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What Are the Three Things That Leaders Do?

Lead Change Blog

No matter what the situation, setting, or method of communication, leaders frequently and consistently do these things. . 1. Leaders challenge us. They believe every person has hidden potential and is capable of growing and achieving more. They challenge us by: Expanding our vision. Challenging our assumptions. Establishing stretch goals. Delegating important projects.

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Human Resources: How Leaders Partner to Transform Results

Let's Grow Leaders

Strategic partnerships with human resources professional can be game-changers. Your human resources professionals can be wonderful strategic partners and collaborate with you to achieve amazing results—but it takes trust and a solid relationship to get there. Too many leaders miss out on the huge strategic potential of their human resources partnerships.

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10 Powerful Phrases For Positive Leaders

Joseph Lalonde

The world is full of negativity. You turn on the TV to a news station and you quickly discover this. Negativity sells. It’s a sad state of affairs. We’re inundated with negativity and it brings us down. I was thankful to recently be a guest at a BNI networking meeting. One of the BNI members, […].

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Anxiety And Work: The Impact Of Anxiety On Different Generations of Employees

Tanveer Naseer

No matter how good you are at your job or how long you’ve been at it, being an effective leader is never easy. As a leader, you play many roles — from coach and mentor to (sometimes) drill sergeant and disciplinarian. The key is understanding exactly what your employees need. Click to continue reading.

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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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Leadership Isn’t Cushy (Human Development Required)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton There's a powerful connection between responsible leadership and human growth and development. It's not easily visible to leaders, so today I'm digging into how these important variables intersect and how they should inform our approach to leadership development.

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How Do I Deal With a Jerk at Work? (With Videos)

Let's Grow Leaders

Strategies For Dealing With the Most Difficult Co-Workers. Today on Asking For a Friend, I interview Peter Economy the Inc. Leadership Guy on how to deal with a jerk at work. Peter and I are kindred spirits and have been passionately connected on this topic of dealing with jerks at work for some time. Here’s a very early Inc. interview on being a jerk at work, after my very first book on Overcoming an Imperfect Boss came out in 2014.

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6 New Rules for the Digital Age

Leading Blog

E VERY NOW AND THEN, a book comes along to give you the insights you need to see and understand the world you live in and how to thrive in it. Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. The ideas and terminology you’ve heard and read about come together here to give you a holistic view of where you need to go next.

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Rising Leaders Need Your Go-Ahead Nod

Lead Change Blog

When was the last time your point leader gave you a go-ahead nod? What were the circumstances and how did it all turn out? Like a baseball coach sending a runner the sign to steal on the next pitch, leaders in your life can let you loose with a simple head nod. It happens when your boss eventually says, “Go for it!” after you pitch your latest wacky idea.

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Why We Lead

Let's Grow Leaders

As we celebrate 100 episodes of Leadership without Losing Your Soul, it’s a good time to reflect on why we lead. Your leadership extends far beyond your team and the work you do. Every day, you build the world we all will live in. As you commit to human-centered leadership, achieving results, and building relationships – who can you invite on the journey with you to build a better world?

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Dark Knight

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. The Dark Knight is the second of three movies in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight induces a new menace to Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe. Heath Ledger’s Joker emerges and begins to wreak havoc upon the citizens of Gotham City. Gotham City’s protector, Batman (Christian Bale) must rise to the occasion and deal with […].

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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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Leading Thoughts for April 15, 2021

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. Yale sociologist and physician Nicholas Christakis reflects on what we are likely to see as we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic period: “If history is a guide, it seems likely that consumption will come back with a vengeance.

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Lessons Learned at an Auction – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

I. Love. Auctions. And I love pretty much any type of auction. But my favorite is hands-down an antique tractor auction. (Yep, they exist.) And while if you like auctions, this video might be even more interesting to you. But regardless, I’m sharing the lessons that I learned from a recent tractor auction – and […]. The post Lessons Learned at an Auction – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Three Ways to Stay on Top of All of Your Communications

Next Level Blog

One of the things I’ve seen a lot of leaders struggling with during this extended period of leading from home is how to stay on top of all the communications they have to do with different stakeholders – their team members, their managers, their peers, other colleagues and external partners. This very topic came up last week in a small group coaching session in a program called Leading While Working from Home that I’m delivering for one of our client companies.

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Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership

Lead Change Blog

For nearly six decades Outward Bound USA’s education programs have shaped the lives of tens of thousands of participants. Strangers are put in an unfamiliar and unpredictable setting, where to succeed they must develop a sense of teamwork, resilience, self-confidence, and a focus on the greater good. But, Mark Brown asks, isn’t the modern world just as unpredictable and challenging as any mountain or desert?

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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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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

I ’VE MET MANY business founders in my life and they vary on almost every possible measure: race, gender, background, temperament, schooling, and intelligence (in all its forms). I certainly observe patterns among them, but they all share one and only one thing in common: they decided to get on the bucking bronco and actually do it. I won’t try to talk you in or out of starting a business.

