Mon.Jan 06, 2025

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Fireproofing Your Team: How to Handle Toxic Employees Before They Burn Everything Down

Rich Gee Group

Listen to the podcast Heres the truth: Every business leader eventually faces that one toxic employeethe one who drains morale, ignites drama, and turns team meetings into a minefield. Ignoring it and hoping it will go away doesnt work. Leadership is about stepping up, even when its uncomfortable. Let me tell you a quick story. A client of mine once hired a rockstar sales rep who crushed quotas but torched relationships along the way.

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The Easiest Life Imaginable

Leadership Freak

The easiest life imaginable is working at what comes naturally. You enrich life when you follow inclinations you were born with. But be warned, some innate inclinations harm us. Leadership is encouraging people to do things that come naturally.

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Asking Better Open-Ended Questions: A Leader's Guide

leaderCommunicator

In the fast-paced world of work we all live in now, one of the most understandable and common mistakes all employees make is simply not asking the right kinds of questions.

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Trusting Your Gut in Leadership: How You Can Tap into Intuition to Drive Decision-Making

Women on Business

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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How To Not Say Um And To Communicate Effectively

Eric Jacobson

How you say something matters more than what you say, explains Michael Chad Hoeppner , author of the new book, Dont Say Um: How To Communicate Effectively To Live A Better Life. This book will help you with all your daily interactions. It will help you by focusing on perfecting your delivery, one of the two primary buckets of all spoken communication.

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Trusting Your Gut in Leadership: How You Can Tap into Intuition to Drive Decision-Making

Women on Business

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The Flexible Presenter: Preparing For The Inevitable Time Squeeze

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Being a flexible and dynamic presenter is a skill that not many people have. If youre able to master it, youll be noticed and appreciated, which will enhance your reputation and career. Todays post is by Mike Schiller, author of High Impact At Low Decibels: How Anxiety-Filled Introverts (And Others) Can Thrive In The Workplace. What do you mean I only have 10 minutes to give my presentation?

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Leadership Essentials: How to Set Healthy Workplace Boundaries?

Niagara Institute

How to set healthy workplace boundaries?

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Unpacking 10 Ways to Support Employee with Post-vacation Blues

HR Digest

Do your employees appear down in the dumps after returning from their holidays? HR teams that support employees post-vacation will find them bouncing back much more easily compared to those who have to muddle through the realities of work on their own. Going on vacation can fill your mind with peace and tranquility but returning from these breaks often has the opposite effect, undoing all the mental progress made with a clear head.

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Why “Living Intelligence” Is the Next Big Thing

Harvard Business Review

AI is merely one facet of a sweeping technological change underway, and companies that fail to recognize the importance of other converging technologies risk being left behind. Two other technologies advanced sensors and biotechnology are less visible, though no less important, and have been quietly advancing. Soon, the convergence of these three technologies is going to underpin a new reality that will shape the future decisions of every leader across industries.

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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Can More Knowledge Be A Bad Thing?

The Horizons Tracker

Can more knowledge ever be a bad thing? Researchers at Cornell University say it canespecially when people use it for their own benefit rather than for the greater good. In groups of rational individuals, more knowledge can sometimes backfire. For example, better understanding the cost-benefit of wearing a face mask to prevent disease might reduce cooperation among those driven by self-interest. “We usually think that scientific breakthroughs, which help us understand the world better, are

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Why You’re Chronically Overcommitted

Harvard Business Review

And how to break the cycle.

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Checking Work Emails Affects Golfers’ Game

The Horizons Tracker

Checking your work emails or taking business calls while playing golf could ruin your chances of hitting that elusive eagle or birdie, according to researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU). The study surveyed 186 recreational golfers at five clubs on their performance, enjoyment of the game, and smartphone use during play. Data was collected immediately after golfers participated in mid-week club competitions.

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How to Make Everyone Great at Data

Harvard Business Review

Steps managers can take to make sure everyone sees data as a crucial part of their job.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Small Improvements Made In Tackling Regional Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

Its a common belief among demographers that Americas counties fall into two categories: the prosperous ones along the coasts that generate most jobs and revenue, and the struggling ones in the middle that have been losing jobs and population for over a decade. Therefore, it was surprising to find new data from the nonpartisan Economic Innovation Group (EIG) telling a more complex story.

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