Leadership Freak
AUGUST 27, 2024
Churchill carried England on the power of his voice. 7 Churchill Quotes: #1. Leaders define reality. Churchill gave people a bold way of seeing. “These are not dark days. These are great days.
Lolly Daskal
AUGUST 27, 2024
Ineffective leadership can cripple an organization, stifling growth and breeding discontent among employees. Recognizing the traits of poor leadership is the first step in correcting course and fostering a healthier, more productive workplace. Here are seven signs that clearly identify someone with bad leadership skills: Poor Communication: Ineffective leaders often fail to clearly convey expectations, provide feedback, or maintain open lines of communication.
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Michael McKinney
AUGUST 27, 2024
M OST people think that breakthrough ideas come from a vision of the future that is better than what we see today. It is based on the idea that the future will be a new and improved continuation of today. The vision relies on past experiences and then finding patterns that are used to predict the future. However, successful breakthrough ideas require pattern-breaking—unconventional thinking.
Lolly Daskal
AUGUST 27, 2024
The gap between winning leaders and wannabe leadership is not always obvious on the surface. As an executive leadership coach with extensive experience, I’ve identified clear behaviors that distinguish true leaders from mere aspirants. Effective leadership hinges on consistent, intentional actions. These actions separate high achievers from those who just hold a title.
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
15Five
AUGUST 27, 2024
If IQ was enough to make an amazing manager, every team would be led by rocket scientists and doctors. But there’s more that goes into being a manager than rattling off facts and thinking your way through complex problems. That’s why emotional intelligence is so important. Emotional intelligence is the soft skill equivalent of IQ; it’s about being more aware of your thoughts and emotions and moving through conflict and relationships with empathy and care.
Alison Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Exec’s imposter syndrome makes her defensive I chair a board of a mid-size community organization and as part of that role I line manage the chief exec, Flora. She’s a phenomenally smart, talented person with a real depth of experience in the work of the people she leads and a wonderful vision for how to make the organization better for the communities it serves.
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Alison Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m looking to book a birthday getaway for myself and my partner in the next few months. It is nothing extreme, just a long weekend away that might require a Friday and a Monday off. I’d like to keep it a surprise until the week of the getaway. Would it be inappropriate to reach out to my partner’s line manager (who I do not know but do have an email for) to ask her to pre-approve the necessa
Rhythm Systems Growth
AUGUST 27, 2024
As Go the Leaders, So Go Their Teams Jeff Berstein was the CEO of ImageFIRST when we discussed the importance of developing more A-Players in his company. ImageFIRST is one of the largest and fastest-growing companies providing laundry services to the healthcare industry. Inspired, Jeff set the goal of having A-Players comprise 70 percent of his workforce.
Alison Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: This is a weird low-stakes thing. I work in a small government office and we have a guy working here who’s been here for over 40 years and is within a year or two of retiring. I like him well enough, but I’ve noticed he almost never calls women by their names. Any woman he speaks to, he addresses as just “you,” and if he’s talking about a woman who’s not in the room, he just says “her.” There are m
Refresh
AUGUST 27, 2024
Tough day at work? Bad days are bound to happen, but there are productive steps you can take… The post From Stress to Success: Recovering After a Bad Day at Work first appeared on The Express Blog.
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.
Alison Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Tomorrow is the Ask a Manager speed round! On Wednesday from 2-3:30 pm ET , I’ll be answering as many questions as I can live on the website during that time. To submit a question in advance, use the form below. These will be short answers, obviously, so this is better suited for questions that don’t require lengthy, nuanced replies.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
Few companies have a clear idea of where strategy making ends and execution begins. As a result they develop strategic plans where they’re not required and fail to develop strategic plans where they are. To help prevent this happening to your Graham Kenny offers a few dos and don’ts: (1) Don’t develop strategic plans for functions; (2) Confine “strategy” to the business level; (3) Keep strategy and action separate; and (4) Be careful how you use the terms “strategy” and “strategic.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
High stress at work can destabilize people’s ethical compass, putting them at heightened risk of ethical lapses. When employees focus solely on achieving their targets, deadlines, or personal financial goals at the expense of ethical considerations — when doing the right thing feels burdensome compared to seemingly less-costly shortcuts — they can teeter on “ethical burnout.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
A conversation with former Marvel head Peter Cuneo on what it takes to shake up a team or organization.
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.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
When companies seek to engage in more inclusive recruitment, they often overlook recruitment initiatives focused on refugees. The number of global refugees, asylum seekers, and others in need of international protection surpassed 50.3 million people at the end of 2023, per the U.N. Refugee Agency. The authors cite their findings from two of their studies: first, that managers who have never recruited from this group tend to not only undervalue the benefits of this talent pool, but also hold vari
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