Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. The movie Devotion is about the first African-American aviator in U.S. Navy history. Jesse LeRoy Brown (Jonathan Majors, who will play Kang The Conquerer in Ant-Man and the Wasp : Quantumania) fought discrimination, trials, and struggles to become something very few thought he could be.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. After a Heartwrenching Layoff. My LinkedIn feed and email inbox are filled with news of layoffs and reorganizations causing unexpected career turbulence. And I’ve had more than a few phone calls from really talented human-centered leaders hurting for the team members they’ve had to lose and deeply concerned about those who remain after the layoff.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Executive leaders are masters of their craft. These world-class subject matter experts include members of advising boards, CEOs, and senior executives who are pioneers in their industries and make waves in their spaces. But even those sitting at the top need to identify ways to optimize themselves, bettering their work and diving deeper into their highly specialized skills.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It depends on the industry, but in most large organizations, a promotion to vice president is the entry point to the executive ranks. I’ve written before about what it takes to get promoted in general and have written a book on what’s usually expected of you once you reach the next level. Today, I want to write specifically about how high potential leaders get promoted to vice president or to whatever the entry level executive role is in their company.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Mentoring makes life richer for everyone. Image of aged journals.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I fell asleep at 1:00 AM sandwiched between strangers on my right and my daughter to my left. Whatever challenge you face, leading step by step, little by little, or poco a poco, will help. You don’t have to know all the answers or how everything’s going to turn out. And you don’t have to know how to do everything you’ll be called upon to do.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. Theologian Richard Foster on the need for deeper thinking: “Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or a gifted people, but for a deep people.”.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 15, 2022

#1. Honor your future by letting yourself be happy. Develop the habit of happiness. We all choose happiness or misery. Circumstances have little to do with it.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 11, 2022

At the end of each year, leaders can use a checklist to reflect on their leadership style, assess their team’s performance, set goals, and make changes to continue developing and growing. By taking the time to reflect and plan, leaders can position themselves and their team for ongoing success. Here are some things to include in your year-end checklist: Assess leadership style: Reflect on your own leadership style and approach, and identify areas for personal growth and development.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The last few weeks of the year mark a time when most leaders are busy working on getting the last of the year’s projects completed while at the same time looking at developing goals and strategies for the year to come. But this time of the year also marks an important opportunity for leaders to take stock of their leadership performance over the past 12 months.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

T HE FACT IS most startups fail. More than two-thirds of them never deliver a positive return to investors. Tim Eisenmann is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he’s led The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course for all of their MBAs. While he taught students how to build winning startups, he felt he wasn't giving them the full picture if he couldn’t identify why so many were failing.

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Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One of the challenges of moving to a remote or hybrid working situation is finding a way to encourage and improve collaboration when people are not in the same physical space. GM famously defined their expectations during covid were for their people to “work appropriately.” That meant that many new team members joined the company in remote roles, and many long-time employees found that they could do their jobs from home.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Your relationship with waiting impacts the quality of your life. Life is long periods of waiting punctuated by moments of completion. Waiting turns me into a caged animal.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Brand authenticity can refer to your personal or business brand. With brand authenticity, your consumers believe that you are genuine in the values you represent and your products and services. Authenticity is necessary for the building of a brand strategy that’s cohesive.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A CCOUNTABILITY is essential for human systems to function. Whether you’re talking about governments, companies, sports teams, or families, accountability is what ensures that things run smoothly and that progress continues. But oftentimes, problems exist with how accountability is understood and how it’s enacted that make it ineffective or even counterproductive.

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Leading in Context

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton The first post in this series addressed ACCOUNTABILITY. The second asked you to evaluate your IMPACT. This week's four ways to advance ethics in your organization focus on MANAGING THE SYSTEM.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Set a goal to run five times a week for a year. Or commit to run a marathon in six months. Running a marathon is a reason.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“You suck at innovation.” I unfortunately have to tell corporations this all the time. Why is it that a corporate employee can come up with an innovative idea and get nowhere with it? Despite having an abundance of resources, the corporate innovator is often left begging for time, talent, and treasure. Why is it that […]. The post Why Are Big Companies Losing to Startups?

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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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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s well known that a greater share of women in senior leadership roles has a wide range of benefits for their organization. Research from Surrey Business School suggests that one of these might be the adoption of environmental standards. The researchers explored how companies with a higher share of female leaders performed in terms of their adoption of environmental standards, before then examining how the personal attributes of female leaders contribute to these outcomes. “We foun

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Stop the Great Resignation There seems to be a buzz around the term “the Great Resignation,” or the shift we’ve seen in the job market during the pandemic. When people realize they have other opportunities that could put them in a better career position, they’re going to investigate them. So how can employers effectively retain […]. The post How To Retain Employees in an Unstable Job Market appeared first on Chart Your Course International.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I think about the new year with a sense of urgency, even though its arrival is no surprise. Disappointments and successes come to mind.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Do you want to celebrate and motivate your team at an end-of-year celebration, a new year kickoff, or both? These events can be tricky. However, if you plan it right, your team can be encouraged by results and excited for new challenges. My (much) better half and I recently attended the I Am Academy Black Gala Masquerade. This served as an end-of-year celebration, non-profit fundraiser, and new year kickoff.

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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?

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Covid pandemic had an obvious impact in the physical availability of workers, with many requiring time off due to contracting the virus, isolating alongside those with the virus, or being debilitated while recovering from the virus. Research from the Urban Institute suggests that the sick leave legislation in the United States meant that workers lost out on around $28 billion as a result of absences going unpaid.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Are you surprised when folks have good manners? While common courtesy was expected years ago, courteous behavior is scarce today. In fact, some say that decency and grace are more the exception than the rule. What does it take to pick up after yourself, be respectful of others, or display proper cell phone etiquette? What does it take to show up on time, wait your turn, or respond to emails in a timely fashion?

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Easy wins are like cotton candy, sweet and fleeting. Worthwhile achievements are hard won. You create success with focused action done consistently.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 13, 2022

I had a job interview one time where the interviewer was nothing like I had expected. She was welcoming and nice, and she had a great smile on her face. It felt so unreal having such an interview and coming across such a great personality. I was amazed, to say the very least. Unfortunately, many of us have had to attend interviews that made us so uncomfortable and it looked like we were in on something other than the job.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mental health issues are a growing concern around the world and they impact employee engagement, productivity, and reputation. Mental health is estimated to cost £1652 per employee per year. It’s perhaps no surprise that a recent survey from the American Psychological Association shows that 80% of US workers want their employer to support their mental health.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Early in my career, I reported to Harold, a leader who proudly described his MBE approach – “management by exception.” “If you haven’t heard from me, that’s a good sign,” he explained. “That means I think you’re doing just fine. I only deal with the exceptions. I look for problems and people that need correcting.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Employee experience can be defined as the journey an employee takes with your organization over the course of their employment. Everything from the way they experience recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, training, career development, performance management, recognition, rewards, and even the way they exit the organization makes up their overall experience.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 14, 2022

To grow your team’s rising stars, make sure you step back, give them room to grow, and reward their performance accordingly. . Your rising stars are in that upper right quadrant of the leadership matrix. You don’t put in a lot of time and energy, but you get great results out of them. The issue with rising stars is they want to advance and they can get bored along the way if they don’t have opportunities to grow.

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