Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Companies are increasingly emphasizing a corporate purpose beyond mere profitability. The success of this integration largely hinges on organizational culture. Leaders, spanning all tiers, need to genuinely exemplify and articulate the company’s values, as demonstrated by companies like Netflix and LUSH. It’s vital for employees to perceive their daily roles as contributing to this larger purpose, with firms like Atlassian and Cisco offering noteworthy models.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

How poor leadership can impact insurance and your bottom line. An interview with Clint Tripodi about differentiating insurance through thought leadership. Could poor leadership have a direct impact on workers’ insurance claims? Today, we go outside the box by discussing insurance with Clint Tripodi. Clint is a National Practice Leader for The Liberty Company where they are changing the way business leaders look at and think about insurance – through the use of thought leadership.

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AIHR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It takes a capable workforce to meet the demands of an organization’s ambitions. When HR practices link employees to business goals, outcomes improve. An HR strategy centers HR efforts where they need to be to help the company thrive. In this article, we will explain how an HR strategy impacts daily HR practices, look at some examples, and provide tips on how to develop an HR strategy.

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Chief Outsiders

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Article 5 of the 7-part series: Accelerating Growth In 2024 with Strategic Business Planning By: Scott Wright and Jack Bowen If you have been under pressure to tighten your marketing budget this year, you’re not alone. According to a survey , B2B companies' marketing spending in 2023 increased by only 2.3%. This growth rate is lower than the 3.7% inflation rate, impacting businesses and individuals.

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Generative AI can be a boon for knowledge work, but only if you use it in the right way. New generative AI-enabled tools are rapidly emerging to assist and transform knowledge work in industries ranging from education and finance to law and medicine. Companies are starting to introduce generative AI-powered innovations into their processes, and to promulgate policies on how to use the tools safely.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and the idea that I wanted to share with you today is this: In my work with lots of authors, speakers, academics, thought leaders, consulting firms, etc., I see a lot of polishing. What do I mean by that? I mean that they’ve got something fantastic, a great idea, and they polish it, and they polish it, and they polish it.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Yesterday, a leader I respect said, “I almost teared up.” Then I spoke directly, “You didn’t almost tear up. Either you did or you didn’t.” How to stop hedging?

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Leadership Development 109

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs. Gartner recently surveyed 373 project management leaders to identify the “next generation” skills — from organizational awareness to financial acumen — that have a disproportionate impact on performance.

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Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Leadership is a skill that can be learned and developed, even for those who may consider themselves “born leaders.” In order to attain long-term success in leadership, it is important to train yourself to become a great leader and you can do it in the following ways: Building trust: Building trust is crucial in leadership. One of the most important ways to do this is by consistently keeping your word.

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BetterUp

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Jump to section Benefits of premarital counseling Types of premarital counseling What to expect from premarital counseling Start married life on the right foot

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Benefits 98

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

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Leadership is challenging enough. Don’t make yourself miserable by doing what you don’t need to do. Here are 21 things leaders don't need to do. What's on your list?

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Leadership Development 105

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A common piece of developmental feedback is the need to move from tactical to strategic thinking. But what does that look like? The author, who has coached thousands of leaders to help develop their strategic thinking capabilities, has identified three core behaviors to work on: acumen (thinking), allocation (planning), and action (doing).

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Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Leading a team through tough times can be a challenging task for any leader. Despite being stressful and taxing, crises are opportunities for leaders to rise to the challenges and prove the value of their stewardship. Great leaders know how to steer their organizations through the roughest times by doing the following: Effective communication: As a leader, it is important to be transparent with your team about the challenges and opportunities that the crisis presents.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In Bob Rosen ’s book, Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted In An Uncertain World , he explains that there are six dimensions of being a healthy leader : Physical health : how you live. How you manage your mind and body – managing your energy and living a peak performance lifestyle. Emotional health : how you feel. This is about being self-aware and having positive emotions and the ability to be resilient, catching yourself when you have a counterproductive thought.

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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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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I'm delighted to host another important book giveaway. Do you know the three kinds of innovation and three factors for leadership success in each?

Leadership Development 104

Leadership Development 104

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Eighty percent of employees work for organizations that have stated values, but only 23% agreed that they could apply those values to their everyday work. The authors explore that disconnect and present a more effective, alternative way for leaders to foster shared understanding, language, and accountability in their organizations: working agreements.

