Michael McKinney

APRIL 8, 2024

Or, conversely, we don’t bother to explore other options than the ones in front of us. We easily create narratives to fit our interpretation of reality, cherry-picking the information that gets us what we want. And these are just the more common challenges we face. So, what do we do? We block it.

Energy 95

Energy Manager 95

Get Lighthouse

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Do you ever feel like you can't be honest at work? Or, do you find only positive comments are welcome, even at the expense of important news and issues? As humans, we all experience the full range of emotions. Do others get uncomfortable and try to shut down dissent before it’s explored? Here’s a few ways to handle it.

Energy 137

Energy Inclusion Manager Metrics 137

Michael McKinney

JUNE 15, 2023

We always fill in the blanks. Remember your brain works this way. Scott Adams on knowing where to start: “When you do something the wrong way, the people who know how to do things the right way will generally jump in to tell you what you are doing wrong. The same is true for the other channels.

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Chief Executive

MARCH 24, 2023

While there are alternatives, they’re currently underused as organizations can be reluctant to move away from this tried-and-tested approach. In this post, I’d like to propose a more efficient and effective alternative. Despite the long history of the 9-box, we know this legacy approach doesn’t work for today’s organizations.

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Succession Planning Scaling Manager Retention 98

Alison Green

APRIL 18, 2024

Here we go… 1. We leaned on each other, commiserated, and when I told her I was done, she pointed me in the direction of a job she knew would be better. We leaned on each other, commiserated, and when I told her I was done, she pointed me in the direction of a job she knew would be better. This is how we bond.

Hospitality 107

Hospitality Manager Onboarding Media 107

Peter Winick

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And the way that we think about that here at Thought Leadership Leverage is you have to be really clear about who you’re talking to. The next thing you need to do is figure out what are the pain points. Who are the avatars? Some combination of psychographic and demographic that you’re reaching out to.

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Alison Green

MAY 5, 2024

Here we go… 1. That was all well and good, until a few months ago when we decided, per her suggestion, to start saving our documents in a shared drive. Except she just forgets to do it. She doesn’t need to do the extra step of moving it, something I’ve shown her many times, and yet it keeps happening.

Compensation 96

Compensation Administration Manager Staffing 96

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2022

How do I balance work and life? When making a decision, we often find ourselves stuck between choosing one option over another, creating a vicious cycle that limits our capabilities and creates consistent tension,” explain the authors. But there is a better way.” Separating opposing demands ensures that we pay attention to both.

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Diversity Metrics Manager Implementation 81

Chief Executive

MAY 4, 2023

If you’ve endured countless presentations over the years where speakers share slide after slide—with no interaction from participants—we have a great exercise for you to try. It breaks up the pattern of one-way communication. Positively Productive We then ask why this exercise is so useful; participants’ answers are illuminating. “We

Manager 98

Manager Retention 98

Refresh

MAY 22, 2023

The way we think can determine the way we function. Music that is uplifting and relaxing is a better alternative than music that evokes anger and stress or makes you feel sleepy. If you have the time and your work schedule allows, take a break from work to do something fun or relaxing.

Administration 98

Administration Marketing 98

Ed Batista

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

A major theme in my practice is emotion regulation--helping clients better manage their inner emotional experience, and then articulate and express what they're feeling in ways that allow them to accomplish their goals more effectively. [1] We avoid that task at the top of our to-do list. Instead, we pursue something easier.

Energy 119

Energy Media Manager 119

Peter Winick

AUGUST 28, 2023

In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Dr. Karthik Nagendra, Founder and CEO of ThoughtStarters, the first thought leadership marketing company in Asia. Karthik takes us back to 2007, when he first started doing thought leadership at a startup in an emerging field. Then give them a platform to do so.

Engineering 130

Engineering Sales Sales Marketing 130

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do I balance work and life? When making a decision, we often find ourselves stuck between choosing one option over another, creating a vicious cycle that limits our capabilities and creates consistent tension,” explain the authors. But there is a better way.” Separating opposing demands ensures that we pay attention to both.

Diversity 69

Diversity Metrics Manager Implementation 69

Alison Green

MARCH 19, 2024

There are perks to working at our site instead of HQ (less traffic, lower cost of living, nicer cubicles, more daily independence, proximity to food trucks), and we sometimes hold social events with other organizations in our building. We also interact daily with employees located there.

Travel 59

Travel Administration Benefits Recruitment 59

Alison Green

MARCH 14, 2024

Here we go… 1. Why would he do that? Hiring manager wants to pull a pregnant candidate’s offer over traffic tickets We offered a candidate a job, contingent on passing the background check, and submitted her info to our third party right away. Staff are alternately laughing and furious, of course.

Manager 100

Manager Travel Recruitment Insurance 100

Chief Executive

JANUARY 24, 2023

How do you even know what to say if you haven’t listened? or asks a client, “How do we compare to the competition?” The last thing you want is a team with a bunch of people on it who say, ‘Hey, we’ve never done it that way, so it can’t be done.’” appeared first on ChiefExecutive.net.

Diversity 98

Diversity Sales Sales Manager 98

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader. As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I

Benchmarking 92

Benchmarking Manager Metrics Leadership Development 92

Alison Green

MARCH 27, 2024

Here we go… 1. Should we really have “fun” out-of-office messages? – I don’t think you should need to know what I’m doing with my time off in order to respect it. but not too warm or someone will take it the wrong way! Do you have concerns about my work ethic? It’s five answers to five questions.

Manager 93

Manager Government Marketing Metrics 93

AlignOrg

APRIL 3, 2024

What do Netflix and Whole Foods have in common? We’ll explore the many forms it can take and examine how we can intentionally design our organizations to support it. We most often think about fungible talent as being used in the tech industry. Let’s examine just a few of the ways companies are using fungible talent.

