Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
O UR mindset can either work for us or against us. A mind full of false narrativesfalse beliefswill keep us from growing into our potential. Unchallenged, these negative beliefs will become the soundtrack we live by and keep us from moving in the direction of our best selves and change the outcome of our lives. Josh Axe identifies in Think This, Not That twelve mental barriers that obstruct personal growth and hinder success.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The right communication strategy helps your message cut through noise and distraction. Youve said it. Youve said it again. And yet, somehow, people still dont seem to know whats going on. If you’re ever frustrated that your team doesnt act on important priorities, youre not alone. Leaders everywhere wrestle with getting their message to stick.
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Next Level Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Back in the early days of the COVID pandemic, I wrote a post on how to lead under volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions. You may know those four words by their common acronym VUCA. To be honest, I didnt think that things could get any more VUCA than they were during the pandemic. Im beginning to think I was wrong about that. Practically every week over the past year theres been a new breakthrough or application in the field of artificial intelligence.
Rich Gee Group
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Listen to the audio Listen, I get it: trying to get someone to do what you need - when theyre higher up than you or not even in your department - can feel like youre yelling into a void, especially if they talk down to you. Or worse, if they brush you off like youre not worth their time. Ive been there, and it can be frustrating as hell. But heres the thing: influence isnt all about titles.
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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
W ITH THE SUPER BOWL around the corner, what can business leaders learn from elite athletes about high-level performance? Be like Roger. And Michael. And Simone. And Usain. And many others. Thats key advice for business leaders seeking to improve their impact and excel in a sustainable, long-term way thats good for them and everyone around them. The Roger, in this case, is none other than Roger Federer, the tennis legend considered an exemplar of athleticism and sportsmanship.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
One of the highlights of hosting my “Leadership Biz Cafe” podcast has been the chance to interview Stephen M.R. Covey twice, exploring how successful leaders develop trust within their organizations.
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Leading in Context
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton The human journey. Were all taking it, but we dont always know where its headed. We cant always see where weve been until later, when we have the long-term perspective and can begin to make sense of the twists and turns weve taken throughout our lives.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
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. Jonah Sachs on the experts trap: While expertise can make us enormously efficient at playing an established game, it can also make us slower to realize when the game has changed and less able to respond to those changes.
Great Results Team Building
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Most meetings are relatively joyless experiences They become routine checklists and overlong discussions that end in a whimper. But team meetings dont have to be this way. They can (and SHOULD) be culture-building experiences that inspire action, creativity, and growth. Your team gatherings are a prime opportunity to foster collaboration and engagement, especially if you rethink how they end.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Prolonged stress shortens our lives. Every time we loiter over stressful issues, we ruin our health and shorten our lives. Yet we multiply stress by putting things off. Lower stress quickly with action. Dont say, I need more misery, before you grapple with a decision thats stealing your peace of mind.
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Lead from Within
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The harsh reality facing today’s executives isn’t whether AI will transform leadershipit’s whether you’ll be relevant when it does. In my work with C-suite leaders across major corporations, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend: while 82% acknowledge AI’s impact, most resist the fundamental changes required to thrive in this new era.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the hearts controls. Aeschylus M ANY people view fear as a negative, crippling emotion. However, it can act as a potent stimulus that enhances performance if we take the time to understand and modulate its power. The Sweet Spot of Fear Table tennis Olympian Amy Wang has had plenty of practice performing in the face of fear.
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
"Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. Need to show others -- whether a large audience or one person -- that you have shared commonalities.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The more power you have, the more lies you hear. People agree when you state your opinion. They smile when theyre upset with you. When you ask how things are going, they say, Great. Here are 4 practical ways to be worthy of hearing the truth.
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Frank Sonnenberg Online
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
We all have dreams and ambitions, but ambition alone isnt enough what are you prepared to sacrifice to achieve yours? Will you push through exhaustion, forgo momentary satisfaction for lasting success, and forge ahead when every fiber of your being urges you to stop and give up? Its easy to say yes now, but will your actions align with your promises?
