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How to Interview For Winning Leadership Competencies

Let's Grow Leaders

You’re working hard to build a Winning Well culture. You’ve identified your MIT leadership competencies and are working to cultivate and encourage the right behaviors. How you staff your key leadership roles matters more now than ever. How will you identify the […]. The post How to Interview For Winning Leadership Competencies appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Which Comes First – Inspiration or Initiative?

Lead Change Blog

Do you start moving when you get inspired, or do you get inspired because you started moving? For me, the answer would have to be, “Yes!”. Is Inspiration Necessary? Why move if we’re not inspired? Let’s do whatever it is with our best energy and our best effort. Let’s adopt an ownership mindset and never give up. If we wait until we’re inspired, we save ourselves a lot of energy.

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Ideas Are Not The Keys To Entrepreneurial Success

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Derek Lidow. Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. We fantasize about coming up with that invention or idea that solves a gargantuan problem for a lot of people and therefore is the main driver that propels businesses to be wildly successful.

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Why Female Entrepreneurs Need A Savings Plan

Women on Business

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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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How Do I Stop My Boss From Treating Me Like a Kid?

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever seen this dynamic? A manager has known “a kid” on their team forever. LOVES her. WANTS the best for her. AND is ironically holding her back. If you ask “the kid,” (who also loves and respects said manager), it’s […]. The post How Do I Stop My Boss From Treating Me Like a Kid? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How You Can Help New Hires

Lead Change Blog

One of the best parts of my job is when I get to sit down with new hires, welcome them to the company, and talk with them about what I and my department do. New hires will have a number of these conversations across departments. It’s a high-level introduction, as I’m trying to give them a feel for what’s going on, rather than walking them through the technical details.

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Is Disorganization Making You Ill?

Women on Business

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The Biggest Danger in Leadership

Leadership Freak

Self-importance is behind most of the stupid things leaders do. Self-importance keeps leaders ignorant and isolated. Self-importance blinds you to your weaknesses and distorts your view of strength in others.

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Yours, Mine, and Ours

Lead Change Blog

Patty understood the value of reflecting. In fact, she counted on her thirty-minute train commute to provide time to process the events of life and prepare for what was ahead. Tonight, she found herself stuck mulling over her interactions with Beth, a colleague on the team she has been charged to lead. Every encounter with Beth seemed to put her at odds.

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Dealing With Complexity? Use Ethical Thinking (Guest Post)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton We all need better ways to deal with difficult situations. Thinking on autopilot won't guide us through the grey areas. Michael McKinney published a guest post I wrote that digs into how to understand complexity. It is a timely topic, and as I shared in the article, "many leaders I talk with have a feeling that there is a more meaningful way of thinking and leading than what they’ve been seeing. " .

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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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Talent Magnet: How to Get and Keep Top Talent

Leading Blog

I S YOUR ORGANIZATION a Talent Magnet ? An organization so attractive that top talent will be standing in line to work there? Too many organizations find themselves in the positon of not being able to find enough qualified people to meet their growth goals. To answer the question, what attracts top talent, author and Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, Inc.

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Introducing The 2018 Leadership Book Everyone Should Read

Joseph Lalonde

There is no shortage of leadership books available to read but Brian Dodd’s Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices Of Apex Leaders stands out. If you read Brian’s popular website Brian Dodd On Leadership , he frequently profiles Apex Leaders – those who are the best in their profession. After years of research, Brian identified over 300 traits and practices of the world’s best leaders.

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Bringing Unity to a Remote Team

Lead Change Blog

There are tons of advantages to working remotely and hiring remote workers, but there are some setbacks too. The lack of face-to-face communication and in-house team-building can cause contract or remote workers to feel less company loyalty, dedication, and connection. Here are five ways for you to bring unity to a remote team so that you can work together seamlessly. 1.

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The Number 1 Tip to Ensure Returns on Your Firm’s Digital Strategy

N2Growth Blog

To succeed in today’s rough and tumble business world you need a solid vision for how you can “digitalize” your business. Indeed, it is not enough to have a vivid and compelling business strategy. We must be able to discern what role we are expecting digital technology to play within the business. It is only with this understanding that we can establish the necessary linkages required to inform digital technology direction-setting.