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Why Too Much Passion Is Bad For Your Leadership

Lead from Within

To keep up with the development and growth of the leaders I coach, I do an annual assessment of their leadership with my clients and with the people they lead. Last year I heard an interesting bit of feedback in one of these sessions: “At times his passion is great, but most of the time it’s overwhelming.”. I’d never before considered the possibility of a leader’s having too much passion.

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Cows and New Gates – The Power of Unspoken Permission

Leadership Freak

The boss cow has a long line of cows behind her when they head to the barn.

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Important Leadership Lessons from Steve Jobs

Lead Change Blog

Steve Jobs had a profound impact on the computer, television, music, telecom, and publishing sectors. Successful leaders are always prepared for unforeseen challenges and can fix them. And yet, at the end of the day, they know what truly matters—their people skills and ability to innovate. These are much more critical for leaders than rigid procedures or ideals.

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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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Sharing and Shifting the Spotlight

Kevin Eikenberry

As a leader, there will be times when achievements are made, goals are reached, and the spotlight will shine in your direction. While the role of the leader is important, too many leaders want to bask in that spotlight … by themselves. The best leaders know that the recognition for both effort and results doesn’t […]. The post Sharing and Shifting the Spotlight appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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All Hands on Deck Leadership

Nathan Magnuson

Who’s the real leader around here? It used to be that the leaders were the people in charge. As long as they did a good job, all was well. When they stumbled, the organization suffered until an adequate replacement could be found. That type of leadership doesn’t work any longer. Why? Because at its core, leadership is less about being “in charge” and more about creating positive change.

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5 Reasons You Should Stop Having One-on-Ones Immediately

Leadership Freak

Learn how to do one-on-ones well or find a career where you can work alone. Strong relationships fuel great results. 5 reasons to stop having one-on-ones: #1.

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The Ladder You Must Climb to Grow Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Clients hire your consulting firm in part because you know more than they do. You’re an expert. Wise in the ways of management, marketing or the musk beetle (or whatever your area of expertise happens to be). How expert are you, though, and what are you doing to continuously upgrade your knowledge? Domain knowledge is … Continued. The post The Ladder You Must Climb to Grow Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

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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Leadership Confusion how to navigate challenges together

Mike Cardus

Leadership confusion happens for many reasons. And the mythical rhetorical separation of “the leader” from “the followers” and that the leader is the one who has the vision knows the way and is the creator of certainty only leads to authoritarian jerks who repel trust from your organization. . Leadership distributes through an organization, and leadership is an action of : shared map mapping (making sense of the environment/challenge/decision); constructing the creative

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Negativity: Value of Being Responsible for Yours | #PeopleSkills

Kate Nasser

We all have moments of negativity. Key question is: Do you own yours? Here's the value to you & others. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author of Leading Morale. The post Negativity: Value of Being Responsible for Yours | #PeopleSkills appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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What if Self-Love is Conceit – The Purpose of Self-Love

Leadership Freak

Self-love is, according to the song, the greatest love of all. But self-love isn’t an end itself, especially for leaders.

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Was Remote Learning Better Than We Thought During Covid?

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid-19 pandemic saw schools around the world shut to try and limit the spread of the virus, with children taught virtually for prolonged periods. This prompted many to argue that not only were many children not able to participate virtually, for various reasons, but even for those who could, the experience was an unsatisfactory one. Despite this, new research from the University of Colorado suggests that the learning experience may not have been as bad as we think.

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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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Master the Four Fields of Leadership

Skip Prichard

Thrive in a Hyper-Connected World. Leadership is shifting as we grapple with technology changes, shifting market realities, new business models, and unpredictable outside forces. Tom Goodell, in The Four Fields of Leadership: How People and Organizations Can Thrive in a Hyper-Connected World , studies various disparate fields and challenges existing models of leadership to provide a new framework for leadership thinking.

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Top 7 Tips to Ensure Employee Satisfaction in Your Real Estate Brokerage

Strategy Driven

If you want to attract the best of the best real estate agents to your brokerage, it’s crucial to ensure employee satisfaction. Indeed, even the best recruitment strategies will fail if you people keep leaving your brokerage every few months. With a high turnover rate, a prospective candidate might think that you aren’t taking good care of your people.

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Everything You Need to Know About “NOT” Being Yourself

Leadership Freak

Warren Bennis was brilliant when he said, “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself.” But what if you’re a jerk-hole? Perhaps you shouldn’t always ‘be yourself’.

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The Importance Of Leading By Example

The Horizons Tracker

The very act of leadership is one whereby leaders are expected to lead by example, but nonetheless, it’s rare for leaders to actually show how things should be done to their teams. Research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that leaders may actually be missing a trick by not showing the way. “By observing how their leader performs and the outcomes the leader achieves, employees receive a clearer signal about what is expected of them and how they can better meet those requir

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The First 90 Days: Onboarding Checklist

While onboarding, don’t let yourself get caught up in administrative details. Automate paperwork & training so new hires can focus on the business at hand from day one. Get Paycor’s checklist to see where your company can make HR process improvements.