Leadership Freak
JULY 18, 2024
Personal struggle is an unexpected source of lasting impact. "Life is not about you. It is about what you do for others." - Tom Rath Discover 10 sources of competence and learn how reflecting on your struggles can lead to meaningful contribution. Transform personal challenges into opportunities for growth and leadership.
Lolly Daskal
JULY 18, 2024
A strong and healthy work culture is not just an asset; it’s a necessity for any thriving organization. As an executive leadership coach, I guide leaders through the process of cultivating such environments. According to a study by Deloitte, 94% of executives and 88% of employees believe a distinct workplace culture is important to business success.
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Ed Batista
JULY 18, 2024
An occasional theme in my work with leaders on communication is the verbal or written comment that was intended by the leader to be witty but instead falls flat, creates distance, or even leaves people feeling offended or hurt. One reason for this gap between intent and impact [1] is that the leader was perceived as going beyond what we might call snark and crossing a line into sarcasm.
Alison Green
JULY 18, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Recently I have been looking for a new position because my current project was canceled due to a product decision. I heard of a company from a friend of a friend. She said it was a great place to work. I looked it up and there were positions available with my skillset and in my expected salary range.
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
Peter Winick
JULY 18, 2024
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 today, and that’s this: how often is it, as a thought leader, as an adviser, as a consultant, that in your work, in your relationship with a client, you’re engaging in these wonderful conversations and they really want to engage you at scale to serve them, to fix an issue that your work fixes?
Alison Green
JULY 18, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Training a fragile, insecure coworker has become Too Much I really appreciated the advice, both from you and the commenters (and the permission to drop the rope that part of me was undoubtedly after). I realized after my letter was published that I’d left out a lot of context about what management looks like where I work.
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Thought Leaders LLC
JULY 18, 2024
Our reader poll today asks: How do you spend the majority of your weekends? Relaxing with family/friends 34.64% Pursuing individual activities 25.91% Resting and catching your breath 18.98% Working and catching up 13.25% Some other activity 7.22% Most are relaxing on weekends. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2024
To better understand the role that control over one’s time plays in job and life satisfaction, the authors analyzed survey data from a nationally representative sample. They found: 1) People who had greater control over their time had the highest job satisfaction and overall satisfaction with their lives, 2) Those who felt a sense of time scarcity had less satisfaction with their jobs and were less satisfied with their lives, 3) The number of hours people worked was not related to how satisfied
Peter Winick
JULY 18, 2024
Leveraging Expertise and AI to Transform Corporate Training. A conversation with Jason Lavender about his journey into corporate training and how his company Electives is making training easier, engaging, and more accessible. In this episode of Thought Leadership Leverage, host Peter Winick sits down with Jason Lavender, the co-founder and CEO of Electives.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2024
Instead of providing solid career opportunities, all too often companies resort to filling vacancies from outside. And when they do promote people, many employers give them “dry promotions” — more responsibility without more money. This article makes the case for revamping career development. Employers should provide more opportunities — both promotions that offer more pay and lateral moves.
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.
Michael McKinney
JULY 18, 2024
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. Tom Asacker on leading with people: “Those skilled at motivating people to cross a new bridge to change their beliefs and behavior, are not trying to cajole or manipulate them against their will. Rather, they seek to guide them to a new destination, a transformed way of feeling, thinking and acting that's aligned with their personal desires and values.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2024
Cybersecurity experts and the companies that employ need to let go of their prevention mindset and adopt one focused on resilience. A prevention mindset means doing all you can to keep the bad guys out. A resilience mindset adds a layer: while you do all you can to prevent an attack, you also work with the expectation that they still might break through your defenses and invest heavily preparing to respond and recover when the worst happens.
AIHR
JULY 18, 2024
Organizations must effectively attract, develop, and retain top talent if they want to achieve their strategic goals. An HR value proposition serves as a critical tool in this task, providing a clear and compelling narrative about the unique value that the HR function brings to both employees and the organization. Let’s take a detailed look at how you can create your HR value proposition.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2024
Sponsor content from Unisys.
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.
Alison Green
JULY 18, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. A manager thanked my husband for letting me work with them A department I work with organized a social dinner at a restaurant after work one evening. People brought their families and so I brought my husband. A manager I work with came by, so I introduced them to each other.
Alison Green
JULY 18, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. We saw a surprising number of stories about covert napping in last month’s thread about interns — which reminded me that we’ve had many stories about napping at work over the years, both covert and not-so-covert. There was the summer associate who put on pajamas and napped on of her desk. the intern who tied his hands to the undercarriage of a truck so it looked like he was working on it while he was actually napping … a
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