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The Art of the Tough Conversation: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival on the art of the tough conversation. We asked thought leaders from around the world to share their very best post on this topic. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic […]. The post The Art of the Tough Conversation: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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4 Questions Every Leader Should Ask To Be Successful

Tanveer Naseer

One of the common concerns most leaders have revolves around employee engagement. Of how to encourage employees to be fully committed to the organization’s vision and long-term goals. Without question, this is a critical factor to an organization’s success and long-term growth. And yet, what’s curious is how many leaders don’t apply the same kind […] The post 4 Questions Every Leader Should Ask To Be Successful appeared first on Tanveer Naseer.

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The Power of Choice

Lead Change Blog

Life is a matter of choices. We are making choices every day at every single step. Right from the time we wake up, to the time we hit the sack at night. Some of these are so routine we do not even stop to think about the choice we make. For instance, the choice of what we eat and what we wear, the route we take to our office, etc. Decision-making may not always be tough, but the circumstances or the people associated with those choices make it hard because of the emotions involved around those c

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8 Habits of Mentally Balanced Leaders

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Facilitating a retreat for a group of fifteen men, all in their late 30’s and 40’s, all high level executives and all high achievers, an interesting topic arose. One of the men asked for help dealing with his wife who was complaining he worked too much. He wanted help in getting her to understand that […]. The post 8 Habits of Mentally Balanced Leaders appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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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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Courage: 5 Ways to Show Up Stronger (Even When You’re Scared)

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever wanted to take a stand, but kept quiet? Have you had a moment of bravery you found hard to explain? Where does courage come from? A Courageous Guest Post from Selvia of Glowstone Peak Karin and David asked me to share […]. The post Courage: 5 Ways to Show Up Stronger (Even When You’re Scared) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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What is Meaningful Leadership? (Part 1)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In this 5-part "What is Meaningful Leadership?" series, we'll look at 5 different aspects of meaningful leadership, each one revealing opportunities for leader awareness and growth. In Part 1, we'll look at the importance of creating meaningful work settings.

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Why Self-Leadership Should be Focused on Others

Michael Lee Stallard

It’s ironic that successful self-leadership has more to do with others and less to do with self. In an article I recently shared with the Luminate community , I outline three important lessons about self-leadership that I’ve learned throughout my personal life and professional career. I encourage you to check out the article and the other thought-leadership content from the Luminate community.

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Pivot – When Innovation Takes You On A New Path – Podcast #45

Rich Gee Group

The newest episode of Two Heads podcast has just launched — Don’t be afraid of change – follow innovation wherever it takes you – what new things are happening in your world? The post Pivot – When Innovation Takes You On A New Path – Podcast #45 appeared first on Rich Gee.

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4 Tips for Capturing Leads with Your Website

Women on Business

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Improve Yourself the Ben Franklin Way

Lead Change Blog

Benjamin Franklin packed a lot of achievement into his 84 years. He was a successful entrepreneur, a scientist who made important discoveries, an inventor, an author, and a statesman. He made “small but important changes” to Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence. He helped found the institution that became the University of Pennsylvania.

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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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3 Ways To Stop Sleep Walking Through Your Leadership Legacy

Lead on Purpose

Guest article by Glain Roberts-McCabe “She was completely whole and yet never fully complete” ?Maquita Donyel Irvin One day, I was having lunch with John, a successful CEO of a national retailer.

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It’s All About Your Focus

Joseph Lalonde

The Disciplined Leader Series Becoming a disciplined leader is not for the faint of heart. A disciplined leader knows being disciplined is a choice. He also knows being disciplined is more than a choice. Leaders who are truly disciplined in their thoughts, actions, and life go the next step. These disciplined leaders know to be truly disciplined they have to control their focus.

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Women Need to Be Risk Aware Entrepreneurs

Women on Business

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Five Steps for Business Alignment

Lead Change Blog

As we continue to explore the business alignment steps I listed in my June Lead Change Group column ( Leadership Requires Healthy Relationships with Feedback ), we’re moving from Confronting Reality to Starting on the Inside. For any real change, you start at your core. The core alignment tools are nothing more than fundamental questions you and your team must answer.

