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Don’t Let Friendships Starve to Death: Use This Happiness Hack to Keep People Close

Nir Eyal

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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What Leaders Can Learn From College Football

Kevin Eikenberry

It’s that time of year… The sound of the bands. The roar of the crowds. The smells in the tailgate areas. It’s college football season. For some that means very little, but for many, it is a signals that all that is right with the world, as long as their team is winning. Whether you […]. The post What Leaders Can Learn From College Football appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Managing Change: Three Truths Every Executive Needs to Know to Deliver Superior ERP and Tech Implementation Results

HR Transformations

According to a recent report, the companies that are most effective at change management are also 4.51 times more likely to involve change and internal communication professionals in the earliest planning stages. A new tech rollout or ERP implementation marks a huge change for any company, and that change needs to be managed in order … Managing Change: Three Truths Every Executive Needs to Know to Deliver Superior ERP and Tech Implementation Results Read More ».

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How to Energize Low-Energy Employees

Leadership Freak

Managers complain about pushing low-energy employees. Low-energy suggests lack of purpose, not lack of energy. Don’t try to energize low-energy employees. Help them connect with their purpose. Purpose pulls.

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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 Stay Focused on What Matters Most

Leadership Freak

At the end of the day you’re spent, but wonder what you achieved. The path to success is doing what matters most. The seduction of busyness obscures what matters most.

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How Managers Lower Stress and Enjoy Work

Leadership Freak

Stress is a thistle patch. Stress is a magnifying glass. Stress is a straw. Top 4 external stress points for managers: People problems. Delivering more results with fewer resources and people.

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Companies Choose Unqualified Managers 82% of the Time

Leadership Freak

Only one in ten people have the talent to manage. No wonder, according to Gallup, companies choose unqualified managers 82% of the time.

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Remarkable TV: What is the Best Way to Communicate with Others?

Kevin Eikenberry

Communication is a two-way street. There is a sender and a receiver and it’s extremely important to remember that if we want to be effective, we must put the receiver first to ensure that not only are we conveying a message that is received and understood, but also that the receiver themselves feel heard and […]. The post Remarkable TV: What is the Best Way to Communicate with Others?

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How Two Mistakes Resulted in a $150 Million Business

Leadership Freak

Mistakes aren’t the end of the world. Sometimes they’re the beginning. Beginnings: Paula Swain convinced her husband to leave a 15 year career to start a business from scratch on wrong information.

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Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success in a Distracted World

Kevin Eikenberry

By Cal Newport For many years I have worked to be more focused, create more, produce more and achieve more. In many ways, that last statement describes my life for the last 30 years. And while many kind people say that I am more creative and productive than most; and I have always tried to […]. The post Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success in a Distracted World 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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Lessons from a Female Entrepreneur with Becky Robinson

Kevin Eikenberry

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Becky Robinson, author, and the founder and CEO of Weaving Influence, Inc., a social media and digital publicity company for authors and thought leaders. We’ll discuss entrepreneurship from a female’s perspective, and how to successfully create and lead an organization built on specific core values, as well as overcoming […].

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16 Ways to Defeat Boredom and Lead Training People Love

Leadership Freak

Poorly run training is worse than a poke in the eye. I’m an Advisory Mentor for the Queen’s Young Leaders.