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10 Unseen Leadership Pitfalls When You Are Not Setting Clear Expectations

Lolly Daskal

When leaders fail to define expectations clearly, they unknowingly pave the way for various pitfalls that can hinder both individual and organizational success. As an executive leadership coach with years of experience, I’ve observed that one of the most fundamental yet often overlooked aspects of effective leadership is setting clear expectations.

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So How Can I Start to Become a More Emotionally Intelligent Leader? 

Leadership Freak

Emotionally intelligent leaders know how to win the hearts and minds of people. You want this book! The author is giving away 20 copies of, "Emotional Intelligence for dummies!" Tip: Check whether you accurately reflect the other person's feelings after they express them. Get in early on this one!

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Creating a Supportive Environment for Organizational Change

Michael McKinney

T ODAY, change management is an integral part of organizational strategy. Yet, change in any form or context tends to challenge our sense of stability and security. Whenever new concepts, methods, or ways of thinking are introduced, they are bound to come up against resistance. Apprehension about the future impedes progress and undermines well-conceived change efforts.

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Coaching Upgrade: 6 Essentials to Foster Trust with Clients

Michael Hyatt

Coaching comes down to trust. You can’t coach people who don’t trust you. It’s that simple. So the question is: How do you earn trust? The answer: Integrity. Demonstrate to your clients that they can count on you. Here’s how. Punctuality Show up on time. Better yet, be early, waiting for them when they arrive. […] The post Coaching Upgrade: 6 Essentials to Foster Trust with Clients appeared first on Full Focus.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Think You’re a Good Communicator? These 6 Signs Might Prove You Wrong

Lolly Daskal

Being a communicator is fundamental both in your personal and professional lives. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve witnessed the significant impact effective communication can have on leadership success. Many of you believe you are good communicators, but it’s essential to continuously assess and refine your communication skills. In this blog post, we’ll explore six signs that might suggest you’re not as adept at communication as you think.

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How to Run Strategy Meetings Like a Pro

Leadership Freak

I’ve attended and led many strategy meetings over the years. Some were a colossal waste of time. Here are 7 ways leaders screw up strategy meetings AND 10 ways to run strategy meetings like a pro. Porter said, “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

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The Innovative Leader: Building Systems for Lasting Innovation | Steve Wunker

Peter Winick

Actionable Steps for Leaders to Drive Innovation in Organizations A conversation with Steve Wunker about his approach to making innovation a system that is actionable to individuals, teams, and organizations. In this episode of Leveraging Thought Leadership, host Bill Sherman engages with Steve Wunker, Managing Director of New Market Advisors and co-author of the groundbreaking book The Innovative Leader: Step-By-Step Lessons from Top Innovators for You and Your Organization.

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Why Your Professional Relationships are Important for Your Career Success

Lolly Daskal

As an executive leadership coach with years of experience, I’ve witnessed firsthand the significant impact that professional relationships can have on an individual’s career success. While skills and expertise are undoubtedly essential, the connections you build and nurture throughout your professional journey play an equally crucial role.

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Overcoming the 4 Lies of Status

Leadership Freak

Status is more than the way others see you. It governs the way you see the world. It’s a lens you use to see yourself. Loss of standing assaults your confidence. You wonder who you are. Find answers to the deceptions of status on this post.

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How To Make Cross-functional Collaboration Work

Management30 Agile and Lean Principles

What is cross-functional collaboration and how can we make it successful? This is a personal reflection on the early steps taken towards cross-functionality in 2011, and the lessons learned from over a decade of working to encourage and support collaboration among teams with diverse skills. The post How To Make Cross-functional Collaboration Work appeared first on Management 3.0.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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The Significance of Personalization in Enhancing Account-Based Marketing Strategies

Chief Outsiders

Customers love feeling known and appreciated by the companies and brands that have earned their business and loyalty. In today’s marketing environment, forging that bond is more important than ever before. When companies miss the mark on personalizing their offerings, this incredibly important value proposition becomes muted.

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How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Losing Your Job

Lolly Daskal

In the world of work, disagreements are inevitable. They can arise between colleagues, teams, and even between employees and their bosses. While it’s common to have differing opinions, disagreeing with your boss can be a delicate matter. Many employees fear that expressing disagreement might jeopardize their job security or harm their professional reputation.

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3 Ways to Serve Your Future Self Today

Leadership Freak

The power of living is decisions have a life of their own. It is disappointment and dread. All action has a future. Choices have lifespans.

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Between Two Borgs

Help Scout Leadership

Two very different approaches to the application of technology in pursuit of a particular goal, the outer edges of the responses that individuals and companies have to every new technology. Between Bjorn Borg and The Borg.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Want to Live Longer? Change Your Mind About Aging

Nir Eyal

Typing in “longevity” into Amazon reveals over 40,000 books on the topic. Each author purports their own cure, typically involving a special diet, miracle supplement, or painful practice. However, there is one often overlooked factor that studies have found increases lifespan by seven years or more. The post Want to Live Longer? Change Your Mind About Aging appeared first on Nir and Far.