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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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The upsides to delegating

Persuasive Powerhouse

One of the most difficult personal challenges a leader can have throughout their career is to delegate some of the work they are doing to others. It’s unfortunate that all too often a crisis happens before a leader realizes they could have done a better job of delegating. A health issue, a need for extended time away, or a missed promotion can make a leader regret handing over the work they should have given to others.

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Optimistic People

Career Advancement

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”. ~Nicholas M. Butler~. Sandra sighed in annoyance when Carlos, her coworker, who bounced into the office humming an upbeat tune. Their team had just lost a major client, and he seemed clueless about how that might affect the company. Over lunch, she vented her frustration to her great mentor —and to her surprise, her mentor told her that Carlos had exactly the right attitude.

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Platform Businesses Founded by Women are Shaking Things Up

Women on Business

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What’s the Difference Between Manager and Leader, and Why Does It Matter?

RapidStart Leadership

Why should we care about the difference between manager and leader? I was having coffee with a new friend last week. He had been recently promoted to his first supervisory position. As we talked about the challenges he would face, we found ourselves discussing the differences between a manager and … What’s the Difference Between Manager and Leader, and Why Does It Matter?

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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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16 Signs You’re a Toxic Leader

Leadership Freak

The trouble with toxic leaders is they’re deadly and don’t know it. But if the truth be told, every leader smells at least a little. Every time toxicity gets its way, organizations lose.

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Being A Disciplined Leader Is A Choice

Joseph Lalonde

The Disciplined Leader Series When you think of becoming a disciplined leader, what do you think about? Do you think about the effort and energy it takes to become disciplined? Do you think about changing your thoughts and actions? Or do you think about changing your choices to become a disciplined leader? Photo by Heidi Sandstrom. The reality of discipline is that it does take energy and effort.

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Robotic Applications In the Healthcare Industry

Women on Business

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How to Transform Poor Leaders into Good Leaders

Lead from Within

John J. Pershing, a US Army general in World War I, once said, “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary a poor leader can demoralize the best of troops.” Most teams and organizations are only as capable as their leaders—and that makes it important to help transform all the all the poor leaders around you into good ones.

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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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Treat People as They Are – Not as You Are

Leadership Freak

It’s frustrating to expect people to be like you when they are like them. Understanding and accepting people is leadership’s missed opportunity.

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Closing the Gap: How to Get Coaching

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Michael Bungay Stanier: Over the last few years, the leadership world has begun to understand the importance of coaching in the workplace. But what has that really translated to? Some companies went about implementing coaching by bringing in an executive coach to help develop thei r employees. And while that can be a good introduction and yield great results, it can also be quite expensive, the individual training can be a little inconsistent, and it doesn’t effectively implement

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Need a Morale Boost? Reward and Recognition Can Help

Women on Business

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How to Effectively Get the Right Work Done

Lead from Within

We’re all ridiculously busy these days. Nearly every leader I talk to feels overloaded and overwhelmed. As crazy as it may seem to add something else to your to-do list, there’s no better time to invest some energy in thinking about how you work and finding ways to be more productive and effective , because the payoff will start immediately. Improving productivity has a lot to do with dealing more effectively with barriers, distractions and anything that interferes with your momentum.

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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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A Getting It Wrong Plan

Leadership Freak

I came across a pony-tailed biker-type guy with a long scruffy beard in a cigar shop. He was a retired union pipefitter that had traveled the country welding pipes in nuclear power plants.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Ant-Man And The Wasp

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return in the 20th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Ant-Man And The Wasp. In this outing, The Wasp (played by Evangeline Lilly) and her father Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) are in search of Janet Van Dyne (the original Wasp portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer), their mother/wife. Their search began anew when Scott Lang (Ant-Man) returned from the Quantum Realm, a feat thought impossible.

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5 Secrets to Refinancing Your Student Loans

Women on Business

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Life of the Party

Kevin Eikenberry

by Bob Kealing I am guessing you have used or at least seen a piece of Tupperware. Chances are you don’t know much about the creation of the product or its creator, Earl Tupper. It is even less likely you know anything about Brownie Wise, the builder the Tupperware Party process; the process that made […]. The post Life of the Party appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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.