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MAY 3, 2023

How can you tell if a company's culture is on a good track or not? If you care about culture, how do you know if you should join a company, or invest in them? No one's feelings get hurt. When it comes to culture as a company grows, this is especially important. Or your company may not make it at all.

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Peter Winick

JANUARY 27, 2023

Launching a book and running a company that specializes in the book publishing field gave Becky aunique perspective. The journey of writing the book forced some additional clarity around the content Becky has used for years. You’ll need to focus on the people that need your book right now. It is a life-long commitment.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 18, 2017

1/ After 10+ years of publishing professional writing at [link] , I have a couple opinions on how to get your stuff read. I want to cross-pollinate a tweetstorm on lessons I’ve learned from a decade of professional writing. Think of your writing on the same timescale as your career. Write on a multi-decade timeframe.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

At many companies, low morale is a fact of life. As a manager, you may feel low morale yourself; no one is immune to the harsh realities of the modern workplace. On average, two of every three people are not engaged at work. On average, two of every three people are not engaged at work. What can you do about low morale?

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JUNE 9, 2023

"I'm a mid-level leader at my company and really unhappy. How do you know when to quit your job, when so many others depend on you?" However, it's one of the many questions we've heard before. In the process of growing Lighthouse and writing this blog, we have talked to a lot of leaders.

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Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

While many believe that the brand needs to be the focus of an organization’s social media, Zoe explains that the power in organizational thought leadership comes from the people who work for the company. Why organizations should empower their employees to become thought leaders. It’s not a chicken-and-egg situation!

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Peter Winick

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we move into the New Year, we like to stop and look back at a few of the wonderful guests we’ve had the pleasure of talking with during the year. Art starts our New Year’s podcast off right by discussing difficulties one faces in building an audience. Clips from interviews with Art Kleiner, Dan Pontefract, and Stephen M.

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Peter Winick

JULY 13, 2023

Don’t worry – help is on the way! Don’t worry – help is on the way! We learn how Vaughn became smart and focused on who his audience would be and how to create awareness, interest, and a relationship with your audience on the platform. The title of a podcast or blog entry is of utmost importance.

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Peter Winick

AUGUST 4, 2022

Denise shares how her co-sponsored research with The Economist is helping reach a global market, and how surveys on IT and business issues give her the information she needs to create thought leadership rooted in data – and bring solutions to the problems her audiences face. Enterprise software can be a complicated story to tell.

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Peter Winick

APRIL 17, 2023

Our guest today is Scott Jeffrey Miller, Senior Advisor, Thought Leadership at FranklinCovey, as well as a best-selling author, and host of the hit podcast On Leadership with Scott Miller. Scott discusses the ups and downs of his journey into thought leadership, and what it’s like to be on both sides of the fence.

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Peter Winick

JUNE 19, 2023

Executives often feel they need to be the ones out in front, creating thought leadership for their organization. True thought leadership needs to move beyond a single individual, in order to move forward at scale. Will is the Chief Marketing Officer for Integrity Solutions, which focuses on sales training for organizations.

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JUNE 17, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by ClearCompany, "if a company invests in employees’ careers, 94% said they would stay at the company longer.". Your people are one recruiter email, one catch-up with a friend, or well-timed job posting from looking elsewhere. How can your manager help you develop and grow?

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Peter Winick

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An interview with Bill Sherman that originally aired on April 6th, 2022, as part of our Leveraging Thought Leadership Live series on LinkedIn. Our hosts share their thoughts on that, and on organizations hiring for thought leadership positions (something unheard of only a few years ago!). Contact us for more information.

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Walk Me

MAY 15, 2023

Around the world, companies report problems with a “skills gap,” – as a 2021 McKinsey report explains. Perhaps you’re experiencing a skills gap in your company, your existing staff isn’t rising to the challenges, or you’re just facing a hiring freeze. Learning and development are central parts of organizational stability.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Thought leadership plays an important role in startups, and our guest on this episode, Eric Youngstrom, is just the person to tell us why. Thought leadership plays an important role in startups, and our guest on this episode, Eric Youngstrom, is just the person to tell us why. Product, investors, marketing. Don’t miss it!

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 26, 2024

85% of employees are likely to stay beyond three years in their jobs if they feel they have the technology that supports them at work. 85% of employees are likely to stay beyond three years in their jobs if they feel they have the technology that supports them at work. For millennials, work is more than just earning a handsome salary.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While many thought the pandemic brought only a temporary shift to remote work, the data tells a different story now: According to a Gallup , only two in 10 companies appear to be fully on-site and only 6% of remote-capable workers even want to be working fully on-site going forward. In fact, now's the time to prepare for it.”

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Staying top-of-mind for when your audience is ready to buy. Raymond about social selling and synergizing a personal brand with the company brand. With that in mind, how can we stay prepared for the “purchasing 5%”? To better understand what’s happening, I’ve invited Michelle J.

