Help Scout Leadership

OCTOBER 19, 2021

To get the most out of your customer service team, they need access to the right support tools and resources. Here are 27 to consider.

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Agile42

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Retrospectives provide the opportunity for a team to look back and see how they can improve. They can be a catalyst for organizational change as well as team change. . Continue reading 11 Ways to Improve Your Retrospectives at agile42.

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Organizational Change 119

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Quick – what do you think of first when you hear the word “different?” Once you get past judging yourself or wondering why I asked you the question, or wondering what the right answer is, chances are a bunch of thoughts, feelings and experiences come to your mind. If you look at that mental list, […]. The post Different Doesn’t Have to Mean Worse appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Tanveer Nasser

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If you’re a leader who leads from the so-called messy middle, I'm sure there are times where you feel how the challenges you face are uniquely different from those other leaders have to face. As it turns out, those leading from the middle do face both unique challenges - as well as opportunities other leaders don’t have access to - as a result of their having to lead down, up and at times, across the organization.

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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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Help Scout Leadership

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Some customer questions are difficult, but that additional effort goes unnoticed outside the team. What if those costs were shared on a menu?

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Agile42

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This article explores how Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and goal setting can change the collaboration style within an organization, based on agile42’s experiences with. Continue reading Goal setting as a tool for organizational change: a case study at agile42.

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Organizational Change 114

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Culture is a much-used word, at work and in our personal lives. And it’s usually over-complicated. In today’s episode, I’m sharing a story from my family’s past to help you better (and more simply) understand exactly what culture is and isn’t. Tweet it out: Culture doesn’t come solely from a big corporate push. It is […].

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Help Scout Leadership

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Learn about 15 types of customer communication tools you can use to engage your audience and make the most of your customer relationships.

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Agile42

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Retrospectives provide the opportunity for a team to look back and see how they can improve. They can be a catalyst for organizational change as well as team change. . Continue reading Retrospectives – What makes a retro good at agile42.

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Organizational Change 88

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become a buzz topic amidst small and large businesses over the recent years. Every company must focus and implement D&I programs to capture new markets, gain higher profits and financial returns. And to prove this point, we are here to mention 15 diversity and inclusion statistics that will help your business grow.

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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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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 17, 2021

I have two quick questions for you. First, in general, what is your confidence level? And in general, how would your results change if your confidence was higher? Your unspoken answers to those questions likely prove my point: building confidence is a proven and effective way to get better results in most any area of […]. The post Building Confidence in Yourself and Others appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Losing yourself and finding yourself ruins leaders. Most of us are still finding ourselves. We live to please our parents, teachers, bosses, lovers, and friends.

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Leadership Development 89

Nir Eyal

OCTOBER 17, 2021

The post Good News! Your Willpower Isn’t Limited–Don’t Believe the “Ego Depletion” Theory appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Sweet Process

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Featured Bonus Content: Download 30 FREE Client Intake Form Templates! Click Here To Download It. The first impression always matters in business. If you’re a service provider, you want to provide the best onboarding experience for your clients. To make this happen, you need a client intake form. Aside from helping you collect clients’ personal […].

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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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Walk Me

OCTOBER 21, 2021

An efficient Workday® implementation shortens your time-to-ROI, accelerates employee productivity, and ensures that the workforce can focus on actually using the software instead of learning to use it. The success of the implementation can also impact the overall ROI of your investment. A poor implementation, for instance, can decrease the overall utilization of the software, employee engagement, employee productivity, and, as a result, software ROI.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 19, 2021

NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Jane Finette to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of her new book, Unlocked: How Empowered Women Empower Women.

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Leadership Development 81

Mike Griffiths

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank some people who helped shape its content and ideas. Alistair Cockburn and Joshua Kerievsky helped me appreciate the balance between people-focussed activities and effective processes. “.Agile approaches combine a mixture and equal balance of people and process approaches to delivery.

