Wed.Jun 07, 2023

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Your Data Strategy Needs to Include Everyone

Harvard Business Review

An entirely new “management paradigm” for data is needed. As used here, a “management paradigm” embodies a common language, a holistic vision of the ways data should contribute, a clearly defined organizational structure showing how data integrates across the organization, along with clear roles and responsibilities for all involved. Eventually, it needs to incorporate corporate culture, relationships with universities and vendors, policy, and anything else that advances, or holds back the effec

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Many Great Leaders Make This Simple Mistake When Leading Others

Lolly Daskal

Many great leaders make the simple mistake of thinking that their role is to tell others what to do. While it is important for leaders to provide direction and guidance. It’s equally important for them to listen to and understand the perspectives of their team members. Here are four ways that a simple leadership mistake can cause those you lead to be distressed: It can lead to a lack of trust and respect: When leaders constantly tell their team members what to do, it can create a culture o

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7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research

Harvard Business Review

Treating everyone with respect is the foundation of good leadership. Employees who feel disrespected are more likely to also feel excluded or even inferior. The authors offer seven behaviors, based on their analysis of data collected from more than 4,500 employees, that lead to a demonstration and feeling of respect. These include valuing diversity, staying in touch with individuals’ issues and concerns, building trusted, resolving conflicts, balancing results with a concern for others, encourag

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Good Team Leaders Checklist

Michael McKinney

H IGH-PERFORMING teams have six characteristics: leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline, says former Air Force F-115 pilot James Murphy. But among these, leadership comes first. Bad leadership will doom a team. Leaders hold themselves accountable for the team’s performance. And great teams support each other. In Courage to Execute he writes, “Leaders of high-performing teams encourage their people to ask these two questions: First, is there someone on my t

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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 New CEOs Establish Legitimacy

Harvard Business Review

CEOs are given the authority to lead by the rules of corporate governance. They gain additional influence and credibility by demonstrating competence. CEOs who achieve legitimacy have a higher level of trust and influence. This legitimacy will be gained by consistently demonstrating specific behaviors.

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25 toxic personality traits to spot in yourself and others

BetterUp

Jump to section Toxic traits What are personality traits?

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Quitting Can Sometimes Be a Strategic Success

Harvard Business Review

Former professional poker champion and author Annie Duke argues that quitting shouldn’t only be associated with failure.

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Selling Your Case for Change:Gaining Buy-In

Kotter Inc.

Articles about the need for innovation abound in the business section of nearly every media outlet. It’s true that innovation is critical for success in today’s world. We also know there’s no shortage of great ideas – but many of these great ideas never come to fruition. A great idea, no matter how small or large, will only get implemented if you can get enough people bought in.

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7 Best Guru Alternatives For Creating SOPs and Documenting Policies

Sweet Process

Start your free 14-day trial of SweetProcess No credit card needed. Cancel anytime. Click Here To Try it for Free. Table of Contents What Are Some Drawbacks of Guru? A Comprehensive List of Guru Alternatives for SOP Creation and Policy Documentation What is the Best Guru Alternative? Conclusion Introduction Are you looking for Guru alternatives […] The post 7 Best Guru Alternatives For Creating SOPs and Documenting Policies appeared first on SweetProcess.

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PEO Broker: What Difference Does It Make?

Zenefits

More than 15% of businesses in the U.S. with 10 to 99 employees choose to outsource their HR administrative tasks to a professional employer organization (PEO).¹ If you have decided to join them and are committed to contracting with a PEO, you have another challenge. You’ll need to find the best PEO provider for your needs: one that offers everything you require, at a reasonable price.

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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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Talent Action Team Is Michigan’s Answer For Manufacturers’ Workforce Needs

Chief Executive

Manufacturing is heading back to the United States, and no other place is this more apparent than the industrial belt of the Upper Midwest, as American companies reshore production from abroad and the electric vehicle (EV) and advanced mobility revolution flourishes in the nation’s heartland. Michigan has responded to this shift with a unique initiative to help companies tap into its tremendous pool of engineering, software and overall technology talent — and to promote the creation of R&D a

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On the Job Podcast S7:E6: Objective Unlocked!

Refresh

The latest episode of the On the Job podcast is now available! The On the Job podcast series shares inspiring stories about the pursuit of work. Jobs give us a connection to our communities and the ability to provide for ourselves and our families—On the Job presents interesting stories about the way people work and what it means to be employed. Season 7, Episode 6: Objective Unlocked!

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How to Let Go of Someone: Learning to Move On

BetterUp

Jump to section Signs you need to move on 10 tips for letting go of someone you care about The bright side of letting go You deserve a relationship that makes you happy

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The Best Managers Are “Connectors”

Harvard Business Review

What the best managers do, how to be one, and how to work for one.

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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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Character References: How to Get the Best Recommendation

BetterUp

Jump to section What are character references? Should I include character references on a resume? Who can provide a character reference?

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AI-Powered Automation As A Route To Boosting Productivity - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ZOHO

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Zoho.

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Q&A with Dr. Melvin Smith: Emotional intelligence and its impact on business

BetterUp

Dr. Melvin Smith shares why emotional intelligence is critical to effective leadership and business impact.

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PEO vs. Payroll: Comparing Professional Employer Organizations to Standard Payroll Service Providers

Zenefits

Payroll management can rank high among the tasks business owners dread most. Often it’s time-consuming, tedious, confusing, and just plain not fun. So much so that 53% of companies recently surveyed said they outsource some or all of their payroll operation.¹ This decision frees up company time and streamlines the process. Many organizations hire a payroll service to handle this responsibility.

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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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How Organizations Can Accommodate Employees With Long COVID

Association Now Workplace

Even though the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ended last month, the longer-term effects of the virus persist. Associations need to know what is expected of them if employees request accommodation for long COVID and associated conditions. Although the federal public health emergency for COVID-19 expired on May 11, the effects of the virus haven’t gone away for many people.

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The Rest Of the Story: The Overlooked Saudi Sand Trap Behind the Golf Treaty

Chief Executive

Beginning in 1945 and for the next 63 years, newscaster Paul Harvey began his commentaries “And Now the Rest of the Story”, addressing what most of the media missed in a major story of the day. If Harvey were around today, he’d no doubt have a feast with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and the PGA Tour where “the rest of the story” is the real story: For the first time, Saudi Arabia is having cash problems.