Tue.Sep 26, 2023

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10 Signs Your Company Is Resistant to Change

Harvard Business Review

In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. The first step is to identify the real problem you need to solve. Often that’s not clear to everyone – because people have developed a number of effective ways to tolerate the problem instead of fix it.

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9 Leadership Challenges And How To Overcome Them

Lolly Daskal

Being a leader can be a challenging role, as there are many obstacles that leaders must overcome in order to be successful. Whether you are a new leader or an experienced one, there are challenges and solutions can help you become a more effective leader. Here are nine leadership challenges that most leaders will face and how to overcome them. Lack of direction: As a leader, not having a clear vision or direction for your team can make it difficult to achieve goals and can lead to a lack of moti

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The Strategic Benefits of Randomized Decision-Making

Harvard Business Review

In highly ambiguous and challenging contexts, a random approach to decision-making confers a number of advantages. Operations managers have been using randomized decision-making since World War II (randomized search was used to locate enemy submarines in the open ocean), but it has not yet been seriously applied to strategic decision-making, which remains focused on hypothesis formulation and testing.

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8 Steps To Design an Employee Referral Program (With Free Sample)

AIHR

As a Human Resources professional, you’re probably already aware of the benefits that come with utilizing an employee referral program. Not only does it save time and money by streamlining recruitment efforts, but when done right, it can also drastically improve the quality of your new hires. According to LinkedIn Talent Solutions , it takes, on average, 29 days to hire a candidate referred by an employee.

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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 One Health System Got Rid of Bureaucratic Busywork

Harvard Business Review

Technological progress and new digital products have perennially been relied upon for improving operations. But the truth is, tech can often make bureaucracy worse. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were hailed as a cure to the inefficiency of paper-based systems. But studies now reveal that doctors spend half of their time managing EHRs and desk work, shortchanging patients and fueling burnout.

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How to Lead Successfully in a Global Environment

Leadership Freak

It’s impossible to over-communicate when teams are far away from each other. There's a new book giveaway on this post.

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Improve Your Impromptu Speaking

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Stanford’s Matt Abrahams on an essential skill for leaders.

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Public Speaking Anxiety: What It Is & 10 Tips To Overcome It

BetterUp

Jump to section What’s public speaking anxiety?

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How CEOs Can Leverage AI

Rhythm Systems Growth

Learn how CEOs can leverage AI to create actionable annual plans, SMART goals within seconds and provide their organization with a 24/7 accessible business coach.

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541 | Understanding the “D” Personality Style and Its Influence on Conflict

Chris LoCutro

Let’s talk High D personalities – you know, those assertive go-getters! So, here’s the deal: effective communication is where it’s at! We’ve gotta figure out how to connect with those High D folks who are all about getting stuff done, being assertive, and making quick decisions. These guys are like the ultimate goal-setters. Fostering smoother relationships is something that we all wish for, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.

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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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The PGA Tour and LIV Golf Merger: Competition Vs. Cooperation

Harvard Business Review

Did the PGA Tour take the right actions in response to LIV Golf’s entry?

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Building Trust: Exceptional Leadership In An Uncertain World With Darryl Stickel Ph.D

SME Strategy

Darryl Stickel, the Founder of Trust Unlimited, brings us into the framework of building trust effectively with other people through the ten levers.

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Employee Connection in 2023: What The Research Says

Niagara Institute

If you’ve been in the workforce long enough, you’ve likely made a few friends from work. Most people would agree that having friendships at work makes all the difference in their employee experience , and research confirms the tremendous benefit when individuals feel connected to the people they work with and their work.

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The CEO’s Approach to Effective People Management

Rhythm Systems Growth

Learn how to simplify performance management to track the right KPIs, provide goal clarity and engage and retain top talent.

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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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5 Steps that Move Corporate Purpose From Words to Action - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM BRANDPIE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Brandpie.

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Unleash Peak Performance: The Power of Performance Habits

Rhythm Systems Growth

Learn why building a peak-performing company can accelerate your growth and the necessary performance habits to get there.

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Customer Story: Tattly

Help Scout Leadership

Tattly insists on delighting customers and uses Help Scout to make providing memorable support as easy and fun as it should be.

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Executing and Navigating Growth: Unveiling the Strategic Power of Your Annual Plan

Rhythm Systems Growth

Learn how to successfully commit to a planning cadence and rhythm of work to make your annual plan your weapon of success.

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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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Keeping Procurement and Supply Chain Strategy Rooted in Real Time and in the Real World - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SAP

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor Content from SAP.

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Inside Support: Q&A with Support Leader Brittany Ferguson

Help Scout Leadership

Learn from folks who are helping customers, building teams, and growing careers in ecommerce customer service.

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Video Quick Take: SAP’s Etosha Thurman on Mitigating Risk and Building Resilience in Supply Chain and Procurement - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SAP

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor Content from SAP.

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Machine Learning: Prediction, Decision and Action

UVA Darden

Machine Learning: Prediction, Decision and Action burtonc Tue, 09/26/2023 - 18:24 26 September 2023 Data & Analytics Operations & Technology Digital Transformation Small ups and downs determine your fate and mine, every day. A precise spam filter has a meaningful impact on almost every working hour. We depend heavily on effective internet search for work, health, home improvement and most everything else.

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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