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The 1% rule – what it is and why it’s useful for you as a leader

Suzi McAlpine

You might have heard of the 1% improvement rule utilised by Head of British Cycling, Sir Dave Brailsford when he applied the theory of marginal gains to cycling with the UK team who went on to achieve gold medals. Brailsford said, “The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could… The post The 1% rule – what it is and why it’s useful for you as a leader first appeared on Suzi McAlpine | The Art of Leadership.

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Here’s the Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Lolly Daskal

There is growing evidence to suggest that positive work cultures are more productive than negative ones. In fact, research shows that employees who feel positive about their work environment are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and productive. On the other hand, employees who work in negative or toxic cultures are more likely to be disengaged and less productive.

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How Remote Work Has Affected Real Estate Values

Forbes Leadership

The remote working boom that was seen during the pandemic has undoubtedly changed how we work in a fundamental way. New research explores what impact it has had on the corporate real estate market.

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6 Proven Ways to Smile More

David Grossman

A client recently realized that she wants to smile more. Having seen herself on a number of corporate videos and in virtual meetings , she’s made a note that when she smiles in her delivery, she conveys her excitement more naturally, is more motivating, and overall, comes off as more like herself. Smiling naturally is a powerful way to connect with others and can positively impact how we feel as well.

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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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11 Company Employee Value Proposition Examples For HR

AIHR

Referring to other company’s employee value proposition examples can be a great source of inspiration for HR professionals who want to create, update, or modernize the EVP of their organization. This article will give you an overview of what an employee value proposition (EVP) is and examples of what they can look like and what they include. Contents What is an employee value proposition (EVP)?

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The Future of Leadership Development: How to Prepare for What’s Next

Lolly Daskal

Despite investing heavily in education for their executives, many companies don’t see a good return on their investment. This is because traditional educators and businesses don’t often teach the vital skills necessary for success. Even if individuals receive some training, they may not stay with the company that paid for it. As an executive leadership coach, I have observed that most organizations’ leadership development programs are standardized and one-size-fits-all.

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Leadership Pro Tip: Embrace a Curious Mindset

Association Now Leadership

A sense of curiosity can help uncover new ideas and get your brain tuned in to other kinds of thinking. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it built the leader. Leadership in many ways is built around making important decisions, and if you’re making the same types of decisions over and over, your leadership style might struggle as a result. But one way to fix that?

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We Need More Useful Intelligence, Not Just Artificial Intelligence

Chief Executive

Artificial or not, what’s most important is that intelligence be useful. Which is why there’s a better name for what businesses need right now: Useful Intelligence or what I call UI, or a tool that filters out bad or even dangerous information and delivers fact-based, well-researched data genuinely useful to humankind, and in turn companies across the world.

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The Power of Perspective: Why Your View as a Leader Matters

Lolly Daskal

As an executive leadership coach, I often guide my clients on the importance of having the right perspective as a leader. In my experience, a leader’s perspective is crucial because it is what people will follow. Therefore, it is essential for a leader to understand their perspectives, as their views truly matter. There are four key perspectives that I believe a leader must have in order to make a meaningful impact on those they lead.

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Covid Generation Is ‘Less Smart’ As Result Of Pandemic Lockdowns, Study Finds

Forbes Leadership

Students whose education was disrupted by Covid lockdowns have not only lost out on their learning, but are also less intelligent than previous generations, new research has found.

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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 the Hybrid Office Still Isn’t Settled Yet

Association Now Leadership

Four-day workweeks? Fully remote? Plenty of options are still on the table for leaders. And now is a good time to look into what works. The struggle to create a post-COVID workplace that works for everybody is still going strong. Many associations settled on hybrid work arrangements in 2022, but there’s still a lot of work happening to address changing needs, and changing attitudes about employee wellness.

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Implicit Bias: What it is and Ways to Reduce it

BetterUp

Jump to section What is implicit bias? Implicit vs explicit bias How does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) work? What are the implications of implicit bias? What can be done about it? Why does it matter?

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The 10 Decision That Can Change Your Leadership Life

Lolly Daskal

We all make decisions every day. As an executive leadership coach, my clients make business decisions constantly. But it’s who they are as leaders that makes their other decisions more impactful. Here are 10 decisions that I have encouraged my clients to make so that their leadership lives can change forever: Choosing to find meaning in what they do: This decision can help leaders find meaning in what they do and can make work more meaningful and life more purposeful.

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The Latest College Extravagance: $100 Million “Football Operations Centers”

Forbes Leadership

The University of Oklahoma took a giant stride toward keeping up with the Joneses this week with the announcement that its Board of Regents had approved plans to construct a “state-of-the-art” football operations center with an estimated budget of $175 million.

