Peter Winick

MARCH 14, 2024

In this episode, we welcome Janet Foutty, former Chair and Consulting CEO at Deloitte, and co-author of the insightful book “Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership.” We delve into why, despite her demanding career at Deloitte, Janet chose to invest her time in developing thought leadership.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In addition, we can help you implement marketing, research, and sales. Today, we’ll talk about threading the needle on delicate topics, which is essential for many categories of thought leadership. Additionally, we’ll explore metrics for thought leadership as well as making use of earned and owned media.

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Peter Winick

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These are just two questions we examine with today’s guest, Ward Kampf. Ward explains why we need to step back, absorb the idea, and learn about it. We also discuss building relationships. In addition, we can help you implement marketing, research, and sales. It’s an evolve-or-die environment. is consumption.

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Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For ten years Kim and her team have been working with people, teams, and leaders to achieve breakthroughs but have never codified or packaged the research and data they have been doing. Those who believe in your ideas will become your biggest and loudest champions. And, uh, we get to chat with her for a bit today.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Today our guest is Dan Pontefract, who after a long prosperous career at companies like Telus struck out on his own as a leadership strategist, change expert, keynote speaker, and award-winning author. His fifth book Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team that Flourishes will be released in November of 2023. Are you prepared?

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Peter Winick

MAY 2, 2024

Transforming Teams with Compassion and Understanding A conversation with Rob Volpe about the impact empathy can have for leaders, teams, and organizations. If you have big ideas around EQ but are struggling to bring that content to your audience in a meaningful way, Peter Winick and the Thought Leadership Leverage team can help you!

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An interview with Don Schmincke about becoming blinded by the tools we use and making the best of entrepreneurial losses. What happens when the tools we use to analyze and take control of our environments become the cause of our destruction? We get seduced by our tools because we think they will save us.

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Alison Green

APRIL 29, 2024

A reader writes: I oversee a team of employees who used to be my peers. We strongly discourages overtime for budget reasons, and any overtime has to be approved before it is taken. We strongly discourages overtime for budget reasons, and any overtime has to be approved before it is taken.

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Alison Green

MARCH 12, 2024

My team became part of this company through an acquisition three years ago. Within the first year of the acquisition, our product managers (“Joey” and “Chandler”) were let go as a “business decision.” Joey and Chandler were subject matter experts who shared the PM role along with their other duties.

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Alison Green

MAY 5, 2024

Here we go… 1. My employee never remembers to save things on our shared drive, no matter how many reminders she gets I’ve been having an issue with one of the people I manage, our document processor, Ashley. I like Ashley; she is bubbly and friendly, which is a breath of fresh air on an otherwise introverted team.

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Alison Green

MAY 2, 2024

Here we go… 1. I have a direct report who is not a morning person. We have a hybrid schedule (two full team in-office days, remainder WFH). Our day starts at 8 to accommodate half day Fridays, which she takes. She’s not from our area and would have no idea about this situation. How are you?

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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. That’s why today we’re focusing on how you can work on your strategy with your team.

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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.

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Alison Green

APRIL 14, 2024

Here we go… 1. It’s very difficult for even people who are close to the person being abused to get them to leave, so unfortunately you’re not well-positioned to help her … but generally speaking, the less isolated she is and the more people treat her as a good and worthwhile person, the better off she will be. Talk to your boss.

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Alison Green

APRIL 10, 2024

This situation is complicated by the fact that this is a family business, and all employees are my relatives and/or their romantic partners, but we have virtual assistant team members (independent contractors or third party services) who are party to these conversations.

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Alison Green

MAY 1, 2024

Recently, the head of our HR department, Lucinda, sent an email to the entire company “reminding us” that our work from home days have to occur at our home and not at any other location. I always respond to Teams messages within 15 minutes (which is faster than the norm in my workplace).

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Alison Green

APRIL 28, 2024

Here we go… 1. I’m thinking of a former colleague who by all accounts was well-liked, showed up to work on time, didn’t slack off, met their deadlines, and otherwise did a more than decent job in their role. It depends on the job, the manager, the organization, and the needs of the team. It’s five answers to five questions.

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Michael McKinney

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

T HE REASON for writing Mind Shift is to destroy our internal limitations. Based on our thoughts, we are structured or wired to behave within certain frequencies. If we think in toxic ways, we will get toxic outcomes. It takes a mind shift to move from where we are to where we want to be.