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Walk Me

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These practices include creating a supportive workplace environment, ensuring job security, maintaining transparency, and aligning company needs with employee expectations. So, it’s no surprise that keeping on top of the latest professional developments is one of HR’s key responsibilities. What are HR best practices?

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 10, 2022

An interview with John Jantsch and Andy Paul that originally aired on February 23rd, 2021, as part of our Leveraging Thought Leadership Live series on LinkedIn. Today, I invite two seasoned experts to share their experience with publishing, and the tools they used to move their audience up the product ladder.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 17, 2022

In this blog, we go over the fundamentals of social recognition in just about five minutes. Normally, it sounds easy to recognize one other in the workplace socially. Such personal touch can create genuine connections with one another. Read our: Ultimate Guide To Employee Rewards and Recognition. What is social recognition?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In Seligman's most notorious and controversial study, he gave dogs electric shocks: One group could stop the shocks by pushing a lever. Today, we will help you better understand this phenomena and how it can apply to unfortunate situations at work. Learned helplessness. What comes to mind when you hear that phrase?

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JULY 6, 2023

Each year, Gallup releases new reports about the workplace that help us understand trends that can help us be better managers. One of those reports is the annual State of the American Workplace study ( read the 2017 edition here or the 2023 edition here ). They've got it down to a science, and they annually report on those findings.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Like you have to put on a smile and pretend everything is fine, even when it's not? Toxic positivity is a tricky problem that can sneak into work cultures focused on being upbeat no matter what. Do you ever feel like you can't be honest at work? If any of those are true for you, your workplace may have a toxic positivity problem.

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They are the ones who return to their previous workplaces in pursuit of better compensation and more accommodating schedules, with companies seizing the opportunity to rehire "brilliant people they know are trustworthy." With existing staff numbers dwindling, more companies are becoming open to hiring past employees.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

I don't know about you, but it feels like starting on Wednesday, everyone really got back in full swing at work fast. In today's edition, I cover some important nuances in recruiting problem-solvers to your team, share one of our all time favorite books that I have been using regularly for nearly 10 years, and a lot more.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 17, 2024

One that guides teams with vision but also relates to them as human beings who crave purpose. In this blog, I'll dig into how technology changes expectations and highlights role models across various fields. In this blog, I'll dig into how technology changes expectations and highlights role models across various fields.

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Alison Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. 1. “I discovered your column while working one of the worst jobs of my life (I lasted 8 months, and was their longest term employee in the role in over 5 years). It’s your Friday good news!

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 21, 2022

Camille Fournier, author and former CTO of Rent The Runway, believes this as well as she described it in a post on her blog , calling it: Relatedness. " In the book "Turn the Ship Around!” David Marquet turned around one of the lowest performing submarine units in the U.S. They want to get lunch sometimes.”.

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Chris LoCutro

MARCH 5, 2024

This is Joel Fortner, president of the Poimen group here on Chris's team, Chris is sick. It's tough being sick, there is COVID stuff, flu stuff going around all over the place. I've been with Chris for since nearly the very beginning of this company. You’re Not Alone in Feeling Isolated! He just got sick.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Let’s dive in… Table of contents: Food for Thought on Sugar Water and Purpose News & Reports for Managers on Slack's Workforce Index Winter 2023 Your Chance to Promote Your Offer, Opening, or Product Note: This is a preview of our weekly leadership newsletter, Lighthouse Leadership Weekly (LLW). Can you believe Q1 is half over?

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AUGUST 19, 2022

When your organization grows to have layers between you and other team members, the skip level meeting becomes one of your best tools for effective communication. We recently took a deep dive into what makes great skip level one on ones. We recently took a deep dive into what makes great skip level one on ones.

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Chief Executive

JULY 29, 2022

CEOs of large and mid-market companies have invested lots of time and money in the past several years reaching outside of their own outfits for innovative ideas and people, then bringing them under the tent in various ways: corporate venture arms, accelerators, incubators, stakes in startups, new partnerships and outright acquisitions.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 12, 2023

An intense focus on excellence, secrecy, and a sense of ownership over products characterizes their company culture. They focus on innovation, creativity, transparency, and collaboration. However, the same person may thrive and adjust better to Apple's work culture. And most importantly, does it really matter?

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JANUARY 31, 2024

They're now one game from the Super Bowl, showing exactly the grittiness he has built into the culture. Let’s dive in… Table of contents: Food for Thought on What to do with a PIP News & Reports for Managers on how to get a 10-30% improvement Book of the Month on my favorite quick lesson in the 12 Week Year Last Call!

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

These slides inspired many other companies to do the same, creating a whole library of culture decks. Managers have one, essential job. Great teams want to take on great challenges. Focus feedback on actions. 11 Lessons on Culture from Netflix's Patty McCord in Powerful. Culture from Reed Hastings.

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JULY 22, 2022

One on one meetings are a cornerstone to an effective manager <-> team member relationship, from small startups to giant companies. What you talk about, and the one on one meeting questions you ask, make all the difference in the performance of your team. So then: what should you talk about?

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