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Breaking the Stigma: Mental Health in the Professional World | Stephen J. Dietrich

Peter Winick

The Fear Factor in Thought Leadership Can vulnerability drive business success? Corporate attorney Stephen Dietrich shares how tackling fear and anxiety transformed his personal life and skyrocketed his professional growth. In this episode, he and Peter Winick explore the power of emotional openness to build trust, deepen relationships, and achieve exceptional outcomes.

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When Collaboration Backfires

Leadership Freak

Don’t collaborate on everything. Everyone shouldn’t make every decision. Everyone doesn’t have to agree on every decision. Collaboration backfires when it dilutes responsibility. Lack of accountability means collaboration stagnation.

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This is How AI Is Coming for Your Job—Unless You Learn to Lead Smarter

Lolly Daskal

Artificial Intelligence is methodically eliminating leadership positionsand your role could be next. While 68% of executives dismiss AI’s impact, artificial intelligence already executes core management functions with unprecedented efficiency. Organizations implementing AI management tools eliminate mid-level leadership positions at accelerating rates, with projections indicating 37% of current management roles become obsolete by 2026.

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Think This, Not That

Michael McKinney

O UR mindset can either work for us or against us. A mind full of false narrativesfalse beliefswill keep us from growing into our potential. Unchallenged, these negative beliefs will become the soundtrack we live by and keep us from moving in the direction of our best selves and change the outcome of our lives. Josh Axe identifies in Think This, Not That twelve mental barriers that obstruct personal growth and hinder success.

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Is Your Background Screening Policy Built For 2025? What HR Leaders Need To Know Now

Speaker: Liz Charron

From evolving legislation to shifting workforce expectations, background screening is undergoing major transformation, and HR is in the driver’s seat. With new compliance requirements and growing scrutiny, today’s HR leaders must build programs that are not only audit-ready but outcome-driven. HR Management and Employee Relations Expert, Liz Charron, will delve into how HR teams can navigate the latest legal changes, connect screening to workforce ROI, and embed these practices into the very fab

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Why CEOs Must Be Active on Social Media: Building Trust and Authenticity with Customers

Chief Outsiders

Ive seen firsthand how a CEOs presence on social media changes how people view a company. Customers, employees, and potential hires want to know whos steering the ship. When I show up online and share my perspective, the conversations become more genuine, and trust starts to build. Its not about self-promotion its about showing the real person behind the title.

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Corporate Storytelling: The Art of Telling a Company Story

David Grossman

Put yourselves in the shoes of the average employee today. Chances are, theyve seen their share of company PowerPoints, heard the talking heads with leaders at town halls, and read lots of executive emails detailing company strategies. Its no wonder that employees are tuned out or disengaged, as many polls indicate. Much of whats communicated to employees is dry, procedural, and seemingly unconnected to the work they do every day.

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How to Lead Disruptively

Mark Sandborn

Disruption, by its nature, is at best uncomfortable and at worst devastating. It interferes with routines, challenges assumptions, and almost always requires extra effort. However, when it comes to leadership, disruption can be not only good but essential for success. Disruptive leaders challenge the status quo, foster growth, and drive innovation within their teams and organizations.

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potential employer wants me to disclose any medical conditions, including migraines, depression, eczema, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I recently interviewed for an admin role, essentially front reception, for a private hospital. The job is entirely non-clinical. After the interview, the hiring manager emailed me to say that they would like to progress my application to the next stage. In the email they included a link for me to complete some pre-employment checks.

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Customer Story: Zapier

Help Scout Leadership

The simplicity of Help Scout makes the work so much easier.

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Free Employee Scheduling Software: The Top 10 in 2025!

Vantage Circle

Introduction Finding reliable free employee scheduling software can feel like a challenge. Don't you agree many tools fall short with limited features like shift swaps, time-off tracking, or payroll integration? Moreover, outdated designs and user caps only add to the frustration. But there’s good news—the ideal solution does exist.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Rethinking Incentives: What Leaders Miss About Employee Engagement | Stephan Meier

Peter Winick

Why Smart Leaders Are Ditching Bonuses for Better Work Design This episode explores how behavioral economics can help leaders move beyond pay and perks to truly engage employees through autonomy, purpose, and personalized experiences. It’s a practical look at humanizing work to drive better performance. Are your compensation strategies sabotaging employee engagement?

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7 Actions that Say ‘You Matter’

Leadership Freak

ou cant make people feel important. But you can show them they matter. Its destructive to foster feelings of insignificance. If someone doesnt contribute, they shouldnt be on the team. Don't say, "You matter." Prove it. Here are 7 unexpected ways to energize people by showing them they matter.

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Why Employees Are Done with Traditional Leadership (What to Do About It)

Lolly Daskal

Your leadership approach might be driving away top talent without you realizing it. While you maintain that your methods work because they always have, your employees are quietly updating their resumes. This disconnect isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s threatening your organization’s future. Stanford research reveals that 67% of employees who quit in the past year cite outdated leadership practices as their primary reason for leaving.

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Leading Thoughts for June 5, 2025

Michael McKinney

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Rosamund and Benjamin Zander on accepting reality: When we dislike a situation, we tend to put all our attention on how things should be rather than how they are. When our attention is primarily directed to how wrong things are, we lose our power to act effectively.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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AI Isn’t a Replacement—It’s an Accelerator: How SMBs Can Use AI to Elevate Human Performance Across the Organization

Chief Outsiders

We’re in the midst of a generational shift—one where artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, how we serve customers, and how we think about the roles of humans in business. But here’s the reality I’ve seen across dozens of companies: AI is not a silver bullet, and it’s not a pink slip. It’s a power tool—one that requires a skilled operator, a clear use case, and the right safety measures in place.

