Tue.Apr 23, 2024

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Preventing Ransomware Attacks at Scale

Harvard Business Review

Designing software that’s resilient against the most common cyberattacks is possible — and significantly more cost effective than dealing with the fallout of a hack.

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10 Trust Breaking Mistakes You Should Never Make in Your Organization

Lolly Daskal

Trust is the cornerstone of any successful organization. It’s the invisible glue that holds teams together, fosters collaboration, and drives innovation. However, trust is fragile and can be easily shattered by the actions of leaders and team members. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand the consequences of trust-breaking mistakes in organizations.

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How Burnout Became Normal — and How to Push Back Against It

Harvard Business Review

Slowly but steadily, while we’ve been preoccupied with trying to meet demands that outstrip our resources, grappling with unfair treatment, or watching our working hours encroach upon our downtime, burnout has become the new baseline in many work environments. From the 40% of Gen Z workers who believe burnout is an inevitable part of success, to executives who believe high-pressure, “trial-by-fire” assignments are a required rite of passage, to toxic hustle culture that pushes busyness as a badg

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Employee Recognition Event: Tips and Recognition Calendar

Vantage Circle

Employee recognition events go beyond mere celebrations; they are pivotal drivers of engagement, morale, and success. Thus, creating impactful recognition events requires thorough planning and exploration. From establishing clear goals to crafting memorable experiences, each aspect deserves careful consideration to leave a lasting impact on employees.

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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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I feel overwhelming guilt about taking time off work

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I genuinely don’t understand how folks deal with the overwhelming guilt of taking time off work. I’ve had this problem since I started working right out of college, and it’s persisted through multiple job and industry changes and multiple PTO policies — from seven days to unlimited — in my over 15 years of work.

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Chew the Gristle: Taking Responsibility Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

You lose it when you don’t own it. When you don’t own your marriage, it dies. When you don’t take responsibility for your team, it founders. Taking responsibility is vitality. It’s self-centered to take failure personally. “See how I’m struggling.

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When You're on Thin Ice

Ed Batista

I don't work with clients who are being forced into a coaching engagement against their will. In those situations coaching is usually viewed as a last-gasp desperation measure or as a way to mitigate legal risk, and in either case the odds of success are low. But it's not uncommon for a new client to have sought coaching in response to a major setback that has jeopardized their professional future, or for a current client to unexpectedly encounter a similar situation.

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coworker is bitter that I wouldn’t play a game, employee has bad BO, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker is bitter that I wouldn’t play a game with her I (19M) am a college student with a single source of income. Before my shift today, my coworker (18F) sent me a Game Pigeon text out of nowhere. I sort of went along with it, we went back and forth with Cup Pong a few times, and then I started my shift at work.

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Feeling Unmotivated? Here’s How to Get Out of the Rut

Harvard Business Review

A conversation Harvard Business School’s Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams on shifting your mindset and energy at work.

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update: there’s nothing I can do about my nightmare workload … right?

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer asking whether there was anything they could do about their nightmare workload ? Here’s the update. I wrote in about getting through a staffing crisis after both my coworkers quit right when one of my company’s two owners went on maternity leave. I wanted to make sure that my “this is awful but that’s what all the extra money is for” outlook wasn’t distracting me from an

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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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How To Be A Servant Leader

Eric Jacobson

Yesterday, I published a post about the new book, Burnout Immunity , by Dr. Kandi Wiens. In the book, she explains that employees who work at organizations led by servant leaders tend to have higher job satisfaction, higher engagement, and higher psychological well-being. Those employees also tend to have lower levels of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, boredom, and intent to quit.

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Ruminating Thoughts: 12 Tips to Overcome Negative Thinking

BetterUp

Jump to section What is rumination?

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Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

Harvard Business Review

What role should business play in solving societal issues that it helps to create?

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Legal Group Sets AI Guidelines

Association Now Leadership

The New York State Bar Association’s report is designed to respond to ethics and privacy concerns stoked by tools like ChatGPT. The New York State Bar Association has released guidelines to its members on the use of generative AI with a goal of addressing privacy breaches, ethical missteps, and “hallucinated” case briefs. The NYSBA’s report [PDF], published earlier this month, is the product of a months-long process developed by a dedicated Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, one of the first

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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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15 Service Desk Software Options Every IT Team Should Consider

Help Scout Leadership

Learn what service desk software is, why your IT team should make the investment, and a few interesting options if you’re ready to take the next step.

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571 | Second-Generation Transitions in Small Business: The Dos and Don’ts for Founders

Chris LoCutro

In this episode of The Chris LoCurto Show, we dive deep into the delicate process of second-generation transitions in small businesses. This episode is all about you, the founders, as you prepare to pass down your legacy. We’ll explore the crucial dos and don’ts to guide you through this pivotal phase of succession planning. From formalizing transition plans to navigating emotional dynamics, join us as we uncover actionable insights to ensure a seamless handover and preserve your fam

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What Is Referent Power In Leadership? Quiz

Niagara Institute

What is referent power in the workplace? How do you know if you are a referent leader?

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LSA Global Delivers Strategic Account Management Training for Software & Hardware Sales Team

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a customized Strategic Account Management Training for an integrated technology firm selling hardware and software being asked to grow their strategic client accounts by 20% year over year.

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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.