Fri.Mar 28, 2025

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6 Overlooked Leadership Skills To Run Meetings That People WANT To Attend

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 296: Are you running meetings that drive real resultsor just draining everyone’s time and energy? Lets be honest: no one hates meetingsthey hate the ones that feel pointless. If your teams meetings often end with vague action items, low engagement, or zero follow-through, its not just frustratingits hurting your leadership credibility.

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Embrace the Power to Shape Your Life

Leadership Freak

I dont want to choose where we eat. I usually dont care. Some people dont like making decisions. You often defer to experts. Up to 75%* of us, for example, let doctors make important decisions for us. Others shape your life when they make decisions for you. Sometimes its destructive.

Power 203
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How To Be A Healthy Leader

Eric Jacobson

In Bob Rosen s book, Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted In An Uncertain World , he explains that there are six dimensions of being a healthy leader : Physical health : how you live. How you manage your mind and body managing your energy and living a peak performance lifestyle. Emotional health : how you feel. This is about being self-aware and having positive emotions and the ability to be resilient, catching yourself when you have a counterproductive thought.

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Can an employer require a doctor’s note for one day off?

HR Digest

Are you wondering if your employer can ask for a doctors note for a work absence of just one day? Sick leave policies vary, and while some states limit when employers can request a doctors note, others leave it to employers requirements. Under employment law, private employers often have the right to demand proof of illness for work, however state rules can differ.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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How To Negotiate Disagreement Without Giving Up Or Giving In

Eric Jacobson

In todays age of rising division and polarization, disagreement often feels like a zero-sum game. Unable or unwilling to negotiate conflict with skill, we ignore it or avoid it for as long as possible; when we are forced to face it, we escalate everyday disagreements and temporary flare-ups as if theyre life-and-death. Neither approach addresses underlying issues, promotes stronger relationships, nor yields satisfying results.

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White-Collar Jobs Are Shrinking—Is It the Layoffs or Is AI to Blame?

HR Digest

If you work in the corporate field, you might have noticed a particularly unpleasant trendwhite-collar jobs are shrinking in number. At first, you may have dismissed the trend as one spun from unnecessary anxiety and people over-dramatizing what the job market looks like right now, but over time, youve likely seen what we havecorporate jobs are disappearing.

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Commercializing New Concepts is Hard

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you have the data that says the market for the new concept is big enough, you waited too long. If you require the data that verifies the market is big enough before pursuing new concepts, youll never pursue them.

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eLearning Isn’t Working—Here’s How to Make It Matter Again

The Regis Company

In today's iterative business landscape, staying ahead requires more than just traditional training techniquesit's about mastering skills through practice.

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Servant Leadership: Characteristics, Pros & Cons, Examples

Niagara Institute

Think about the best manager you ever had. Chances are, they didnt sit back giving ordersthey jumped in to help, listened when you spoke, and genuinely cared about your growth. Thats servant leadership in action.

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What It Takes to Fix a “Mean” Workplace

Harvard Business Review

While everyone contributes to a company’s culture, leaders have an outsized ability to influence it.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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HHS Layoff Initiated: The Federal Job Cuts Hit 10,000 Workers

HR Digest

Overwhelmed by all the reporting on the matter of layoffs? You might have to seek some other way to handle the stress because the HHS is currently preoccupied with layoffs. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled his Health agency workforce reduction plans, and the scale of the cuts is staggering. The HHS job cuts are expected to affect 10,000 employees at the organization in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, Implementing the Presidents Depa

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Research: How Retailers Respond When Brands Start Selling Direct

Harvard Business Review

And how suppliers can maintain crucial relationships when pursuing new channels.

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In a Slump at Work? Here’s How to Motivate Yourself.

Harvard Business Review

Especially if you’re remote.