Staffing 92

Staffing Marketing Implementation Compensation 92

Know Your Team

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

We fear what we write in our performance reviews might negatively affect ourselves – or someone else. We keep our feedback surface-level and vague, rather than meaningful and specific. #2: We sit on feedback until the performance review cycle happens, enabling feedback to inevitably build up.

Performance Review 52

Performance Review Implementation Manager 52

Know Your Team

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Meaningful feedback can come when we focus on these five questions to ask in a performance review. But sometimes, as leaders, it’s out of our hands: We’re a part of a company that’s leaned on performance reviews for a while. As a leader, ask these questions… #1: What should I start, stop, or continue doing?

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Performance Review 52

Ed Batista

APRIL 14, 2022

They can't guide us to a destination, but they can tell us a lot about how difficult the trip might be, what we might encounter along the way, and if we should be traveling at all. But they're also aware of prevailing sentiments in their environment, open to alternative points of view, and able to adapt when necessary.

Travel 94

Travel 94

Chief Executive

AUGUST 4, 2022

Understanding the science behind grief not only gives people the tools to move through it, but also offers insight into how we can support each other through our most challenging times. But neuroscience research illustrates that grief recruits entirely different neural circuitry than depression and sadness do. Offer time.

Banking 98

Banking Recruitment Manager 98

Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Now, as we settle back into a face-to-face workplace, we look back and consider the lessons learned from online experiences. What better way to investigate these topics than to talk with two doctors, who are both experts in their fields! In addition, we can help you implement marketing, research, and sales. Transcript.

Travel 130

Travel Marketing Workflows Scaling 130

Michael McKinney

MARCH 6, 2023

In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.” We emotionally connect, collaborate, ask, and listen. How do we do that?

Scaling 100

Scaling Human Resources Marketing 100

Lolly Daskal

OCTOBER 4, 2022

And the older we get and the longer our habits persist, the harder it gets. Here’s how we do it: Identify and prioritize. Habits come with a cognitive script—the unconscious automatic thoughts we have in certain situations. Pay close attention to your scripts and think about alternatives. Recognize your scripts.

Accounts 145

Accounts Leadership Development Manager 145

Walk Me

JANUARY 10, 2024

Basing the future off employees’ knowledge and experience is a great way to enhance employee engagement , reduce resistance to change , and make your company work better. 2021 research from Gartner shows how equitable and two-way feedback is now the go-to strategy for HR leaders. In this section, we will clarify these meanings.

Implementation 94

Implementation Employee Engagement Operations Diversity 94

Chief Executive

MARCH 10, 2023

After all, the advancement of useful information is the kind of evolution we need most. So, let’s focus instead on how to make it as useful as possible — and on what it can do for each of our various enterprises. This is why I’m hoping we’ll do a better job of generating UI to make AI all it can be. It offers real potential.

Benefits 105

Benefits Engineering Government Metrics 105

Ed Batista

MAY 19, 2023

Not all the factors below are present in every situation, nor do they affect all leaders equally, but whenever a leader kicks the can they're likely being influenced by at least one or two: They overestimate the costs and underestimate the benefits. Every alternative will have a negative impact on someone, and that may include the leader.

Benefits 131

Benefits Education Manager 131

Alison Green

JULY 11, 2022

A few weeks ago, our leadership team began doing a “let’s get physical Friday,” basically a 20-minute workout once a week. It was suggested this week that we start holding these sessions three times a week as a way of taking a few moments away and bonding as a team. We have a virtual office and are never face to camera.

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Workflows Benefits Manager Marketing 83

Chief Executive

AUGUST 1, 2022

Perhaps it’s time to try another way, one that’s more about selling and less about commanding? When they first went home, people felt a certain way, they were really worried primarily about safety,” says Smith. But bottom line, if you want your people to come in, it will need to compete with—and beat—the alternatives. “We

Revenue 98

Revenue Manager Marketing Operations 98

Get Lighthouse

APRIL 26, 2024

“Do you know what our company’s strategy is?” <Blank stares> If you’ve ever gotten this response from your team, you know how damaging it can be when your team doesn’t actually understand where you’re trying to go. If the data we just reviewed is any indication, most likely your team doesn’t. Why or why not?

Strategic Planning 52

Strategic Planning Marketing Accounts Manager 52

Michael McKinney

MARCH 10, 2023

You throw away your backup plans and you push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own success. Essentially it comes down to: why do we hesitate? They are often negative because they lack knowledge about what you are doing. You’ll always have detractors.

Energy 81

Energy Operations 81

Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Here we go…. We countered but he still chose to move on, highlighting some concerns about how we’ve been handling DEI recently. We countered but he still chose to move on, highlighting some concerns about how we’ve been handling DEI recently. We have never been offered an alternative to that.

Travel 109

Travel Manager Nonprofit Recruitment 109

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here we go… 1. We work in the same field, but not in the same part of the country so our work doesn’t directly overlap anymore. I’m not saying my friend is a predator, but I do know that if I saw someone I supervised behaving the way he described behaving, I would talk to them about it and let them know it’s not okay.

Nonprofit 69

Nonprofit Manager 69

Alison Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve tried to push back or offer alternatives, but the conversations usually go like this: Manager: “ We need to do an updated training for the Blue team. Can you do an overhaul of the materials and present it?”. It will take me some time, but I can do that. We have the meeting set up for the end of next week.”.

Manager 64

Manager 64

Michael McKinney

APRIL 25, 2023

Conformity isn’t all bad; we often do it without much thought. But there are times when we are better served when we ask why and perhaps deviate from the expected. Through workarounds, we can promptly get things done and defy the status quo without directly antagonizing rule enforcers. They are nonconformity.

Advertising 82

Advertising 82