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The Challenges Faced By Women in The Workplace

Vantage Circle

I matter. I matter equally. Not 'if only,' not 'as long as'. I matter. Full stop. - Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian writer. Women have been trying to break away from norms and standards set by society. They have been marching for equal rights and fighting for their rightful place in the world. True, that the #MeToo movement has begun to smash down centuries of patriarchy, but we still have a long way to go.

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What are You Waiting For? – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Today I am talking about a lesson I learned in reading a quote from the Theologian John Henry Newman: “Nothing would be done at all if a person waited until he/she could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.” And here’s the reality – someone will ALWAYS find fault in […]. The post What are You Waiting For?

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The Top 20 Ways to Say What You Really Think

Leadership Freak

The false peace of not saying what you really think eventually sucks the life out of you. Speak up because you’ll complain less if things don’t go your way.

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Why “Top Workplace” Awards Aren’t a Good Indicator of Engagement

15Five

I once worked at a company that desperately wanted to land a spot on one of those well-known “best places to work” lists. If you’re not familiar with the selection process for these high-profile lists, the main thing to know is that many of them rely heavily on anonymous surveys and employee interviews. The idea is to scratch beneath the surface to better understand how employees really feel about their workplace cultures.

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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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Key Tips To Improve Workplace Communication

Vantage Circle

With the dawn of technology, communication has evolved along with it. And communication has always been the basis of connectivity, be at work or at home. With communication, you can convey the message that you want through verbal or non-verbal communication. Emails, text messages have become an integral part of communication and has played a very major role in an organization, be it a large scale company or a small scale.

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Creating a Communication Cadence

Kevin Eikenberry

As leaders, we must always be thinking about when and how and what we communicate with our team members. Finding our way here is critical to our short and long-term success as a leader. New leaders wonder how to do it and it can be even more challenging and complex if you are leading remotely. […]. The post Creating a Communication Cadence appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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16 Top Questions to Measure Manager Engagement Effectiveness

LSA Global

Measure Manager Engagement Effectiveness – You Need to Know What Employees REALLY Think. Sure, it may be scary to learn what employees really think about you and your company, but you need to know if you want to truly engage and retain them. Employees who are dissatisfied with their company or their manager think seriously about giving less discretionary effort and leaving.

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Workplace Bullying: A Major Concern For Companies Throughout the World

Vantage Circle

Bullying has been a concern linked to mental problems, stress, and suicides throughout the world. Primarily regarded as a childhood problem, bullying has been troubling adults as well. Workplace bullying refers to repeated actions aimed towards employees meant to insult them. Actions like this pose a risk to employees’ health and safety. There is a difference between bullying and aggression.

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The Hospitable Leader

Kevin Eikenberry

Like me, you have likely seen many adjectives placed in front of the word leader. Never has “hospitable” been one of them. Until I found The Hospitable Leader by Terry A. Smith. The newness of the idea drew me to it, as I hope it will you. Let me tell you what hospitable leadership means, […]. The post The Hospitable Leader appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Navigate Turmoil without Sinking the Boat

Leadership Freak

Unresolved turmoil weakens the knees and squelches creativity. The companions of turmoil are frustration, helplessness, and regret. Four sources of turmoil: #1. Mandates from disconnected leadership.

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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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Successful Strategy Execution – What Matters Most?

LSA Global

Successful Strategy Execution Is Not the Norm. Sadly, IBM found that less than 10% of well formulated strategies are successfully executed. When it comes to successful strategy execution, how can you beat the odds? We define successful strategy execution as a corporate strategy that: Outlines clear and compelling choices about where to play and what actions to take.

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, I recently hosted an AMA on Quora where folks asked a bunch of really fantastic questions. Thanks to Adam D’Angelo and Alecia/Adrienne for getting this set up. Wanted to share a couple of the most upvoted answers below: What do you look for in an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019?

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The Influence of Technology in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

From the clattering keystrokes of a typewriter to getting real-time updates with a press on the keyboard, the work culture has come a long way. And to its credit, the role of technology in the workplace has played a major role in bringing this change. Getting work done has never been so easier as it is now. The importance of technology in the workplace is known by how it has created a collaborative work environment.

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Motivation to Televise Your Colonoscopy

Leadership Freak

Last year, Katie Couric convinced Jimmy Kimmel to televise his first colonoscopy. In 2000, Katie televised her own. What motivates a person to have a colonoscopy on national television? The answer is pain.

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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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Holy Shift

Leadership Freak

You have a holy shift in your story. It happened when you realized you still had room to grow and more to learn. Humility and humiliation: “We learn about humility through humiliation.

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, I recently hosted an AMA on Quora where folks asked a bunch of really fantastic questions. Thanks to Adam D’Angelo and Alecia/Adrienne for getting this set up. Wanted to share a couple of the most upvoted answers below: What do you look for in an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019?

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8 Actionable Ways to Improve Workplace Environment

Vantage Circle

“You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.” Gordon Lightfoot. Our immediate surrounding and workplace environment has a big impact on the state of our minds. The “Vibe” of the work environment is dependent on a lot many factors, such as the design of the work station, company values, leadership styles and so on and so forth.