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Accounts 129

Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Leadership and effective communication go hand in hand. In order to lead a team successfully, leaders must be able to communicate effectively with their team members, stakeholders, and other key individuals. There are habits that great leaders do to be great communicators: Active listening: Great leaders are active listeners. They listen to their team members and stakeholders with an open mind, and actively seek out their opinions and feedback.

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Michael McKinney

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

D O YOU get stuck in chronic performance? It’s that pressure you feel to get every task done as flawlessly as possible—and then some. A never-ending game of catch-up. So, we work harder to get things done. Hard work leads to better performance, right? The answer to that question is what Eduardo Briceño calls The Performance Paradox. The performance paradox is the counterintuitive phenomenon that if we want to improve our performance, we have to do something other than just perform.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

You don’t notice until one morning you're drained. Low vitality equals low confidence. Restore vitality project included.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership. Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business? In this article, the author explores the subtle, yet significant, differences in career trajectories of PMs and CEOs as well as nine attributes PMs should develop to incre

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Project Management Manager 128

Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Leadership is a complex and challenging role, and even the most experienced leaders have areas where they could improve. However, recognizing and addressing your leadership weaknesses can help you turn them into strengths. Here are some tips for turning your leadership weaknesses into strengths: Identify your weaknesses: The best leaders are skilled at turning their weaknesses into strengths.

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Michael Hyatt

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When was the last time you looked through childhood pictures? It can be a strange experience to see yourself in your much younger self: your hair is shorter and darker now, your face a bit less round, but that mischievous grin and some fierceness in the eyes haven’t changed a bit. The same goes for […] The post The Gift of Being Human: You Can Change appeared first on Full Focus.

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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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BetterUp

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Jump to section Why are hobbies important? Hobbies versus interests How to find a hobby as an adult How do I find a hobby when nothing interests me?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to Gartner, 80% of project management tasks will be run by AI by 2030. Indeed, AI is transforming every aspect of work, including our management of people and projects. However, to realize AI’s transformational potential for project management, four critical pieces must come together: 1) organizations will need high-quality data; 2) human employees will need to think of AI as a copilot; 3) humans will need reskilling; and 4) organizations will need to prioritize the human experience.

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Thought Leaders LLC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We can be victims of our own thoughts holding us back. False equivalencies limit our beliefs and can turn our greatest strengths into barriers and limitations. Today’s post is by Elizabeth B. Crook, author of Live Large: The Achiever’s Guide to What’s Next (CLICK HERE to get your copy). As a business leader, you know the challenges of managing cash flow, dealing with personal issues or handling a customer who is dissatisfied – all problems we sign up for as leaders.

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Lolly Daskal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Leadership can be a demanding role, and it’s all too easy for leaders to become overwhelmed by the pressures and responsibilities that come with the job. However, there are steps that leaders can take to avoid or manage feelings of overwhelm. As an executive leadership coach, here are five important tips I coach my clients, to help them avoid becoming overwhelmed: Prioritize self-care: Leaders need to take care of themselves physically, emotionally, and mentally in order to be able to lead

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Kellogg Insight

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Plus: insecure employees and a flagging culture. On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” more from our conversation with Professor Harry Kraemer.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Revenue spirals, industry shifts, and legislative changes can have unexpected ripple effects on your career advancement. Developing a predetermined fallback plan allows you to proceed with a clear head if you’re faced with a career setback. Importantly, fallback plans are not a marker of failure. Considering your options is an essential part of career exploration, adaptation to sudden transitions, and commitment to growth.

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Revenue 121

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The empathy advantage: Retention and engagement. Customer service. Collaboration. Crisis management. More.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S.

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Manager 84

AIHR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

So, you’ve made the decision to enter the exciting field of Human Resources (HR) and are ready to pursue entry-level HR positions – congratulations! Not only is HR an immensely rewarding profession, but it’s also one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there will be an additional 70,000 HR jobs by the year 2030.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We are moving towards a new digital landscape where genuine human content is increasingly rare commodity. And, as we all know from Economics 101, its value should therefore rise. This calls for a rethink of the incentives and economics surrounding human-generated content. The real bottleneck in generative AI might not be computation capacity or model parameters, but our unique human touch.

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Manager 120