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Failure to Communicate: What to Do When Your Boss (or Team) Don’t Get It

Let's Grow Leaders

Frustrated that they “just don’t get it?” You have a chance to lead and overcome a failure to communicate. Nearly every leader we’ve ever worked with feels it. Those moments where the thread of understanding seems to unravel, leaving you feeling exasperated and silently screaming “Don’t they understand?” (or sometimes not so silently).

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Discovering Top Talent: The University President Search Journey

N2Growth Blog

Setting the Stage: Understanding the Importance of Finding Top Talent In today’s competitive landscape, the success of organizations across any sector, including higher education , hinges on finding top talent. The appointment of an exemplary university president has the potential to reshape the institution’s trajectory, transform its culture, and elevate its standing nationally and globally.

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5 Leadership Development Practices to Kick to the Curb

Leading Blog

I N MY THIRTY YEARS as an executive coach, I have seen a lot of change — the complete digital transformation of the workplace, increased diversity of the labor market, the shifting role of employers. But one thing that has largely remained unchanged has been the approach to leadership development. Even though the world looks nothing like it did 30 years ago, organizations still cling to strategies and methodologies developed in the 20th century.

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Virtual Visionaries: Harnessing Virtual Executive Coaching for Modern Leaders

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Benefits of Virtual Executive Coaching for Modern Leaders Virtual executive coaching has emerged as a valuable tool for modern leaders, providing numerous benefits. One key advantage is its flexibility, allowing leaders to participate in coaching sessions anywhere worldwide. This eliminates the need for travel, making it an efficient and time-saving option.

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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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How Gratitude Shapes Identity

Leadership Freak

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." Cicero An ungrateful leader is a staggering contradiction in terms.

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Mastering Board Member Selection: A Comprehensive Guide by N2Growth

N2Growth Blog

A robust board of directors is the backbone of a thriving organization. Their collective decision-making and oversight capabilities significantly impact the company’s strategic direction. At N2Growth, our executive search and leadership development expertise positions us as a valuable partner in structuring your board for optimum effectiveness.

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Digital Transformation Toolkit: 7 Must-Have Tools Every Business Needs

Women on Business

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Most Of Society Remains Unaffected By The Clean Energy Transition

The Horizons Tracker

A frequently cited argument against climate action is the potential adverse effect on individuals’ retirement funds and long-term savings stemming from fossil fuel divestment. Yet, a recent study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that the impact of losing fossil fuel assets would be of limited significance for the wider population.

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360-Degree Feedback Programs To Help Your Company Grow

HR Digest

The term 360-degree feedback has gained global popularity with reports from Forbes indicating that more than 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies use 360 feedback to review their employees regularly. A 360-degree appraisal system provides an elaborate set of criteria to evaluate an employee. The evaluation report is a compilation of feedback from managers, peers, and juniors.

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Free Speech Benefits Those With The Least

The Horizons Tracker

Recently published research from the Victoria University of Wellington delves into the beneficiaries of freedom of speech, shedding light on the factors that influence its impact. The study reveals that individuals with greater resources tend to accord higher priority to freedom of speech. However, it is individuals with fewer resources, such as lower incomes or education levels, who derive the greatest benefits from free speech.

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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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How to Effectively Navigate a Crisis

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

To effectively navigate a crisis scenario, companies must have a clear response plan to react promptly and honestly, and learn from their mistakes. Today’s guest post is b y Thomas Mustac, Publicist — Otter PR Crises come in all shapes and sizes for businesses, but no matter how big or small, an organization will be overwhelmed if they have not adequately planned how to approach the crisis.

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Can Twitter Predict Crypto Prices?

The Horizons Tracker

During the volatile period of surging and subsequently collapsing cryptocurrencies in the late 2010s and early 2020s, researchers from Yale University closely observed the meteoric rise and rapid demise of numerous crypto coins. These digital currencies would often experience a brief stint of attention on social media, capturing fleeting public interest and generating wealth for a select few before abruptly vanishing without a trace.

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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

CO2

What are your needs? In the realm of leadership, recognizing and addressing the diverse needs of team members is crucial. This post, inspired by my recent exploration of Penn State’s Wiki on Need Theories. It aims to shed light on how different need theories can enhance our understanding of team dynamics. Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow’s well-known theory suggests that humans prioritize lower-order needs (like safety and physiol

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The Power of Class Action Investigations

Strategy Driven

Many people whom large corporations have wronged cannot afford to sue alone. They may have to spend years fighting in court for a paltry sum that might not even cover their legal fees. In a country where financial resources too often determine outcomes, class actions are essential for overturning this imbalance. That’s why corporate interests want to destroy this powerful litigation method.

