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How to be Tough When You Prefer Being Kind

Leadership Freak

Stress increases when leaders can’t bring kind and tough together. Kind without tough makes you a pushover. Tough without kind makes you a jerk. Accountability is candy to some leaders.

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The Power of the Pattern Interrupt

Kevin Eikenberry

Habits – they affect us as an individual and as a leader. Chances are you have at least one habit you would like to change, and perhaps habits of your team members you would like to help them change too. I’m sure that is true, but it’s hard to do! There are hundreds of […]. The post The Power of the Pattern Interrupt appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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For Effective Employee Onboarding, Don’t Just Focus On Your Company

15Five

Every year more than 25% of the working population moves to a new company. But unfortunately, not all these transitions are smooth sailing. In fact, about half of all senior external hires fail in their roles within 18 months and half of all hourly workers leave their new jobs within the first 120 days. How can employee onboarding make a difference?

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5 Ways New Managers Can Communicate Better With Their Team

LSA Global

New Managers Can Communicate Better With Their Team and Get Better Results. New managers have a special responsibility to communicate with their teams clearly, openly, fairly, and consistently. According to new manager training experts , effective communication is the key to working smoothly with others. But many managers are still stuck “in the woods” as far as their communication skills are concerned….

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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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Never Let a Bad Boss Control Your Life and Limit Your Career

Leadership Freak

Power causes entitlement. Bad bosses ignore the negative influence of power. Nose-picking: “My boss picks his nose.” Yes! One reader shared the story of watching her boss pick his nose.

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Make Happy Work: Create an Extraordinary Culture Where Employees Are Happy & the Organization Thrives

Kevin Eikenberry

Happy Work? Some might find that an oxymoron, others a pipe-dream. We’re not talking kumbaya or a team where everyone is singing “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.” We are talking about a workplace where people want to come to work; where their social needs are being met. Because when those […]. The post Make Happy Work: Create an Extraordinary Culture Where Employees Are Happy & the Organization Thrives appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Arrogance and Other Concerns with Stretching People

Leadership Freak

This post is a follow up to this morning’s post, “How to Stretch People without Breaking Them.” Thanks to the people who added comments and inspired this post.

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When Feedback Makes You Mad

Leadership Freak

You just received feedback that made you mad. You feel attacked, misjudged, and underappreciated. The person who gave you feedback is obviously an idiot. You begin typing your resignation email.

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How Negative Leaders Become Positive Today

Leadership Freak

The immediate environment around you is your complete responsibility. Become positive: #1. Imagine you’re a positive leader. Go do that. Behave your way into positive leadership. #2. Stop saying, “Yes, but….

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You Serve Others – Who Serves You?

Leadership Freak

It seems like you serve others while others serve themselves. You stay late; others go home on time. You adapt; others make demands. You work to resolve conflict; others clash over trivialities.

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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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I Looked at Them – They Looked at Me

Leadership Freak

Powerful feedback often feels wrong. I looked at them – they looked at me: During a recent conversation, a leader shared some surprising feedback he’d received.

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What Leaders Can Learn from Emigrants with Brian Buffini

Kevin Eikenberry

Brian Buffini, the author of The Emigrant Edge – How to Make It Big in America and trainer, came to America at 19 looking for a tan. An accident and medical bills provided him an opportunity to live the American Dream, for which he is grateful. Today he runs a multi-million dollar company where all […]. The post What Leaders Can Learn from Emigrants with Brian Buffini appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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(Later) Career Development – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

This episode is in response to a comment I heard recently… “Hey, don’t count me out for career development just because of my age!” I’ll address how leaders can develop those that they lead who are further along in their career and also speak directly to these leaders who are looking for tips on continuing […]. The post (Later) Career Development – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Why Invest in Talent Management

LSA Global

Do Your Leaders Invest in Talent Management? Among all the investments you can make as a leader to grow your company, don’t, for heaven’s sake, neglect to invest in talent management…attracting, engaging, developing and retaining your top talent. Businesses Should Invest More In People. Business leaders all seem to acknowledge that an organization’s success depends largely on the skills and level of engagement of their employees.

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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 Attributes of Rewards and Consequences to Shape Your Corporate Culture

LSA Global

Is It Possible to Shape Your Corporate Culture? Your corporate culture exists by design or by default. Chances are you shaped, inherited or stumbled into your workplace culture. But can it be “shaped?” Can rewards and consequences play a role? The Definition of Culture. Let’s start with a definition of organizational culture. We define culture as the way work gets done in an organization day-by-day.

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What is Your Strategic Planning Process?

LSA Global

A Smart Strategic Planning Process Provides the Foundation. No matter how simple the business, every effective operation is based upon some kind of revenue-generating plan. Strategic planning is, quite simply, the foundation of any successful business. In fact, our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.