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Marketing and Product Roadmaps for Entrepreneurs | Stephanie Chandler

Peter Winick

Getting the most out of your book as an entrepreneur. An interview with Stephanie Chandler about creating a marketing plan for your book and developing additional connected products. Ever thought about writing a book to support your thought leadership? Or maybe you have already written a book – and now you’re trying to get the word out! Either way, a book can be an incredible investment for an entrepreneur, but to get the full return on that investment, you’ll need a marketing plan a

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12 Things Great Leaders Never Say to Their Employees

Lolly Daskal

Great leaders understand that their words and actions have a big impact on their team’s morale, productivity, and overall success. While it’s important for leaders to be open, honest, and transparent, there are certain things that they should never say to their employees. Here are 12 things that great leaders never say to their team: “I’m the boss, do what I say.” Great leaders don’t rely on their positional power to get things done.

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How To Increase Transparency In More Aspects Of Your Company

Chief Executive

Leaders are being challenged today like never before. However, the challenge isn’t coming from outside forces. On the contrary, it’s coming from employees who are demanding heightened transparency. And although pay transparency in job postings has more than doubled since 2020 in response, executives are being pushed to be transparent in far more arenas.

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Overcoming Shame and Self-Blame: Breaking Free from Victim-Blaming Culture

Brett Koehler

After a traumatic event, feeling like everything is your fault is a very common response. When something bad happens to you that’s beyond your control, pretending you can control future events by avoiding mistakes can be a way to regain a feeling of control. The problem is, a habit of blaming yourself can be incredibly painful. And the truth is, no matter how perfectly we behave, we can’t control the behavior of others, so blaming yourself for everything is not aligned with reality.

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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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The CEO Mindset: Resolving Sales Performance Challenges | Part 2

Chief Outsiders

Part 2: Finding the Right Talent for the Game Here today, gone tomorrow: Did you know that the average tenure of a sales professional is just about a year and a half? It’s a mind-blowing statistic that is, on the surface, an indicator of the rigors of a sales role, in any market segment.

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How to Write a Thank You Letter After an Interview

BetterUp

Jump to section Why you should send post-interview thank you notes Anatomy of a post-interview thank you note Post-interview thank you email examples From a short thank you to a new adventure

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Feeling Uncertain

Leadership Freak

Dead people are certain. The rest of us stumble forward. Values, talent, opportunity, and personal interests provide direction. But the path emerges as you take the next step, not before.

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FREE Employee Satisfaction Survey Template & 2023 Guide

AIHR

Do your employees find fulfillment and contentment in their work? The importance of employee satisfaction cannot be overstated for HR professionals who are tasked with maximising employee engagement and loyalty, but how can leadership teams know what employees are really thinking and feeling? To gauge employee satisfaction , employers often rely on employee satisfaction surveys or questionnaires.

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The ABCs of Innovation: How Companies Become World-Changing Innovators

Stephen Warrilow

Nike. P&G. Amazon. When you hear these three names, you immediately think “Innovation.” You probably also think, “but that’s not us.” But it can be if you, too, use the Innovation ABCs - Architecture to ignite and accelerate innovation, leadership Behaviors that enable it to thrive, and Culture that transforms innovation into how you do business. Readers will learn how to assess their company’s ABCs and get practical “Do Now” actions that will net immediate results.

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What is the most pressing leadership skill development need you personally have?

Thought Leaders LLC

Our reader poll today asks: What is the most pressing leadership skill development need you personally have? I want to improve my executive presence 22.40% I want to be a more inspiring leader 19.80% I want to be more decisive 11.45% I want to be more strategic in my thinking 20.31% I want to get better at developing my team members 18.75% Something else 7.29% Being an inspiring presence.

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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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Your Success is Killing Innovation (Here’s How to Change That)

Stephen Warrilow

When business is good, executives are comfortable with the status quo, confident that nothing major will go wrong, and hesitant to make big changes. After all, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But what happens when the economy slows, the business declines, competitors enter, new technologies emerge, or the world suddenly changes? Executives scramble to “innovate,” spinning up efforts that take time and resources to produce results.

