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Employee Retention Strategies When Work Gets Chaotic and Messy

Let's Grow Leaders

Employee retention strategies will help your team stick around through reorganizations, layoffs, and other corporate chaos. Transitions, reorganizations, layoffs, mergers, acquisitions—they are all part of the business landscape. And while effective leaders will work to limit the number and frequency of these events, they are inevitable as organizations work to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balan

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What Will Your Future Self Thank You For

Leadership Freak

Gratitude from your future self provides clarity to your present self. The pressures of today narrow your perspective. A letter from your future self makes life bigger. And there's some research to support it. What will your future self be glad you did today?

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5 Key Skills Leaders Must Master to Thrive in the Age of AI

Lead from Within

In the ever-evolving realm of leadership, the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era of challenges and opportunities. To navigate this transformative landscape successfully, leaders must hone a set of critical skills. These five skills aren’t just beneficial; they’re essential for thriving in the AI-powered future. Adaptability and Agility: In the Age of AI, change is the only constant.

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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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Autistic People Less Likely To Suffer From The Bystander Effect

The Horizons Tracker

The bystander effect suggests that we’re generally less inclined to intervene in a situation if other people are present, as we assume that someone else will always step forward instead. Research from York University suggests, however, that people with autism are less likely to suffer from this. This means they’re less likely to sit by as gross misconduct, or even general mistakes. “Our study shows that to the extent that they would act if they saw something wrong, employees wi

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How to tame your “I’m the smartest person in the room’ problem

Art Petty

A leader's compulsion to always be the smartest person in every room not only stifles creativity but also undermines the potential of a high-performance environment. Here are ideas to help tame this destructive syndrome. The post How to tame your “I’m the smartest person in the room’ problem appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Tips for Goal Setting and Accountability for Remote Workers

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Establishing goals is crucial to keeping remote workers accountable and aligned with the organization’s vision and mission. Today’s guest post is b y Shiela Mie Legaspi, President — Cyberbacker The pandemic showed us the value of remote work, not only as a solution to the immediate obstacles of the pandemic but also as a long-term shift in the workplace.

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BlackRock CEO Seeks Solutions for the Retirement Crisis in the US

HR Digest

Solutions for the retirement crisis in the US have been limited as increased lifespans have far exceeded the infrastructure we have in place to support it. While the issue isn’t new —sporadic conversations have occurred every few months with regard to the issue—the lack of a strategy is causing worry among workers nationally. In his 2024 Annual Chairman Letter to Investors, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink brought attention to a retirement crisis letter that renewed interest in the conversation, discuss

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How to tame your “I’m the smartest person in the room’ problem

Management Excellence

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Leading a Company That Can Thrive in a Chaotic World

Harvard Business Review

Worldwide, the past few years have been marked by multiple, intersecting crises — and things aren’t likely to get less complicated anytime soon. The authors met with a group of CEOs to discuss how they lead amid this ongoing chaos. To thrive in this chaotic new world, organizations need leaders with inner strength, character, and a moral compass. By continually adapting and learning, they’ll enable their organizations to navigate these ever-turbulent waters.

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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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DNA Data Proposed To Reunite Separated Refugee Families

The Horizons Tracker

It’s been five years since the controversial Trump-era policy on illegal border crossings, which led to more than 5,000 children being separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border between 2017 and 2021. A special team is still working to reunite these families. Supporters of the Biden administration’s Family Reunification Task Force say it needs to do more, as some families are still not accounted for.

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A Growth Strategy that Creates and Protects Value

Harvard Business Review

For organizations to truly innovate and grow, leaders in every role and at every organizational level must be attuned to how they are creating new value while simultaneously protecting existing value. Just as a soccer coach must simultaneously pursue both scoring and defending, leaders must constantly focus their attention on opportunities to create value — through innovation, risk-taking, and experimentation — and to protect value — by preserving and defending key aspects of their responsibilit

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How AI Features Can Change Team Dynamics

Harvard Business Review

AI-powered feedback is popping up in Zoom, Teams, and other common tools. Relying on it can be convenient — but there are some serious drawbacks.

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