David Grossman

APRIL 15, 2019

We all know how technology enables communication – email, voicemail, text message, instant message, Twitter. the list goes on. There are more than enough ways to communicate, and too often they add up to message overload for employees. That’s why when something is important, nothing compares to face-to-face communication. When a leader needs to inspire people—or move them to action—the best way to do it is to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what they need to know.

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Liquid Planner Productivity

APRIL 4, 2019

Has this ever happened to you? You’re having a perfectly good morning. A warm cup of coffee is in your hand, and you think you’ve got your workload under control when suddenly it hits you—. You actually have a small avalanche of prioritized work to get through within the next two weeks, and it doesn’t help that your to-do list is lengthening by the minute.

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Tanveer Nasser

APRIL 30, 2019

If you're a regular reader of my leadership blog, one thing you'll probably notice is how I love to draw inspiration and insight into how we can improve the way we lead from the most unexpected places. And I can't think of a more unexpected place to find an example that can illustrate a valuable lesson on leadership than sharing the story about one comedian's big break and the powerful lesson it reveals about it takes to succeed at leadership.

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BetterUp

APRIL 29, 2019

In my work as a researcher at BetterUp Labs , I have an opportunity to speak with business leaders across multiple industries about their biggest challenges. One theme continues to emerge—change at breakneck speed has become the norm in business today and it’s overwhelming our workforces. Workplace environments are reaching a breaking point. Employees are under enormous pressure to continuously adapt to new technologies, shifting priorities, and ways of working—and they aren’t equipped to keep u

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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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15Five

APRIL 23, 2019

For years, leaders in the HR/Management space, academics, and top business minds have all sought to define organizational culture. They have largely failed. This is, of course, no easy task. Culture is nebulous, something that we feel but just can’t put a name to. It’s like the immortal soul. We can’t point to it, and some say that it doesn’t exist, but who can deny that there is something magical and mysterious about our lives?

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 18, 2019

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” - BABE RUTH. The age-old question of how to bring teams together and encourage a culture of collaboration has troubled managers for decades now. You have the best employees in the market and yet that doesn’t convert to any results.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 2, 2019

Pushovers prolong helplessness, failure, and mediocrity. But compassionate-accountability fuels boldness, growth, and productivity. You demonstrate respect for people when you hold them accountable. Accountability says behaviors matter.

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Tanveer Nasser

APRIL 16, 2019

When it comes to leadership, many of us have developed habits or strategies that have served us well in not only achieving our organization's goals, but driving future growth and success. But is it possible that at times the conventional wisdom we've come to rely on about our leadership might actually impede or even derail our efforts going forward?

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BetterUp

APRIL 3, 2019

As employee burnout continues to rise in the workplace, many HR leaders are asking themselves: how do we stop it? According to a recent Gallup study , two-thirds of full-time workers are experiencing burnout on the job. The impact is considerable and costly, for both employees and businesses. . Employee burnout is hurting companies, from high turnover and absenteeism to a loss in productivity and quality of work.

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15Five

APRIL 17, 2019

Disruptive companies aren’t created by accident. In order to hold this badge of honor, a business must successfully change how people think and behave. This is quite a tall order, especially for those companies just getting off the ground. While there’s a recipe for each business that makes it unique, only the top companies deliver innovative ideas that destroy all old ways of doing something.

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Digital Transformation Implementation Human Resources Manager 93

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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Vantage Circle

APRIL 26, 2019

Teamwork makes the dream work. You must have heard this phrase a countless number of times. What does it mean? Simply that you can achieve your biggest obstacles if you have a team that shares a common goal and works together to achieve it. A team that works together performs and excels. They know what their goals are and how exactly they can go about achieving it- together.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 16, 2019

Have you ever been disappointed? Frustrated? Maybe even annoyed? And then maybe you said (rather cynically), “Well, what did you expect?” It’s probably unlikely that there are many of us who can say we haven’t asked this question once or twice in our lives… So in today’s video, I’m sharing a much more valuable and […].

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Agile42

APRIL 19, 2019

How did you first start your agile path and end up coaching with agile42? After leading a set of software development teams from 2006 to 2008 using traditional methodologies I came to the insight that there had to be a better way to deliver high-quality software and create more opportunities for innovation and creativity in teams. I was introduced to Scrum by one of my mentors and started doing experiments immediately after.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 5, 2019

Unfairness abounds in organizational life. Your company merged with a competitor and your position was eliminated. You didn’t get the promotion. It’s not fair.

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Leadership Development 74

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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Accenture

APRIL 14, 2019

Alma is a digital agent that has been specifically designed to automate the procurement help desk function. With an easy-to-use interface and a wealth of knowledge, she can help improve compliance—and her work has only just begun.

