Fri.Apr 07, 2023

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The Best Leaders Actually Use This Psychology for Engaging Employees

Lolly Daskal

As an executive coach, I have helped clients globally achieve results through discussions on effective employee engagement. I believe psychology plays a key role in successful employee engagement and motivation, specifically by understanding employee needs. Leaders who prioritize engagement actually use this psychology to make it work. Here are the five psychological needs that make a significant difference in engaging your employees: Personal needs: This psychology involves an employee’s

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Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem

Harvard Business Review

Strategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they’re in compliance with the law.

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The “All Things Being Equal Test” Part II: Blatant Racism In The Tennessee House

Forbes Leadership

The shocking but not surprising expulsion of two young Black men by the Tennessee State Legislature while their 60-year-old White colleague was spared ouster despite breaking house rules in the exact same way is a blatant display of racism, pure and simple.

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Ernest Hemingway on Leadership

Refresh

Known as one of the most influential writers of the 20 th century, Ernest Hemingway was one of the so-called “Lost Generation” of artists. After attending high school, Hemingway opted to forgo college and become a reporter for the Kansas City Star. His time as an ambulance driver in World War I created lasting effects on his world view, inspiring his novel A Farewell to Arms.

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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 Ebony Austin, Restaurateur, Philanthropist, And Community Leader Uses Food To Make A Difference

Forbes Leadership

Owning and operating a restaurant is a tough industry that is not for business owners who wish for a more hands-off approach. According to restaurateur, Ebony Austin, the entrepreneurs who find sustainable success are the ones who are unafraid to roll up their sleeves.

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Is Your Workplace Plagued by Disrespect? Take This Step to Disarm It

Michael McKinney

N AME-CALLING. Stereotyping. Micromanaging. Foul language. Is your workplace a hotbed of disrespect—and are productivity and collaboration tanking because of it? When co-workers, managers, and their subordinates lose respect for one another, it negatively impacts their work and the work of the people around them. Some organizations respond with well-meaning exhortations to “just get along,” or they encourage private chats with human resources or senior management.

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3 Ways Companies Get Customer Experience Wrong

Harvard Business Review

And how to address them before your competitors seize the opportunity.

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Driving Retention Starts With Nurturing Deep Employee Connections

Forbes Leadership

The key to driving retention? Putting aside self-defeating beliefs that become self-fulfilling prophecies (such as believing that employees will always leave for more money or that high turnover is par for the course in a particular industry) and crafting intentional employee experiences.

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My Wife Fixed Our Toilet Handle with a Paper Clip

Leadership Freak

My wife fixed our toilet handle with a paper clip. It broke again the next morning, so I lifted the tank lid and pulled the chain. Then I went to the gym.

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In Tech And Other Coverage Areas, Newsrooms Are Missing Big Stories By Ignoring Disabled Journalists

Forbes Leadership

What this latest "thanks, but no thanks" experience—it isn’t the first time to happen—puts in plain view is the majority of editorial powers-that-be and recruiters who run big newsrooms do not value diversity and inclusion as fully as they believe they do.

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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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15 Ways to Improve Your Focus and Concentration Skills

BetterUp

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Top 5 Meeting Myths That Sabotage Success

Forbes Leadership

The widespread misconceptions surrounding corporate meetings not only diminish productivity but also decrease job satisfaction. Challenging these assumptions is key to cultivating positive work cultures that prioritize employee well-being.

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Equitable President Nick Lane Asks, “How Do You Keep Score?”

Chief Executive

Playing lacrosse at Princeton taught Nick Lane that there are different ways of keeping score, whether the game being played is on a field or in a business or, simply, in life. One way to keep score involves winning, which, in collegiate lacrosse, ultimately means winning the National Championship. By that definition, Lane certainly learned how to keep score at Princeton as the Tigers won two national championships during his undergraduate years.

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Mining And Metals: Sustaining The Global Economy

Forbes Leadership

In 2022, the Deloitte Economics Institute published research which found that, if left unchecked, climate change could create US$178 trillion in global economic losses between 2021 and 2070 To reach net-zero by 2050 likely requires active support from governments, investors, corporate entities an.

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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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Does Your Board Have A Culture Where Honest Debate Takes Place?

