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A Powerful Leadership Framework To Transform Crisis Into Opportunities For Growth

Tanveer Naseer

One situation every leader needs to be ready for is when a crisis hits your organization. Unfortunately, most leaders are ill-prepared and lack proper experience to know how to best address a crisis in such a way that allows the organization to pivot while still staying true to their long-term.

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Say No: The Key to Freedom

Leadership Freak

You're trapped if you can't say no. Someone else runs your life when you're a people pleaser. Saying yes creates obligations. Say no to find freedom to do what matters. But remember a "don't-want" life is running with sand in your shorts. Discover strategies to say no.

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Adaptable Leaders Manage Their Egos

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ego has a way of undoing even our best intentions as leaders. We have to be aware of our ego and manage it to avoid getting off track. In a world that requires rapid adaptation to changing events and circumstances, ego tries to maintain the status quo and works against our ability to pivot in response to change. Think of the adaptable leader as piloting a boat, able to turn at a moment’s notice as the situation warrants it.

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Are College Degree Still Valuable?

The Horizons Tracker

Despite doubts about the value of a college degree given rising costs and changes in the economy, a recent analysis of 5.8 million Americans by New York University shows that getting a degree is still a good investment, though the payoff varies depending on what you study and who you are. The study looked at how much people earn over their lifetimes with and without a college degree.

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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 Asset Protection in Long-Term Business Planning

Strategy Driven

In today’s competitive business landscape, safeguarding your assets is highly required for the longevity and success of your company. Every business, regardless of its size, faces potential risks that could jeopardize its financial stability. These risks include lawsuits, creditor claims, and even internal disputes. Without a robust asset protection strategy, your business could be vulnerable to unexpected challenges that may disrupt operations or, worse, lead to significant financial loss.

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How Persuasive Are Virtual Avatars?

The Horizons Tracker

How sure are you about your beliefs, and how good are you at explaining them? Your confidence and opinions might shift when you’re in a virtual space with a group of avatars. Researchers from SWPS University looked into how people tend to be swayed by the views of others, including those of virtual characters. “We usually conform to the views of others for two reasons.

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Overcoming Obstacles to Creating a High-Performing Culture

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Learn about four of the most common obstacles to creating a high-performance culture and how to overcome them. You’ll face many common obstacles on your path to building a high-performance culture. Legacy culture issues, associates who resist the new culture, and processes or behaviors that don’t yet exist are going to slow you down. You need to work through these counter-culture moments and issues if you’re looking to change the overall culture of the organization.

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How to Give and Take Constructive Criticism

The Center For Leadership Studies

Giving and receiving constructive criticism is essential for professional growth and organizational success. It empowers leaders and employees to foster a culture of continuous improvement, enhance performance and build robust professional relationships. However, striking the delicate balance of offering comments that inspire positive change while maintaining a supportive environment can be challenging.

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Bluster Buster: How to Bring Your Values to Life and Strengthen Your Culture

The Practical Leader

As I reset and rebalance with summer R & R (relaxation and rejuvenation), I am giving you some blog R & R (reusing and recycling). Many of this summer’s blogs are past favorites. May you use them for your own R & R (review and refocus). Hope these R helpful! P.S. – What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? That’s right; rrrrr… Years ago, we helped an international mining company transform its safety culture from good to outstanding.

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The Business of Indian Billionaire Adani Faces Renewed Turbulence Amid Fresh Allegations

CEO Insider

Gautam Adani, the billionaire founder of the Adani Group, is once again confronting significant challenges as his business empire faces new scrutiny. This week, a fresh wave of allegations from activist short-seller Hindenburg Research triggered a sharp decline in the stock prices of Adani Group companies, erasing approximately $2.4 billion from their market value.

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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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How to Set Transformation Targets That Actually Drive Change

Harvard Business Review

Eleven out of 12 top-down target transformations fail to achieve their goals, with only a fraction of theoretically “executed” or “realized” improvements translating to the corporate ledger. In this article, Bain & Co partner Michael Mankins summarizes Bain research findings that show what actions make the difference between success and failure in setting and achieving transformation targets.

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Over Half Of Commutes Are Still Made By Car

The Horizons Tracker

How widespread is reliance on cars globally? Why might the ideal living environments be those devoid of cars? Which cities excel in public transportation? A fresh study from the Complexity Science Hub and EAFIT University may shed light on these inquiries. Gathering data from 794 cities across 61 nations, encompassing a populace of nearly 850 million, the researchers scrutinized transportation habits.

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Patients Need a System to Compare Healthcare Quality — Not Just Prices

Harvard Business Review

A system for allowing patients and employers in the United States to compare health services on the basis of price would be inadequate. To make such a tool worthwhile, quality comparisons are also essential. This article offers three steps that would put the country on a path to create such a system: 1) incentivizing the adoption of patient-centered quality measures at the condition level, 2) identifying clinicians, such as surgeons, who meet a minimum volume threshold for common procedures, and

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Former RBC CFO Sues Bank for Wrongful Termination Over Personal Relationship Allegations and Seeks Nearly $50 Million

CEO Insider

Nadine Ahn, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), has initiated legal proceedings against the bank, claiming she was wrongfully terminated due to a personal relationship with a colleague. Ahn, who was considered a strong contender to become RBC’s first female CEO, contends that her dismissal was unjust. Ahn, who […] The post Former RBC CFO Sues Bank for Wrongful Termination Over Personal Relationship Allegations and Seeks Nearly $50 Million appeared first on

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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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The Key to Abraham Lincoln’s Leadership

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Harvard Business School professor and historian Nancy Koehn on the power of Lincoln’s emotional discipline.

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How Your Leadership Perfectionism Sabotages Your Success in 5 Surprising Ways

Lead from Within

Perfectionism is a double-edged sword that many leaders employ, often to their own detriment. When it comes to perfectionism, it creates an endless cycle of dissatisfaction, as perfectionists are never satisfied with their performance and constantly feel the need to do more to prove their worth. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand how the obsessive quest for perfection, while admirable in the pursuit of excellence, can lead to a host of unintended consequences.

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How to Build a Dynamic-Pricing Strategy That Works

Harvard Business Review

You can avoid the downsides of dynamic pricing with some basic guardrails, overrides, and communication tactics.

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What Is the Quiet Vacationing Workplace Trend That’s Gaining Popularity?

HR Digest

The quiet vacationing workplace trend has employers penning their return-to-office mandates with great fervor, demanding employees return where they can keep an eye on them. The new trend has employees going on vacation without taking any days off, which means many of them are relaxing at new destinations while still logging in to work every day. On the one hand, quiet vacationing sounds like quite the work hack.

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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.