January, 2020

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Corporate Culture Trends for 2020

Vantage Circle

The year came to an end with all the hustle and bustle of the business world. In the midst of all these there we could see a huge emphasis on building an efficient organizational culture. A culture that will not only make them stand out from others but will also likely give them a competitive edge. Every organization has its own corporate culture, which defines how things are done within the company.

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The Power of Consciously Changing Your Perspective

Kevin Eikenberry

As helpful as the maps app on your phone can be, have you ever been frustrated how the routes sometimes make no sense? Have you ever seen something from two different angles and seen something entirely different? Have you ever looked back a situation a day, or a week (or longer) later, and noticed something […]. The post The Power of Consciously Changing Your Perspective appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Michael Wade | Successfully Navigating Change In A Digital World

Tanveer Nasser

Digital transformation has become a key focus for many organizations. But is the focus leaders put on digital transformation too limited and consequently leading organizations to miss out on the real potential of digital transformation? That's the focus of my talk with Cisco Chair and IMD Director, Michael Wade in this episode of my podcast, "Leadership Biz Cafe".

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What You Need to Know When Visualizing Your Goals

Nir Eyal

The post What You Need to Know When Visualizing Your Goals appeared first on Nir and Far.

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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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Resilience for the future of Agile

Agile42

Nowadays, there are hardly any IT projects in which non-agile approaches are used. But what does agility mean for the rest of the organizations, is it a method or an attitude? I am very happy to be able to present this year at the Agile Beyond IT conference in Berlin , where they are creating a networking platform for mutual exchange of experience to promote agility in companies.

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12 Ways to End Soul-Sucking Meetings

Leadership Freak

Poorly run meetings cost US companies $399 Billion. The survey says: “We surveyed 182 senior managers in a range of industries: 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work.

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Playing to Win – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

If you’re watching this episode when it originally airs, sports are front and center with the Super Bowl just around the corner. So in this spirit, we are discussing a very popular sports phrase: playing to win. And this week, we are turning the question around a bit and answering: Can we take the idea […]. The post Playing to Win – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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3 Personal Lessons On How To Succeed | Leadership Espresso Shot 10

Tanveer Nasser

If someone were to ask you what 3 personal lessons do you attribute as being key to your success, what would you say? It's a question I've been asked and I thought it would be fun to share the answers in this 10th edition of Leadership Espresso Shot on my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Of course, the motivation behind this being the theme of this episode is not simply because this is the 10th episode in this Leadership Espresso Shot series.

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This is What Most People Get Wrong About Willpower

Nir Eyal

The post This is What Most People Get Wrong About Willpower appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Introducing 15Five’s Best-Self Academy For Employee And Manager Development

15Five

More and more company leaders, like CHROs and chief executives, are realizing that people managers are the key to success. This explains the massive adoption of technology tools in the last few years to enable manager-employee communication and performance tracking. We’ve known for years that software tools improve performance , and we’ve also known that manager training can significantly amplify those results.

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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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Leadership Derailers – Inability to Gain Advantage from Criticism

Leadership Freak

Criticism stings. But the inability to gain advantage from criticism derails leaders and organizations. The closer you connect identity with performance, the more criticism offends. Incompetence continues until criticism challenges current practices.

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How AI in HR is Changing Today's Work Culture

Vantage Circle

Artificial Intelligence(AI) is impacting every part of our lives from our grocery list to our Spotify playlist. Do a quick search on the impact of AI and you will be bombarded with results that predict the downfall of humanity. Of course, the results are blown out of proportion and often based on incorrect assumptions. AI has impacted almost every industry and not in such a drastic way.

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Do You Prefer A Microscope or a Telescope?

Kevin Eikenberry

Microscopes and telescopes are different instruments used in different scientific disciplines to help understand and explore what is being studied. While you have likely looked through both, you’ve likely not thought about their connection to your success as a leader. Until now. Both provide a view of the world, and both can help us learn. […].

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You’ve got your first one-on-one meeting with an employee: How to prepare?

Know Your Team

If you’re a new manager, here are the exact 1-on-1 meeting questions, agenda template, and approach you can take for your first 1:1 meeting with an employee. If there’s anything you should be supremely focused on as a new manager, it’s your first 1-on-1 meeting with an employee. That first encounter might seem like a formality to you. But in reality, it’s formative.

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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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Organizational Culture: The Alka-Seltzer Method

https://www.organizationaldevelopmentsolutions.com

More and more companies today have come to understand that employees are demanding that the company they work for fit their values and beliefs about how employees and coworkers should treat each other. They look at a company’s philosophy about customers and their beliefs about social causes. And most importantly, they look at organizational culture.

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How To Continually Develop Your Workforce Through Upskilling Your Employees

15Five

With record-low unemployment and an increased need for specific job skills, your company may be struggling to find and hire the people you need. But even as you pump up your recruiting efforts, you may overlook an obvious source for talent: your own workforce. Although some people may not have all of the requirements for particular jobs, you can develop those capabilities through upskilling your employees.

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Leadership Derailers: Fatigue as a Badge of Honor

Leadership Freak

Leadership is already challenging. Don’t make it harder than it needs to be. Ego confuses fatigue with importance. Leadership derailers: fatigue as a badge of honor.