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3 Alarming Signs You Are Not Ready To Manage

Lolly Daskal

As an executive leadership coach with years of experience, I’ve had the privilege of working with individuals at various stages of their careers. One common aspiration that many professionals have is to step into a management role. While leadership positions can be fulfilling and rewarding, they also come with unique challenges and responsibilities.

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Why Leaders Solve the Wrong Problems

Thought Leaders LLC

We have been taught to find answers to problems, not to question the problem itself. Today’s guest post is b y Roger L. Firestien, Ph.D., author of SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM: Because What You Think Is The Problem Is Usually Not The Problem. Based on my experience working with thousands of people and hundreds of organizations, when it comes to solving problems, 99% of the time what we think is the problem is actually not the problem.

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Customer Driven: The Meaning Behind Customer-Centric Strategies

Help Scout Leadership

Customer-obsessed businesses grow faster and retain more customers. Check out this article for actionable steps to build a more customer-centric organization.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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coworkers message me “hi” with nothing else, younger coworker thinks I’m tech-illiterate, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworkers message me “hi” with no indication of what they need I find myself very frustrated with many of my coworkers. We use Teams, and I often receive messages that just say “Hi Name.” If I’m available, I can respond right away and get to their request.

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38 Screening Interview Questions To Help Select Top Candidates [+ Sample Answers]

AIHR

On average, approximately 118 people apply for any given vacancy, but only 22% move onto the interview stage. That’s why it’s crucial to ask the right screening questions at every stage of the hiring process. So, what are screening interview questions, what are good examples of such questions, how can you ask them in different situations, and how can you best analyze responses to them?

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12 Wyas Leaders Build Trust

Eric Jacobsen Blog

You can't lead if your employees, team or followers don't trust you. Building trust takes energy, effort and constant attention to how you act. To help build trust, follow these 16 tips , recommended by author Susan H.

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Providing Feedback to Your Team

Thought Leaders LLC

Some leaders are uncomfortable providing feedback to their team members. Follow this feedback model to make giving feedback easier. If we want people to improve, we have to give them feedback. Giving feedback can be really difficult because we feel like we might hurt someone’s feelings. We tend to shy away from uncomfortable conversations. We don’t want to tell somebody who we really like and respect that they’re falling short in some regard.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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what are the strangest things you’ve seen in resumes and cover letters?

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Let’s discuss the weirdest things you’ve seen on resumes and in cover letters. To kick us off, some highlights from past commenters: One of my coworkers once received a super long cover letter that included the fact that the candidate had been proudly celibate for several years.

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35 Best Employee Spotlight Questions to Ask (In 2024)

AIHR

The key to an effective employee spotlight interview is drafting and asking the right employee spotlight questions. Thoughtfully designed questions prompt the interviewee to offer genuine responses that capture the audience’s attention. Employees’ voices matter; they have a profound influence on organizational culture. Employee spotlights are valuable for listening to your employees’ opinions and showcasing their career journeys within the company.

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Best Employee Engagement Software in 2024 for Employee Surveys, Wellness, Recognition, and more

Vantage Circle

Introduction to Employee Engagement Software It is no secret that employee engagement is crucial for companies to thrive in the modern workplace. But how can you ensure engagement? What do you need to do to engage your employees? These questions might be hovering in your mind. In the tech-driven modern workplace, using technology to build employee engagement tools is rather a smart move.

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How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances?

Thought Leaders LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances? None. I have absolutely no worries 17.73% Some. Occasionally there are financial concerns 55.96% A lot. Financial issues regularly stress me out 16.34% Constantly. It’s an ever-present source of stress 9.97% How financially stressed are your people?

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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I’m supposed to fire my husband’s ex-wife

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have recently accepted a job I am excited about. I have been working a long time to get to this level of position. I am taking a week off before starting my new position. While I was interviewing for the new position, they mentioned that one of my potential direct reports, Maude, had only been at the company for three weeks and they were discovering she is a bit more “self-taught” than she and he

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Content, Community, and Commerce

Peter Winick

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick and I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage. Here’s the idea that I’d like to share with you today and that’s this: there are three sort of C’s, three buckets if you will, that are really important to authors, thought leaders, academics, consultants, etc. And that’s this: there’s content, there’s community, and there’s commerce.

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Grant, Funding, and Certification Resources for Women-Owned Businesses

Ascend

Here is a list of resources to help women entrepreneurs fund and launch successful companies through grants, investors, and certifications.

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Unlocking Team Synergy: Overcoming Misalignments And Building A Unified Vision For Success

Kotter Inc.

The post Unlocking Team Synergy: Overcoming Misalignments And Building A Unified Vision For Success appeared first on Kotter International Inc.

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Behind The Curtain: How Todays Political Climate is Steering HR and DEI in 2025

Speaker: Hanh Nguyen

In today’s ever-changing world, HR professionals often find themselves juggling conflicting priorities - especially when external factors seem out of their control. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads. For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial.