Nir Eyal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google), has a quirky way of deciding which companies he likes. It’s called “The Toothbrush Test.” According to the New York Times, when Page looks at a potential company to acquire, he wants to know if the product is, like a toothbrush, “something you will […]. The post How Two Companies Hooked Customers On Products They Rarely Use appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The same failures repeat for blunt skulls. It’s not enough to say, “I screwed up.” A 3 step system to come out smarter after failure: #1. Name it. Address the past.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The prevailing wisdom is that most everyone will have a variety of jobs over their working life. And, it’s actually more than just prevailing wisdom. According to The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people born between 1957 and 1964 held an average of 11.7 jobs from ages 18 to 48. 12 jobs in 30 years. […]. The post Loyalty Isn’t Dead (or It Shouldn’t Be) appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Have you ever watched helplessly as your company was undergoing immense strain or was even burning to the ground? What did you do about it? Kyle Porter is founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a rapidly growing company that provides a powerful platform for sales development teams to increase qualified demos and appointments. But back in 2012, SalesLoft just wasn’t working.

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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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Vanessa Van Edwards

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Do men and women lead differently? Researchers have found that women tend to have a distinct leadership style that shapes how they run their teams. Specifically, these studies show that women tend to use what’s called the transformational leadership style. Transformational Leadership: Transformational leaders aim to enhance the motivation, morale and job performance of followers by Continue reading "Women in Leadership: 6 Strategies for Female Managers".

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Your most powerful tool of influence is a pair of caring ears. Today’s leadership challenge is the daily practice of caring engaged silence. Caring engaged silence: A caring heart is permission to lead.

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HR Transformations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Suppose the key decision makers in your organization all agree that change is necessary. But how will individual employees respond? Where might you find resistance to change and how can you minimize it? There are many barriers to organizational change. A McKinsey* study found that a staggering 70% of all change initiatives fail to meet … A 5-Point Approach to Assessing the Impact of Organizational Change Read More ».

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

People who feel powerless sleepwalk through opportunities, view change as threatening, and hide behind obstacles. Feeling weak squanders usefulness.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Silence when people don’t perform lets everyone know performance doesn’t matter. 7 causes of poor performance: #1. Management makes it nearly impossible to say no.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The danger of power is the illusion that you know more than those who don’t have it. “Power is the ability to afford not to learn.

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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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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

Everything good in leadership begins with humility. Humility… #1. Humility enjoys the success of others. Arrogant leaders cringe at the success of others, even though leadership success hinges on the success of others.

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Leadership Development 71

HR Transformations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

What is it for? Changing behaviours is often easier said than done. Leaders know that change of any kind – from an increase in a manager’s effectiveness to the implementation of a new technology – only happens as a result of meaningful and sustained change in individual and group behaviour. But how do you foster … Change Management 101 (Part 1): Why You Need a Structured Skills Training Plan Read More ».

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HR Transformations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

What is it for? Whatever change your organization is facing, whether it’s a process, structural, or technology change, or something else, the most difficult component is not implementing the change itself – it’s managing how the people in your organization adopt, support and assimilate the change. That’s where a good communication and engagement plan comes … Change Management 101 (Part 2)?

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HR Transformations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

From ERP and technology implementations to operational and structural transformations, successful change depends upon buy-in from every segment of the employee population. So how do you ensure that employees at every level adopt organizational change and deliver on its promise? How do you take a proactive approach to create successful and enduring change?

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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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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

All failures aren’t the same. 4 components of responsible failure: Preparation. Good intentions. Considered decisions. Maximum effort that doesn’t succeed. Leaders who punish responsible failure never exceed the glory of the past.

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Leadership Development 50

Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Are you ready for some football: and how it compares to leadership? You won’t want to miss today’s episode, as I’m joined by Bryan Neale, sales training consultant, co-host of The Advanced Selling Podcast, and NFL umpire. We’ll discuss how certain strategies used in football provide leaders a playbook for success. Regardless if you’re a […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

By Alan Weiss Counting foreign translations and revised editions, this is Alan Weiss’ 60th book. If you are a speaker or consultant you likely know who Alan is, but if you aren’t, he probably is unknown to you. Yet anyone who has written sixty books and has spoken and consulted around the world, definitely has […]. The post Million Dollar Maverick: Forge Your Own Path to Think Differently, Act Decisively and Succeed Quickly appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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