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Beyond the Basics: Online Meetings that Don’t Suck Your Soul

Let's Grow Leaders

We don’t hate online meetings – we hate soul-sucking wastes of time After months of online meetings, video conferences, Zoom, and Teams meetings, you’ve mastered the basics: You’ve got light in front of you (not behind you) so we can see you […]. The post Beyond the Basics: Online Meetings that Don’t Suck Your Soul appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2020. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. Hyper-Learning : How to Adapt to the Speed of Change by Edward D. Hess. The Digital Age will raise the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace. To stay relevant, we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can't.

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Leading and Succeeding With Accountability with Thandi Orelyn

N2Growth Blog

Thandi Orelyn is a South African lawyer and business executive who has been active mainly in the financial sector. She is a co-founder and executive director of Peotona Group Holdings. Thandi chairs the board of BP Southern Africa and serves on the boards of Toyota S.A. and Toyota Financial Services (South Africa). She has also served as a non-executive director of the South African Reserve Bank.

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Be A Good Example

Joseph Lalonde

Do you ever look at your team and wonder “How can I encourage these people to be better team members? What will make them work harder, smarter, better? Why can’t I have great people on my team?” Of course not. I never say that. Neither do you… If we’re lying to ourselves. It is easy […].

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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 to Get More Creative In Your Remote Team Communication

Let's Grow Leaders

Want to be more creative in your remote team communication? Start here. If you’re like most managers we talk with, you face the perfect trifecta of remote team communication challenges. First, you’ve got A LOT to communicate. With so much change, keeping […]. The post How to Get More Creative In Your Remote Team Communication appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Just What Do You Mean, Entrepreneur?

Leading Blog

W HEN WE THINK about entrepreneurship, we tend to fixate on people like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Phil Knight. And why not? There are very few budding entrepreneurs that would not want to duplicate their success. So, we study what these people did to try and find the perfect checklist or formula that brings us the same kind of success.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Ip Man 4: The Finale

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. I’ve seen lots of talk about the Ip Man movies. People tend to rave about them. I didn’t know what the raving was all about. Now I do. I recently had the pleasure of watching Ip Man 4: The Finale. Ip (Pronounced like the IP in chip, not like I.P.) Man 4 tells the finale […].

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Burnout to Breakthrough – Interview with Eileen McDargh

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’ve felt burned out over the past few months, you’re not alone. In this practical and hopeful episode, Hall of Fame Speaker and esteemed author Eileen McDargh gives you the tools to identify and overcome the main causes of burnout for […]. The post Burnout to Breakthrough – Interview with Eileen McDargh appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading Thoughts for September 3, 2020

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. How to relive stress. It’s not what you instinctively do: “According to the American Psychological Association, the most effective stress-relief strategies are exercising or playing sports, praying or attending a religious service, reading, listening to music, spending time with friends or family, getting a massage, going outside for a walk, meditating

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How New Managers Can Succeed As Leaders In Their Organization

Tanveer Naseer

In many organizations, it can take up to 10 years before new leaders get leadership development training, leaving most to figure things out on their own. So what should new managers be paying more attention to? And what mistakes are they more likely to make? That’s what I’ll be discussing. Click to continue reading.

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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 I’ve Learned Since Leaving Popeyes

Lead Change Blog

Do women lead differently than men? During this webinar, Cheryl shares the insights she has gained since stepping down as CEO of Popeyes. She takes a deep look into the current status of business in our country, how women lead differently than men, and what they need to succeed. Listen in as Cheryl Bachelder, author of Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others (Second Edition) , shares how she continues to grow as a servant leader, plus ideas about how you can Dare to Serve,

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Unwrapping and Managing Difficult Employees

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Beth Miller: We’ve all been challenged with at least one difficult person at work. Why do they have to be so rude, dismissive, abrasive, etc.? Difficult employees aren’t the person who has a bad day and acts out in appropriately, they are the ones who have gained a reputation for being difficult. And, if they are spreading their bad behavior to others and having a negative impact on the team, then they are more than difficult, they are toxic.

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LeadershipNow 140: August 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from August 2020 that you don't want to miss: Loss, grief, and fear can describe 2020. See why others are also describing it with hope, inspiration, and new beginnings: 2020helped.me. The 4 Skills That Allow Your Team to Discuss The Most Difficult Issues by @RandyConley. It’s Time to Rethink How You Innovate via @whartonknows.

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Why Leaders Need To Show Up Consistently

Joseph Lalonde

I volunteer part of my time serving at our church’s youth group. I recently had an extremely sad conversation with one of our youth students. Before our youth group started, I opened my Instagram app on my Samsung Galaxy S9. I saw one of the students had just started an Instagram Live session. I clicked […].

