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7 Secrets to Spotting People You can Trust

Leadership Freak

Failure awaits all leaders who trust the wrong people. Surround yourself with people you can trust. Few things are more powerful than a team of talented people who trust each other.

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7 Principles To Mastering Growth Marketing

Brian Balfour

We have a big addiction problem in our industry. Hacktics, the tips, tricks, hacks, tools, and secrets that promise to solve our growth problems. A glance at the front page of GrowthHackers.com , Inbound.org, or any other growth hacking community is all it takes to understand the obsession. As a result, marketers now get the majority of their “learning” through this hack-tic based content.

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Engaging Millennial Employees via Accountability, Clarity, & Prioritization

15Five

As businesses undergo workplace shifts and transfer of knowledge around responsibilities, there is often concern on how to bridge generational gaps. Many of our government clients have really started to address this through “emerging leaders” style programs and leadership academies. So as the discussion about Millennials in the Workplace evolves, we ask if they are really the entitled generation, or if that’s a misconception.

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How to Be Smarter Every Day

Kevin Eikenberry

Pretty much everyone I’ve ever asked about this would say they would like to be smarter. And that goal of being smarter, stated or not, is common regardless how confident people are, their level of self-esteem, and even their actual or perceived level of “smartness.” It starts when we are very young – we want […]. The post How to Be Smarter Every Day appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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How to be Authentic Even When You’re Crazy Busy

Leadership Freak

Unfocused busyness leads to meaningless contribution. You get so busy that you forget who you are and what you’re really trying to accomplish. The secret to meaningful busyness is direction and reflection.

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How to Go Further by Identifying Future High Performers

Leadership Freak

#1. Look for people who respect wisdom in others. Contemptuous know-it-alls: Can’t connect. An over-confident phony keeps everyone, except other phonies, at arm’s length. Ignore suggestions. Belittle the experience of others.

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5 Lessons from a Lifetime of Mistake-Making

Leadership Freak

The real value of mistake-making is turning toward the future with less baggage. The future is built by both endings and beginnings. Wisdom gained from mistakes is about endings. It’s useful only as it makes space to try new things. The danger of mistake-making is giving up. 5 lessons from a lifetime of mistake-making: #1.

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Remarkable TV: What You Can Learn in Five Minutes

Kevin Eikenberry

In today’s busy world, we need to capitalize on and take advantage of every minute that we have in our day. And when you find yourself with an extra five minutes – whether that’s because a meeting ended early, or the client you called wasn’t in the office – here are a few things that […]. The post Remarkable TV: What You Can Learn in Five Minutes appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Move From Don’t-Want to Do-Want Leadership

Leadership Freak

Most people walk around with a big don’t-want inside. When I ask people what they want, they inevitably tell me what they don’t want.

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The You Matter Marathon

Kevin Eikenberry

Imagine, a coworker, neighbor or even a stranger walking up to you and handing you a card. They might say something like, “I just wanted to share this with you,” or “I think you need to hear this today,” or they might say nothing, and just hand you the card. Then imagine looking at the […]. The post The You Matter Marathon appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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The Ultimate Leadership Lesson with Steve Farber

Kevin Eikenberry

In today’s episode, I explore the traits that make up exceptional leaders, with best-selling author and founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, Steve Farber. We also examine “love” in terms of creating a work environment where your clients love your products AND your employees love to do their job successfully! Listen Now In this episode, […].

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Solution Saturday: Crying, Anger, and Gossip

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, How do you give feedback and not be offensive? There are some people I work with who would gladly take on feedback.

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The Annual Employee Survey is Dead

15Five

Ok, ok—the employee survey itself is not dead. But the annual frequency of it is. If you’re still polling your employees once a year just to check a box, you’re missing out on what true feedback is all about. Employee engagement isn’t something to take lightly. In fact, Hay Group reports that “companies with engaged employees experience 2.5x more revenues than competitors with low engagement levels.