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Alison Green

APRIL 16, 2024

Here we go… 1. Our intern was working two full-time jobs I work at a nonprofit and manage our internship program. I handle the administrative side of things, while our program teams handle the day-to-day/substantive work assignments and management. It’s five answers to five questions.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 7, 2024

Do we need to engage an external freelancer (writing and/or design)? Who will write the Executive Director letter? Are we gathering photos all year long so we have enough come time to prepare our report? Is our donor list accurate and up-to-date? What will be our annual report's theme?

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling —even an obsession. How do we make money?

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Alison Green

MARCH 18, 2024

Here we go… 1. The pros: the opportunity is amazing — he would never find this opportunity in our own country or in a closer location we could drive to. He has worked on a large project with the head of one of the departments (this was who invited him to apply). It’s five answers to five questions.

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Get Lighthouse

JANUARY 12, 2024

That includes both how you treat the departing team member, and equally important, how you tell your team. Even if you think others expected the departure, or knew it was coming, it’s still very important you approach it the right way and manage any disruption to your team well. What do you say and not say?

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Alison Green

APRIL 29, 2024

I played the voicemail back for my team, essentially saying “This is someone trolling us, right?” We couldn’t quite make out the name given and a search of the phone number didn’t do much. I spoke with the woman, who reiterated their interest in a multi-million dollar gift to name a theater. Be careful who you’re friends with?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here is a book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. The book is, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated To All In , by Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. “72%

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15Five

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Most people leaders today understand the critical importance of promoting equity and inclusion on their teams and building a more diverse workforce. But one letter usually missing from the DEI acronym that we believe should be included is B—for belonging. Being on a team and belonging to a team can be two very different experiences.

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15Five

MAY 3, 2024

Before 15Five, embarrassingly enough, we were still on paper. Choosing and Integrating 15Five The search for a solution led Lynn and her team through numerous product demos , comparing different tools that could streamline their performance management processes. We were told to follow this and watch the magic happen.

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Alison Green

MARCH 19, 2024

A reader writes: I manage a small team (less than 10) in a small city that is a three-hour drive from the company’s main site and headquarters, which is in a large urban area. My team members are familiar with life at HQ because one person transferred from there, and everyone travels there at least once a year.

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Alison Green

MARCH 28, 2024

The company is relatively new and for the first few years, it was about five people who all functioned as one team: my boss, Malcolm; his second-in-command, Wash; and several junior staff working under them. The problem is that Malcolm still treats the company as one whole team.

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AIHR

MAY 6, 2024

A compelling purpose statement can foster loyalty with customers who trust companies that align with their beliefs. Creating attractive talent acquisition strategies: A clear purpose statement can be a powerful tool in attracting talent who share the employer’s values and aspirations. Contents What is a purpose statement?

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Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2024

Here we go… 1. I don’t want to participate in my office’s steps challenge My office is getting ready to start a months-long steps challenge, and there’s a big emphasis on participating because we’ve got a mix of in-person, hybrid, and remote employees and this is supposed to be something to help us all engage.

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Alison Green

MARCH 24, 2024

Here we go… 1. Coworker wants to withhold PTO as punishment We have a series of educational seminars by coworkers every month. The code is not always provided during the session, so sometimes we have to bother the presenter to provide it. This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager.

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Agile42

OCTOBER 31, 2023

These days, professionals who understand their worth are seeking something more profound; something that money alone can’t buy. Humanizing the workplace is an art; it is a revolution, centered on empowering the humans that make our organizations tick. We don’t just offer jobs; we build homes for talent to thrive.

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Lolly Daskal

APRIL 12, 2023

By spelling out the word respect, we can use this framework to guide our actions and behaviors as we work to earn the respect of our team. E ncourage others: Encouraging and supporting your team members shows that you believe in them and value their contributions.

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Association Now Leadership

JUNE 18, 2023

Out of one of our community conversations, one of our members started saying it’d be really great to meet more deeply and talk about racial equity. So we got a cadre of volunteers—it ended up being 44—who met with our program and our membership teams.” And folks have stayed on.

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AIHR

APRIL 30, 2024

In this article, we explore the drivers of HR reputation, its influence on our credibility, and the actions required to move forward. Should we care about the HR reputation? HR professionals often get blamed for things that go wrong beyond our control or, even worse, not our responsibility.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 18, 2023

Eid is a special occasion that calls for expressing gratitude and appreciation for those who impact our lives. However, finding the right words to convey our heartfelt wishes can be challenging, especially regarding employees. So, let's spread the joy of Eid and show our employees how much we value their contributions!

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