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10 Practices for the Leader as Coach

Leadership Freak

Leaders who love telling people what to do can’t coach. The use of authority creates conformity. The leader as coach ignites vitality. Here are 10 essential qualities of the leader as coach.

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Insights for the Class of 2024

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Graduates, as you start to search for a job, I want to share some guidance about how to choose an organization that aligns with your values to enhance your work experience and likelihood of success.

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3 Steps Every Leader Can Take To Create A Vision That Inspires Purpose And Success

Tanveer Naseer

One of the common themes around leadership that I’m asked to speak on for a keynote or a corporate training workshop around is how can leaders create conditions that inspire employees to show up and deliver their best. As a point out in these talks, a key ingredient to making.

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Mentor Magic: 18 Secrets to Unlocking a Powerful Partnership

Modern Servant Leader

Play Video about Mentoring Secrets Thumbnail 01 Choose Your Champion: Self-Select Your Mentor The best mentoring relationships can come from self-identified pairs. Find opportunities for prospective pairs to meet and self-select. Already have a designated mentor or mentee? Who said you can only have one? 02 Goal Evolution: Adapt as You Grow Most mentees don’t have fully defined goals at the start.

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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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6 Ways to Transform Your Business with This Game-Changing Strategy

Lead from Within

In the realm of leadership, there’s a profound responsibility that rests on the shoulders of every leader – the responsibility to drive transformative change within their organizations. This responsibility takes on a new dimension with the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a catalyst poised to usher in the next wave of transformative technology.

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10 Tools and Strategies to Empower Female Leaders

Women on Business

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Top 6 Tips and Tricks to be an Efficient and Impactful Facilitator in a Learning Experience

Experience to Lead

The art of facilitation requires a delicate balance between expertise and approachability. An effective facilitator not only guides learners through educational content but also creates an engaging environment that connects theory with practical application. This balance is essential for fostering transformative experiences that drive meaningful organizational growth.

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Virtual Working Can Be Stressful – How To Do It Right

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Gallup suggests that workers were the most pessimistic about their living standards since the company started measuring this in 2009, with around a third experiencing anger, stress, and sadness at work. The company pinpoints loneliness as a factor in these findings, with a growing number of us struggling to connect with people either inside or outside of work.

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Unlocking the Potential of Less Than Truckload (LTL) Freight Shipping: Strategies for Efficiency and Cost Management

Strategy Driven

Understanding LTL Freight Shipping Transportation logistics are the backbone of trade and commerce, with LTL freight services as a critical component. As businesses navigate an evolving market, they increasingly turn to Less Than Truckload shipping to transport goods cost-effectively and flexibly. Unlike total truckload shipments that fully utilize a trailer’s space, LTL consolidates freight from multiple shippers into one truck.

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How Does Science Fiction Affect Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Picture a world of futuristic tales with spaceships zipping around and gadgets doing mind-blowing things. Now, think about how those cool ideas actually turn into real things we use. Well, researchers from the University of Akron found some interesting stuff about the link between sci-fi stories and patents. They dug into documents at Syracuse University, uncovering unique thoughts from Hugo Gernsback, a big name in sci-fi.

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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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Seven Ways to Leverage Internal Mobility

The Center For Leadership Studies

The old “retention playbook” just isn’t relevant anymore. It has become increasingly difficult to hang on to high performers and high potentials beyond 3 years. How can we refine those who may be self-confident but not quite ready for the next role and empower others who lack self-confidence to step into what they were clearly born for and poised to do?

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Learning to Let Go: A Comprehensive Guide to Sample Termination Letters

HR Digest

Crafting a sample termination letter is a critical task in the realm of human resources, serving as the formal notification that outlines the reasons behind an employee’s dismissal and the specifics surrounding their departure from the company. Given its significance, it’s crucial to construct these letters with care to safeguard the company from potential legal repercussions and provide a comprehensive summary of the situation to the departing employee.

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What Does Leadership Mean?

The Center For Leadership Studies

OK, so I just put “definitions of leadership” in my search bar to do some Googling and found out there are officially almost 12 million definitions (not kidding!). Somehow, that seems like several more than we actually need. On the other hand, I suppose it confirms (beyond reasonable doubt) that leadership is different things to different people. I further suppose it would come as a surprise to no one that we at The Center for Leadership Studies have our definition situated someplace in that sea

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The upside-down leader: how James Timpson drives success

Chartered Management Institute

The upside-down leader: how James Timpson drives success Words Stuart Rock Happiness is the most important barometer at high-street stalwart Timpson, explains the CEO of the family business, James Timpson Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content In his teens, James Timpson was a self-confessed “weird kid” who would read the business pages of the national newspapers.

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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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Research: Why People Really Buy Upcycled Products

Harvard Business Review

Researchers who analyzed consumer feedback from Etsy discovered that what consumers value most about upcycled products is not their sustainability but their creativity. Their findings offer some guidelines for companies who hope to design and successfully market upcycled products: 1) Designers should consider using components from other industries to enhance the appeal of their products and encourage cross-industry collaboration; 2) Product designers and managers should identify new uses for pro

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Performance management of remote teams: A matter of trust?

Chartered Management Institute

Advice: Performance management of remote teams: A matter of trust? Written by Annie Makoff-Clark Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Digital tools can make remote performance monitoring seamless – so long as leaders avoid the pitfalls of surveillance and micromanagement Bogdan Marinescu is founder of international PR, content and SEO agency Digital Trails, which employs 12 members of staff and 90 freelancers across 20 European countries.

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Managing Your Emotions During an Argument at Work

Harvard Business Review

How to interrupt your flight-or-flight response so you can take the heat down in real time.

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“Managers need to reframe what a productive day in the office looks like”

Chartered Management Institute

Listicle: “Managers need to reframe what a productive day in the office looks like” Written by Jamie Oliver Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Working habits are still in flux – and these managers have some top tips to share about both the perils and possibilities of hybrid working “It is a signal that this is the new normal,” says Tony Mulcahy, assistant director at the Department for Business and Trade.

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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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Lessons from Amazon’s Early Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

If you’re interested in strategies for scaling start-ups, this episode is for you.

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‘Loud quitting’: Should managers be concerned?

Chartered Management Institute

Article: ‘Loud quitting’: Should managers be concerned? Written by Dave Waller Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Are viral videos of people resigning a symptom of management shortcomings or just another immature social media trend? Piers Morgan may have made a storm in 2021 when he walked off the set of Good Morning Britain mid-broadcast – but he’s not the first to go viral in the act of quitting.

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The Crucial Role of the Facilitator in a Learning Experience

Experience to Lead

Recently, I facilitated a public learning experience in London called “Learning from the Unexpected,” which leveraged activities from our music-based Encore Leadership Experience. Some participants arrived a little bit late, and while we did have a buffer, our time for the opening segment was limited. I had already toyed with the idea of skipping my icebreaker question, “What music lyrics mean something to you?

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Highlights – 24 April

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Highlights – 24 April Wednesday 24 April 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email A celebration of quality and happiness – and why good management reaches beyond borders. Plus, could you be our next award winner? 24 April View all 2023 CMI Highlights The nominations are now open for the CMI Awards of Excellence, our annual celebration of outstanding contributions to management and leadership.

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Streamline Your HR Processes with a Free HR Process Checklist Template

A process checklist is a valuable tool for any HR professional to help ensure that all tasks are completed on time and accurately and improve communication and collaboration among team members.