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Relationships with Discomforting People

Leadership Freak

Relationships take you places. Include discomforting people in your relationship circle. A kick in the pants is often more useful than a pat on the back (especially if you are already excelling). Ask a stranger what they are great at. Follow up with, How did you get great at that?

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Knowledge Base Maintenance: A Practical Framework

Help Scout Leadership

Creating a knowledge base is only half of the battle; you also need to keep it up to date. Help your customers get the most out of your content with regular knowledge base maintenance.

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609 | The Secret to Leading a Winning Team? It’s All About KRAs

Chris LoCutro

Welcome to the show, folks! Today were diving into a topic thats vital for every leader out thereKey Result Areas (KRAs). If youve ever struggled with aligning your team, creating clarity in roles, or preventing leadership headaches, this episode is for you. KRAs arent just a tool to manage performancetheyre a foundational part of running a successful business.

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Scoring Big with Systems Thinking

AlignOrg

For me, growing up immersed in sports has always been a rollercoaster of emotionsmoments of elation and despair that mirror the highs and lows felt by countless others. Our favorite teams have a remarkable ability to stir deep emotions. We engage in daily conversations about how our teams could improve, emphasizing their problems and providing our perspective on how they could achieve better results.

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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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How to Build Self-Acceptance and Embrace Your True Self

BetterUp

A lack of self-acceptance can hold you back in every area of your life. It affects your confidence and can prevent you from reaching your full potential. People with high self-acceptance are more resilient to criticism. They understand that its okay to accept themselves while also working for continuous self-improvement.

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Scoring Big with Systems Thinking: Cultivating Wins Beyond the Boardroom.

AlignOrg

For me, growing up immersed in sports has always been a rollercoaster of emotionsmoments of elation and despair that mirror the highs and lows felt by countless others. Our favorite teams have a remarkable ability to stir deep emotions. We engage in daily conversations about how our teams could improve, emphasizing their problems and providing our perspective on how they could achieve better results.

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Scoring Big with Systems Thinking: Cultivating Wins Beyond the Boardroom.

AlignOrg

For me, growing up immersed in sports has always been a rollercoaster of emotionsmoments of elation and despair that mirror the highs and lows felt by countless others. Our favorite teams have a remarkable ability to stir deep emotions. We engage in daily conversations about how our teams could improve, emphasizing their problems and providing our perspective on how they could achieve better results.

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Make Better Strategic Decisions Around Slow-Developing Technology

Harvard Business Review

Many breakthrough products include multiple technologies that evolved very slowly sometimes over decades. To avoid being surprised or overtaken by competitors, companies must systematically track the evolution of these slow-cooking technologies as they improve in performance and decrease in price. The window of opportunity that arrives when all the right technologies reach the point of maturity may be smaller than you think.

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Scoring Big with Systems Thinking: Cultivating Wins Beyond the Boardroom.

AlignOrg

For me, growing up immersed in sports has always been a rollercoaster of emotionsmoments of elation and despair that mirror the highs and lows felt by countless others. Our favorite teams have a remarkable ability to stir deep emotions. We engage in daily conversations about how our teams could improve, emphasizing their problems and providing our perspective on how they could achieve better results.

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Research: Gen AI Changes the Value Proposition of Foreign Remote Workers

Harvard Business Review

But replacing U.S. workers with foreign talent isn’t as easy as supplying them with ChatGPT.

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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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This is How AI Is Coming for Your Job—Unless You Learn to Lead Smarter

Lolly Daskal

Artificial Intelligence is methodically eliminating leadership positionsand your role could be next. While 68% of executives dismiss AI’s impact, artificial intelligence already executes core management functions with unprecedented efficiency. Organizations implementing AI management tools eliminate mid-level leadership positions at accelerating rates, with projections indicating 37% of current management roles become obsolete by 2026.

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How to Get Better at Saying No

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Cornell’s Dr. Sunita Sah on pushing back effectively.

