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Help Your Team Do More: Stop (over)Talking and Start Doing

Let's Grow Leaders

To do more, clarify who owns the decision and know when it’s time to move Is your team full of good intentions and meaningful conversations that don’t translate into action and results? Do discussions regularly bog down in analysis paralysis? Or do you have choke points of one overwhelmed expert or manager that keeps everyone else waiting around? If any of these are true of your team, here are seven ways to help your team do more, improve morale, collaborate, and grow together. 7 Ways to Help Yo

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3 Ways to Stop Worrying and Lead

Leadership Freak

With a heavy weight of responsibility, it's nuts to worry. Worrying causes you to jump to the worst possible conclusion in a single bound; or is it the other way around? 3 ways to stop worrying and lead. More.

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Why Your Leadership Strategy That Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Lead from Within

In leadership, what worked yesterday may not necessarily work today, let alone tomorrow. As business landscapes change and challenges evolve, your previous leadership strategies may become ineffective or even counterproductive. Here’s why your existing leadership approach may not be sufficient for the future, and what you can do to adapt: Reevaluate Your Core Principles: While foundational leadership principles like integrity, vision, and accountability remain constant, the strategies to i

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Top Online Writing Tools to Boost Your Writing Skills for Career Success

Women on Business

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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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Research Shows That Investing In Tech Matters

The Horizons Tracker

Efficiently managing the money a company needs to run its daily operations, known as working capital, is crucial for success. It helps organizations use their resources well and keep cash flowing smoothly. This connection between good working capital management and how well a company does can be complicated. It’s influenced by factors like complex supply chains, many suppliers, different products, and uncertain technology.

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Want to Win the War for Talent? Engage Working Moms

CEO Insider

As a working Mother who led thousands of working Moms for the past few years, I’ve experienced the benefits of creating an environment where they can thrive. It’s a win for working Moms, who can contribute their best for customers and colleagues. And for the organization, which can attract and retain top talent and gain […] The post Want to Win the War for Talent?

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Four Resilience Skills You Need to Overcome Challenges and Thrive During Challenging Times

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Your resilience as a leader makes or breaks your ability to inspire followership. Today’s guest post is b y Maureen Metcalf, CEO of Innovative Leadership Institute, and a Principal here at thought LEADERS. Leaders face unprecedented challenges as change accelerates; they rush to learn about AI while finding additional market pressures and supply chain disruption.

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Childhood Adversity Affects How We Judge Behavior As Adults

The Horizons Tracker

Why do we tend to judge people less harshly or give them more credit when we learn that they had a tough childhood? A recent study by the University of Missouri has shed light on why our perceptions of people’s behavior are influenced by their early life challenges. This discovery adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests our judgments, both critical and appreciative, are influenced in a lopsided manner by certain details from an individual’s past experiences. “In the ca

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Chief Executive Coaching: Charting a Bold Course in Leadership’s Vast Ocean

CO2

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek. This quote echoes in my head every time I think about the essence of leadership. And it brings me to something crucial yet often overlooked – chief executive coaching. In the symphony of leadership, chief executive coaching is the sotto voce—understated, yet powerful.

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A Day-By-Day Playbook For How To Move Fast And Fix Things

Eric Jacobson

Last fall, leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss , cohosts of the TED podcast Fixable, released their book, Move Fast & Fix Things. In it, th ey share a unique, engaging and hands-on playbook developed from their work with companies from Uber to Riot Games to Walmart. The authors say there are five essential steps leaders must take to both move fast and fix things and more specifically, you can use their week-long approach that lays out a distinct agenda for each day.

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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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Seven Indications Your Team is Dysfunctional

Ron Edmondson

What are some indications your team is dysfunctional? Chances are, if you’ve served on very many teams, you’ve served on a dysfunctional one. There are no perfect teams. And all teams are all dysfunctional during some seasons. For example, I’ve written about times, such as periods of fast growth or change that interrupt the health of every team.

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Eight Times For Storytelling In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

"Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. Need to show others -- whether a large audience or one person -- that you have shared commonalities.

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Active Hope for Employee Resilience

Coaching Ourselves

We are thrilled to have collaborated with Chris Johnstone, co-author with Joanna Macy of the book Active Hope, to create a new topic: “ Active Hope for Employee Resilience ”. This CoachingOurselves topic addresses the unique challenges of our times, recognizing the intersection of eco-anxiety, resilience, and workplace behaviour. It focuses on individual resilience, tapping into our deepest hopes, to liberate energy for individual and collective action.

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When a New Layer of Management Is Hired Above You

Harvard Business Review

So, your manager told you that they’ll be bringing in someone else above you. In other words, you’re getting layered. This refers to a situation where an additional layer of management is inserted between you and your current reporting line. Essentially, it means that someone else is hired or promoted to a position above you. They become your new direct supervisor and you now report to them instead of your previous boss.

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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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Active Hope for Resilient Employees

Coaching Ourselves

We are thrilled to have collaborated with Chris Johnstone, co-author with Joanna Macy of the book Active Hope, to create a new topic: “ Active Hope for Resilient Employees ”. This CoachingOurselves topic addresses the unique challenges of our times, recognizing the intersection of eco-anxiety, resilience, and workplace behaviour. It focuses on individual resilience, tapping into our deepest hopes, to liberate energy for individual and collective action.

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Tips for Physicians Transitioning to the Business Side of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Burned out or disenchanted, many physicians are moving from medicine into the business side of health care. But the transition can be a tough one. This article offers four tips for navigating the new landscape.

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Defining the Problem Is Often More Difficult Than Solving It 

Strategy Driven

Albert Einstein once said, “If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem, and only 5 minutes finding the solution.” Einstein implies that scientific advances come not so much from thinking up new solutions as from formulating problems in new ways or seeing them from different angles. When it comes to entrepreneurship, Einstein’s emphasis on problem definition is spot on.

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Building Growth and Trust with Generative AI on a Hybrid Platform - SPONSOR CONTENT WEBINAR FROM CLOUDERA, AMD & DELL

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content webinar from Cloudera, AMD and Dell.

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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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Mississippi: Where Productivity Takes a Siesta

HR Digest

In the bustling world of American business, where productivity is often the golden calf, there exists a state that seems to have forgotten the memo: Mississippi. According to a recent study by business experts Upflip , Mississippi is the least productive state in the US, adding a measly $58.80 per hour worked to the economy. Image: Pexels While the rest of the nation is hustling and grinding, Mississippians are seemingly content to take things slow, enjoying a more leisurely pace of life.