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10 Mistakes Executive Teams Make When Building Workplace Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

How to ensure your executive team avoids these workplace culture chokepoints So, you’re ready to build a stronger workplace culture. You want your executive team energized, engaged, and doing work that matters. Maybe you’ve even rolled out a few new initiatives, held a town hall, or added some fun team-building or perks. That’s a good start. But here’s the thing: Shaping culture is like crafting a story.

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The Path to Power for Servant Leaders

Leadership Freak

You didn't wake up thinking, "I want other people to run my life." Healthy people want power to make decisions. Normal people want a voice. Dominance perverts a healthy urge for power. Servant leaders lift themselves and others. Your superpower is servant-power. Here's how.

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Opening the (Johari) Window to Your Self-Awareness

QAspire

We all have blind spots – things we don’t know about ourselves, but others see them clearly. Self-awareness isn’t just nice-to-have for modern day leaders and professionals. It is the foundation of being able to live up to your full potential. How would we amplify our strengths or manage our weaknesses if we aren’ty even aware of them? And yet, when you can tap into the hidden feedback others have, you are on the path to real growth.

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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Your Decision Making

Lead from Within

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we approach problems and make decisions. This innovative technology processes vast amounts of data at speeds incomprehensible to the human brain, providing insights that were once unattainable. As an executive leadership coach, I have had the privilege of guiding many leaders through the nuances of integrating AI into their strategic thinking.

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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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What are the Benefits of Women Earning an MBA?

Women on Business

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Would a four-day week really work?

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Would a four-day week really work? Written by Jamie Oliver Monday 14 October 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email --> With the government planning to strengthen employees’ rights to work flexibly, managers give their take on how a four-day working week could affect both staff and employers All employers will have to offer flexible working hours from day one under new government plans.

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Five BIG Strategy Process Misfires of Management Teams—How to Avoid Them

Art Petty

Few management team activities are more important than those focused on strategy. Few management team activities are more frustrating than those focused on strategy. Here are five big areas management teams struggle with strategy and ideas to help your team get them right. The post Five BIG Strategy Process Misfires of Management Teams—How to Avoid Them appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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The Rewards That Encourage Good Team Work

The Horizons Tracker

Working to ensure that teams are more productive and effective is at the heart of modern management. A recent study from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University offers insights into fairer employee rewards and better team dynamics. The research reveals that when less skilled employees voluntarily report their performance, they tend to exaggerate their achievements and request higher bonuses.

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Why You Need to Be a Transformational Leader (Not Just a Transactional One) If You Want Sustainable Success

CEO Insider

Leadership is not one-size-fits-all. Depending on the situation, there are times when you need to be more directive, while other moments call for motivation and empowerment. But if you’re looking to achieve sustainable success—the kind that builds teams that can thrive on their own—you need to think beyond just setting tasks and rewarding good performance.

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VCs Are Adopting More Founder-Friendly Approaches

The Horizons Tracker

Venture capital-backed companies have a significant impact on our economy. They fund less than 0.25% of new businesses, yet over 47% of U.S. companies that went public between 1995 and 2018 had venture capital backing. VCs drive innovation by taking huge risks to chase big rewards. Traditionally, VCs have managed risk through active involvement. They secure seats on company boards, stagger investments, and often replace founders with external executives as companies grow.

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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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3 Things You Must Get Right if You Want Happier Customers

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Customer loyalty takes just as much energy to build as new customer growth. Unfortunately companies spend too much time focusing on new customers and not taking care of the ones they already have. Today’s post is by Noah Fleming, author of The Customer Loyalty Loop. Most executives I talk to feel like they’re drowning in data and yet anyone and everyone within the organization is telling them they need more and more data!

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Allies Are Key When Returning From Parental Leave

The Horizons Tracker

Returning to work after parental leave can be tough, especially for mothers. Thankfully, there are easy and thoughtful ways that colleagues—no matter their role, whether they are parents or their gender—can support mothers as they come back to work. This support can improve job satisfaction and well-being for these mothers. A study by the Carlson School of Management looked into how being an ally in the workplace helps mothers after they have a baby.

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Probation periods – they’re the real job interview

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Probation periods – they’re the real job interview Written by Jamie Oliver Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email --> Probation periods are a chance for employer and employee to suss each other out. But managers need a clear plan, and must provide structure Probation periods give companies and new employees a chance to size each other up.

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Five BIG Strategy Process Misfires of Management Teams—How to Avoid Them

Management Excellence

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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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Is “thought leadership” just the same as good leadership?

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Is “thought leadership” just the same as good leadership? Written by Brian Bloch Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email --> It has become a fashionable concept, but is “thought leadership” anything new? And could the term have unintended, negative connotations? “Thought leadership” was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurzman, the economist and editor of Strategy & Business magazine.

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Boeing Settles for Mass Layoffs—Around 17,000 Job Cuts Expected

HR Digest

The ever-worsening Boeing situation has taken a turn for the worse. Despite the initial hope that the company would be able to reach a deal with the striking workers, Boeing is being forced to consider mass layoffs. In a memo to employees, CEO Kelly Ortberg announced that Boeing was looking at 17,00 job cuts that were necessary for the company “to align with [their] financial reality.” What does this mean for the organization?

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“You can’t do anything without your people”

Chartered Management Institute

Blog: “You can’t do anything without your people” Written by Beth Gault Monday 14 October 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email --> Chartered Manager of the Week Alastair Tawn CMgr FCMI discusses his passion for innovation – and why managers’ core mission is to bring to best out of every team member In every good organisation, you will find that people are the best asset you have.

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What Employers Get Wrong About How People Connect at Work

Harvard Business Review

Four important kinds of connection happen in organizations — but leaders usually only focus on one.

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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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Why you should never underestimate the value of a good admin support

CEO Insider

If your business is suffering from a lack of skilled workers, you are not alone. It is a pandemic, an arterial gift from COVID-19. As a small business owner and Managing Director of a recruitment firm, I am well accustomed to our hiring agony. Small businesses feel the magnitude of economic or external pressures tenfold. […] The post Why you should never underestimate the value of a good admin support appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Why Marketers Are Spending Less on Social Media

Harvard Business Review

A bi-annual poll of U.S. marketing leaders found that social media investments have declined to their lowest level in seven years. An analysis of poll data suggests that lack of strategy fit, weak returns, and new competition from retail media may help explain this dip. Researchers leverage their findings to offer suggestions to marketers on how to overcome past strategy misalignment in order to continue to benefit from social media’s immediacy and pervasiveness, including through the use of Gen

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Season 10 of Women at Work Starts October 21

Harvard Business Review

Stay tuned for eight episodes that speak to both the practical and emotional sides of women’s experiences at work.

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