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5 Things Leaders Need to Quit Doing

Mark Sandborn

Leadership isnt just about what we do; its also about what we choose not to do. Success comes from doing new things, improving existing practices, and stopping the wrong behaviors. If you want to lead better this year, here are five things worth quitting: Copying Learn by emulating, but lead by innovating. Copying means doing the same things your competitors do in the same way.

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A Strategic Guide to Double-Digit Revenue Growth

Chief Outsiders

CEOs face intense pressures today to deliver consistent double-digit revenue growth year after year. But with the right strategy focused on business development, sales, and key performance indicators - hitting that 10% annual growth benchmark is achievable. This article provides a blueprint for leaders looking to spur growth. As a result of the current market conditions, a new benchmark has been established: If your company can't show a minimum Compound Annual Growth Rate of 10 percent, you are

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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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employer wants me to write 30 essays before they’ll even consider my application

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Ive done my fair share of job interviews, but not in the past five years or so. In early August, I applied for a manager-level role at a local nonprofit that fits exactly within my professional experience and personal interests. Almost four months after the application deadline, I finally got an email back, telling me that instead of doing a traditional first-round interview, they were asking all candidates to

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Intensive Leadership Coaching for a Director

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a highly customized 1×1 Intensive Leadership Coaching for a Director that needed to elevate individual and team performance.

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HR person secretly helped her mom get hired, coworker is identifying herself as a psychologist when she’s not, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its five answers to five questions. Here we go 1. Our HR person helped her mom get hired in secret I work for a small company of 12 people, led by two partners. In the hierarchy of the company, I am the next tier down from the partners. We are not large enough to have an HR department, so our accountant, Jan, operates as the HR person as well as office manager.

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Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #102: When Your Rules Change, Leading through Fires, and more…

Get Lighthouse

If you always do what youve always done, youll always get what youve always got. This phrase has been running through my mind a lot lately. Its a good reminder to mix things up, try new things, and avoid getting stuck in a rut. As leaders, its easy to think that your tried and true is always the best approach, but then we can wake up and have a very outdated approach to things, or miss out on new approaches that could be better.

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Miss One Change, Face Major Risk: The New Compliance Crisis In HR And How To Fix It

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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my employees’ juice cleanses are disrupting their work

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I manage a team of five. One of my staff, Helen, does some variation of a week-long juice cleanse or other liquid diet about once per year, and has for the four years she has been on my team. During that week each time, she arrives late or leaves early for three to four days due to headache, dizziness, or generally feeling crummy.

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11 Types of Interview Questions To Help You Pick the Right Candidate (Plus Examples)

AIHR

Asking different types of interview questions can help you uncover deeper insights about candidates, who typically have more to offer beyond their rsums. Structured interviews with diverse questions can reveal useful information about candidates skills, experiences, and unique qualities, making them more predictive of job performance. This article explores 11 types of interview questions, why theyre helpful, and how you can prepare for and conduct more effective interviews.

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a fellow conference attendee was a jerk on the airplane

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I (a woman) travelled by myself to a work-related conference and encountered some bad behavior on the flight. A quick search on AAM indicated many readers asked questions related to work-related trips with folks within the same company. How about with folks from another company?

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Report: Boards Seeking More Subject Expertise

Association Now Leadership

NACDs governance survey found that boards are facing more challenges than ever, and are seeking leadership help beyond strategic planning. Board members are feeling more pressure to respond to economic and technological challenges, prompting narrower strategic-planning windows and a search for subject matter expertise, according to a new report. The 2025 Governance Outlook , published last month by the National Association of Corporate Directors , is based on a survey of 251 corporate board memb

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

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

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How to Keep Up with the News Without Getting Overwhelmed

Harvard Business Review

Studies suggest that increased exposure to news, whether through traditional media or social media platforms, can negatively impact mental health. In other words, more news correlates with higher anxiety. But the answer is not to check out altogether. In this article, the author shares advice from three experts on how to be more intentional about where, when, and how you catch up on the news so that you dont become a victim of round-the-clock triggering headlines.

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