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The Five Purposes of Listening

Leadership Freak

The most neglected work of leadership is listening. The reason? It’s hard work. If leadership is about others, listening is about leadership. 4 reasons you hate to listen: A squirrel’s attention span.

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Are Parents Happier (At Work)?

BetterUp

Becoming a parent signifies the end of many things: an uninterrupted night’s sleep, the ability to to take a night off at a moment’s notice, and perhaps, your fancy glass coffee table with the dangerously sharp ends. But, according to our researchers’ latest findings*, it’s also the beginning of a newfound appreciation of work (and life) that you may not have had before you became a parent.

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How To Focus On Employee Experience (And Sell It To Your CFO)

15Five

Don’t get me wrong– your CFO isn’t the bad person here—most likely, your finance guru wants the same thing you do—an organization that runs at its peak efficiency, with employees who are productive and committed to helping the company succeed. It’s just that you may come at that goal from different directions. You believe that intentionally creating a positive employee experience (EX) is necessary to make the organization competitive—and to do that, you may need to invest in organizational

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The Power of Observation

Kevin Eikenberry

“Chance favors a prepared mind.” The quote from Louis Pasteur is well known, but it is incomplete. The full thought is Where observation is concerned, chance favors the prepared mind. While the first statement is helpful, the full statement makes the power of observation far clearer. When we use the power of observation intentionally and effectively, […].

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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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The Most Important Thing You Manage isn’t Projects or People

Leadership Freak

Someone or something is controlling your attention. Often it’s not you. Maybe it’s an email alert or a buzzing cell phone. Distracted leaders live inconsequential lives.

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Employee Recognition is the acknowledgement of an individual or team for their hard work, efforts, and accomplishments in the organization. Employee Recognition is paramount in the workplace. It creates a friendly atmosphere and induces a sense of belongingness and closeness. Altogether it nurtures a supportive work environment. How important do you think it is to build a workplace recognition culture?

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Pringles Leadership – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

The commercials during the Super Bowl have become just as popular as the actual sporting event itself, and this year, there was one that was even more popular and memorable for The Kevin Eikenberry Group. And…it provided some valuable leadership lessons for me, my team and really all leaders. Tweet it out: Your team doesn’t […]. The post Pringles Leadership – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Accept a Challenge that Buckles Your Knees

Leadership Freak

Nudges normally produce acceptable growth. But some growth-opportunities require leaps. Knee buckling opportunities: One day a door of opportunity will open for you. You sweat thinking about it. Your knees buckle.

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Employee Recognition is the acknowledgement of an individual or team for their hard work, efforts, and accomplishments in the organization. Employee Recognition is paramount in the workplace. It creates a friendly atmosphere and induces a sense of belongingness and closeness. Altogether it nurtures a supportive work environment. How important do you think it is to build a workplace recognition culture?

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4 Reasons Leaders Struggle with Corporate Strategy

LSA Global

The Challenge of a Strategy that Works. Nobody said that putting together a meaningful strategy was easy. But who knew it would be so hard and that so few companies would be successful at designing and implementing coherent strategies across their company? IBM reported that less than 10% of even well-formulated strategies are effectively executed. Our own research tells us that employees believe their strategies are 50% less clear than the executive team.

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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 Regenerative Business with Carol Sanford

Kevin Eikenberry

Managing people is complex, amazing and messy. Carol Sanford challenges they way we think about leadership and best practices. She is the author of several books, including her latest, The Regenerative Business, which shifts our way of working so that we see innovation, financial gain, and customer loyalty while building human capacity. She tasks leaders […].

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3 Quotes that Expand the Definition of Leadership

Leadership Freak

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” Walt Disney Books I’ve read in March: The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam.

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Employee Recognition and 6 Powerful Ways To Implement It

Vantage Circle

Employee Recognition is nothing but the acknowledgment of an individual or team for their hard work, efforts, and accomplishments that go with the organization’s goals and values. It creates a friendly atmosphere, induces a sense of belongingness and closeness and altogether creates a supportive work environment. But most often than not employees feel they are not valued in their organization and they don’t receive their due recognition.

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Change Your Perspective to Create Change

LSA Global

Change Your Perspective to Create Change. Change means you can no longer remain the same. You need to change your perspective of what matters, take a new view, be willing to be vulnerable, and apply some discipline to keep at it. Sounds hard, right? It is. But if you are convinced that corporate change is in your best interest , it is worth the effort.

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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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Vitamins for Leaders, Not Just Aspirin

Kevin Eikenberry

We have created lots of webinars that I refer to as “aspirin” – they relieve a current leadership pain. You take an aspirin because you have a pain and you want to relieve the pain. Most people take aspirin, and learning skills that are like taking “leadership aspirin” can be very helpful. Leadership aspirin can […].

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The Top 10 Super Powers of Listening

Leadership Freak

There are a million excuses for poor listening. Reject all of them if you expect to lead. The top 10 super powers of listening: Expanding horizons. Showing respect. Connecting and caring.

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Three C’s for Listening Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

Listening is a vast ocean surrounded by empty beaches. I’ve been paying attention to listening, both my own and others.

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Dear Dan: How Can I Prepare for a Larger Leadership Role

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, I always enjoy your posts. Very insightful content without all the usual self-help fluff.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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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How to Nudge People Toward Dragons

Leadership Freak

Opportunity often knocks before you’re ready.

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How Top Managers Disagree More Effectively

LSA Global

As a Manager, When You Disagree Matters. No group or team, no matter how well they work together in general, will agree 100% of the time. The key to keeping teams moving forward together despite occasional opposing points of view is dealing with the disagreement as soon as possible so it doesn’t fester and cause additional discord. As a Manager, How You Disagree Matters.

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5 Ways Unlock Employee Potential

LSA Global

Employee Engagement Makes a Difference. Engaging employees is not just a matter of paying better than the competition. Employee engagement is a combination of effort and initiatives that can unlock employee potential and raise performance across the board. And employee engagement is not just a nice-to-have. It is essential to a company’s competitive position in the marketplace.

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The Secret to a Healthy Workplace Culture

Leadership Freak

Book giveaway!! 20 complimentary copies available.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

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