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5 Ways to Become the Leader People Look To When it Counts

Leadership Freak

Unrealistic kindness and untempered helpfulness result in unreliability. A reliable average leader is more valuable than unreliable top talent. Reliability validates your value. The good news is, reliability doesn’t take talent.

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Proof That Your Team Of Corporate Superchickens Is Destroying Productivity

15Five

Human productivity can be difficult to measure, especially in some knowledge-worker roles. Take content marketing for example. What level of output indicates acceptable performance; one viral blog post per month or ten mediocre ones? Chicken productivity, on the other hand, has one simple success metric — how many eggs are in the basket? It may seem absurd to compare the efforts of these two very different species.

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5 Tips for Maintaining Your Productivity This Holiday Season

Kevin Eikenberry

The holiday season isn’t typically synonymous with productivity; but they can be if you know what to do. Last year I proposed five ideas. They were ideas I’ve applied with great success. This year I want to revisit those five, and add two more things (even though the title only promises five, I’m giving seven. […]. The post 5 Tips for Maintaining Your Productivity This Holiday Season appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Stay Informed Without Losing Your Mind

Nir Eyal

Around the election, in a desperate search for answers about our nation’s future, I found myself scrolling, reading, and watching everything I could. I was trapped in an endless pull-to-refresh cycle of consuming more news, tweets, posts, and videos than was good for me. I told myself that I was staying informed, that this was […]. The post How to Stay Informed Without Losing Your Mind appeared first on Nir and Far.

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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 Respond with Grace and Resolve When Teammates Disengage

Leadership Freak

Isolation and disengagement may be normal in the short-term. Things happen. Patterns of disengagement fracture teams. 7 reasons people disengage: #1. They want something.

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How to Get Your Head Out of Your You-Know-What

Leadership Freak

Self-absorbed leaders unintentionally trivialize the people around them. Don’t expect extraordinary performance from people you devalue and disrespect. If you’re really that important, make others feel valued.

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The Power of Momentum

Kevin Eikenberry

Effective leaders not only create action, they also sustain it. And in order to create action, leaders need to build momentum. In today’s video, I’m giving four simple ideas that you can use to build the momentum in your team and in your organization. Tweet it out: Remember the power of momentum – as we […]. The post The Power of Momentum appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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A Plan Without Energy is a Car Without Gas

Leadership Freak

I coach a leader who is preoccupied and impatient. He walks past people without noticing them. He’s testy when interactions hint at taking longer than absolutely necessary.

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A Plan Without Energy is a Car Without Gas

Leadership Freak

I coach a leader who is preoccupied and impatient. He walks past people without noticing them. He’s testy when interactions hint at taking longer than absolutely necessary.

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The Power of Enterprise Engagement with Bruce Bolger

Kevin Eikenberry

Want better business results and success? Then today’s episode is one you won’t want to miss! Join Bruce Bolger, “Mr. Engagement” and Managing Director of EEA (The Enterprise Engagement Alliance) as we discuss what REAL engagement means, and how fostering proactive involvement with others will get you on the fast track to sustainable success!

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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 Secret to Productivity: Why Every Leaders Needs a Closed Door Policy to Reveal Greater Productivity in Every Day

Kevin Eikenberry

Aren’t you supposed to have an open door policy as a leader? Why would I tell you that might be the wrong policy? There are many things that “all leaders do” (or should do) that might not get the best or intended results. After all, if you do things the same way as everyone else, […]. The post The Secret to Productivity: Why Every Leaders Needs a Closed Door Policy to Reveal Greater Productivity in Every Day appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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12 Ways to Confront Doubt with Certainty

Leadership Freak

Ignorance never doubts. Times are always uncertain. Uneasy leaders understand: Decisions impact others. Circumstances change. Failure is possible. Boldness without doubt is tragedy waiting to happen. When stakes are high, explore your doubts.

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12 Ways to Confront Doubt with Certainty

Leadership Freak

Ignorance never doubts. Times are always uncertain. Uneasy leaders understand: Decisions impact others. Circumstances change. Failure is possible. Boldness without doubt is tragedy waiting to happen. When stakes are high, explore your doubts.

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5 Ways Leaders Win With Skeptics

Leadership Freak

All leader face skeptics. It’s normal, in some cases healthy. Pessimists and doubters keep leaders on their toes. 5 ways to win with skeptics: #1. Overcome the shoe drop distraction.

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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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7 Alternatives to Traditional Gift Exchanges in the Office – #1 Don’t Do it

Leadership Freak

“Christmas means carnage,” Ferdinand, the duck in the movie, Babe: Pig in the City. A feast for one is tragedy for another.

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7 Alternatives to Traditional Gift Exchanges in the Office – #1 Don’t Do it

Leadership Freak

“Christmas means carnage,” Ferdinand, the duck in the movie, Babe: Pig in the City. A feast for one is tragedy for another.

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