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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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5 Tips (Plus) for Leaders to Effect Change in DEI

UVA Darden

5 Tips (Plus) for Leaders to Effect Change in DEI burtonc Mon, 03/06/2023 - 09:26 28 February 2023 Leadership & Management Business, Ethics & Society Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Modern Global Leadership Sydney Chakalos You’ve stepped into a leadership position — perhaps a role as chief diversity officer (CDO) — and leading diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts is a priority.

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Executives Need to Invest in Understanding the Customer Experience

Harvard Business Review

Only half of chief executives are confident they are able to provide high-quality digital experiences to customers, according to a new survey.

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The Letter Every Leader Must Write To Those They Lead

Lolly Daskal

As a leader, it is important to not only focus on the task at hand, but also to take the time to connect with those you lead on a personal level. One way to do this is through the written word. Here are some suggestions to express and that would make a difference to those you lead: Make today count. People often forget that the activities they do today will impact their future.

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Reinvent The Communications Industry

Forbes Leadership

AI is poised to reinvent the entire communications industry and pave the way for better, more accessible human expression by eliminating monotonous tasks and expanding creative potential.

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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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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Michael McKinney

T HE TIME TO THINK about power is before you get it. Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.

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Podcast: Workers Are Stressed Out. Here’s How Leaders Can Help.

Kellogg Insight

On this episode of The Insightful Leader: You can’t always control what happens at work. But reframing setbacks, and instituting some serious calendar discipline, can go a long way toward reducing stress.

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The Most Important Question CEOs Should Ask Before Next Earnings Season

Chief Executive

Many CEOs have once again spent earnings season focused on the past—and often on the defensive. Yet the best ones use moments like these to go on the offensive. They see them as opportunities to change the discussion from the past to the future. When done right, they can allow you to clearly articulate for yourself—and your teams—what you’re going to double down on.

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Is A New Kind Of Workaholism The Flip Side Of "Quiet Quitting"?

Forbes Leadership

The relationship between American employers and their employees has been in flux over the past few years. What if the Great Resignation and quiet quitting are symptoms of the same problem? Is there something fundamentally broken in the social contract between employer and employee?

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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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What is a Business Strategy Consultant? Do I Need One?

SME Strategy

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 creating a strategic plan that is communicated and implemented across your entire organization.

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Inspiring Others to Reach New Heights

Refresh

Leaders across industries have a unique opportunity to not just focus on productivity and overall workforce management, but they have a chance to truly inspire their teams to be the best versions of themselves. And while the age-old saying of “waiting for inspiration to strike” may be the way many view inspiring others; it may be prudent to take a more hands-on approach to inspiration.

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3 Ways To Instill Gratitude In Your Workplace

Chief Executive

Gratitude is often brought to the mainstream during the holiday season, but perhaps the biggest blind spot on this topic is how important it is in the workplace. Being thankful is an often-overlooked part of leadership, yet one that team members crave for satisfaction and retention. Gratitude has the potential to build a better employee experience, make the workplace more humane, strengthen connections and build resilience.

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Redesigning Kenya's Public Transport With Women In Mind

Forbes Leadership

Kenya-based social entrepreneur Naomi Mwaura, founded Flone Initiative, as a practical effort to redesign public transportation so that riding (and waiting on) buses and trains is safe for all – with a focus on women’s safety and freedom from sexual harassment and violence.

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How To Improve Employee Productivity

SME Strategy

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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How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

Harvard Business Review

An analysis of 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program reveals common challenges and opportunities.

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Back To Work: Tips For Integrating The Returning Boomers

Chief Executive

It wasn’t that long ago that Baby Boomers were worried about Millennials and then Gen Zers in the workforce. They fretted about how to encourage the younger generations to be responsible and productive, and how to get these digital natives to put their cell phones away long enough to build the meaningful relationships critical to long-term employment.

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How A Black OBGYN Persevered Through A Terrifying Experience With Preeclampsia

Forbes Leadership

Dr. Tamika Cross shares how she balanced operating her private practice, caring for her patients, while pregnant — with what eventually developed into severe preeclampsia.

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The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

SME Strategy

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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Almost Half of U.S. Companies Can’t Fill Open Positions

Refresh

Despite the optimistic hiring outlook for the next year, 91% of U.S. companies expect to face challenges, including 45% of hiring managers who say they have open positions they cannot fill. This is according to a survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, where the 45% reporting open jobs is the highest proportion since the study’s inception (42% first half of 2022, 43% second half of 2021, 40% first half of 2021, 41% second half of 2020 and 40% first half of 2