Nir Eyal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google), has a quirky way of deciding which companies he likes. It’s called “The Toothbrush Test.” According to the New York Times, when Page looks at a potential company to acquire, he wants to know if the product is, like a toothbrush, “something you will […]. The post How Two Companies Hooked Customers On Products They Rarely Use appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Engineering 105

15Five

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

For decades, business leaders believed that simply focusing on performance management was the key to building a successful company. If they just had the right vision and strategy, clear objectives, people with the skill sets to achieve those objectives, and alignment toward their goals throughout the entire organization, they’d achieve high employee performance, financial success, and live happily ever after.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The same failures repeat for blunt skulls. It’s not enough to say, “I screwed up.” A 3 step system to come out smarter after failure: #1. Name it. Address the past.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The prevailing wisdom is that most everyone will have a variety of jobs over their working life. And, it’s actually more than just prevailing wisdom. According to The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people born between 1957 and 1964 held an average of 11.7 jobs from ages 18 to 48. 12 jobs in 30 years. […]. The post Loyalty Isn’t Dead (or It Shouldn’t Be) appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Vanessa Van Edwards

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Do men and women lead differently? Researchers have found that women tend to have a distinct leadership style that shapes how they run their teams. Specifically, these studies show that women tend to use what’s called the transformational leadership style. Transformational Leadership: Transformational leaders aim to enhance the motivation, morale and job performance of followers by Continue reading "Women in Leadership: 6 Strategies for Female Managers".

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Manager 59

HR Transformations

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

What is it for? We’re all familiar with the phrase “form follows function” in architectural design, and it holds just as true for organizational design. It refers to the popular principal that form or structure should be determined by function or purpose. When organizations implement change, it often exposes the need to change functions, including … Change Management 101 (Part 3): Why You Need a Practical Organization & Performance Redesign Plan Read More ».

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Have you ever watched helplessly as your company was undergoing immense strain or was even burning to the ground? What did you do about it? Kyle Porter is founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a rapidly growing company that provides a powerful platform for sales development teams to increase qualified demos and appointments. But back in 2012, SalesLoft just wasn’t working.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Control, for the most part, is illusion. What happens when you try to control something outside your control? Anxiety. Stress. Fear. Frustration. Pressuring. Manipulation. Resentment.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Few skills in the workplace cause more angst and stress than giving a presentation. The stakes may be high and your experience might not be all that stellar. Not only that, but many people fear speaking in public as much (or more) than dying. So when you can provide a proven learning experience with a […]. The post Overcoming the 9 Mammoth Mistakes of Public Speaking and Presentations appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Unproductive meetings drive productive people nuts. If organizational culture is the way we treat each other while we work, Meetings are culture building activities. 10 reasons the meeting sucked: Bloviators.

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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 Freak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If half-truths are lies, being nice makes us liars. The need to be nice is about: Preventing offense. Keeping the peace. Protecting status. Being liked. Being too nice often includes shading the truth.

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Leadership Development 96

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Your most powerful tool of influence is a pair of caring ears. Today’s leadership challenge is the daily practice of caring engaged silence. Caring engaged silence: A caring heart is permission to lead.

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Leadership Development 96

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Everyone has priorities. For ineffective managers, it’s the next email, text, phone call, or person who walks through the door. Meaningful work requires a closed door.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

New behaviors feel like showing up for dinner dressed like Micky Mouse. Frustration and disappointment are more comfortable than the discomfort of feeling inauthentic when you try on new leadership behaviors. People say, “Be yourself.

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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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Nir Eyal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

When Nathan Bashaw, CEO of Hardbound, reached out about doing a presentation around my book Hooked, I jumped at the chance to try a fun visual for sharing knowledge about habit-forming products. Let me know what you think of the format below and please share with others. </iframe. The post The Science of Habit-Forming Products appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Engineering 89

Nir Eyal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Several months ago, I wrote an article sharing a happiness hack my wife and I use to maintain and nourish close friendships. Here’s a SlideShare summary of the happiness hack article. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Quality Friendships Diagram You may also enjoy reading: Happiness Hack: This One Ritual Made Me Much Happier. The post Don’t Let Friendships Starve to Death: Use This Happiness Hack to Keep People Close appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

It’s tempting to prioritize poor performers and neglect middle and top performers. Leaders believe small improvements in poor performance make a big difference. They’re right, but how likely is progress?

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Leadership Development 89

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Change may begin with declaration, but change efforts sputter until leaders change their own behaviors. 4 steps on the path to the highest good: #1. Paint a picture of the medium-term highest good.

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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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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The impact of your leadership is measured by the effect you have on others. Manage the splash: You always impact those around you. Even if people turn from you, you have impact. Some leaders tend to lift people toward bright. Some leaders tend to drag people toward dark.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Dear Dan, The post I read today resonated with me and raised a question. Your comment: “Some are blind to their strengths; others to their weaknesses.” I have been so immersed in the day to day of school life I lose sight of what my strengths/weaknesses are. I want to develop myself as a leader.

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Leadership Development 87

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

EY released Global Generations 3.0 research that found less than half of full-time workers surveyed globally between the ages of 19-68, place a “great deal of trust” in their employer, boss, or colleagues.

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Leadership Development 87

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

People who feel powerless sleepwalk through opportunities, view change as threatening, and hide behind obstacles. Feeling weak squanders usefulness.

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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

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Everything becomes distraction and reaction when you lose control of you calendar. In an article titled, Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Silence when people don’t perform lets everyone know performance doesn’t matter. 7 causes of poor performance: #1. Management makes it nearly impossible to say no.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Your inner critic believes you’re a failure and wants you to stay that way. An inner finger-pointer comes from two places.

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Leadership Development 103

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Visionary thinking typically receives quick turndowns from cautious leaders. People start thinking small and safe. Everyone dreams small when cautious judgmental leaders control decisions.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

High energy teams get more done. Sadly, they don’t teach managers how to track and manage team energy. Perhaps it’s a topic you’d rather ignore. Just do the work.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Getting the right people on the team is one of the leader’s most important roles. It doesn’t belong to HR, and it isn’t something to (completely) delegate. The biggest contributor to your competitive advantage, productivity and success is your people – when you have the right ones. Put together the wrong pieces and the puzzle […]. The post Taking Hiring to a Higher Level appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The answer to the question I’ve just posed may seem easy or obvious to you. Even if that is true, read on. This article, and this question is for you. If you are reading this as a leader, the two obvious answers to the “who’s on your team?” question are: The team you lead. The […]. The post Who’s on Your Team? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

What does it mean to be fascinating? And how can it benefit your relationships and your role as a leader? In today’s episode, I explore what it means to be fascinating, with branding expert and researcher, and bestselling author, Sally Hogshead. Creator of the Fascination Personality assessment, the world’s first personality assessment that measures how […].

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Benefits 72

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The danger of power is the illusion that you know more than those who don’t have it. “Power is the ability to afford not to learn.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

Everything good in leadership begins with humility. Humility… #1. Humility enjoys the success of others. Arrogant leaders cringe at the success of others, even though leadership success hinges on the success of others.

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Leadership Development 71