February, 2023

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Leadership Sketchbook: 7 Keys to Mastering the Art of Leading

RapidStart Leadership

Taking a cue from master artists, a leadership sketchbook may be just the thing we need to master the art of leadership; here's how. The post Leadership Sketchbook: 7 Keys to Mastering the Art of Leading appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Matrix Organization: Powerful Questions to Reduce Angst and Build Trust

Let's Grow Leaders

To Foster Better Collaboration in a Matrix Organization Keep the Conversation Flowing When we ask senior leaders of our global clients about the biggest source of conflict and frustration in their companies, the answer is almost always the same. “Oh, undoubtedly it’s trying to collaborate in our matrix organization.” The more complex the organization, the trickier the collaboration and decision-making.

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10 Years of Top Posts: Leading in Context Blog

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton This week I’m sharing The Last 10 Years of Top Posts on the Leading in Context Blog. It’s a time capsule of the issues you thought were most important over the last 10 years. For each year, I have selected a theme that reflects the topics and focus of the reader's most read posts.

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How to Bounce Forward When Life Throws You a Curve

Leading Blog

T HE SCOTTISH POET Robert Burns wrote, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry,” in a poem to a mouse whose nest was disrupted by the plow. The implication is that things rarely go just the way we want. Disruptions fall all along the spectrum from “the whatever” to “the paralyzing.” From my-coffee-is-too-hot to the death of a loved one; from the game was canceled to a divorce.

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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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Why Compassion In Leadership Is Critical To Your Organization’s Success

Tanveer Naseer

It seems like every day there’s another news report of yet another company mandating employees return to their office, another report of new findings about the consequences of rising employee anxiety and burnout, and more reports warning about the ever impending arrival of another economic downturn. Against that backdrop, I. Click to continue reading It seems like every day there’s another news report of yet another company mandating employees return to their office, another report of new findin

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My Ultimate Ten Point Guide to Personal Time Management Tactics and Strategies

Next Level Blog

In more than 20 years of executive coaching, I long ago lost count of the number of conversations I’ve been in about the challenges of personal time management. A quick count today of 15 years of my blog posts suggests that I’ve written on the topic at least a couple of dozen times. So, in the interest of helping you manage your time more effectively and saving you time while you do it, here’s my ultimate (for now) guide to personal time management tactics and strategies.

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One vital way to ensure your team’s busy day leads to better results

Let's Grow Leaders

From Counting to Quality: Help Your Busy Team Work Smarter Last week, we talked about meaningful metrics , focusing on the game, not the score, and identifying and isolating the daily habits most likely to lead to success. Today we go a level deeper with a practical way to ensure your team’s busy day is worth it– giving them the breakthrough results they’re working so hard to achieve.

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The Peace Imperative

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton "Global Peace Index 2022 results show that the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated by 0.03%.

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Leading Thoughts for February 2, 2023

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. Robert Kaplan on learning to ask the right questions: “Fortunately, the key to managing and leading your organization and your career does not lie in ‘having all the answers.’ The key lies in making a conscious effort to regularly step back to reflect, and then identify and frame the issues that are central to leading your organization effectively into

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5 Steps For Successfully Addressing Change From The Inside Out

Tanveer Naseer

Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure. While we might think this high failure rate reflects a technical deficiency in leaders, Erika Andersen, my guest for this episode of my “Leadership Biz Cafe” podcast, makes. Click to continue reading Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure.

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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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Three Ways to Get and Keep Your Colleagues’ Buy-In

Next Level Blog

One of the great truths of life is that things never stay the same. It doesn’t matter if it’s a good thing or a bad thing; it’s going to change. It’s just as true in your professional life as it is in your personal life. For instance, you can work really hard to build a great team and then things change. Someone leaves or someone joins and the dynamics change as a result.

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The Secret of the Centurion That Made Him Such an Effective Leader

RapidStart Leadership

The secret of the centurion as a great leader is not what we'd at first suspect, yet it's also something very familiar; the question is, could we do the same? The post The Secret of the Centurion That Made Him Such an Effective Leader appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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How Do I Change My Reputation as a Leader? (Asking for a Friend)

Let's Grow Leaders

To Change Your Reputation Set Human-Centered Goals and Stick With It It can be super challenging to move beyond the stories of the past that affect your leadership reputation. We all have mishaps from the past that haunt us. Leadership is never handled. We’re always in progress. If you’re looking to change your reputation, today’s Asking for a Friend is a start.

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5 Ways Hustle Culture Is Killing Us

Joseph Lalonde

As we approach the new year, I want to touch on a topic that’s bothered me for a long time. That’s the topic of hustle culture. Culture tells us that we need to hustle. What is the idea behind hustle? Hustle culture tells us that we work constantly. We have to put our nose to the grindstone 24/7, or we won’t be successful. Photo by Fernando Hernandez on Unsplash Lots of thought leaders have told us to do this.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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Upshift: How to Turn Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity

Leading Blog

P ROBLEMS come our way. They always do. And too little of the associated stress is not good. We become disengaged, demotivated, and unfulfilled. But with too much stress we become overloaded, and we just feel like shutting down. But in between is the Challenge Zone. International crisis management specialist Ben Ramalingam writes in Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity , that between the two extremes is the “sweet spot” where we experience a healthy level of stre

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What are the Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Why Do They Matter?

