Leadership Freak
APRIL 28, 2025
Everyone has a stupid moment even smart leaders. Some stupidity is accidental. Some is handcrafted with pride. This post shows you how to be less stupid. Spot yourself in the four flavors of stupid that trip up managers and teams. Discover simple ways to spot it, stop it, and laugh your way toward better decisions.
Help Scout Leadership
MAY 1, 2025
Reducing turnaround time is one of the most common goals for support teams including our own! Here are some ideas to help get your team's turnaround time moving in the right direction.
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AlignOrg
APRIL 27, 2025
Featuring Jason Wilcox & Judy Rader Recently, we had the chance to sit down with two key leaders of dynamic organizations and explore what is necessary to achieve a successful transformation. Judy Rader is the senior vice president of corporate affairs and chief communications officer at Constellation. Jason Wilcox is the senior vice president of human resources at Burlington, but worked with AlignOrg Solutions while employed at another company.
Kellogg Insight
APRIL 30, 2025
New research challenges the long-held belief that unconscious attitudes are set in stone.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Alison Green
APRIL 28, 2025
The work on the site is (hopefully) complete, and comments are turned back on. Thanks for your patience the last few days as we ran into some bumps with a server migration. The post housekeeping update appeared first on Ask a Manager.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 30, 2025
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, works for roses, not people. People don’t like “any other name.” They like their own. Im terrible with names. It might be genetic.
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Help Scout Leadership
APRIL 29, 2025
There is speed and efficiency to be gained by filling your fields with one type of plant, but it opens you up to new risks. Diversifying your crops can make them all stronger, and the same goes for diversifying the skills and perspectives of your support team.
Kellogg Insight
MAY 1, 2025
For the most part, yes! And the more we look, the better we get.
Refresh
MAY 1, 2025
Nursing is one of the fine arts: I had almost said the finest of fine arts. Florence… The post Shining a Light: Celebrating the Incredible Nurses Among Us first appeared on The Express Blog.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 29, 2025
Learn what "fail forward" means for your career path. Gone are the days of "learn, earn, retire." Today's career paths are unpredictable and adventurous. Share your thoughts about navigating changeand you could win 1 of 20 free copies of Jessica Lindls new book, The Career Game Loop.
Speaker: Jeremy York
Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of the rapidly evolving HR landscape as we examine how technological innovation, regulatory changes, talent strategies, and evolving diversity approaches are reshaping the profession. This webinar will provide HR professionals with practical insights on leveraging AI and emerging technologies while maintaining compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 30, 2025
Six strategies for mobilizing, engaging, and connecting with others.
Michael McKinney
APRIL 30, 2025
Here is a selection of Posts from April 2025 that you will want to check out: The Opportunity Behind Every Closed Door via @TheDaily_Coach How Embracing A Low Point In Life Can Help You Grow Stronger by @LaRaeQuy A Few Short Stories by @morganhousel 3 Reasons To Challenge Outdated Assumptions by @JosephLalonde The 3 Daily Habits That Separate Champions from Everyone Else by @BrianKDodd The Top 3 Mistakes Leaders Make During Bad Days by @WScottCochrane There may be a book inside you.
Kellogg Insight
APRIL 30, 2025
While increasing bonuses and commission rates might seem like a good idea, doing so can inadvertently harm the quality of an organizations workforce.
Refresh
APRIL 29, 2025
Personal accountability and a culture of feedback are crucial for growth. By owning our actions and valuing constructive… The post Listen Now! Podcast on Accountability and Workplace Feedback Culture first appeared on The Express Blog.
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.
Peter Winick
MAY 1, 2025
Turning Challenges into Global Opportunities This episode explores how an iconic cultural institution successfully navigated the challenges of COVID-19 by rapidly transforming into a global digital platform. It highlights the strategic shift to online programming, unlocking significant international audience growth and new revenue opportunities. Additionally, it emphasizes the power of structured civic dialogue programs to foster meaningful, open-minded conversations in a polarized world.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2025
Six ways leaders can demonstrate a steady hand in turbulent times.
Michael McKinney
MAY 1, 2025
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. Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee on prisons of our own making: When we are in a downward emotional spiral, feeling confused, unhappy, or ill at ease, we often end up playing and replaying mental tapes that actually accentuate our negative emotions and feelings of hopelessness.
Kellogg Insight
MAY 1, 2025
Need some extra motivation to reach your fitness goals? Anthropomorphizing objects can help, new research shows.
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
Refresh
APRIL 28, 2025
High-functioning teams are the catalyst for thriving businesses. These teams are more than a collection of talented individuals;… The post Empowering Teams Through Trust first appeared on The Express Blog.
Peter Winick
APRIL 28, 2025
How a leadership expert is reshaping the future of work for parents everywhere This episode explores how thought leadership can emerge from lived experience, especially when passion meets purpose. It examines the systemic challenges working parents face and how workplace norms can be reimagined through principles like #WorkSchoolHours. The conversation also highlights how individual action, storytelling, and persistence can drive large-scale cultural change in organizations.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2025
Three perspectives on how the role might evolve.
Michael McKinney
APRIL 28, 2025
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.
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.
Kellogg Insight
APRIL 30, 2025
A three-pronged approachand a generous mindsetcan be a huge boon for your career.
Leadership Freak
MAY 1, 2025
Just letting you know I’m out sick. I plan to be back Monday morning.
Chief Outsiders
MAY 2, 2025
This is Part 3 of the Revenue-Ready Marketing Playbook, a 4-part series for mid-market CEOs who want marketing to move the needle. In many boardrooms, the prevailing sentiment is "Marketing is a black box - effective in parts, but it's unclear which parts." That kind of uncertainty is surprisingly common. For many growth-stage businesses, marketing still feels like a gamble.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2025
How to make it more rigorous, transparent, and data-driven.
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.
Lolly Daskal
APRIL 29, 2025
Smart leaders arent using AI to replace thinking. Theyre using it to enhance it. While many organizations race to adopt new tools, the executives getting ahead are focused on one thing: making better decisions, faster, with more clarity and less friction. According to PwCs 2024 Global CEO Survey, 68 percent of leaders say decision-making has become more complex over the last two years.
Peter Winick
MAY 1, 2025
Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the Founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s the idea that I’d like to share with you todayand that’s this: There is power in self-selectingnot for you, but for your clients and prospects. Let me walk you through this a little bit. Far too often, I see far too many authors and thought leaders and experts and such engagingspending too much time with folks that aren’t really sure if they’re the
Ed Batista
APRIL 26, 2025
Tarikh Korula , founder and coach, has trained a version of ChatGPT on the more than 1,000 essays that I've posted to this website since 2005. We call it the Ed Bot 2.0 , and you can use it to ask me anything, anytime. ( Version 1.0 was taken down when the startup that developed it was acquired.) Photo by Fred Seibert.
Chief Outsiders
MAY 2, 2025
This is Part 4 of the Revenue-Ready Marketing Playbook, a 4-part series for mid-market CEOs who want marketing to move the needle. Youve got a sharp M arketing team. A n experienced S ales lead er. Solid product-market fit. And yet , t he customer experience feels disjointed. Campaigns generate leads that go quiet after handoff. Sales calls start from scratch , even when prospects have engaged with marketing content.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
From rapidly changing state-level labor laws and evolving workplace protections to new compliance expectations around pay equity and hybrid policies, HR teams are navigating a constant wave of regulatory updates. It’s not just about reacting anymore; it’s about anticipating risk, aligning stakeholders, and taking a smarter, proactive stance. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and help you focus on what matters.
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