Fri.Jul 26, 2024

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10 Empowering Ways to Help Your Employees with Self-Motivation at Work

Lolly Daskal

As a leadership coach, I’ve witnessed the incredible impact self-motivated employees can have on an organization’s success. Helping your team develop a strong sense of self-motivation is one of the most valuable investments you can make as a leader. Here are ten empowering strategies to cultivate self-motivation in your workplace: Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity: Encourage your employees to view failures as valuable lessons.

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How to Use the Science of Personality to Make Better Decisions About People

Michael McKinney

S OME of the biggest decisions we will make involve judgments about people—who to hire, who to marry, which friends to have, what job to take, or which business partner to take on. Good people judgment becomes a critical skill in all aspects of life. There are hundreds of ways to describe someone’s observable behavior. On the whole, these can be cumbersome and confusing.

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weekend open thread — July 27-28, 2024

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Sandwich , by Catherine Newman. This is the story of a family during their summer beach vacation, as the mom struggles with menopause, her kids getting older, and her aging parents.

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How to Find A Coach To Help You Reach Your Goals

BetterUp

Jump to section How to find a coach that works for you What types of coaches are there? Who should hire a coach?

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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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5 Tips to Build Personalized Workflows for B2B Lead Nurturing

Sweet Process

Last Updated on July 26, 2024 by Owen McGab Enaohwo B2B clients have unique requirements, making personalization in sales crucial. Customizing the nurturing process for leads improves engagement, conversion rates, and eventually lead size. However, many sales operation frameworks inadequately address this need. Challenges like data silos, resource limitations, and complex decision-making processes prevent teams […] The post 5 Tips to Build Personalized Workflows for B2B Lead Nurturing appe

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Using Persuasion to Spur Lasting Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

There are well-known tactics for persuading others, coauthor Robert Cialdini’s prominent among them. But when leaders need to prompt long-term behavioral change, these tactics need to be applied differently. Cialdini and his coauthor, a researcher of influence tactics, suggest three methods for delivering long-haul persuasion in a complex system that build on Cialdini’s earlier work: Offer compromises proactively, promote unity, and appoint a system steward.

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Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback

Harvard Business Review

Managers often have pre-conceived notions that can act as a barrier to giving timely, helpful, and honest performance feedback. Three of the most common preconceived notions are: 1) the feedback conversation is going to be long and drawn out; 2) the feedback needs to be perfect; and 3) the feedback might be taken the wrong way. It’s understandable that you don’t want to upset your direct reports.

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open thread – July 26, 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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Why You Feel Underappreciated at Work

Harvard Business Review

Despite working hard and meeting our goals, sometimes it’s not clear why we aren’t getting ahead at work. In the absence of strong feedback, we may begin to feel underappreciated or undervalued. While leaders and managers can help boost employee morale by bridging communication gaps around performance, it can be frustrating to wait for that change to happen.

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Agility Is the Key to a Strong GenAI Strategy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM AWS

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from AWS.

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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.