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Painful Experiences: 5 Ways to Gain Advantage

Leadership Freak

Painful experiences are unavoidable. You might be going through the fire right now. This post offers 5 ways to gain advantage from painful experiences. It's not easy, but you've done it before. You can do it again. What can you add to the list I offer?

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What Role Does Exclusion Play in Hate and Violence? Part 1

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Hate speech and violence do not adhere to ethical values. An ethical person will quickly rule them out due to the harm they cause to others. But even when someone wants to be an ethical person, there are problems with human thinking that can enable hate and violence to happen.

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How Covid Changed Commuting Patterns

The Horizons Tracker

In 2021, how people moved around cities, especially when going to work, changed a lot because of telecommuting, economic shifts, and the response to COVID-19. Researchers at the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota found this in their new study. We already knew that these changes reduced traffic jams and made fewer people use public transit, but the new data shows deeper impacts for three types of transportation: cars, buses and trains, and bicycles.

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5 Considerations for Distributing Your Team’s Work

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Keep these five things in mind when you’re splitting up the work for your team. A key task as the leader of a high performing team is how you distribute work across the members of your team. It needs to be done fairly. Note, I didn’t say equally. Work allocation needs to be done fairly because you want perceptions of equality. You want people to work on things they’re good at but also that they’re excited by.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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The Growth In Income Inequality In The US

The Horizons Tracker

New companies entering the market recently seem to be making money matters worse. A study from Duke Fuqua found that these newcomers tend to pay their workers with more inequality compared to older companies. The study dug into payroll info from the U.S. Census Bureau and discovered that firms born after the 2010s are all over the map when it comes to paying their average employees.

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Hiring Leaders in Alignment with Organizational Values

CEO Insider

Making bad hiring decisions is incredibly costly. Making hiring decisions in which a leader chosen who doesn’t uphold the organization’s values or is unethical is even more costly. At stake is the organization’s reputation, customer trust, and shareholder value. Selecting leaders who will promote an organization’s values or ethics is essential as more of today’s […] The post Hiring Leaders in Alignment with Organizational Values appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Leadership in Action: Celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day

Anese Cavanaugh

As a women-owned business, our team at Active Choices, Inc. is especially inspired by Women’s History Month in March and International Women’s Day on March 8th. We use this time as a reminder to celebrate and focus on initiatives and joint actions that support investment in women, elevate programs to end poverty, and lift up the voices of change-makers who advocate for equity and equality for all.

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Balancing Innovation and Safety: The Tepezza Lawsuit’s Implications for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Strategy Driven

In today’s time, scientific and technological breakthroughs have helped mankind combat the deadliest of diseases and bring relief. The mere onset of an unknown medical condition has the pharmaceutical giants leaving no stone unturned to deliver the antidotes as fast as they can. However, more often than not, in an attempt to stay ahead of the competition and increase their profits, these pharma companies put human health at risk.

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Balancing Business and Baby: Effective Strategies for Entrepreneurial Parents

Women on Business

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Drip, Drop, Win: The Surprising Impact of Promotional Customised Water Bottles on Customer Engagement

Strategy Driven

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’re parched, wandering around, desperately seeking hydration? Maybe you’ve been at a conference, a trade show, or even running errands on a scorching day. What’s the one thing you wish you had within arm’s reach in those moments? That’s right—a trusty water bottle. Picture this: You’re at a bustling event, surrounded by booths and banners vying for your attention.

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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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10 Ways We Create Unhealthy Team Environments

Ron Edmondson

No one intentionally sets out to create unhealthy team environments, but I’ve seen it done so many times. There are things which injure the health of a team. Perhaps understanding how an unhealthy environment develops can help us avoid them. Just as with a healthy team environment, creating an unhealthy team environment often happens – though perhaps unintentional – by things we do as leaders.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. “The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. Only about 15% of the breakdowns can be traced back to someone who didn’t care or wasn’t conscientious enough.

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Highlights – 13 March

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Highlights – 13 March Wednesday 13 March 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email When will we get the change we need? Let’s build a truly effective working world – of inclusivity, flexibility and actually investing in our managers… 13 March View all 2023 CMI Highlights International Women’s Day has come and gone, and we’re once again left wondering when the workplace will become a truly even field.

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How Organizations Can Encourage Productive Allyship

Harvard Business Review

Many leaders want to be allies for underrepresented groups, but fear their attempts will be awkward or offensive. New research suggests these fears are often unfounded, with acts of allyship generally being appreciated more than anticipated. Organizations can help by educating potential allies on how their efforts are received and by creating a culture where open communication and support are encouraged.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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4 Important Forces That Are Revolutionizing How We Work

Lead from Within

The world of work is undergoing a profound transformation, a metamorphosis fueled by technological innovations and shifting societal norms. These forces are not mere trends but fundamental shifts that will redefine how we perceive and engage with work, both as individuals and as a society. Our journey through these important forces will make a big difference.

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Research Roundup: How the Pandemic Changed Management

Harvard Business Review

Researchers recently reviewed 69 articles focused on the management implications of the Covid-19 pandemic that were published between March 2020 and July 2023 in top journals in management and applied psychology. The review highlights the numerous ways in which employees, teams, leaders, organizations, and societies were impacted and offers lessons for managing through future pandemics or other events of mass disruption.

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Japan’s Milestone in LGBTQ Awareness: A Comprehensive Look

HR Digest

In recent years, Japan has made significant strides in promoting LGBTQ awareness and addressing discrimination against sexual minorities. The passage of a groundbreaking law and the ongoing activism of LGBTQ rights organizations have brought this issue into the spotlight. This article delves into the key developments, challenges, and implications of Japan’s journey towards LGBTQ equality.

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Lessons from Costco on Sustainable Growth

Harvard Business Review

Few companies succeed in growing at a sustainable rate over time. The reason is that leaders give in to the temptation to grow in ways that overlook the customer or they grow more quickly than their organizational capabilities allow. But the leaders of a handful of companies, including Costco and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, never forget that businesses are complex systems whose elements are interconnected.

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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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How to Become More Persuasive at Work

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a leader, you need to know how to influence people.

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How to Fail Right

Harvard Business Review

Why and how you fail is more important than success.

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