Wed.Sep 20, 2023

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Leading Change May Need to Begin with Changing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

Behavior change is hard, but it’s a skill leaders who want to succeed amid near-constant organizational change need to develop. By increasing their self-awareness, committing to change, overcoming limiting thoughts, and deliberately practicing new behaviors, leaders raise the likelihood that the change initiatives they’re tasked to lead will be successful.

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Hard Skills? Definition & Examples for Your Resume

BetterUp

Jump to section The definition of hard skills 5 valuable types of hard skills Best hard skills to put on a resume for in-demand jobs Hard skills are an easy sell

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E-Commerce Platforms Must Prioritize the Consumer-Influencer Relationship

Harvard Business Review

In China, content-based platforms are generating a growing proportion of e-commerce, presenting a growing threat to established platforms like Alibaba and JD.com. In this model, consumers buy products during their engagement with the content provider. Managing the platform to generate sales, therefore, is about enabling the right content to reach the right viewers.

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3 Ways to Handle Difficult Relationships with Confidence

Lolly Daskal

Difficult relationships can be a source of stress and anxiety for many people. Whether it’s a challenging colleague, a difficult client, or even a family member, managing these relationships requires a certain level of emotional intelligence and skill. Here are three ways to handle difficult relationships with confidence: Communicate assertively: Assertive communication is a key skill for handling difficult relationships.

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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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How to Avoid the Churn That Comes with Agility

Harvard Business Review

Leaders today know that they need to be agile — to change direction quickly in the face of changing or uncertain conditions. But a byproduct of agility is churn: The confusion and demotivation that comes from many such pivots. This can cause inefficiency that bogs down innovative projects and strategies. The author advises that leaders instead set and communicate an unchanging overarching goal, while allowing that how they achieve that goal can and will change over time.

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The Surprising Source of Unintended Toxicity

Leadership Freak

Good intentions don't guarantee positive results. Toxicity is almost always unintended. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win our new book, The Vagrant!

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How to Lead in an AI-Driven World Successfully

Lolly Daskal

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the global business landscape, it brings along not only revolutionary changes but also a new set of challenges and opportunities for leaders. To thrive in this AI-driven world, today’s leaders must become fluent in both the language of humans and the language of machines. Here are the key competencies and approaches that can equip all leaders to navigate the intricacies of this new direction successfully.

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How a Multinational Publishing House Pivoted to Digital

Harvard Business Review

Wolters Kluwer started as a publishing house, but now earns 90 percent of its revenue from digital products.

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How Principles Of Innovation Can Help Leaders Build A Sustainable Diverse Workforce

Tanveer Nasser

We’ve all seen the studies that have shown how a diverse workforce leads to better productivity, increased profits and market share, and greater creativity and innovation. But with so many positive outcomes related to diverse workforces, why are so many organizations failing to attract and retain a diversified workforce –.

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The Secret to Giving Great Feedback

Harvard Business Review

Learn to challenge your employees more directly, while also communicating empathy.

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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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175+ Words to Describe Work Relationships

Niagara Institute

Think of the last time you talked about your work relationships with someone. What words did you use to describe those relationships? Did you use words with positive connotations, such as encouraging and inclusive, to describe the relationship you have with your boss? Maybe you described the difficult relationship you have with one of your coworkers as strained and passive-aggressive.

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How Do I Build My Network from Scratch?

Harvard Business Review

How to get started with networking.

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Career Advisor to Help You Advance Your Career

BetterUp

Jump to section What’s a career advisor?

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Persona-Powered Onboarding for Better Employee Engagement and Retention - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM UNISYS

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Unisys.

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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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Cracking The Code Of Product-Market Fit With Adam Robinson, CEO Of Retention.com

SME Strategy

Adam Robinson reveals the keys to product-market fit and true innovation. Tune in and learn how to build products customers truly want.