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How To Show Up As a Better Leader During Chaotic Times

Let's Grow Leaders

Do you ever feel like us? Sometimes we just look at one another and say, “why are we so tired?” Leading in chaotic times is exhausting. But when it comes right down to it, one of the biggest reasons is all the […]. The post How To Show Up As a Better Leader During Chaotic Times appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

N2Growth and Stanford Graduate Graduate School of Business are pleased to congratulate those individuals recognized on the 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO List. These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. History. The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015.

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How To Transform Your Company

Lead Change Blog

Your financial and emotional health are linked to how functional, or dysfunctional, your company is. If you’re feeling stuck, frustrated, or haven’t seen growth in your company, you may need to realign YOUR company whether you own, lead or work in it. Alex Vorobieff, author of Transform Your Company , shares how to discover the hidden force pulling companies into dysfunction and creating frustration.

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5 Books Leaders Should Read In October 2020

Joseph Lalonde

It’s the end of September. That means it is time for another list of book recommendations. Every month, I am sharing books I think you should read. Whether that’s the coming month or 5 months from now, these books will help you become a better leader. These book recommendations will be a mix of personal […].

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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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What Leaders Do with a Clash in Priorities

Let's Grow Leaders

A clash in priorities is an opportunity for more strategic leadership We were discussing how to keep your team focused on what matters most when Nicolle, a team leader in a global communications business, asked, “What can I do when there’s a […]. The post What Leaders Do with a Clash in Priorities appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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November 5 Webinar With ExecuNet

Michael Lee Stallard

Looking for a training opportunity for yourself or your leadership team this fall? Join me and the team at ExecuNet for a complimentary webinar on November 5. We’ll be talking about remote work, rising stress, and the critical need for connection in today’s environment. . ExecuNet is a organization focused on providing senior executives with advice and counsel for the unique challenges they might be facing.

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What You Can Do To Ensure Your Employees Feel Valued

Tanveer Naseer

Ensuring that your employees feel valued is one of the single most important things that you can do for your business. Employees who feel valued will not only be more productive as they go about their day to day jobs, but they are likely to be more creative in an. Click to continue reading.

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How to Make Your Leadership Message Stick

Let's Grow Leaders

When it comes to critical messages, communicating once is never enough. In this episode, get practical (and creative) ways you can master 5×5 communication and ensure your team understands what matters most. The post How to Make Your Leadership Message Stick appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How a leader defines “let” can nurture or hinder growth

Lead Change Blog

“We’re going to need to let that hem out again.”. This is something my mom would say when she realized my pants were getting too short. She was a gifted seamstress (a talent I surely did not appreciate at the time). I realize, in retrospect, that her talent also helped the family bottom line, because it enabled her to stretch the life of my clothes out as I grew. .

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2020 that you don't want to miss: Don’t Be A Wimp! Practical Tips On How To Overcome Obstacles by @LaRaeQuy. Boss’s Tip of the Week: Your job is to help the team and the team members succeed from @wallybock. Why the Best Leaders Ask For Help In A Crisis by @LollyDaskal Lego CEO Niels Christiansen On Play During Covid-19 Pandemic via @TIME #Lego makes a hundred billion bricks a year.

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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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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Dreamer The Documentary

Joseph Lalonde

Dreamer is the 2020 documentary about the crazy dreamers who are making a difference in the world. Having been told what they wanted to do was crazy, impossible, or even improbably, they didn’t listen to the naysayers. Rather, these dreamers listened to their dreams. They accomplished huge things that no one else had ever accomplished. The list […].

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Leadership is a Responsibility

Kevin Eikenberry

Leadership is a lot of things. It is a role. It likely represents career progress. It can be lonely. And last week, I explained why it is an opportunity. It is also hard to escape the fact that leadership is a responsibility too. But far from scolding or reminding you about some grave facts, I […]. The post Leadership is a Responsibility appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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This Underrated Leadership Skill Is More Important than Ever

Lead Change Blog

Of all the skills leaders need to be successful, active listening may be the most overlooked and underrated. Active listening has become even more vital during the global pandemic, as many organizations work in a remote environment. As a result, substantial communication has shifted to virtual platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. While meeting virtually may be the next best thing to being in person, it is not the same.

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Beliefs Are Complicated

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Part 1 in the Truth and Misinformation: How to Spot False Narratives series explored truth and narrative, and Part 2 examined how data and motives relate to the truth. Part 3 addressed the importance of media literacy. In Part 4, we take a deeper look at truth and belief.

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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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How To Find Qualified Team Members

Joseph Lalonde

If you’ve looked to hire a qualified team member recently, you know something. You know finding qualified team members to be a difficult task. Unemployment numbers have been at record lows. The current jobless rates show unemployment to be hovering around the three percent mark. THAT IS LOW. The low unemployment rate also presents a […].

