Suzi McAlpine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Stress in and of itself is not a bad thing. In fact, a certain amount of stress is not only useful for our wellbeing, it’s also good for our performance. As the author of Beyond Burnout, I’m the first one to call out chronic or extreme stress as pretty damaging. But I’ve started to see… The post A healthy dose of (eu)stress in the workplace never hurt anyone – here’s why first appeared on Suzi McAlpine | The Art of Leadership.

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Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Learning to lead and network as an introvert. An interview with Marcel Wijermars about helping introverted leaders overcome the energy drain and find success at networking events. How do you take a personality trait that many might consider a setback, and turn it into a multi-faceted business? My guest today is Marcel Wijermars, the founder of Introverted Leadership and keynote speaker for the well-known speech, “The Introvert Way to Create a Life of Abundance.” Years ago, Marcel rea

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Lolly Daskal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

a Showing appreciation to your employees is crucial for maintaining a positive and productive workplace. It’s a simple way to let your team know that their hard work and dedication are valued. It can help to boost morale and engagement. But expressing gratitude to your employees isn’t always easy. Therefore, it’s important to do it in a way that feels genuine and heartfelt.

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

There’s a dizzying amount of activity going on in some states and school districts, spurred by the push to bring classroom practice in line with the “science of reading.” But not all of that activity translates into better reading instruction.

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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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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This post, HR won’t do anything about a coworker who’s angry about my weight loss , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I just came back to work after a month-long emergency medical leave. The tl:dr is that after a decade of medical gaslighting, a new doctor ordered an emergency MRI during a routine visit and discovered a mass in my abdomen.

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Association Now Leadership

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

United States-based associations looking to expand want to preserve their DEI goals, but some don’t always translate. Take the time to understand others’ perspectives, one expert suggests. When it comes to going global, it’s well-known that American associations make a lot of U.S.-centric mistakes. They possess ideas about membership, meetings, partnerships, marketing, and more that make perfect sense in America but may not apply in different countries and regions.

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Companies that have cobalt in their supply chains do not want to admit that ASM cobalt is present but it is a business reality and companies must focus their attention on formalizing these artisanal small-scale mines

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AIHR

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The types of employee benefits an organization provides carry weight in today’s employment market. Compensation on its own is not enough to engage employees and attract job seekers who now expect more comprehensive rewards for their work. HR practitioners need to be aware of the various benefit possibilities and determine which ones their organization should consider adopting.

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Zenefits

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Great Resignation has had employees leaving their jobs in droves. Researchers indicate that workers like their chances in the current job market, meaning employers must remain vigilant with their retention efforts for top performers. It’s time for companies to confirm they are making the correct efforts to retain their current workforce. Organizations must ensure they are making every effort to drive employee job satisfaction.

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Lolly Daskal

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The power of kindness is often underestimated in the realm of leadership. While many leaders focus on driving results and achieving goals, the simple act of showing kindness can have a profound impact on a team. Here are the four ways kindness makes an impact: Kindness can build strong relationships: When leaders show compassion and empathy towards their employees, they create a sense of trust and respect.

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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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UVA Darden

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How Changing the Connotation of ‘Quiet Quitting’ Can Benefit the Workplace burtonc Mon, 02/06/2023 - 09:53 3 February 2023 Leadership & Management Modern Global Leadership Andrew Ramspacher Jim Detert just wants to set the record straight. The University of Virginia professor, who holds a joint appointment in the Darden School of Business and the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has spent the last few years reading about a couple of trendy terms in the business world that are, real

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David Grossman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The prevalence of disinformation – defined as deliberately misleading or biased information – continues to be a significant problem in both Canada and the U.S., according to the 2022 Institute for Public Relations Disinformation in Society Report, which was conducted with Leger and McMaster University.

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Traditional career advice generally focuses on what a candidate should say in an interview, but often leaves out what landmines to avoid. To make a great first impression, there are certain taboos a job seeker should refrain from mentioning in their initial meeting with a prospective employer.

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Lolly Daskal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I sometimes use storytelling with my clients to make a point. Sometimes, the stories are more profound than any coaching or guiding I could do. Last week, one of my clients heard the story of two Zen Monks and it had a profound impact on his leadership. The story goes as follows, there were two Zen monks who are on a journey together.