HR Digest
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Its officialAI is replacing Gen Z jobs, or it might soon enough. According to a new survey, 37% of managers would rather hire artificial intelligence bots over humans, or young Gen Z graduates to be more precise. While workers have long been afraid of technology taking over their jobs, especially since the AI uprising began a few years ago, most were reassured by the fact that the technology would take some more to develop into a form that would be able to do their jobs better than them.
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Here is a book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. The book is, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated To All In , by Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. 72% of workers suffer from loneliness.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Its easier to fail casually than to give your best and fall short. Only the humble learn from responsible failure. Those who hide failure fail again. Those who never fail reach too low. The sooner you address what isnt working, the sooner trajectory changes. How to fail like a pro.
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.
The Horizons Tracker
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have published the first peer-reviewed study on workers using foodbanks in the UK. The study found that the main reason employed people are turning to foodbanks is the poor quality of available jobs. The research involved speaking directly with foodbank users in Liverpool. It revealed that 65% of participants, including 76% of those of working age, said their food insecurity was due to jobs with unreliable hours, low pay, the difficulty of balancing ins
The Regis Company
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Instructional designers are the chief architects of learning experiences, designing impactful learning experiences that equip employees with the skills needed to perform their best and help organizations remain competitive. Yet the growing demand for scalable, engaging, and personalized training programs places immense pressure on Learning & Development (L&D) professionals to deliver more with less time and fewer resources.
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Bruce Tulgan s book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work is all about how to win influence, beat overcommitment, and get the right things done in your workplace. Tulgan says that what truly sets go-to people apart is how they think and what they do, including: They understand the peculiar mathematics of real influence doing the right thing for the long term.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Leading feelings begins with setting intentions. How will people feel after their one-on-one with you? Focus on two areas. How will they feel about themselves and their work? You cant make people feel something. Leading feelings require influence, not coercion.
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The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.
The Horizons Tracker
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Even if the term “rockets and feathers” is new to you, the idea behind it is probably familiar. When companies face higher production costs, they quickly raise priceslike a rocket shooting up. But when those costs go down, prices tend to drop slowly, like a feather floating to the ground. Economists have tried to explain this pattern, but their answers havent been fully convincing.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Today’s post is by Anil Singhal, author of “The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity.” We live in an age of corporate layoffs. Whenever companies encounter a setback, the inevitable go-to move is to cut overhead. A challenging stock market, a significant customer loss, the retirement of an aging product line?
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Are you stuck in chronic performance? You are if you: Are always racing to check tasks off a list. Spending most of your time trying to minimize mistakes. Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what youre doing. Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Leaders dont change people people change themselves. You can influence transformation. You can encourage it. You cant force it. Self-discovery is growth. Listen to peoples stories if you want to inspire growth. People see themselves in their stories. MORE.
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The Horizons Tracker
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Workplace well-being in the United States has steadily declined in recent years as companies pull back from the supportive and flexible environments they created during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. A survey of over 1.5 million employees at more than 2,500 U.S. organizations found that well-being spiked in 2020 but has since fallen as workers return to offices and lose some of the flexibility that had improved work-life balance.
CEO Insider
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Scaling a business is rarely predictable. Markets shift, customer expectations change, and unforeseen challenges crop up at the worst possible times. Its a process that requires clear thinking, the courage to adapt, and a willingness to invest in what truly matters. For many leaders, the goal of scaling isnt just growthits sustainability. How do you […] The post From Zero to Global: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Scaling a Business appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Here are some tips for leaders responsible for writing an effective annual report for their nonprofit organization. Consider making these objectives for your report: To demonstrate accomplishments ( not activities ) ( results and how you did it). To recognize important people (volunteers, donors, major funders, partners). To provide an account of your organization's work for the past year.
HR Digest
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Dear Jane, I have a coworker from hell, who also happens to be a few years older than me. I truly believe she wakes up every day with the sole purpose of giving me plenty of life advicewhen I say plenty I mean everything under the sun, possible to be experienced or achieved by humans. She wants me to manage my finances her way, try hobbies that she thinks would be good for me; to dole out dating experiences with her so she can tell me what I should and shouldnt do in the dating game.
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