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The Only 3 Options to Cure a Toxic Team Culture

Great Results Team Building

If you are leading or working in a toxic team culture, there are only 3 cures that you will ultimately be able to choose from to make things better. Yes, there are thousands of consultants and coaches giving hundreds (if not thousands) of different opinions about what contributes to and affects a workplace environment – but even that plethora of wisdom can be simplified by boiling it all down to three possible cures.

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The 7 Damaging Power Gaps Women Face and How Leaders Can Help

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Guest post by Kathy Caprino Several years ago, I began to notice some very common, repetitive patterns emerging in terms of what professional women were dealing with in their careers and jobs that were blocking them from the success, reward and impact they were longing for. I decided to pull back the lens to identify […]. The post The 7 Damaging Power Gaps Women Face and How Leaders Can Help appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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How Hints, Expectations, and the Power of Suggestion Influence Others

Leadership Freak

The power of suggestion might kill you. The Smithsonian Magazine reports an individual who attempted suicide using placebo tablets. The pills could not harm him.

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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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The Three Main Organizational Drivers

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds : Is your company primarily power-, profit-, or purpose-driven? Approaching a meeting with the CEO of his organization, one of my culture clients (a senior executive of a major retailer) said, “I’m going to ask him whether he thinks we are a power-driven company, a profit-driven company, or a purpose-driven company.” I’d not heard about those differentiators, so I asked him to define them for me.

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How to Build Trust In A Room When You Need It Most

Lead from Within

To be an effective leader you need to be able to build trust. It’s really that simple. If trust isn’t present, you can’t lead successfully. Building trust is an ongoing process, something you need to work at every day. Here are some of the key elements: Learn to communicate effectively. Poor communication is a major reason for mistrust. Good communication includes being clear about what you have or have not committed to and what has been agreed upon.

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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Kevin Eikenberry

We meet in hundreds of ways, but mostly without thinking about why or how to make those meetings more meaningful. Whether it is a party, a baby shower, a team meeting (virtual or otherwise), we typically do it without a process for making it better. The Art of Gathering is a book that will forever […]. The post The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Rise Above Lousy Teamwork: 7 Competencies of Teams that Work

Leadership Freak

Lousy teamwork wastes time and squanders resources. We’ve all been frustrated with teams that underperformed. But what are the key factors for teams that work?

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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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True or False: Communications in Your Organization Have Changed During the Pandemic

leaderCommunicator

While no one expected or wanted the pandemic, it’s given us all – leaders, HR professionals and communicators – an unprecedented opportunity to learn and examine what works and what we should continue in the future. As you reflect on progress made, here are a few True/False statements to consider, along with some insights on trends we’re seeing from our work with clients and conversations with communications colleagues.

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What Leadership Skills Will Be Needed In the Future

Lead from Within

It may be hard to think about the future when the present is so challenging, but in times of great change and uncertainty it’s more important than ever to stay a step—or several steps—ahead in your preparation. These are the skills you should be cultivating now to be successfully as a leader for the future. A positive attitude toward change. Leaders of the future will need to be optimistic by nature and positive about change, because everything around us is likely to remain uncertain and complex

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Progress or Perfection? – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Today I am asking you a question: Are you seeking progress or perfection? I am asking you this both personally and as a coach. And in the video below, I am making a case for each and then also a case for both. Tweet it out: Ask yourself what you want today – progress or […]. The post Progress or Perfection? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Troubles You Endure Spring From Reactions You Regret

Leadership Freak

Rude drivers invite kneejerk reactions. He cut you off. You yell, “Ass hole!” (Perhaps there’s some gesticulation as well.) Reacting is you with someone else in mind.

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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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Are You Making These Killer Marketing Mistakes?

Joseph Lalonde

When you are managing your business, it’s important to approach marketing your company the right way. Issues with your marketing campaign will make it difficult to gain the attention that you need from customers and clients. It could also lead to problems with your costs for your company. If you are running an inefficient marketing […].

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When Leaders Cannot Meet Their Team: 6 Tips for Stepping Into a New Role Without a Handshake – Guest Blogger Julie Freeman

leaderCommunicator

In February 2020, I accepted an assignment as the Interim CEO of a leading scientific professional society. The Board President and President-elect were looking to me to keep the 130-member staff engaged and calm until the new CEO came on board, ensuring that valued society programs continued to operate effectively. I knew there would be some challenges in leading the team.

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Cleaning House: 5 Leadership Messes to Clean Up Before You Let the Neighbors In

RapidStart Leadership

A neighbor unexpectedly appeared at my door and wanted to come in. Was I ready? What if someone wanted to visit the teams we lead? What leadership messes would we want to get cleaned up? The post Cleaning House: 5 Leadership Messes to Clean Up Before You Let the Neighbors In appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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How to Take Your Team to the Next Level in 30 Days

Leadership Freak

Successful teams do the work AND they work on the WAY they do the work. Go further faster by working on the WAY you work.

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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.