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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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50+ Stealworthy Lunch and Learn Topics and Ideas

Niagara Institute

So, you’re thinking about hosting a lunch and learn. If that’s the case, then you’ve come to the right place because, in this article, we’ll not only outline the definition of a lunch and learn, how long it should take, and even clarify who should provide lunch, but we’ll also provide you with a list of over 50 lunch and learn topics and ideas. If you take it all into account during the planning process, then you should end up with a lunch and learn that’s worth the effort you spend planning it

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10 Home Maintenance Tips Every Long Island Homeowner Should Know

Strategy Driven

Nestled in the embrace of the Atlantic, Long Island presents a unique living experience shaped by its coastal climate and rich cultural tapestry. This distinctive environment, while offering picturesque landscapes and diverse lifestyles, also poses specific challenges for homeowners, particularly in maintaining their properties. Regular home maintenance in Long Island is not just a routine task; it’s an essential practice to safeguard one of your most significant investments – your home.

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Senior Leaders: Your New Manager Development Efforts are Failing Your Firm

Art Petty

Unfortunately, many (read: most) organizations are mired in a broken model for new manager development, emphasizing one-and-done training and avoiding longer-range sustained development that blends coaching, mentoring, cohort collaboration, and even executive sponsorship.As a result, too many new managers are left to flail and, if not fail, at least under-perform, wreaking havoc on performance, engagement, and retention.

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Your Seasonal Home Maintenance Checklist Is Here

Strategy Driven

Home maintenance is a continuous journey for every homeowner. As the seasons change, so do the needs of your home. Regular upkeep not only preserves the beauty and function of your house but also prevents costly repairs in the long run. This article offers a comprehensive seasonal home maintenance checklist. 1. Spring: Revitalize and Refresh Spring in Greenwood marks the end of the chilly winter and the beginning of a vibrant bloom.

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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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HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent

Rapid BI

HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent. The reason why we often have high staff turnover and poor engagement? How not to recruit tor future people The post HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent appeared first on RapidBI.

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Senior Leaders: Your New Manager Development Efforts are Failing Your Firm

Management Excellence

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How Companies Can Build Trustworthy AI Assistants

Harvard Business Review

The journey of the AI assistant is already well underway. We’re seeing the evolution to agent take shape in three phases: assistant, concierge, and agent. This evolution is exciting and promises to make our lives much easier — eliminating mundane tasks and helping us become more productive. But anyone who has ever had an assistant knows that the relationship only works if there is trust.

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How to Heal After a Toxic Incident at Work

Harvard Business Review

There are four distinct phases to the aftermath of a toxic work incident, and each requires its own set of strategies and coping mechanisms. Many mistakenly believe that, once they report a situation or incident, they’ll experience relief, but find they continue to feel and process the aftershocks of what happened even years later. Others find it hard to fully move on, wondering why they remain exhausted and still carry the weight of the event with them.

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Streamline Your HR Processes with a Free HR Process Checklist Template

A process checklist is a valuable tool for any HR professional to help ensure that all tasks are completed on time and accurately and improve communication and collaboration among team members.

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GenAI Could Transform How Health Care Works

Harvard Business Review

Consider how Napster, the networked file sharing system, upended the music industry. The emergence of generative AI language models like ChatGPT, has much in common with this Napster-initiated inflection point: a breakthrough technology with breathtakingly fast adoption, appropriation of other people’s data (OPD), and predictions of doom and obsolescence.

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Succeeding at the “Social” Part of ESG

Harvard Business Review

ESG initiatives can be worthwhile investments not only in bettering the lives of others, but in creating long-term economic value. Yet, social initiatives tend to be difficult to set, and their progress and impact challenging to measure. In a survey of more than 600 companies, a small number of organizations emerged as more advanced in their social strategy.

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How Do I Handle Negative Feedback from My Team?

Harvard Business Review

A leader must learn how to respond to negative feedback from her team.

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Ever Consider Joining a Board?

Harvard Business Review

How several women got a seat, learned the ropes, and hit their stride.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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How Diamond Consumers Can Avoid the Dangers of Greenwashing - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Natural Diamond Council.

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