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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

The equation also applies to our individual capacity for positive influence (+influence). It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.”

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15 Attributes of Positively Energizing Leaders

Leading Blog

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. The kind of positive energy that most accounts for flourishing in individuals and in organizations is called relational energy.” There are 15 attributes associated with positively energizing leaders: 1.

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Managing Irritating People

Leadership Freak

What will it take for us to have a positive attitude about messy people? Managing Irritating People Irritating people are everywhere because everyone is messy. Some more than others. We wish that “pain in the neck” employee would go away.

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quickpoint: What Middle Managers Do

Leading Blog

I N Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work , authors Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field contend that middle managers are crucial to the new world of work. They came to realize that they needed middle managers more than ever. What kind of qualities and skills does the job require?

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The HR Leader’s Guide to Employee Management

Creating consistent employee management practices help create a positive workplace culture and improve key performance outcomes across the board. Nothing motivates employees more than a great boss. Download Paycor’s guide to learn how to: Review and improve performance Create career paths Future-proof pipeline with succession plans

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Creating a Positive Company Culture: Tips for HR Managers

Strategy Driven

As an HR manager, it is your job to ensure the experience your employees have at work is a positive one. Encourage Open Communication Encouraging open communication is essential to creating a positive company culture. This inherently creates a more positive work environment. Let’s jump right in! Encouraging breaks.

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Caring For a Positive Culture

Leading in Context

It is the importance of simultaneously managing two things well in order to shore up both sides of the system. By Linda Fisher Thornton I have written a lot about ethical culture building, but there is one simple concept that is a game changer that many leaders overlook.

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7 Ways to Manage a Talent Shortage

Between the rapid rollout of vaccines, the financial stimulus, and increasingly positive jobs reports, hiring is on the rise. But it also means your business needs to hire and retain talented people in a highly competitive market. Nearly half of the 22 million jobs lost during the early months of the pandemic have been recovered.

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The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

It's no secret that hiring for a senior management position is a tough task for recruiters, and remaining open to changes and seeking better ways to source candidates is critical. That is why building a strong framework for executive hiring that maximizes efficiencies while minimizing cost and time to hire is important.