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Shaken, Not Stirred: 4 Examples of Workplace Conflict and How to Build Stronger Bonds

Let's Grow Leaders

Crafting the Perfect Chaser: Powerful Phrases That Turn Conflict Cocktails into Care-Filled Collaboration If it feels like you’re experiencing more conflict at work over the last few years, you’re in good company. Our research shows that not only is conflict more frequent, but it’s also getting more challenging to navigate. Today’s examples of workplace conflict can best be described as a complex cocktail of challenges: tired workers in an uncertain economy; a pandemic ha

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Do This to Multiply Positive Impact

Leadership Freak

Measure the impact of your leadership by the energy you ignite in others. Skillful leaders multiply energy. Incompetent leaders exhaust people. How is people's energy after spending time with you?

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How Visionary Leaders Use This One Trait to Shape the Future

Lead from Within

Visionary leadership is the art of imagining a better future and inspiring others to help make it a reality. It requires a unique combination of creativity, strategic thinking, and the ability to rally people around a common goal. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders cultivate the skills needed to think, create, and plan for the future.

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8 Questions for Aligning Team on Strategy Execution

QAspire

It is easy to get caught up in grand vision – the big strategy. However, successful execution of any strategy requires two important things: clarity and attention to details. Strategic Clarity Things move in the right direction when everyone knows the goal and their part in getting there. Clarity enables your team’s next steps, promotes right decision making and helps people be adaptable.

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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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CVS Encounters Another Roadblock—Workers Go on Strike In California

HR Digest

Workers are taking the matter of their pay and benefits into their own hands once more at CVS. Late last week, CVS workers in California went on strike after they claimed that the company was involved in bad-faith bargaining. The strike was authorized by the union representing the workers in the area, namely the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

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How Non Compete Clauses Affect Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research from HEC Paris explores how non-compete agreements (NCAs) affect investment practices and business growth. This study shows that these legal rules influence companies’ investment decisions, including spending on physical assets, intangible assets, and new ventures. The study suggests that while NCAs can protect firms’ investments in physical capital, they may also reduce business dynamism by limiting the entry of new firms.

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Spending Money On Experiences Can Make Us Feel Less Lonely

The Horizons Tracker

Spending money on experiences can boost social connections and combat loneliness more effectively than spending on material things, a new study from Harvard University suggests. Last year, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued an advisory describing loneliness and isolation as a national epidemic, with health consequences comparable to cigarette smoking and obesity.

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HE Partner of the Year: who’s top of the class?

Chartered Management Institute

Listicle: HE Partner of the Year: who’s top of the class? Written by CMI Insights Monday 21 October 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email A look at the higher education institutions who made the shortlist for the 2024 CMI Awards of Excellence Around the UK, higher education (HE) institutions are working tirelessly to help students and learners develop the skills they’ll need to flourish in a fast-paced workplace.

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Being Strategic When It Comes To Peer Evaluation

The Horizons Tracker

New research from ESMT Berlin reveals that individuals strategically choose which colleagues to evaluate and how to evaluate them, based on desired perceptions. The study examined the impact of peer evaluations on Wikipedia members, where such evaluations are transparent. Members can view each other’s complete evaluation history, and these evaluations influence who becomes an administrator.

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Forging Global Connections in Steel: LAC Journalists Explore Green Innovation in China

CEO Insider

On October 20, 2024, journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) visited Zenith Steel Group (Huai’an) New Material Co., Ltd., located in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, China. The company, designed to produce 1.6 million tonnes of ultrahigh-strength steel cords annually, primarily focuses on supplying materials for tire manufacturing.

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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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Gen Z Workers Take to Skipping Lunch Breaks Over Work-Related Guilt

HR Digest

Gen Z workers typically hold very strong and decisive opinions about hustle culture but they too fall victim to its damaging effects sometimes. A recent survey by ezCater found that a large number of Gen Z workers admit to skipping their lunch breaks due to the guilt of walking away from their workload. The 2024 Lunch Report revealed that 47% of guilty Gen Zers skipped their lunch two or more times throughout the week.

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How to Master Conflict Resolution

Harvard Business Review

Learning to navigate conflicts is not really a choice in today’s organizations. It’s an imperative. In this article, the author explains what conflict resolution is, why it’s an essential skill, and how to approach the conflict-resolution process. She offers four steps: 1) Try to see the situation from the other person’s point of view; 2) Pinpoint what the conflict is really about; 3) Think about your primary goal; and 4) Decide how to proceed.

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The Strengths and Weaknesses that Set Founders Apart

Harvard Business Review

Comparing data from 50 founder CEOs and 58 non-founder CEOs reveals the real differences between “founder mode” and “manager mode.

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How Do I Handle It When I Disagree with My Boss’s Decisions?

Harvard Business Review

A leader on the fast track must learn how to align with leadership decisions while staying true to himself.

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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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What a Woman in the White House Could Mean for Us

Harvard Business Review

The promise and challenge of representation.

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