Fri.Apr 28, 2023

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In 4 Simple Steps the Best Leaders Improve their Culture

Lolly Daskal

As a leader, it’s important to prioritize the culture of your organization. A positive and supportive culture can lead to increased productivity, collaboration, and overall satisfaction among your employees. But a negative culture can have serious consequences for both the team and the overall success of the business. So, it’s important that leaders, especially the best ones, take the time to improve their culture.

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Are your tactics actually supporting a strategy?

Peter Winick

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage. And here’s a thought that I’d like to share with you today, as I typically do once a week. And that’s this: In my conversations with authors and speakers and thought leaders from around the world, one of the things that I find that really just kind of sticks in my head is this.

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The End of an Era: Employers Retake Control

Forbes Leadership

Power dynamics are pivoting from the employee to the employer, and it is going to be a tectonic reset for many employees who only know the employee-power version of the world.

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Small Business Week 2023: Ways You Can Make an Impact

Zenefits

In 1953 the federal government created the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help business owners grow and prosper in our “Land of Opportunity.” In 1963, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed the first National Small Business Week to honor top entrepreneurs in every state with special recognition and rewards. By promoting these business leaders and their successes, the SBA shares ideas, help, and inspiration for owners across the country.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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13 Big Tech Trends B2B Marketers Are Leveraging This Year

Forbes Leadership

In today’s dynamic B2B marketplace, staying on top of the latest tech trends is essential to standing out from the competition and successfully engaging target audiences.

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Four People Strategies To Keep Your Company On Track In Turbulent Times

Chief Executive

As executives make the “hard calls” in response to Q2’s lingering uncertainty, many are doing real harm to their organizations, and often publicly. News stories abound with leaked missteps: from stereotypical remarks about what constitutes best business practice to tone deaf comments following layoffs to praise for false martyrdom on the part of employees making unenviable sacrifices.

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First Day on the Job: How to Handle It Like a Pro

BetterUp

Jump to section Before you begin The days before 15 tips for nailing your first day If you work remotely 5 ways to keep up the good work Start your new job strong

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How This Entrepreneur Is Uncorking The Wine World

Forbes Leadership

A new company is disrupting the wine world by championing women winemakers, winemakers of color and queer winemakers from lesser-known regions around the world.

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Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t Feel Like It Should

Michael McKinney

S UCCESS is not a destination but a journey. And each achievement opens yet another door to our potential. The achievement feels wonderful, but just when we thought we reached to top, we feel the burden of the invitation to take another step into our newfound potential. We’re in what Laura Gassner Otting identifies as Wonderhell. Wonderhell is that place between who you are and who you are becoming.

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Opera Streaming Revolution: Boston Baroque, IDAGIO, And GBH Music Unveil Digital Innovation For Global Audiences

Forbes Leadership

On the heels of its 50 year anniversary, Boston Baroque, in partnership with IDAGIO and GBH Music, premiered a series of performances of the opera Iphigénie en Tauride with a digital streaming that was viewed across the world, pointing towards the beneficial effects of the metaverse on the arts.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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A 3-Minute Adventure

Leadership Freak

Leadership is an adventure with an elusive destination. It would be easier if stability was common and turbulence less frequent. But busyness blinds us to the most important adventure.

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Nine Tips These Entrepreneurs Recommend To Any Young Woman Starting Her Own Business (And Why)

Forbes Leadership

As women entrepreneurs themselves, the following members of Young Entrepreneur Council have experienced many of these hurdles and have overcome them in order to achieve success.

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Don’t Let Distractions Derail Your Company’s Strategy

Harvard Business Review

They can slow down progress and waste effort — but when managed well, they can also present new opportunities.

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How To Get Out Of Freeze Mode And Launch A New Project Quickly

Forbes Leadership

Launching a new project can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to take years to get your ideas off the ground. Marketing strategist Alice Benham shares five steps to follow to get moving quickly.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Employee Evaluation Template & Comprehensive Guide [+ Free Download]

AIHR

Employee evaluation templates are an indispensable tool that allows HR professionals to develop a structured approach to assessing an individual employee’s performance, growth, and potential within an organization. Employee evaluation forms support a culture of continuous improvement, encourage open communication between employees and management, and are invaluable in identifying areas for development and aligning individual goals with organizational objectives.