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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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Who’s Accountable For Ethical Artificial Intelligence?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Who is accountable for ethical artificial intelligence? How do you build accountability into your organization's use of AI? I was recently invited to answer those questions in a guest blog post published on the EDUCAUSE Professional Development Commons and EDUCAUSE Review. There is much more to think about when implementing AI than just efficiency and time savings.

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Getting Clear Messages Shared Throughout Your Organization (When No One is in the Office)

Kevin Eikenberry

Communication is hard. Cascading communication – getting a clear and consistent message shared – is harder. Doing it remotely? That brings another level of complication. The good news is that, while hard, there are things you can do to improve the chances that everyone hears and understands your messages, no matter how many layers or […]. The post Getting Clear Messages Shared Throughout Your Organization (When No One is in the Office) appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership &

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How to Decide Which Meetings to Skip

Next Level Blog

The number one business-related complaint I’ve been hearing from my coaching clients during the pandemic is that they are overwhelmed with a deluge of demand for participation in online meetings. Apart from the Zoom fatigue they induce, all of these meetings are leaving leaders with very little time to get anything else done related to work and, oh, by the way, family or self.

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Living for Something Bigger than Yourself: The Obsession of Successful Leaders

Leadership Freak

Rise above self-obsession so you can live for something bigger than yourself. You might be self-obsessed if you: Always know the “right” way. Can’t take criticism.

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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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Connect to Protect Yourself from Harm of Social Isolation

Michael Lee Stallard

This excellent New York Times article, “ We’re All Socially Awkward Now ,” makes a compelling case that ongoing social isolation due to the physical separation required during the COVID-19 pandemic is diminishing connection skills and having a negative impact on emotional and physical health. Research on isolation of inmates shows those who coped best understood that social isolation was not good for them.

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Promoted During the Pandemic? Here’s Your Next Step

Kevin Eikenberry

One of the most challenging transitions of a career is to move into a leadership role for the first time. If you are doing it after being promoted to lead your former peers, it is even harder. We have helped leaders and organizations overcome those challenges for years. Now a new challenge has added to […]. The post Promoted During the Pandemic?

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How to Keep Your Remote Team On The Right Track

Lead from Within

Something I’ve been hearing lately from my executive leadership coaching clients is that their teams aren’t functioning as well remotely as they were when they worked face to face. Among the top symptoms productivity and effectiveness have decreased. Frustrating as it is, none of this is surprising. Remote teams have a different dynamic then in-person teams.

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Don’t Pretend Things Smell Good when they Stink – Instead Shift Focus

Leadership Freak

Relentless problems feel like driving around with garbage in the backseat. You wonder if the journey’s worth it. Don’t pretend things smell good when they stink.

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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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How to Convince Your Leader(s) There is Always Time to Communicate

leaderCommunicator

Something I often hear from leaders is, “I don’t have time to communicate.” It seems this statement comes from a perception that either there isn’t enough time to draft a plan or that more could be done in the time saved from drafting or sharing a plan. As a communicator, you likely hear this too.

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Leadership and Your Grill – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

If you’ve watched many of our previous episodes, you know that I often ask our viewers to challenge me to find leadership lessons in bizarre and random places. And today, I am finding the lessons that we as leaders can take from our grill. And no, you don’t have to be a grilling expert to […]. The post Leadership and Your Grill – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How To Manage An Underperformer Remotely

Lead from Within

Love it or hate it, working remotely is likely to remain a reality for some time to come. A fairly common challenge, now that people have had time to settle into new workflows, is that more employees may be struggling to keep up. How you handle that situation is important—to your employee, to you, and ultimately to your entire team. Here are some tips that have proven to be successful for preventing and dealing with underperformance: Set up clear expectations.

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Sir Edmund Hillary Reveals Something More Satisfying than Climbing Everest

Leadership Freak

The top of the world straddles the border of Tibet and Nepal standing proudly at five and half miles high. Mt.

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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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Seven Practices to Ensure Creative Brainstorming in a Virtual World

Engaging Leader

Many of us are used to generating our best ideas by tapping the creativity of a group of colleagues…in the same room with a whiteboard, flipchart, or sticky notes. The interpersonal dynamics and these tactile tools help make something magical happen in the brainstorming process. How do we get the same result with a […].

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Struggling to Attract New Talent? Consider Offering These Unique Benefits

Chart Your Course

Perhaps no process is more vital to business strategy than effective hiring. With the right people in your organization, delighting your customers, innovating new solutions and igniting your company vision becomes infinitely more attainable. Although many businesses acknowledge and strive to hire the best in their fields, executing on these hiring goals proves to be […] The post Struggling to Attract New Talent?

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Back by Popular Demand Webinar – Rebooting Communications: Creating Your Path Forward Communication Plan 2.0

leaderCommunicator

Our 60-minute, complimentary webinar, Rebooting Communications: Creating Your Path Forward Communication Plan 2.0 , is returning September 15th and 16th.

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Leadership is About Elevating Others

Leadership Freak

We each have a responsibility to elevate each other.

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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.