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12 Questions Leaders Must Answer

Leadership Freak

Say what people need to hear before you say what you need to say. Answer emotion before dealing with issues. You can’t strengthen relationships, for example, while people are red in the face.

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How to Tune into Your Energizers and De-energizers

Next Level Blog

As a leader, you have a ripple effect. Like throwing a rock into a pond, your actions create energetic waves that influence your organization’s outcomes. Whether positive or negative, the energy of those ripples spreads. Your people pick up and act on it one way or the other. If it’s positive, you can generally expect good outcomes. If it’s consistently or dramatically negative you can expect bad outcomes.

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How to Make Your Holiday Marketing Strategy Hyperlocal

Women on Business

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Airbus Layoffs Announced but Cuts Will Not Occur Immediately

HR Digest

After Boeing’s commitment to reorganization plans, Airbus has now announced layoffs. The European aerospace group announced job cuts in the Defense and Space division. The Airbus job cuts will affect 2,500 employees who represent around 7% of the workforce in its second-largest division and 1.7% of its workforce overall. The organization has decided not to pursue immediate restructuring plans and will execute these cuts over time, extending midway through 2026.

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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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5 Steps Every CEO Needs to Take to Build a Culture of Accountability

CEO Insider

In today’s fast-paced business environment, accountability is a key driver of success. Yet, many CEOs struggle to cultivate a culture where accountability is embedded into the DNA of their organization. When accountability is absent, inefficiencies, finger-pointing, and missed goals become all too common. On the other hand, when employees are empowered to take ownership of […] The post 5 Steps Every CEO Needs to Take to Build a Culture of Accountability appeared first on CEOWORLD mag

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Avoid These 7 Common Feedback Mistakes for Better Results

Lead from Within

Feedback is a crucial aspect of personal and professional growth. It helps individuals identify their strengths and areas for improvement. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders develop the skills necessary to provide effective feedback. However, even well-intentioned feedback can backfire if not delivered properly. Here are 7 common feedback mistakes to avoid: Inserting your own bias: Be aware of your personal biases and how they may influence your feedback.

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Stay Interviews: Best Practices, Questions, & Template

leaderCommunicator

No matter the industry, losing great talent is one of the toughest challenges for leaders and employees. Not only is there the question of trying to fill that person’s role, but the associated work of training and onboarding a new team member, plus the potential for disruption to the business and added work for those who remain. In some organizations, when departures are widespread, the challenges are naturally greater – and even harder to overcome.

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Policies To Improve Social Mobility Fail To Reach Most People

The Horizons Tracker

A study from the University of Exeter suggests that efforts to improve social mobility should shift away from “helicopter” policies aimed at helping a select few children “escape” their communities. According to the study, government and charity initiatives focused on relocating young people fail to address the root causes of their challenges.

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The Management System Creates the Customer Experience—Observations in Excellence and Otherwise

Art Petty

For the management of business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations, the retail or service location is, of course, the ultimate proving ground. The experience for the consumer—good or bad, reflects the organization's management systems from values, commitment to hiring, leadership development, and operations effectiveness. Here are some examples—good or bad—of the management system in action.

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Research Shows How Gig Workers Benefit From Standard Employment Contract

The Horizons Tracker

As California grapples with legal challenges over the classification of gig workers, Massachusetts has launched its own trial on the same issues this week. The dispute over whether gig workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees is a key contention in the modern gig economy, named for its reliance on independent contractors.

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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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The Management System Creates the Customer Experience—Observations in Excellence and Otherwise

Management Excellence

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Eccentric CEOs Prove Popular With Investors

The Horizons Tracker

How can you fit in and stand out at the same time? It’s a challenge we all face in our personal and professional lives. We want to be accepted by the group but also recognized as unique. Businesses face a similar dilemma. They need to stand out to gain a competitive edge but also fit industry norms to be accepted by customers and investors. So how can a business balance these competing pressures?

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5 Little Big Ideas from the 2024 ATD Org Dev Conference

Roundtable Talk

Last week I had the opportunity to the ATD Org Dev Conference in Atlanta, Georgia with my long-time client Aneika Joseph from CAA Club Group. The conference drew organizational development professionals from around the globe and represented companies of all shapes, sizes and sectors. Aneika and I had an opportunity to be on the podium […] The post 5 Little Big Ideas from the 2024 ATD Org Dev Conference appeared first on The Roundtable.

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Is Your Career Heading in the Right Direction?

Harvard Business Review

In our busy lives, it’s hard to find enough time to pause and reflect. But if we never make the time, we may just end up running fast in the wrong direction — and this is especially true when it comes to our careers. That’s why, once a quarter, it’s useful to run through this three-step exercise, or do a “career detox.” The first step involves turning inward and asking yourself a series of reflective questions focused on whether you’re still happy with your current path.

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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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Leading Thoughts for October 17, 2024

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Alden Mills on attitude: “Your attitude is one of the single most important things you can control, and if you are not careful, you will let others influence and sometimes even control your attitude for you.

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Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out

Harvard Business Review

Pay-for-performance (PFP) is considered one of the strongest tools to motivate employees, yet despite its popularity, it can sometimes create stress for workers that results in decreased performance, creativity, and engagement. New research suggests that how employees view their supervisor has a role in determining whether workers view PFP as a motivating challenge, leading them to achieve new heights, or a stressful threat that impacts their work.

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How to Deploy and Scale Generative AI Efficiently and Cost-Effectively - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM AWS & NVIDIA

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from AWS & NVIDIA.

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