Chief Executive

Corporate directors at Cano Health recently had a dispute that prompted three directors to resign from the board and vow to wage a campaign to potentially oust the company CEO and management. While this level of public feuding between directors may be rare, it raises the question: What should corporate board members do when there are stark differences of opinion about management’s business strategy?

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‘I’ve Always Been A Lover Of My Community:’ Rapper Trick Trick On His Detroit Roots And Cannabis Advocacy

Forbes Leadership

An exclusive interview with Detroit rapper and famed Eminem and Ice Cube collaborator, Trick Trick.

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How Colorism Affects Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Three ways to disrupt this insidious, global bias.

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Debunking Myths About Hybrid Work Productivity

Forbes Leadership

Managers often complain about hybrid employee procrastination resulting in missing deadlines and task delays, when compared to their in-office colleagues. As a result, many managers resent having to meet the desires of employees for flexibility in this tight labor market.

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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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You Can Reduce Costs And Still Achieve ESG Goals - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GEP

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from GEP.

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Nine Ways Better Experiences Result In Higher B2B Growth

Forbes Leadership

Susan Quinn, founder and CEO of Circle S Studios shares which nine traits all high-performing companies exhibit. “When done consistently, these companies not only outperform their peers, in many cases they become designated as best in class," says Quinn.

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How Leaders Maximize Corporate Culture

LSA Global

Do Your Leaders Maximize Corporate Culture to Rally Their Teams? When we assess organizational culture , the majority of business and HR leaders tell us that their corporate culture is not where it needs to be in order to optimize employee engagement or to drive business performance. That is a problem. Organizational culture matters — a lot. Our organizational alignment research found that workplace culture accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies.

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Doomsday Predictions Around ChatGPT Are Counter-Productive

Forbes Leadership

As fears mount about the jobs supposedly at risk from generative AI technologies like chatGPT, are these fears likely to prevent people from taking steps to adapt?

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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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Examples of Development Opportunities for Professional Growth

BetterUp

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Technology Is Key For Businesses Looking To Succeed In An Ever-Evolving World.

Forbes Leadership

By leveraging technology, companies can gain real-time visibility into their supply chain, explore untapped markets, develop differentiated products and services, and quickly respond to changing customer needs, all of which can help organizations remain competitive

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Remote/Hybrid Work On The Decline As Companies Struggle To Drive Engagement, Poll Finds

Chief Executive

It’s a question many have asked over the past three years: What will happen to remote work once the pandemic days are behind us? Corporate leadership teams have explored the pros and cons of the new way of working, weighing in worker demand against productivity levels and engagement metrics. Now, as the Biden administration readies to officially end to the U.S.’s Covid-19 public health emergency on May 11, a new poll by Chief Executive shows a growing number of companies are reverting to in-offi

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Agency Leaders Share 11 Must-Attend Conferences For Industry Pros

Forbes Leadership

These conferences stand out with excellent reputations, high-quality content and consistently powerful attendee experiences.

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The Fake Web: How Marketing Organizations Can Defend Themselves From Bots, Fake Users And Fraud.

Forbes Leadership

There is a growing need to secure and protect a business’s go-to-market operation from bots, fake users, and fraud. Marketing organizations need to protect their efforts from the threats of the Fake Web.

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Stop Guessing And Start Analyzing Your Website Traffic With These Tools

Forbes Leadership

You don't need to know everything about how your website works in order to have a good website marketing strategy, but it's critical to at least peek behind the curtain of performance.

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College Admissions Are Broken And In Need Of Innovation

Forbes Leadership

Whether due to scandals or lawsuits or the increasingly arbitrary feel of decisions, there is widespread discontent over college admissions and a desperate need for innovation.

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Agile Marketing Lessons Learned From Off-Road Racing

Forbes Leadership

Just like off-road racing, agile marketing is a wild ride. But if you understand how to learn from your successes and failures, adapt quickly to conditions, and work as a team, nothing can stop you from reaching the finish line.

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Creating Space For Marketing To Act As A Strategic Driver Of Business

Forbes Leadership

Marketers have always faced major headwinds when it comes to access to resources and maintaining a seat at the table. So what can we do about it?

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16 Emerging Nonprofit Trends Leaders Should Be Watching In 2023

Forbes Leadership

By making it a priority to check in on employees, nonprofit leaders can increase productivity and engagement.