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Asking Better Open-Ended Questions: A Leader's Guide

David Grossman

In the fast-paced world of work we all live in now, one of the most understandable and common mistakes all employees make is simply not asking the right kinds of questions.

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3 Rules of the Road: Business Lessons from our Airstream Adventures

AlignOrg

Have you ever broken your foot in three places three days into a 70-day road trip? I have. And that was just the beginning of our Newfoundland Airstream adventure. Picture this: 1,400 miles to go before the Newfoundland caravan even started , a rapidly swelling foot, and the daunting task of finding an orthopedic surgeon inwell, pretty much any of the eight states we were driving through to get to our caravan meet-up point in Nova Scotia.

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5 Things Leaders Need to Quit Doing

Mark Sandborn

Leadership isnt just about what we do; its also about what we choose not to do. Success comes from doing new things, improving existing practices, and stopping the wrong behaviors. If you want to lead better this year, here are five things worth quitting: Copying Learn by emulating, but lead by innovating. Copying means doing the same things your competitors do in the same way.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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boss says it’s unacceptable not to meet all deadlines, no matter how unreasonable

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I started a job eight months ago that I was very excited about. I was looking to get out of a highly stressful position and got this offer (same pay, somewhat worse benefits but growth potential) and what I thought would be a solid work-life balance. The first day, my boss mentioned how we typically end at 4:30.

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Employee Skills Assessment: How To Properly Measure Employee Competencies

AIHR

An employee skills assessment is more than just a performance review. It’s a powerful strategy for helping companies with their skills gap analysis , develop their workforce, and future-proof their talent. This article discusses what an employee skills assessment entails, HRs role in it, and how to conduct and evaluate fair, efficient, and accurate employee skills assessments.

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Can CEOs Rebuild the Trades? The Answer May Define the Next Decade

CEO World

As CEOs race toward digital transformation, a growing blue-collar labor crisis threatens to destabilize the very industries they rely on. From construction to logistics, the skilled workforce powering physical operations is shrinking, and automation alone won’t fill the gap. This article outlines why senior leaders must reprioritize workforce strategy to include skilled trades, modernize talent […] The post Can CEOs Rebuild the Trades?

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Why Emotional Intelligence is the Missing Skill in Surgical Leadership | Gina Catalano

Peter Winick

Gina Catalano shares how EQ drives elite performance in healthcare and beyond. This episode shows how emotional intelligence drives better outcomes in high-stakes fields like surgery. It highlights how EQ training reduces risk, improves teamwork, and why thought leadership is key to bringing these skills into expert-driven environments. How do you grab the attention of the smartest person in the room and introduce an idea that could fundamentally change their approach to leadership?

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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The Silent Superpower of Conversations

Leadership Freak

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood,” — Stephen R. Covey “As a matter of fact, have you never noticed that most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness?” Margaret Millar Before selling your ideas, try to defend theirs. 10 ways to create vibrant conversations.

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The One Shift That Turns Micromanagers Into Great Leaders

Lolly Daskal

The difference between micromanagement and true leadership comes down to one fundamental shift: moving from controlling processes to empowering outcomes. I’ve worked with thousands of executives who genuinely believe they’re fostering teamwork when they’re actually micromanaging. They use the language of collaboration while maintaining rigid control.

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Lead Forward, Even When the Path Isn’t Clear

Michael McKinney

W HEN the path ahead is clear, leadership feels easier. You can plan, predict, and rally your team around certainty. But real leadership shows up when the road disappears. In uncertain times, leadership doesnt collapse from lack of effort. It collapses because leaders mistake activity for clarity. In doing so, they lose momentum when it matters most.

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From Market Competitor to Trusted Advisor: Leveraging Research to Dominate Your ABM Strategy

Chief Outsiders

My previous article explored how research-based thought leadership transforms prospect relationships in ABM programs. Now, let's tackle the practical framework: How do you build and implement research-driven ABM to elevate yourself from being seen as just another market competitor to becoming an indispensable trusted advisor?

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The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

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The New Leadership Is Teamship

Chief Executive

Driven by his father’s dysfunctional work experiences led bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi to a career-long quest to seek out better ways to lead and manage others. The result: A new book, Never Lead Alone. The post The New Leadership Is Teamship appeared first on ChiefExecutive.net.

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3 Leadership Conversations You Need to Have Every Month

Chris LoCutro

As we head into the heart of summer, you’re probably already having meetings. Maybe too many. But here’s the real question: Are those meetings actually producing clarity, alignment, and growth? The truth is, meetings are only valuable if they are held with purpose, not as habits. And that starts with the intentionality of the right conversations The best leaders create a structure that frees them, not buries them.

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I reviewed the Best Corporate Giving Software in 2025: Here are my Top 10

Vantage Circle

Introduction Did you know that 71% of employees feel more positive about their company when involved in volunteering programs? It’s a simple but powerful way to boost engagement and make a real impact in the community. But let’s face it: organizing these initiatives can be a logistical headache without the right tools. That’s where corporate volunteering software will help you.

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the head of the nonprofit I volunteer for doesn’t know what a budget is

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve been doing some remote volunteer grant writing as part of a long-term plan to break out of my current job family (also nonprofit-centric). The nonprofit Im currently working with is only a few years old, in another state, and very small, with no paid staff.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.