Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Infants mimic adults when they learn to talk. Adults choose their own words. Novices imitate. Experts craft their own path. Imitation comes before mastery. Dont copy successful people too long. We master something when we understand the principles behind it. How to move from mimicry to mastery?

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Association Now Workplace

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A group of business scholars propose a critical reviewer to keep meetings on point. Done right, the role can keep meetings on pointand strengthen your culture. Every organization, for better or for worse, has a culture. Boards define themselves by how they interpret the organizations mission; staffs are defined by how, and how well, they interpret the decisions that emerge from those interpretations.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Myth 1: The technology is only useful at the initial stages of identifying customers.

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Michael McKinney

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

O RGANIZATIONAL teams determine overall performance, shape culture, drive growth, and deliver results or not. Todays teams face a new reality. Never before have they encountered the changes and challenges brought on them by remote, hybrid, and in-person work environments. Add in the emergence of AI and countless other workforce and societal trends, and its apparent that yesterdays approaches no longer apply to todays realities.

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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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Public and private models have distinct vulnerabilities. Here’s what leaders can do to avoid them.

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Sweet Process

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Last Updated on February 21, 2025 by Owen McGab Enaohwo Start your free 14-day trial of SweetProcess. No credit card needed. Cancel anytime. Click Here To Try it for Free. It started like any other day for Samantha, a 28-year-old warehouse worker and mother of two. She clocked in for her shift, unaware of a […] The post What Is a Safe Work Method Statement?

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its 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, pleasedo not repost it here, as it may be in my queue to answer.

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AIHR

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives have become a primary focus for organizations over the last decade. Today, almost all companies in the S&P 500 (99%) openly report on and share their ESG focus areas and progress, showing how important these factors are for successful organizations. While 79% of business leaders recognize ESG as a critical driver of financial performance, less than half say their organization has an actionable ESG strategy.

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion youd like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden. When her brother’s girlfriend comes to stay with her in the Netherlands, a woman’s post-war life is upended. ( Amazon , Bookshop ) * I earn a commission if you use those links.

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