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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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Thought Leaders LLC

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In Beirut, Lebanon during 1973, five-year-old Elisa A. Schmitz first learned situational awareness—a leadership lesson she says is key to being visionary. Today’s guest post is by Elisa Schmitz, author of Become the Fire: Transform Life’s Chaos into Business and Personal Success (CLICK HERE to get your copy). It was 1973 and I was living in Beirut, Lebanon, when that country was a powder keg before its civil war.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Company culture is an organization's soul, shaping its employees' values, beliefs, and behaviors. It sets the tone for how work gets done and affects everything from job satisfaction to overall success. Whether looking to improve your current workplace or searching for a company that aligns with your values, understanding and valuing company culture is key and coaching culture is a huge part of it.

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Michael McKinney

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

T HE SCOTTISH POET Robert Burns wrote, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry,” in a poem to a mouse whose nest was disrupted by the plow. The implication is that things rarely go just the way we want. Disruptions fall all along the spectrum from “the whatever” to “the paralyzing.” From my-coffee-is-too-hot to the death of a loved one; from the game was canceled to a divorce.

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Lolly Daskal

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As a leader of a remote team, it’s important to find ways to recognize and appreciate your employees for their hard work and contributions. Here are 12 meaningful ways to recognize your remote employees successfully: Slack it: Post messages of recognition on slack or other communication platforms. This is a quick and easy way to let your team know that you appreciate their efforts.

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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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Zenefits

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Performance reviews are an important tool for business and its workers. These annual (or more frequent) meetings discuss issues that have arisen in the past and plan for the future. At every level, performance reviews inform workers of what’s important to their organization, their manager, and their staff. Employee are better able to deliver on those expectations when they’re clearly outlined and discussed.

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Chief Outsiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Become a big fish in your pond In my previous blog, “What Tech CEOs Get Wrong About Positioning,” we introduced the concept of market positioning – and specifically, how it helps your customers connect the dots between their needs and your product or service. Of all the marketing strategy lessons we at Chief Outsiders share with founders and business leaders like yourself, positioning ranks among the most critical.

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BetterUp

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Jump to section What are the main difficulties when giving presentations? How to prepare an effective presentation After that, how do I give a memorable presentation?

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Scott Elbin

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

One of the great truths of life is that things never stay the same. It doesn’t matter if it’s a good thing or a bad thing; it’s going to change. It’s just as true in your professional life as it is in your personal life. For instance, you can work really hard to build a great team and then things change. Someone leaves or someone joins and the dynamics change as a result.

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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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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The road to home means many things to many people, but none more relevant than to those forced into displacement. Imvepi Refugee Settlement in the West Nile region of Uganda supports approximately 70,000 refugees. Education continues to be a focus for NGOs like Pangea Educational Development.

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Tanveer Nasser

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure. While we might think this high failure rate reflects a technical deficiency in leaders, Erika Andersen, my guest for this episode of my “Leadership Biz Cafe” podcast, makes. Click to continue reading Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure.

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SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization.

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Chief Executive

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Twice in as many months I have received quizzical looks when I mentioned to family business owners that I coach that they might benefit from running their businesses as if they are going to sell them. “Why would we want to do that?” was the blink reaction of each. “Many reasons,” I replied. “Where would you like to start?” Their reaction isn’t surprising, of course.

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Although remote and hybrid working have advantages, a big disadvantage is that you can lose balance working under the same roof where you live. But with a little foresight, you can enjoy both the flexibility and the productivity this "new normal" allows.

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This post, a very good update: how to tell a former employee he can’t visit us weekly , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer asking how to tell a former employee he couldn’t visit their office weekly (#3 at the link)? The update is one of my favorites ever (and I probably should have saved it for Valentine’s Day but you are getting it now because I love it too much to wait): I have an update to a question you posted a few months ago a

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SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization.

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Chief Executive

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Effective digital transformation has emerged as a significant concern for almost all organizations in recent years, expedited by a variety of pressures including a global pandemic that stressed company processes to their limits and shifting consumer demand for seamless service anytime, anywhere. While the term ‘digital transformation’ is about technology, it is often the adoption of and changes to processes and ways of working that are the key to effectively integrating new data and digital capa

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The University of Chicago's new series titled "The Day Tomorrow Began" is a particularly effective public campaign about the value of the research discoveries and scholarly breakthroughs made by its faculty over the years.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Are you feeling overwhelmed by how your team is measuring success? Are you looking for an easy-to-understand way to set targets and understand progress? Don't worry - Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) are here to save the day. OKRs are a process used by many leading companies to measure progress across departments and divisions, track the big picture, and help teams stay aligned with their overall objectives.

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