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The “Three C’s” To Building A Strong Remote Work Team

Forbes Leadership

Since the pandemic, remote working has reached unprecedented levels. Learn how you can build an effective remote work team from two experts in the field.

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Employee Offboarding: 9 Steps for HR [Free Checklist]

AIHR

Employee offboarding ensures a smooth transition when employees leave an organization. Implementing a robust offboarding process helps minimize legal risks, maintain positive relationships with former employees, and protect a business’s reputation. In this article, we’ll explore employee offboarding, what the process should look like, and provide you with an offboarding checklist to download.

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Act Now Or Wait 132 Years: The Imperative For Global Gender Equality

Forbes Leadership

It's predicted that it will still take 132 years to close the gender parity gap. This is an urgent call to action for global leaders. This article discusses findings from Deloitte's latest Women @ Work report and focuses on how organizations can drive change.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Infusing Digital Responsibility into Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

Four strategies based on in-depth studies of 12 large European firms.

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Four Philosophy Books That Offer Important Leadership Advice

Forbes Leadership

Instead of flipping through the channels, why not try a philosophy book? After all, these texts have been a source of leadership for three thousand years.

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Decision-Making Style to Make Better Choices

BetterUp

Jump to section What are decision-making styles? The 4 decision-making styles What’s your style?

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To Build Momentum Amid Headwinds, Start Somewhere And Connect The Dots

Forbes Leadership

We talk about momentum in business and life, but it can feel elusive amid the stops and starts and uncertainties we’ve grown accustomed to. By looking to natural wisdom and the laws of physics, we see the one step necessary to build momentum for our teams, or our selves.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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CANADA: Graduating Class of 2023 In Demand: Job Prospects for Grads at Highest Level in Years

Refresh

Even those who haven’t graduated yet are in demand with 2 in 5 employers (38%) planning to hire college and university students this year, up from 36% last year and 33% in 2021. In terms of the positions employers are looking to fill with recent graduates, the most common are entry-level (53%) and mid-level (47%) jobs, followed by individual contributors (28%) and senior-level jobs (20%).

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Meet Educator And Investor Sergio Monsalve Of Roble Ventures

Forbes Leadership

It’s not that he intentionally keeps a low profile - given where he is, what he does and what he’s done, that’s probably impossible.

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Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission

Harvard Business Review

Can Northvolt make greener batteries for a better world and a bigger profit?

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How To Bounce Back After Being Passed Over For Promotion

Forbes Leadership

It hurts to be passed over. But you can bounce back from this and other setbacks and disappointments that are inevitable in the course of your career. Finding ways to re-focus on learning, relationships and legacy can help you get your mojo back.

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How Banks Can Finally Get Risk Management Right

Harvard Business Review

SVB was a cautionary tale.

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Unionization Efforts Spread Through Higher Education As Colleges Double Down

Forbes Leadership

Despite increasing demands for pay increases amongst both undergraduate and graduate student unions, colleges remain resistant to calls for reform. Recent victories for unions across the country have indicated that strikers are prepared to successfully take on institutions of higher education.

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Q&A with Dr. Judith Mangelsdorf: Germany's 1st positive psych professor

BetterUp

Jump to section Q&A

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How Businesses Can Help Parents Of Autistic Children

Forbes Leadership

When a child receives an autism diagnosis, every aspect of family life is impacted, including work life. Employers are responding by offering healthcare plans that include emotional wellness services and coverage for therapy.

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How A Celebrated Aerospace Contractor Keeps Holding On To Its People

Chief Executive

As U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal swept through the floor of the Hygrade Precision Technologies plant in a tour on Friday morning, he saw about two dozen familiar faces. Not familiar to him—familiar to one another. And in that fact, the Democratic senator from Connecticut beheld one of the biggest keys to the success of the company in Plainville that was just named 2023 Small Business Administration Manufacturer of the Year.

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Why Remote Access Is The New ‘Curb Cut’ For Modern Accessibility

Forbes Leadership

As society continues to return to in-person activities, it's important not to leave behind the gains made by virtual access. Instead, we should use them as a stepping stone—or more aptly, a curb cut—to create a more accessible world for everyone.

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