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Fostering a Culture of Accountability in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

Employees who know what is right for the business have a sound idea about what they are accountable for. In fact, when there is a culture of accountability in your organization then your employees are more likely to prosper in their tasks. This is only possible when organizations make it clear to their employees to have a proper understanding of their job.

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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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Setting Expectations – Making Sure They are Clear

Kevin Eikenberry

If you are a leader and are reading these words, you may be carrying a secret in your mind. You wish you could find a way to “fix” that one team member. You may not say it that way, and it might be a secret because you don’t want to talk about it. But if […]. The post Setting Expectations – Making Sure They are Clear appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Optimum Associates announces new book on Leading in the Global Matrix – written by John Futterknecht and Marty Seldman

Optimum Associates

Download PDF HOLLYWOOD, FL – January 28th, 2020 — Optimum Associates, an industry leader in executive coaching and leadership development, today announced the official launch of their new book “Leading in the Global Matrix” written by company co-founders John Futterknecht and Dr. Marty Seldman. The book, published by BenBella, is now available on Porchlight Books and Amazon, as well as other retailers. “This is an exciting time for us with the launch of our new book

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Newsletter Issue 52

Know Your Team

Every few weeks, I ask one question to a founder, CEO, manager, or business owner I respect…. Subscribe to our Newsletter here. The Heartbeat Podcast: A chat with Shane Parrish. In my very first episode of 2020, I’m honored to welcome Shane Parrish , Founder of Farnam Street , an online intellectual platform that helps hundreds of thousands of people all over the world make better decisions.

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Why A Positive Employee Experience Includes Work-Life Synergy

15Five

In the Digital Age, technology has completely shifted the world of work as we know it. People don’t merely work to live anymore; they work to learn new skills , feed their passions, and become better humans. This change in employees has triggered an even bigger shift in the workplace. To provide an environment that attracts and retains employees and brings out their best performance, companies must focus on providing a uniquely impressive and holistic employee experience.

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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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Leadership Derailers: Anger

Leadership Freak

Anger changes the world. The question is how. There’s no middle ground with anger. It makes you better or drags you to oblivion. Anger is energy. 3 dangers of anger: #1.

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The Benefits Of Outdoor Activities for Work productivity

Vantage Circle

Are you feeling stifled by the four corners of your office cubicle? Are you longing for the warm sunny ray that sips through your window during that board meeting? Well, guess what! It's normal for every human to long for nature's pleasantries since this is made possible through biophilia. Within the core of every human, there exists a connection to nature known as biophilia.

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Duty or Service? – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

“You need to report to jury duty.” Have you ever gotten a card with this message on it? I have, and quite recently in fact. And during my time there, I got to thinking about those words: JURY DUTY. While many will look at it as a DUTY, I don’t think that the word accurately […]. The post Duty or Service? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Managing Change in an Agile World 2.5 Hour Online Training Event

Change Guides LLC

February 26, 2020. 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm EST. $299 per person. $249 per person – ACMP Member Pricing. Register. **A portion of proceeds goes back to the ACMP Ohio Chapter. Bring your agile team together to learn best practices in managing change in an agile environment! This course is facilitated by Gina Giannitelli, one of the authors of Managing Change in an Agile World and provides an overview of the principles for managing change in agile environments.

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Top 7 International Employment Lessons from AMA with Tim Burgess, Co-Founder of Shield GEO

Know Your Team

As the co-founder of Shield GEO , a global employment organization that helps companies who want to hire someone in a country where they are unable to employ them directly, Tim shared his expertise and international employment lessons in our leadership community, The Watercooler. Every month, we invite one of the 1,000+ managers who are a part of our leadership community, The Watercooler , from all over the world to participate in an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session.

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The Formula For Successfully Scaling Your Company Culture

15Five

In less than a year, 15Five has rapidly scaled the company up from about 70 employees to over 200. It’s not entirely uncommon for many company cultures to suffer during a surge of high growth—fortunately for our company, the opposite is true. Our company culture is now stronger than ever and was recently recognized and ranked #3 on Glassdoor’s Best Workplaces list.

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Leadership Derailers – Taking Offense

Leadership Freak

Leadership gets narrow and life shrinks for the easily offended. All leaders receive unjust criticism. You’re judged based on inadequate information, false assumptions, or someone’s unspoken preferences.

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10 Ways To Make Your Daily Commute To Work A Productive One

Vantage Circle

Are you part of the majority of the world's population who commute to work every day? According to the U.S Census Bureau, the average American worker spends 26.9 minutes commuting to work every day. And even as more and more employers around the world are adopting work-from-home policies and flexible schedules, commuting times don't show any signs of decreasing in duration.

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When Will I Be Loved?

Kevin Eikenberry

There’s an old song that I like by The Everly Brothers, When Will I Be Loved? Or perhaps you’ve heard the Linda Ronstadt version? As a leader, this might be a question you’ve asked before – WHEN will I be loved? How do others feel about me as a leader? Am I making a difference? […]. The post When Will I Be Loved? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Enabling the Transition from Linear to OTT TV | Accenture

Accenture

Do adjust your set: Shifts in how people consume TV programming have big implications for advertisers. Intelligent operations can help them to stay ahead of the curve.