Wed.Mar 19, 2025

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About Your Elephant in the Room: Why Teams Fear Real Conversations

Sales Wolf Blog

"Why was this not brought to my attention sooner?" Recently a Client I have contact with once every year or two called me and said, "Chris, I believe I have a problem." He then proceeded to share with me that during a recent team meeting he was made aware of a potential risk - a potentially significant issue had presented itself. He was particularly concerned because this situation had progressed further than it should have.

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Conflict Resilience: Turn Argument to Advantage

Leadership Freak

Dont worry if theres conflict. Worry if there isnt. Disagreements are inevitable. Avoidance is the enemy. Conflict resilience helps you thrive during the inevitable. How can you turn discomfort into discovery? More.

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THREE DRIVERS OF MANAGERIAL AGILITY

Coaching Ourselves

Navigating uncertainty: The Three Drivers of Managerial Agility A powerful tool for learning and development professionals. Were excited to introduce our latest topic guidebook for peer learning groups, The Three Drivers of Managerial Agility , by Hanieh Mohammadi and Mohammad H. Naghavi. Encountering "uncertainty" is inevitable, especially in innovative teams and organizations.

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How to Craft an Opportunity Statement

Leadership Freak

The dream beyond the hill isnt worth pursuit when nightmares feel normal. An unacceptable present energizes dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction is the first step toward your dream. Begin with a nightmare, see a dream, craft an opportunity statement.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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Strategic Impact Initiatives Can Make Your Business Stronger

Harvard Business Review

What leaders can learn from successful efforts at Flexport and Twilio.

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How is Critical Thinking Different From Ethical Thinking?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical thinking and critical thinking are both important and it helps to understand how we need to use them together to make decisions. Critical thinking helps us narrow our choices.Ethical thinking includes values as a filter to guide us to a choice that is ethical. Using critical thinking, we may discover an opportunity to exploit a situation for personal gain.Its ethical thinking that helps us realize it would be unethical to take advantage of that exploit.

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The Power Of Purpose – Aligning Your Team With A Shared Vision

Tanveer Naseer

As todays business environment grows in complexity under the fog of uncertainty, leaders everywhere are facing ever increasing pressure to deliver results and outperform competitors. Unfortunately, this pressure can cause leaders to lose sight of what drives long-term success and growth communicating a vision that connects operational goals to.

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Alphabet CEO on AI as a Workplace Collaborator

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Sundar Pichai about how Google is developing, deploying, and adopting AI.

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Product-Lifecycle Management 2.0

Innovation Excellence

A Kaizen Approach to Market-Driven Innovation GUEST POST from Dr. Matthew Heim In todays competitive business environment, companies are under constant pressure to innovate, streamline processes, and improve product quality. One powerful way to achieve these goals is by applying the principles of Kaizenthe Japanese concept of continuous improvementto Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

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How to Earn Respect as a First-Time Manager

Harvard Business Review

Learn how to address self-doubt while stepping into authority.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How to Use Focusing Questions

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Asking and answering these focusing questions can help you think of better solutions to your problems. As you define your problem, you should ask and answer some focusing questions to help you bound the solution space. You should ask things like, “What’s the real question?” Specify the objectives and timing that that stakeholder has asked of you.

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Can AI Help To Level The Playing Field In Recruitment?

The Horizons Tracker

New research from Monash Business School reveals that women perceive artificial intelligence (AI) assessments in job recruitment as reducing bias, while men fear losing an advantage. Professor Andreas Leibbrandt, from the Department of Economics, led the study, focusing on how AI in recruitment could address biases that hinder underrepresented groups from securing desired roles.

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Could a bait and switch interview scam be your next hiring flop?

HR Digest

The person we hired isnt the one who showed up. Sounds familiar? What happens when the person you hired isnt the one who gave the interview? In this Q&A With Jane, we explain what a bait and switch interview is and how to spot scam candidates. From fake interviews to candidates who pay someone to interview for them, this bait and switch scam is a hiring nightmare you need to know about.

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Associate Degrees Are Valuable, But Not For Everyone

The Horizons Tracker

New research from Virginia Commonwealth University shows that earning an associate degree has clear economic benefits but also reveals significant differences in labor market outcomes for people based on race, ethnicity, gender, and nationality. The researchers compared the economic returns for those who completed some college coursework but did not earn a degree with those who earned an associate degree.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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The IRS $1400 Stimulus Checks won’t end HR’s equity fight

HR Digest

The speculation around the upcoming $1400 stimulus checks is inescapable. As the IRS pushes to distribute unclaimed 2021 Recovery Credits, HR leaders are handed a rare moment of clarity. The upcoming stimulus checks arent just about extra cash. Labeled by some as IRS stimulus checks, theyre a reflection of deeper workplace challenges, particularly around pay equity.

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How AI Can Help To Predict Climate-Related Migration

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from the University of Skvde shows that, while climate change is driving more people to migrate, social and economic factors still play a major role in the decision to move. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the researchers were able to predict future migration patterns and offer insights on how to help communities affected by climate change.

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Intel layoffs signal a new era as CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s fightback begins

HR Digest

The HR Digest was the first to cover that Intel layoffs will be back in the spotlight with the arrival of new CEO Lip Bu Tan. It seems Tan is wasting no time in making sweeping changes at the semiconductor giant. Chief among these changes are job cuts at Intel in 2025 that could redefine the giants workforce. With a strategy rooted in revitalizing manufacturing, accelerating AI innovation and staging a fierce fightback against NVIDIA.

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