March, 2021

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Diversity and Inclusion Trends to Look Out for in 2021

Vantage Circle

In recent years, employers and business leaders around the world have been trying to predict the diversity and inclusion trends that will impact their work cultures the most. The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global lockdown, major events, protests, and conversations surrounding racism, systemic inequalities, and injustices, a new normal of remote working, an economic recession: there was a lot that the world had to grapple with.

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A Message for You in Tough Times – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

I recently received an email from the Principal of the High School that I attended, asking if I would help with a project. As the students are getting ready to celebrate a COVID-style homecoming, the staff is asking alum to share messages of encouragement and support. I was happy and honored to do this and […]. The post A Message for You in Tough Times – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Love is Measured By the Benefit of the Doubt: The Secret to True Kindness

Nir Eyal

The post Love is Measured By the Benefit of the Doubt: The Secret to True Kindness appeared first on Nir and Far.

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3 Tips For Unlocking Employee Career Growth Through Performance Reviews

15Five

Whether you’re fresh into the workforce or 40-year a veteran–everyone wants a fulfilling career that aligns with their personal purpose. But, people don’t always have what they need to achieve their career goals. That’s where managers come in. For managers, helping employees map out their career goals and uncovering opportunities to lead them in the right direction isn’t easy to do during casual, weekly one-on-ones.

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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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50 Ways to Wreck Collaboration and What to do About it

Agile42

What do chickens, defensiveness and collaboration have in common? I think that was a question which certainly peaked our audiences interest. Our latest webinar on. Continue reading 50 Ways to Wreck Collaboration and What to do About it at agile42.

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Dan Pontefract | Why The Most Successful Leaders Are Those Who Care

Tanveer Nasser

Over the many years I’ve been doing this leadership podcast, one of the common themes that comes up in any given episode is the fact that leadership is not about you; it’s about the people you lead. That’s why I’m delighted to speak with my friend (and fellow Canadian) Dan Pontefract about why the most successful leaders are those who care on this episode of "Leadership Biz Cafe".

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The Feedback Sandwich: The Sandwich No One Wants to Eat

Kevin Eikenberry

Everyone I know likes a good sandwich. We all have our preferences, but name a sandwich and someone you know will like it. There is one sandwich that you won’t find on any menu, but rather in many books on leadership and coaching. It is called the Feedback Sandwich. It’s time to talk about this […]. The post The Feedback Sandwich: The Sandwich No One Wants to Eat appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Smartphone Too Distracting? Here’s How to Reclaim Your Focus

Nir Eyal

The post Smartphone Too Distracting? Here’s How to Reclaim Your Focus appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Top Questions To Ask Employees During Performance Reviews

15Five

Performance reviews aren’t simply a time to discuss performance. It’s a valuable development conversation that can uncover an employee’s unique strengths, align them with the company’s mission, and empower continuous development. But that’s no simple feat. A successful performance review cycle includes HR leaders working in lock-step with managers to gain accurate insight on team performance, but to do that, managers must be given a structure for having these conversations–especially

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How Energy Increases, Strength Grows, and the Seduction of Doing Easy Things is Resisted

Leadership Freak

You don’t find strength while snoozing in a hammock or snacking at the movies. Expand potential by doing things that require energy and strength. Strength rises when you do hard things.

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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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Why Purpose Is Critical To Driving Success | Leadership Espresso Shot 23

Tanveer Nasser

These days there’s a lot of discussion around what work will look like in a post-pandemic world. Most of that conversation tends to focus on whether employees will return to the office, continue to work remotely, or opt for a hybrid mix of the two. But in this latest installment of my Leadership Espresso Shot series on my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”, I make the case that what this past year has revealed is not just the necessity of flexibility in how we approach work, but the criti

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Harmony Day: A Week to celebrate Cultural Diversity at Work

Vantage Circle

Do you see your coworkers wearing something orange-ish at work today? Does it seem unusual? If you were born and brought up in Australia, I am sure you know what I am talking about. Yes, orange is the color people wear to show support for Harmony Day or rather Harmony Week. What is Harmony Day or a Harmony Week? In the current world of globalization, where people travel worldwide and stay away from their birth places, embracing diverse cultures becomes very important.

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Leadership Lessons from College Basketball

Kevin Eikenberry

While you might not be a fan of basketball or college basketball specifically, presumably you are a fan of developing your leadership skills. As a fan of both, in watching this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, I see several valuable and highly transferable leadership lessons from college basketball. And don’t worry, while I am using the […].

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The best way to collaborate effectively: Part 1

Agile42

Regina Martins, kicks off the first of a 2 part series on "collaboration". She believes collaboration isn't just a learned skill, instead it requires an intimate knowledge of our own defensive behaviours. By being self-aware we can recognise when our behaviour is creating blockers to forming collaborative relationships. She will be tapping into 50 of these defensive behaviours in her webinar later this month.

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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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“Tech Addiction” Is the New Reefer Madness

Nir Eyal

The post “Tech Addiction” Is the New Reefer Madness appeared first on Nir and Far.

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How to Multiply the Power of Grit Before You Crash and Burn

Leadership Freak

I’d rather work with persistent leaders than quitters. But grit crashes and burns if it can’t change direction. Persistence in a bad thing multiplies disappointment. What if it’s better to quit?

