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Leadership Lessons from a Dishwasher

Leadership Freak

My friend Glen Van Peski's book is released today. "take less. do more." I couldn't be more delighted to host today's guest post. His story energizes me. Glen is providing 20 books for Leadership Freak readers. Leave a comment on today's post to become eligible. I highly recommend Glen's book.

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Five Ways to Build Your Strategic Muscles

Next Level Blog

One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. It came up with a client again as recently as this month. With a few modifications, here’s the quick outline I offered him on five ways to build your strategic muscles.

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7 Ways Successful Leaders Can Create A Culture Of Diverse Thinking

Lead from Within

Successful leaders recognize that diversity goes beyond demographics; it includes diverse thinking, a potent driver of innovation and growth. Embracing varied perspectives is vital for competitiveness in today’s dynamic business landscape. As an executive leadership coach, I emphasize the significance of implementing seven unconventional methods to cultivate diverse thinking in organizations.

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Your Personality Is Someone's Experience

Sales Wolf Blog

How a leader manifests their personality not only defines their leadership and has the potential to profoundly impact the organization's culture, performance and ultimately, its bottom line. This is because the way you "show up" to your employees and colleagues directly influences how they engage with one another and with Customers. Quite simply, most people are extremely reactive to the emotions of others.

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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 Role of Pre-Employment Assessments in Hiring the Right Candidate

Strategy Driven

As businesses navigate the complex talent acquisition landscape, the emphasis on finding the right candidate for the proper role has never been more acute. With the cost of a bad hire weighing heavily on organizational resources, pre-employment assessments have become an indispensable part of the recruitment arsenal in the UK. These evaluations enable employers to go beyond the resume, providing a deeper understanding of an individual’s capabilities, work style, and cultural fit.

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3.5 Tips for Webinars and Events that Win Clients for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

In all likelihood, your consulting firm is participating in some live, visibility-building activity such as webinars, speeches, and livestreams. Done correctly, this type of marketing is almost guaranteed to bring clients into your firm. Done incorrectly, they’re a waste of time and money. Although the digital version of speaking, such as webinars and livestreams, can … Continued The post 3.5 Tips for Webinars and Events that Win Clients for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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Public Spending Enhances Graduation Rates

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from Michigan State University looked at how money spent on programs that help people in need and on education affected high school graduation rates. Graduating from high school is important for your health and future happiness. The researchers studied seven years of data to see how public funding for education and support programs for low-income people influenced high school graduation rates in the US.

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Tips for Communicating with Introverted Friends or Family

Ron Edmondson

How do you communicate with introverted friends or family who may not want to engage as much as you do? I get that question regularly. Over two years ago now, I received an email from a reader. I saved it and changed a few details of it to keep the writer anonymous but wanted to share my response in hopes it is helpful to others. Important to know, this reader reached out to me because of my previous posts about being an introvert.

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Male Employment Isn’t As Steady As We Think

The Horizons Tracker

For a long time, people thought that most American men, especially from the Baby Boomer generation, had steady jobs as their standard. However new research challenges this idea and shows what happens when we stick to the belief that men should always be the main breadwinners, even though the actual job market is very different. A recent study at Penn State found that only 41% of Baby Boomer men they looked at had a consistent, high-paying job throughout their prime working years.

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Why Engineers Should Study Philosophy

Harvard Business Review

The ability to develop crisp mental models around the problems you want to solve and understanding the why before you start working on the how is an increasingly critical skill, especially in the age of AI. Coding is one of the things AI does best and its capabilities are quickly improving. However, there’s a catch: Code created by an AI can be syntactically and semantically correct but not functionally correct.

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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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Study Shows The Need For Clearer Rules On Gen AI

The Horizons Tracker

Researchers from Flinders University emphasize the urgent need for clear rules governing Generative AI. They put this cutting-edge technology to the test and found alarming failures. Generative AI, known for creating text, images, and videos, was examined for its potential to spread false health information. The study focused on creating misleading content about vaping and vaccines using this technology.

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Middle Managers Should Drive Your Business Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Successful transformations harness the collective wisdom of middle managers and teams. To increase your company’s chances, you need to: 1) Enlist your very best middle managers. Transforming a business demands a blend of creativity and ingenuity. By setting this challenge you can also test and nurture the next generation of leaders. 2) Empower the middle to sponsor transformative changes.

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Employee Wellbeing at Work: From Burnout to Thriving

leaderCommunicator

There are so many new descriptions for how employees feel about work these days that it’s hard to keep up. Sadly, many workforce experts, polling firms, and other leaders define the current mood as unfavorable. Burnout, languishing, hopelessness, and quiet quitting have been highlighted, depending on where you look. It’s as if we’ve all agreed that we’re dealing with a collectively checked-out workforce.

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Attend Women at Work Live May 16

Harvard Business Review

We’ll talk about ambition, trust, DEI, and more during this half-day virtual event.

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

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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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Hassan Taher Discusses the Impact of AI on Therapy: Insights into Dartmouth’s Therabot Initiative

Strategy Driven

Artificial intelligence is reshaping many sectors, including mental health care. Dartmouth College’s development of Therabot, an AI-powered therapeutic app, represents a significant leap forward in the application of AI in therapy. Hassan Taher, an AI expert, provides valuable insights into this innovative approach that aims to make mental health services more accessible, especially for underserved populations.

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Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Harvard Business Review

Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

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