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How Adaptive Leadership Built a Giant Rocket – And Will Help You Meet Your Giant Goals, Too

Experience to Lead

Shaping the Future by Learning from the Past The engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center have a tough job – to build the biggest rocket in the world. However, it’s not only a technical challenge. They know that in the years it will take to build this giant, many things will change. Their budget, [ ] The post How Adaptive Leadership Built a Giant Rocket – And Will Help You Meet Your Giant Goals, Too appeared first on Experience to Lead.

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Why Leaders Should Empower Employees To Bring Their Dreams To Work

Tanveer Naseer

Earlier this month, my second daughter turned 18 years old. I’ll admit it’s crazy at times to think the little girl who’s artwork used to adorn a previous version of this site is now old enough to vote in Canada’s upcoming federal election. But while there are times I miss. Click to continue reading.

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What to Do When You Doubt Yourself as a Leader

Lead from Within

Everyone struggles at times with self-doubt, but that struggle can be especially difficult for people in leadership. Leaders are expected to always be self-assured, assertive and poised. But what happens when you begin to doubt your own abilities? What can you do when you’re worried you don’t have what it takes? As long as you address it instead of ignoring it, self-doubt is something you can understand and manage.

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How to Talk With Your Boss When You Totally Disagree

Let's Grow Leaders

Talk with your boss when you disagree—you might be surprised at the results I was seething. The CEO had just asked my team to do something that I felt lacked integrity, was unprincipled, manipulative, and put our clients in a bad position. […]. The post How to Talk With Your Boss When You Totally Disagree appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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 Best Practices – Aren’t

N2Growth Blog

My thesis is a simple one; Don’t copy – create. Don’t benchmark against others – benchmark against a unique and better version of you. Don’t compete against how others do things, compete against your own thinking. More than 20 years ago I coined the term “ next” practices in an effort to focus people forward in their thinking.

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The Human Impact of Rapid Tech Change

Lead Change Blog

Companies are increasingly utilizing automation technologies to increase productivity and innovation. These companies find themselves managing complex organizational change, with challenges that will vary depending on the professional levels and geographic diversity of their human resources. Successful implementation of any change agenda, whether it is new software applications, process, or organization, is dependent on human resources.

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How Managers Can Reclaim Their Lost Soul

Let's Grow Leaders

In a recent leadership development program, we talked about “manager soul loss” – the isolation, bitterness, and despair that seeps into many leaders’ hearts. We share the stages of soul loss and symptoms to look out for to help leaders identify and prevent them […]. The post How Managers Can Reclaim Their Lost Soul appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Feedback (and Other Dirty Words)

Leading Blog

F EEDBACK HAS A LOT OF BAGGAGE associated with it. Feedback is not always well-intentioned and is used to punish, demean, or manipulate. When well-intentioned we don’t always do it right. We dump on people, we’re biased, we miss the overall issues, and present it in a way that doesn’t sound helpful. And we, of course, wanting to be right and accepted don’t see it as the gift that it is.

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How to Burnout-Proof Your Business as an Entrepreneur

Women on Business

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The Complexity of Ethical Thinking and Decision Making (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton When Thinking is Starved For Context and Complexity Think about how easy it is to start using shallow breathing without being aware that we're doing it. This can happen when we're stressed or anxious, and it can impact our well-being. We may be unaware that we are using shallow breathing until someone notices we're turning pale and tells us to BREATHE.

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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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What To Do When You’re Losing Your Soul

Let's Grow Leaders

What do you do when you feel like you’re losing your leadership soul? You don’t like how you’re treating people. You’re not living up to your own values. Or you’re overwhelmed and not sure you can get the results you’re accountable […]. The post What To Do When You’re Losing Your Soul appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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First Look: Leadership Books for August 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2019. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Transforming Legacy Organizations : Turn your Established Business into an Innovation Champion to Win the Future by Kris Østergaard. Transforming Legacy Organizations provides real-world advice and research-based information on how to grow innovation by employing new technologies, improving processes, and establishing a culture of creativity and forward momentu

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5 Tools You Need to Find New Ideas for Your Blog

Women on Business

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Overcoming Fake Talk

Lead Change Blog

Be it in a professional or personal setting, our ability to communicate either creates respect, builds relationships, and achieves results — or it does not. John R. Stoker, founder and president of DialogueWORKS, LLC, has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations and individual leaders learn how to use clear, direct communication that will convey the message without creating resistance or tension.