Sales Wolf Blog

The two following forces have the greatest influence on the trajectory of your team and organization: Who you hire. How effectively your team works together. The team effectiveness framework shared in this article was first introduced in 2002 by Patrick Lencioni through his powerful book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team has been a bestseller for 21 years for good reason.

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3 Emotional Intelligence Practices for Busy Leaders

Leadership Freak

Emotional intelligence is rocket fuel for competent, intelligent leaders. “CEOs, on average, have the lowest EQ scores in the workplace.” Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Five components of emotional intelligence.

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The Five Biggest Cyber Security Risks

Tanveer Naseer

With tech, finance, and other industries feeding off each other, the risks that are involved have increased. Data has become a central component to business. It is quite valuable, both as a company resource and as an asset to sell. When you are in business, you probably work on a.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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How Leaders Make Business Metrics Meaningful

Let's Grow Leaders

Meaningful Business Metrics Aren’t About the Number When it comes to business metrics, there’s a secret that top-performing leaders understand, but might not tell you aloud: “Your customer doesn’t care about your internal scorecard.” Top-performing leaders pick a few meaningful business metrics that encourage the right behaviors and achieve the results that truly to their customers.

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How to Achieve Greater Board Effectiveness With a Board Advisory Partner

N2Growth Blog

Is your board of directors operating at its maximum effectiveness? Today’s boards make critical decisions that have profound organizational impacts, all while upholding their fiduciary duty of acting in the best interest of shareholders. Besides, boards must perform under today’s strenuous economic conditions and nail-biting market competition.

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LeadershipNow 140: February 2023 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from February 2023 that you will want to check out: Five Beliefs To Toss Aside To Grow Your Leadership by @TerriKlass 6 Leadership Tips for Not Being a Jerk at Work by @JenniferVMiller Why One Conversation a Day Is Essential for Us Humans by @DrNickMorgan PODCAST: How to Coach Leaders to Be More Effective via @CliftonStrength Companies that change the game can change the world via @stratandbiz Want to Make a Career Change?

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Building an Ethical Culture (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton After I published “Prevention or Cure: Your Choice” about reducing ethical risk and creating a positive culture a reader asked for more information about the business case for prevention. Here are some compelling reasons why the prevention approach is a better business decision than waiting for ethical problems and applying a “cure” after the organization is already in trouble.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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The Dark Night of the Soul

Leadership Freak

Everyone descends into the dark night of the soul a time or two or three. Some absorb the darkness. Others rise. This post is about the difference.

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The Two Biggest Communication Mistakes A Leader Can Make

Lead from Within

Good communication is a core principle of leadership. In my work as an executive coach, I stress communication to my clients every day. Two problems in particular seem to have the worst consequences when it comes to communication: Mistake No.1: Secrecy. Leadership requires transparency. That’s part of the reason that leaders who pride themselves on their authority often find themselves in trouble.

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Leading for Courage and Hope 200th Episode

Let's Grow Leaders

Here we are! I have been looking forward to this episode for months, seeing it on the editorial calendar. Why? Because it is the 200th episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul! In this episode, we highlight several guests who have really inspired courage and hope by sharing their practices, insights, and practical tools that we can use in our everyday work life.

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How External Board Evaluation Can Support Board of Director Recruitment

N2Growth Blog

When you’re looking to recruit a new board director, how do you know who is the perfect fit? The truth is that bringing on a new board director can be powerful and transformative because they will reshape the composition of the board, bring new skills to the boardroom, and has the potential to contribute diverse insights that pull the organization’s future forward.

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2023 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Culture Is the Way : How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence by Matt Mayberry Former NFL Pro, world-renowned keynote speaker, and management consultant Matt Mayberry delivers an incisive and hands-on blueprint to employee engagement and peak productivity.

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Teach Every Child These 5 Things

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Our successful shared future depends on how we raise children now, as they will become our future leaders. There is no way to know which children will be the ones to solve the problems our current leaders are unwilling and/or unable to solve in the future. How we teach and inspire them now will impact their ability to interact with others and lead others in ethical ways.

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7 Relationship Building Rules for Results-Driven Leaders

Leadership Freak

Relationship building is the difference between getting stuff done and being a leader. Results are the cake. Relationship building heats the oven. Relationship building is the heart of success. Community contributes to flourishing.

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The Top 10 Habits of Successful CEOs

Lead from Within

As a CEO, success isn’t just about achieving your own personal goals. It’s also about driving the success of your organization and its employees. Here are the top ten habits of successful CEOs that get results: Prioritizing time: Successful CEOs focus on the most important tasks and responsibilities. They use their time and resources efficiently.

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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?