence a skilled Commercial Leader can wieldone who interlaces strategic vision, operational

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Boosting Lean with Deming

Deming Institute

In a new podcast series, Jacob Stoller and podcast host Andrew Stotz discussed five major management and productivity myths and how Lean and Deming thinking solve them.

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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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Relationships with Discomforting People

Leadership Freak

Relationships take you places. Include discomforting people in your relationship circle. A kick in the pants is often more useful than a pat on the back (especially if you are already excelling). Ask a stranger what they are great at. Follow up with, How did you get great at that?

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How To Create A Politically Purposeful Organization Without Dividing The Workforce

The Horizons Tracker

A recent survey from the recruitment website Indeed highlights how nearly half of younger workers would be willing to leave their jobs if the political view of their leader differed significantly from their own. This challenge is further complicated by the fact that previous research , from ESMT, found a strong desire among employees for business leaders to be politically engaged.

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What Business Leaders Need To Know About AI

Eric Jacobson

Mastering AI by Jeremy Kahn is absolutely a must-read for every business leader who wants to better understand the history and evolution of AI (Artificial Intelligence), and more important, the promise and perils of AI for businesses and society. Even if you think you have a basic understanding of AI, this book is an essential resource for you. That is because Kahn delivers not only a timely, thorough and thought-provoking examination of AIs benefits to humanity as well as its potentially chilli

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Building Resilience: Creating an Agile Leadership Mindset to Better Adapt to Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

When change hits, you have two options: sink or swim. Caught up in the tidal wave of change, its natural to feel disoriented, frightened and overwhelmed, but resisting it only makes things worse. So, what if, instead of trying to fight the current, you learned how to ride the wave? Embracing change can be more than just a means of survival; it can be a launchpad for growth.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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3 Ways to Develop Your People

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

A major responsibility of all leaders is building the next generation of leaders. Your development activities are the means to that end. One of the four major activities that will consume your leadership capital is developing your people. Developing your team means you’re training them, coaching them and promoting them to help them advance their careers.

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15 Practical Ways to Ignite Commitment

Leadership Freak

Incompetent leaders invite apathy. Skillful leaders ignitecommitment. You create the future when you inspire commitment. Those who arent committed find fault; those who are committed find a way. This post provides 15 practical ways to ignite commitment. What's your favorite?

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How Healthcare Organizations Make Inequality Worse

The Horizons Tracker

New research from Wharton reveals that after Medicaid expansion, wages remained stagnant for the lowest-paid health care workerssuch as aides, orderlies, and sanitation staffwhile the highest-paid workers, including doctors, nurses, and managers, saw their earnings rise by about 2.2% per year. The study suggests that hospital systems may be worsening income inequality.

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How To Unleash Your Full Potential

Eric Jacobson

To accomplish something great, author Matt Higgins says you need to toss your Plan B overboard and burn the boats. You have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to ever turn back. You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes. Youll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins new book, B

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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The evolving complexities and mitigation strategies of team formation in a rapidly shifting workplace

Chartered Management Institute

Article: The evolving complexities and mitigation strategies of team formation in a rapidly shifting workplace Written by Nasaruddin Zainal Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Building effective teams is vital yet challenging in todays evolving workplace. This article outlines key obstacles and strategies for fostering cohesion and success amid generational shifts In todays fast-evolving organisational landscape, teamwork is more important than ever.

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Dear Diary, Make Me a Better Leader: 4 Reasons You Should Start Journaling in 2025

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Reflective journaling gives you an honest look into the mirror, and such authentic awareness not only encourages you to make the right decision, but to do so in a timely manner. Todays post is by Dr. Sam Adeyemi, author of the upcoming book, SHIFTS: 6 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Elevate Your Leadership Did you write down your New Years resolution?

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1 in 5 Japanese Workers Use Resignation Agencies to Quit Jobs

HR Digest

Japans work culture is infamous for its intensityso much so that theres a specific word for death to overwork: karoshi. This cultural phenomenon has cast a long shadow over the nations traditionally work-centric culture for decades. But change is in the air. A significant number of workers are finding the courage to say, enough is enough, and theyre doing so in increasingly unconventional ways.

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How Virtual Consultations Differ From Face-To-Face

The Horizons Tracker

In todays hybrid world, service providers face important choices about how to deliver one-on-one services like financial advice, tutoring, and healthcare. Should these services be offered online or in person, and to whom? While online services promise lower costs and greater convenience, interactions over a screen can differ from face-to-face meetings in ways that may impact service quality and outcomes.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.