Fri.Oct 18, 2024

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Signs Your Organization’s Culture Needs to Change

Michael McKinney

C ULTURE has the power to inspire and unite an entire workforce in the service of common goals. It can create meaning and purpose and a positive day-to-day experience while ensuring that the company is well positioned to meet its business objectives. But when an organization’s culture is negative and dysfunctional, it has the opposite effect. A study from MIT/Sloan found that a toxic culture is by far the strongest predictor of employee attrition.

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Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About A Toxic Culture

Lolly Daskal

A toxic culture can silently permeate an organization, eroding productivity, creativity, and morale. A report by SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) indicated that nearly one in five Americans has left a job in the past five years due to bad company culture. The estimated cost of this turnover is $223 billion. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders understand that a toxic culture is one of the most significant threats to their organization’s success.

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Signs Your Organization’s Culture Needs to Change

Michael McKinney

C ULTURE has the power to inspire and unite an entire workforce in the service of common goals. It can create meaning and purpose and a positive day-to-day experience while ensuring that the company is well positioned to meet its business objectives. But when an organization’s culture is negative and dysfunctional, it has the opposite effect. A study from MIT/Sloan found that a toxic culture is by far the strongest predictor of employee attrition.

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open thread – October 18, 2024

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to take your questions to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it here, as it may be in my queue to answer.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

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

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Are you encouraging self-selection?

Peter Winick

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: make it easy for clients and prospects to self-select—easy for them and easy for you. What do I mean by this? If you find, often in conversations with folks reaching out to you to learn more about you, particularly to potentially engage you, hire you, etc., and you spend a lot of time having to co

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5 Keys for Managers on How to Start One on Ones with Your Team

Get Lighthouse

What's true for trees is also true for starting one on ones. If you aren't having one on ones with your team, you're missing out on an incredible motivating, problem solving, pressure relieving opportunity to help and grow your team. But even if you're totally bought into starting them, it can be intimidating to actually get started. Like the first time for many things, when you start one on ones, it's easy to feel unsure what to do.

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200 Relationship Questions To Strengthen Your Connection

BetterUp

Jump to section New relationship questions to ask Deep relationship questions to ask Intimate relationship questions to ask Tough relationship questions to ask Relationship check-in questions to ask Fun relationship questions to ask Relationship questions to ask yourself Deepen your relationship with support

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Get Connected with SRG’s New Website

Refresh

Specialized Recruiting Group (SRG) has unveiled a new website to connect with clients, prospects, contractors, and job candidates!… The post Get Connected with SRG’s New Website first appeared on The Express Blog.

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An Essential Guide to Global Marketing Standardization and Localization

Sweet Process

Last Updated on October 18, 2024 by Owen McGab Enaohwo The use of the internet for businesses now means that companies – from newly-created startups to large corporations – can go beyond their origin country and expand into new horizons: international markets. There’s amazing potential out there, but entering foreign markets isn’t exactly easy.

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What Is Radical Acceptance And How To Practice It

BetterUp

Jump to section What is radical acceptance? Benefits of radical acceptance When is radical acceptance helpful? When is radical acceptance unhelpful?

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Future of HR: Navigating Transformation in the Digital Age

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.

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6 Essential Leadership Skills — and How to Develop Them

Harvard Business Review

Expert advice on what every leader needs to know.

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Avoidant Attachment Style: What It Is And How To Heal It

BetterUp

Jump to section What is an avoidant attachment style? Avoidant attachment style traits What causes an avoidant attachment style to develop?

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Refuel or Die

Leadership Freak

Fatigue isn’t overwork; it’s failure to refuel. You go dry when you pour out more than you pour in. You can’t flourish on empty. Life management is energy management. Depletion is inevitable apart from intervention. Energy flows out naturally; it’s restored intentionally. Create a refueling schedule. Learn more.

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How to Improve Employee Engagement in Retail: Importance, Ideas & Solutions

Vantage Circle

A McKinsey study discovered that the turnover rate in the retail industry is 70% higher than in other industries. This alarming figure raises questions about the working conditions in retail sectors. Are retail employees truly motivated and committed to their workplace? What drives them to leave? Has this always been the case in the retail industry?

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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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Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Achieve Better Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

By 2026, global corporate spending on wellness programs is set to top $94.6 billion, yet anticipated improvements in well-being are not being realized, and, in fact, mental health needs are continuing to rise around the world. Drawing on a large body of recent research, the authors argue that well-being programs are failing, in part, because they focus on individual solutions rather than the broader systems that affect workers.

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