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How To Help Employees Craft Their Dream Job At Your Organization

15Five

Think back to a time when you were doing your best work–when you were killing it and knew it. Can you recall what was motivating you? Chances are, it was something beyond a paycheck. Maybe you truly believed in the purpose of the project or were excited to try something completely new and push boundaries. The difference is between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

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Should You Make Friends At Work?

Vantage Circle

Do you have a friend at work? If you have one, you know what a humongous difference it makes in your workplace. Workplace friendship has a significant effect on your work satisfaction. One can seamlessly manage the usual office politics , struggles, and day to day ups and downs. In short, they improve the good days and make the poor ones bearable. Frankly, while spending maximum hours at my workplace, I can't imagine going through any of the things I've been through without my coworkers' help.

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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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Five Coaching Questions – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

This title might have you wondering why as the coach, you are asking questions versus providing answers. And the reason is, I believe that the best coaches have good questions. In the video, you’ll learn five coaching questions that are valuable in almost any coaching situation – formal or informal coaching, virtual or face-to-face…any time […].

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The best way to collaborate effectively: Part 2

Agile42

In Part 2 of our "collaboration" series, agile42 coach Mariet Visser, provides her take on the new collaborative environment we're finding ourselves in. Collaboration is a skill we constantly need to work at and is something which evolves over time. As our context and the people with whom we work shifts, so does how we collaborate. Collaboration heavily relies on trust and our ability to be open & honest with one another; something that can be much more difficult to achieve in a virtual set

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How to “Listen Like you Mean It”

Nir Eyal

The post How to “Listen Like you Mean It” appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Variety Makes Consistency Possible

Leadership Freak

I hate the monotony of doing the same thing. Strawberries are tasty. But strawberries every meal are intolerable. When strawberries look green, we buy pineapple. When pineapples aren’t ripe, we buy blueberries.

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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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3 Tips For Introducing A Flexible Work Environment In A Post-COVID Era

15Five

After a year that forced most employees out of the office and into remote work, the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to circulate, and that means companies need to create a return-to-work strategy. This isn’t as easy as a simple all-staff email with a return date. While employees might miss the camaraderie of their work colleagues, they’ve also gotten used to a morning commute that ends in their living room.

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7 Benefits Of Promoting Gender Diversity In The Workplace

Vantage Circle

Gender diversity is becoming an essential factor for companies in creating an equal and positive work environment. It affects the employees' decision to work at a certain organization. That makes gender diversity a crucial part of retaining and attracting star employees. Making gender diversity a priority in the workplace is a sign of diverse and inclusive culture.

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Is Your Organization Ready for Hybrid Work?

Kevin Eikenberry

At the start of the pandemic, chances are your work life changed. If your role remained, you likely moved from working in the office to working from home. That was a big change for many people to adapt to working apart from each other. From the time we closed offices, many have been waiting for […]. The post Is Your Organization Ready for Hybrid Work?

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Change Projects vs. Organizational Change

Heather Stagl

Are you implementing a change project, or are you implementing organizational change? It’s an important distinction that may impact the success of your initiative. For example: Are you implementing a process improvement methodology, or are you creating a continuous improvement culture? Are you implementing a product innovation, or are you fostering an entrepreneurial spirit?

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Validating Change in Small Increments

Agile42

With this principle, we propose that organizational change should be addressed in an agile way, through small continuous experimental adaptations. By leveraging “the adjacent possible" and the predispositions of the organization — small changes that people propose themselves — we reduce the risks and side-effects of change. Continue reading Validating Change in Small Increments at agile42.

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The Power of Talking to Big People like they’re Children

Leadership Freak

“That tuna sandwich looks magnificent,” I told my wife. She laughed. It was a basic tuna on wheat. But I was test driving a crazy idea.

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How Americanflat Facilitated Remote Work by Creating a Decentralized Knowledge Base

Sweet Process

President of Americanflat, Giorgio Piccoli, has always had a penchant for interior decoration. His inability to get affordable wall art for his apartment when he moved to New York inspired him to go into the business with a mission to provide high-quality wall art to people at affordable prices. He understood that streamlining his business […].

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Types of Team-Building Every Company Must Explore

Vantage Circle

Have social distancing and quarantine made your social skills rusty? The pandemic gave rise to the onset of the work from home culture which has compelled companies to explore diverse types of team-building approaches and virtual strategies. Virtual team-building is a great way to indulge remote employees but it has its drawbacks too. Lack of physical interactions can lead to communication gaps and misunderstandings during online interactions.

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Don’t Forget Your Phone – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

When I was growing up, most households only had one phone and it was usually in the kitchen. And teens spent alllll the time on that phone. Today’s teens also spend a lot of time on the phone, as do most of us. These tiny devices consume so much of our time and attention, although […]. The post Don’t Forget Your Phone – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Stop Asian hate.

Know Your Team

In the wake of the murders of Asian women, we as leaders have agency and leverage to stop hate. “How are you doing lately, Claire?” I’ve been asked this over calls and in meetings over the past 13 days. Quite honestly, I have not been doing well. In the wake of the murders of Asian women on March 16th, I’ve been reliving every racist experience I’ve had in my 32 years of life as an Asian woman.