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We Asked, You Answered: Wellness in the Workplace

Association Now Workplace

June is recognized as Professional Wellness Month. How does your organization encourage staff to focus on or improve their wellbeing and work-life balance? Here are some examples from your colleagues. Over the past few years as burnout rates and employee dissatisfaction rates rose, organizations have placed more emphasis on staff wellness and implemented new programs and services as a result.

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Reframing History - Deconstruction And Discussion Not Destruction

Stephen Warrilow

History is always about context, not imposing our own moral values on the past. For those of us fortunate enough to live within western democracies, we are living in an age where a vociferous and intolerant minority have an uneasy relationship with their own country's history over the past 300 years. This has led to what has been framed as the ‘culture wars’ that are being actively pursued in our media, public spaces, museums, universities, schools, civil services, local government, business cor

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30 Employee Onboarding Survey Questions & Tools (2023)

Walk Me

Did you know employee onboarding is essential to creating a productive and successful work environment? Gartner has identified the following initiatives that HR leaders should follow to connect new hires to the company culture through onboarding: Revamp the onboarding process to focus not only on productivity but also on building connections. Link organizational values to on-the-job decisions Support the development of cross-functional networks According to research by Brandon Hall Group, compan

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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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Forget The ‘Future Of Work.’ If You Focus On Customers First, Revenue Follows

Chief Executive

In every industry and organization, we’re hearing about “the future of work” and the need to redesign our approach to leadership, teams, and the nature and structure of work in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic. For all the anguish, however, it’s fascinating to note how many of the core principles of work/life and effective leadership are the same.

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Transform Your Team's Culture with This One Mindset Shift

Stephen Warrilow

Leaders know that culture is crucial for innovation, employee attraction, and retention but often struggle to go beyond promises and platitudes to create and sustain a culture of innovation. In this article, I’ll share a personal story of an innovation culture in action and the behaviors and habits that built a culture that built a billion-dollar brand.

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Xpel Chief Grows Protective-Film Maker By Focusing On Retailers

Chief Executive

Despite the suspect predilections of Generation Z toward driving and the steady dying off of the greatest generations of car enthusiasts, Americans apparently are more concerned than ever about taking care of their automobiles in the aftermarket. At least, that’s the ongoing bet of Xpel CEO Ryan Pape. The San Antonio-based company has reached annual revenues of more than $300 million and reached a gross margin of 42% in the first quarter by effectively marketing and selling mainly paint-protecti

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How to Write a Resignation Letter (With Examples)

BetterUp

Jump to section What’s a resignation letter?

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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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5 Difficult but Feasible Steps to Reverse the Climate Crisis

UVA Darden

5 Difficult but Feasible Steps to Reverse the Climate Crisis burtonc Thu, 06/15/2023 - 22:25 15 June 2023 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business, Ethics & Society Innovation for Sustainability Business & Public Policy Modern Global Leadership Canada is on fire, California is flooding and Greenland’s glaciers are rapidly retreating. The effects of climate change are everywhere, and yet a coordinated and cohesive response to the single biggest threat to life on Earth is nowhere to be seen.

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What is Performance Management?

15Five

Imagine you needed to teach a kindergarten class to read. You divided the class into two cohorts, and used a different strategy for each. One group of kids got hands-on time with a teaching assistant multiple times a week. They talked through all the learning materials in depth, exploring what they enjoyed, what they were struggling with, and what additional support they needed to develop a love of reading.

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20 Eco-Friendly Corporate Gifts For A Better World

Vantage Circle

The importance of sustainability and environmental consciousness cannot be overstated today. As businesses strive to become more eco-friendly, one area where they can make a significant difference is through the choice of corporate gifts. Eco-friendly corporate gifts have gained popularity to demonstrate a company's commitment to a greener future.

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5 Ways Companies Are Addressing Skills Gaps in Their Workforce

Harvard Business Review

We’re in an unusual economic situation, one where recession fears are high but the job market is tight. As training budgets inevitably come under pressure, organizations will need to find more targeted ways to address their skills gaps. The author examines five of the biggest developments in this space: 1) digital apprenticeships that are helping fill jobs in the digital and tech sectors; 2) tuition-assistance programs aimed at frontline workers; 3) learning-experience platforms with features li

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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