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Mind Tools Leadership

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Imagine this. You’re driving for work late one evening when your car breaks down on a lonely road. You call the office for advice, and it’s your boss who picks up the phone. What happens next? A Lesson in Leadership. l was in that exact situation about thirty years ago, shortly after starting my first real job. I’d been sent out in an unfamiliar company car, and for some reason I hadn’t spotted that it was nearly out of gas.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Walk Me

OCTOBER 20, 2021

What is HR automation and why should you care? HR managers are under increasing pressure to keep up with the pace of digital acceleration. Technology is driving change in every area of business, from HR to customer service to finance. To compound matters, HR departments are being increasingly required to add more value to the core business. Challenges such as talent shortages, the digital skills gap , and even automation itself can make it difficult for HR departments to keep up, or know where t

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Individualism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto. Acting independently might feel good, but leaders act with the interest of others in mind.

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Leadership Development 82

Liquid Planner Leadership

OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to research, 70% of organizations have suffered at least one project failure in the prior 12 months. Over the years we’ve talked to many people who managed these projects to better understand their needs and what could have helped them succeed. Most have counted on traditional project management software to align their projects and teams, but they have consistently attributed four common problems to their failure: resources, visibility, alignment of priorities, and scheduling issues

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Agile42

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This article explores how Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and goal setting can change the collaboration style within an organization, based on agile42’s experiences with. Continue reading Goal setting as a tool for organizational change: a case study at agile42.

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Organizational Change 52

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If you work in HR, you know how important it is to ensure a great employee experience for everybody in your organization. However, employee experience is a very wide term and encompasses multiple aspects of work life. As more and more organizations adopt hybrid work models, they need to ensure that the quality of employee experience doesn’t decrease.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I don’t remember wanting a horse, but one day a white gelding showed up for me to try out. Like some people I know, he loved going fast.

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Walk Me

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Business process optimization can drive a number of positive outcomes for the organization, from improved efficiency to increased employee satisfaction. Yet the success of the optimization program depends on overcoming certain challenges. Proactively addressing these challenges can make a significant difference in the outcomes of the optimization program.

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Ascend

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The first place potential customers will learn about your business is most likely from your social media profiles or website. What they see there will either engage them and make them want to learn more or turn them away. If your online presence is weak, you’re putting your company at a huge disadvantage and missing out on business opportunities.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Employee surveys have come a long way from being long, dull, and manual. The new brand of employee surveys- called pulse surveys- have quickly become the preferred choice for organizations looking to measure employee engagement levels. However, the reason why pulse surveys are so powerful lies behind the simple, short, and impactful pulse survey questions. 55 Pulse Survey Questions For Your Employees That Every HR Pro Needs To Know.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 20, 2021

When complexities fill your mind, worry weakens your knees. Complexity drives out clarity. Shadows become reality. Dread dilutes ability. Anxiety displaces confidence. Feeling overwhelmed is inevitable when complexity banishes simplicity.

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Leadership Development 62

Walk Me

OCTOBER 18, 2021

What are the biggest traits of a resilient workforce? More importantly, can you instill these traits in your employees? Why Is Resilience Important? Business continuity and organizational resilience became trending topics in 2020. And as the pandemic wore on, many managers and leaders understood why it is also important to have a resilient workforce.

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Sweet Process

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Featured Bonus Content: Download the FREE Checklist for Continuous Quality Improvement! Click Here To Download It. Let’s say you run a business where you make customized jewelry. You take orders and make deliveries every two days. But even after years of work, you notice you don’t always deliver on time and even mix up orders. […].

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Stuck in the Weeds It is all too easy for managers who are beset by many issues at once to feel overwhelmed and find themselves stuck in a morass of paralyzing indecision. And yet, it is the manager’s responsibility to make the decisions that guide the team forward to meet business goals. Can your managers get out of the weeds? 4 Warning Signs that Your Managers Are Stuck in the Weeds When managers are “stuck in the weeds,” they are likely to encounter the following troubling problems brought up

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15Five

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As Strategic Partnerships Director at LearnUpon, Cathal Small builds successful partnerships that create best-in-class learning solutions for businesses. Beginning his journey in Customer Success, he’s hyper-focused on helping many of the world’s leading organizations develop learning strategies that fuel success. In the past, learning has typically fallen on the shoulders of only a few.

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