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Compliance 52

Management30 Agile and Lean Principles

APRIL 12, 2019

by Ralph van Roosmalen Management 3.0 and Agile, how do they fit together? Does Management 3.0 need Agile? Does Agile need Management 3.0? Does Agile Software Development need Management 3.0? Good questions, especially because we developed a new module called Agile Product Development. Let’s first talk about Agile. Agile is a mindset. For example, doing.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 11, 2019

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary for management success. -James Cash Penney. What is Active Listening? Active listening is when you are fully aware and concentrate on what is being said rather than passively hearing what the speaker is trying to convey. The goal of active listening is to acquire information, listen to understand people and situations before responding to it.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 1, 2019

Control is something we all want, and most leaders think a lot about control. Many of the big leadership questions revolve around control and who has it. Does control come from position? Are leaders exerting more control by micromanaging? And what about control and employee engagement? How you answer those questions, and a hundred others, […].

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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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Agile42

APRIL 1, 2019

Since the business of agile42 is growing, and the Swedish market is growing fast, we are now looking for a new coach that would be working together with our great team in Stockholm, Sweden! What we expect from you Your primary focus would be to help, support and coach our local customers in their unique journey of working agile. You will get the chance to co-coach and co-train our customers (also worldwide) together with your local and international colleagues.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 12, 2019

A client requested a list of resources I referenced in the presentation I gave last Tuesday. Here it is… The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner “The five functions of leadership.

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Accenture

APRIL 8, 2019

The best innovation happens with our clients, not to them. That’s why Accenture created the Procurement Innovation Network, an interactive event where senior executives from our clients come together to imagine the art of the possible in the next generation of procurement innovation.

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15Five

APRIL 8, 2019

The subject of authenticity has been getting a lot of attention in leadership circles, and for good reason. As one of the 17 drivers of employee engagement , authentic leadership plays a prominent role in how people view their employers. The challenge? Authenticity is often viewed as one of the most complex drivers to address. However, once you understand what it really means to create a company culture of authenticity, it’s not all that difficult to achieve.

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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

Education

Vantage Circle

APRIL 3, 2019

A work environment free from injuries and accidents attracts employees. Employees are more satisfied and productive in such an environment. A safe work environment is important for both employees and employers alike. It is the right of all employees to have safety in the workplace. Workplace safety is important regardless of the size of a company. All companies, big or small, need to incorporate safety in their workplaces.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 8, 2019

Coaching is important, regardless of team member location. But coaching must be more than something that is done occasionally and in formal settings. Once you realize that you should coach more frequently and informally, you are headed on the right path. But what if you are coaching remotely? How do you find the situations and […]. The post Finding Coaching Moments with Remote Team Members appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Agile42

APRIL 16, 2019

The Problem with Metrics In modern knowledge work, no two tasks are exactly the same; no two teams work exactly the same together; and no two project contexts are quite like each other. This means that when we abstract these complex situations into numbers for metrics, they inherit all of that same complexity and imprecision. Now what looks like clear and simple numbers is actually a set of ranges and guesses.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2019

47% of the time you aren’t focused on what you’re doing.* You give yourself to trivialities when distraction governs your day. 7 ways to overcome distraction: #1.

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BetterUp

APRIL 29, 2019

In my work as a researcher at BetterUp Labs , I have an opportunity to speak with business leaders across multiple industries about their biggest challenges. One theme continues to emerge—change at breakneck speed has become the norm in business today and it’s overwhelming our workforces. Workplace environments are reaching a breaking point. Employees are under enormous pressure to continuously adapt to new technologies, shifting priorities, and ways of working—and they aren’t equipped to keep u

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Accenture

APRIL 28, 2019

SAP Ariba Live 2019: “Keeping it weird” in Austin

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 22, 2019

Everything about a survey comes down to the survey questionnaire. Let’s be very honest here, curating a great Employee engagement survey is quite a difficult task. The tougher challenge is that the chances of the survey email landing in the trash box or going unnoticed is also quite high. So, what should be done? Surveys are the most efficient way to gain insights into the company’s current employee engagement levels.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 7, 2019

Everyone seems to be asking the culture question – at least everyone seems to be talking about workplace culture. While understanding and improving culture is incredibly important, it has become almost cliché and a buzzword. Something becomes a buzzword the more people write about it. And workplace culture is one of the most written about […].

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Agile42

APRIL 29, 2019

On April 8, Agile Gothenburg hosted me for a webinar titled Beyond the Mass Production of Agile at Scale! The talk highlighted the problems/limitations in the approaches to scaling Agile in organizations that react to increasing complexity by mass manufacturing or mass engineering an organization’s design through cascading layers of processes and frameworks.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 22, 2019

There’s plenty of boldness in leadership. But, sadly, there’s too little courage. The greatest courage isn’t the courage to tell people what to do. It’s the courage to tell yourself what to do.

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