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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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Why Best Practices – Aren’t

N2Growth Blog

My thesis is a simple one; Don’t copy – create. Don’t benchmark against others – benchmark against a unique and better version of you. Don’t compete against how others do things, compete against your own thinking. More than 20 years ago I coined the term “ next” practices in an effort to focus people forward in their thinking.

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When Going Gets Tough, Action and Attitude Carry the Day

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Marc Demetriou : There are two words that literally have everything to do with the everything in your days, as you go forward to live your dream and fashion your success: Action and Attitude. Action : The lazy and uninspired will never inherit the earth, nor even the slightest speck of it. In order to achieve anything, you must be up and doing, actively engaged, and ever in motion.

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How to Get a Better Credit Score

Women on Business

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Quotes and Leadership Lessons from The Great Train Robbery I

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. The Great Train Robbery is a two-part British television miniseries that was first broadcast in 2013 (Currently available on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others). It tells the story of the robbery of £2.6 million (£53.5 today) from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on 8 August 1963, first from the perspective of the robbers, and then from the perspective of the […] The post Quotes and Leadership Lessons from The Great Train Robbery I appeared first

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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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LeadershipNow 140: July 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from July 2019 that you don't want to miss: 3 Reasons Why People May Trust You Less Than You Imagined by @DanReiland. How 4 Simple Questions Can Redefine a “Great Leadership Day” by @WScottCochrane. 6 Ways to Ensure Your Leadership Training Makes You a Better Leader by Karin Hurt @LetsGrowLeaders. A Better Information Diet by @edbatista.

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The day your life and leadership change for the better

Persuasive Powerhouse

Have you ever noticed someone who made a significant positive change to the way they “showed up” as a leader? If you have, you might wonder what was in the water they were drinking. My guess is that something caused them to take a deep look at themselves and realize that they needed take personal responsibility for a change in their behavior. In other words, for years they had been blaming others or circumstances outside themselves for not getting what they, their employees, or their organizatio

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Top 5 Best and Worst States to Start a Business in 2019

Women on Business

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Love And Leadership – An Interview With Author Lisa Shumate

Joseph Lalonde

I have the great pleasure of introducing you to a fellow author today. This author is Lisa Shumate. Lisa is the general manager of Houston Public Media, Associate Vice President at the University of Houston, and also Executive Director of the Houston Public Media Foundation. Houston Public Media is comprised of News 887 (NPR), TV8 (PBS) […] The post Love And Leadership – An Interview With Author Lisa Shumate appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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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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Master Your Motivation

Kevin Eikenberry

Motivation is a critical subject for leaders. I know this because every leader I talk to wants to better understand how to motivate their teams. If I could point you to a short book that would give you real research and real-life examples of how to do that, would you be interested? If you are, […]. The post Master Your Motivation appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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7 Reasons Your People Are Frustrated with Your Leadership

Lead from Within

Frustrations can happen even in the best teams and under the best leadership. Perspectives clash, a situation becomes tense, and people get annoyed or even angry. As leaders, we never want to be a source of frustration for our team or our colleagues—but it can happen. If your team seems to be experiencing more than its share of frustration with you, it’s important as their leader, to do some self-reflection.

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Teodora Pirciu Joins the Women on Business Contributor Team

Women on Business

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The Big Mouth Problem

Leadership Freak

You’re less likely to say something stupid if you listen more and speak less. Leaders need big ears and small mouths.

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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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What Google Learned About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

When we think about success stories in business over the last twenty years, Google must be the list. Regardless of what you think of the tech giant, there is no doubt their organization has made a difference in the world. Ever wondered what they look for in a leader? What is expected of you if […]. The post What Google Learned About Leadership appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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6 Technology and Digital Trends for Communicators

leaderCommunicator

The impact of technology and social media is advancing by the day. Finding the best way to reach employees and customers through best-in-class technology clearly needs to be a priority for communication professionals.

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3 Banner Design Tips to Bring Your Message into Focus

Women on Business

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The 7 Seductions of Leadership

Leadership Freak

Position, status, and success don’t magically make you superior to others. Know-it-all leaders become less than they could be. The 7 seductions of leadership: Knowing ‘about’ is the same as knowing ‘how’.

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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.