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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 Great Leadership Means Leading Your Way Out Of A Job

Terry Starbucker

Over the course of a long leadership journey you occasionally get to experience one of those extraordinary days that you remember, and draw on as a valuable lesson, for the rest of your business life. This is the story of one of those days. Back in 2009 when I was SVP of Operations with Bresnan Communications, I was in Butte, Montana for a morning staff meeting with the front office staff and field technicians.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2018

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2018. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases this year. Professionalizing Leadership by Barbara Kellerman. Talent Wins : The New Playbook for Putting People First by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey. The Mind of the Leader : How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter.

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The Winter Olympics and Risk in the Workplace

Lead Change Blog

I’m an unabashed Olympics fan. Years of training, sacrifice by entire families—or in some cases, maybe entire communities—all come down to a few weeks every four years. For some athletes, their moment of glory came when they walked in the opening ceremonies. Their wins came in representing their nation and sport. These aren’t physically bearing their nation’s expectations on their shoulders (or in Tonga’s case, not even bearing a shirt).

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The Good News is 70% of Leaders Survive Their Weaknesses

Leadership Freak

You have a small bucket of remarkable strengths, a large bucket of average strengths, and a huge bucket of weaknesses. The good news is 70% of leaders survive their weaknesses.

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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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Motivating and Rewarding Your Global Workforce

Chart Your Course

Remote work has become more popular than ever. It’s not just domestic companies that are employing remote workers, either. A growing number of international companies are now hiring workers from anywhere, PayScale says. Leading an international workforce has some advantages, but it can also present some management challenges, including hiring, project management and worker engagement.

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5 Hacks to Revamp Your Marketing that Work

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How To Build Courage

Joseph Lalonde

Do you remember the classic movie Wizard Of Oz with Judy Garland as Dorothy? There was another character in the movie. He was played by Bert Lahr. This character was the Cowardly Lion. The Cowardly Lion was scared of everything. Something goes BUMP! and he would jump. He was a true ‘fraidy cat. He’d failed to build courage in his life. Image by Evan Rummel.

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Solution Saturday: Help We’re Stuck and Sinking

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, Our organization is stuck. We’re losing energy and declining. What suggestions do you have for getting unstuck? Sincerely, Nervous about the future Dear Nervous, Thanks for your question.

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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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Using Humor to Fuel the Success of Your Organization

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Jamie Anderson & George Gabor Burt: In business situations in which collaboration is an important driver of organizational success, lacking a sense of community can be a formidable barrier to delivering results. This is particularly true in today’s complex and uncertain operating environments in which a culture of solidarity and knowledge sharing become critical drivers of staying relevant.

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Alternative Management Styles that Can Help to Grow Your Business

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Micromanagement: 7 Signs You’re a Micromanager and What to Do About It

RapidStart Leadership

Could you be guilty of micromanagement? The micromanager has been called the bully of the business world, and micromanagement is responsible for killing motivation, eroding trust, and leading to waste and inefficiency. Yet the last person to recognize that they are a micromanager is the micromanager themselves. Could you be one of them and not realize it?

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How Leaders Defeat Discouragement

Leadership Freak

You need encouragement because discouragement is real. How leaders defeat discouragement: #1. Embrace the three unglamourous basics of success.

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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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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Netflix’s Bright

Joseph Lalonde

In the 2018 Netflix original movie Bright, a human cop is forced to partner with an Orc. The cop is Daryl Ward (Will Smith) and the Orc is Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton). Tension is high between the various races of Orcs, Elves, and Humans. Being paired up with an Orc meant Daryl Ward was in for a world of trouble. Bright begins with Daryl being shot during an armed robbery.

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How to Lead Under Pressure and Remain Calm

Lead from Within

All of us face pressure—every working professional, regardless of position, profile, title, experience, or gender. Pressure is real and it’s often a constant. It may take the form of having so much to do that you don’t even know where to begin. Or it may come from burdensome expectations imposed on you, or disappointment with the progress you’ve made on something.

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How To Get Funding For Your Business

Women on Business

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Five Key Dynamics That Set Successful Teams Apart

Leadership Freak

The five key dynamics that set successful teams apart are: Psychological safety: Can we take risks on this team without feeling insecure or embarrassed?

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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.