Leadership Freak

APRIL 20, 2018

Peak performance is built on rest. Exhaustion breeds discouragement and fear. I hope you woke up this morning refreshed. 10 ways to start your day like a leader.

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 4, 2018

Nir’s Note: This guest post is by Gibson Biddle, former VP at Netflix and CPO at Chegg. Gibson is speaking at the Habit Summit in San Francisco on April 11th. In 2005, as I joined Netflix as VP of Product, I asked Reed Hastings, the CEO, what he hoped his legacy would be. His answer: “Consumer science.” […]. The post How Netflix’s Customer Obsession Created a Customer Obsession appeared first on Nir and Far.

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15Five

APRIL 10, 2018

We used to just call them “mental health days.” Those days when you just need to get some separation from the daily grind, refresh yourself, and do whatever it takes to get a break from multitasking and workplace tech. Of course, now we understand more clearly the link between employee happiness and outcomes like higher engagement, increased productivity, and business growth.

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AIHR

APRIL 30, 2018

The question “What value does HR add to an organization?” has always been difficult to answer. In this article, I will discuss the HR value chain. Not only helps this tool to show the added value of HR, it also constitutes an excellent framework for people analytics. In fact, it helps analyze how HR contributes to business outcomes. The HR value chain in research.

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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

BetterUp

APRIL 23, 2018

Robin Ely and Fern Mandelbaum recently spoke in a fireside chat moderated by Ellen Levy at BetterUp Shift 2018. The event brought together the most innovative leaders and thinkers in HR and people development to discuss how to infuse greater meaning into the employee experience. Ely and Mandelbaum discussed some of the most effective practices for creating diverse and inclusive work environments, and recruiting diverse teams.

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Agile42

APRIL 30, 2018

Following the announcement of the public launch of agile42 in Sweden , we bring our series "Meet the Coach" to Stockholm to meet Giuseppe De Simone. Born in Italy, Giuseppe is a Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Team Coach and his relationship with agile42 goes way back. We exchanged a few words while he plans for busy weeks ahead. How did you start as an Agile coach and how many times did you cross path with agile42?

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 17, 2018

It’s New Year’s Eve. There I am on the dance floor – it’s teeming with people and there’s hardly space to breathe. Loud thumping music pierces my eardrums and I have no idea where my friends are. Then, the guy next to me takes a misstep, spills an entire cup of beer down my shoulder. […]. The post Peak-end rule: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices appeared first on Nir and Far.

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15Five

APRIL 18, 2018

Over the last several years a performance management revolution has taken place, and businesses are now focusing more on the growth and wellbeing of their employees. This has led to the implementation of employee development programs that annually cost companies hundreds of billions of dollars. While it makes sense to respond to employees’ desires for growth in the workplace, many executives still grapple with how to improve the effectiveness of these programs.

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AIHR

APRIL 11, 2018

Most large organization use personality testing in one form or another. This can be to select the best candidates or to help in improving performance of individuals and teams. Examples include the Myers-Briggs personality inventory and the Five Factor Model. How useful are these assessments really? Personality assessments have long proven to be better predictors of workplace performance over job-related ability tests.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 23, 2018

Catastrophic thinking is a term used to describe extreme worrying. It is the thought cycle we go through when we think about the worst possible outcome, and those thoughts make it hard to think about anything else. This happened to me today. I have this article to write for you and slides to finish/polish for […]. The post Four Ways to Avoid Catastrophic Thinking appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Agile42

APRIL 26, 2018

It’s been a long journey of collaborations and discovery and now we are extremely happy to officially launching the local presence of agile42 in Sweden, agile42 Consulting AB. Based in Stockholm and working closely with the company presence in other Nordic countries and all over the world, we will able to deliver the same range of training and coaching opportunities for our clients.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 8, 2018

It’s easier to complain than take responsibility to make something better. One morning, not long ago, I set out to NOT complain for a day. That morning at 7:00 a.

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 17, 2018

Nir’s Note: This post part of a series on cognitive bias co-authored with and illustrated by Lakshmi Mani. Discover other reasons you make terrible life choices like confirmation bias, hyperbolic discounting and distinction bias. It’s New Year’s Eve. There I am on the dance floor – it’s teeming with people and there’s hardly space to […] The post Peak-End Rule: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices appeared first on Nir and Far.

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15Five

APRIL 1, 2018

In the wake of SpaceX’s successful launch of a Tesla into space in February, Elon Musk today announced the launch of his latest idea — SpaceAds. This new venture will allow the world’s most innovative companies to place branded artifacts in space to advertise their “out of this world” offerings. Starman Waiting In The Sky. The world stood transfixed earlier this year as the most powerful rocket in operation, the Falcon Heavy, placed a shiny red Tesla Roadster into an ell

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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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AIHR

APRIL 15, 2018

“How satisfied are you with your job?” We have all come across this, or a slightly different version of this question about how satisfied we are with our job. In People Analytics, job satisfaction is among the most important constructs. Employee surveys often use this item to come to a verdict about how happy the employees are and enable people manager to derive implications from it.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 8, 2018

by Denise Lee Yohn Organizational culture is one of the most talked about and written about topics in leadership literature these days. There is good reason this is true: Peter Drucker’s famous line says it best – “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” But as is often the case, once an important topic becomes trendy, so […]. The post Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Agile42

APRIL 19, 2018

First, a bit more about us ! We work with a variety of methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Systems thinking, and Lean and Agile Leadership. Our approach allows organizations of all kinds and sizes to change prevailing mindsets and become more Agile in a proven, risk-free, and sustainable way. We always focus on delivering value to our customers. We have colleagues in Germany, the United States, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Turkey and South Africa.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2018

If you want to be a better leader, choose better words.

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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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Nir Eyal

APRIL 22, 2018

In this talk, I describe a new model for managing distraction — how to become “Indistractable.” I’ll write more on this topic in the coming months and I’m finishing a book with the same title. I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below. Also, please share this video with people who may benefit […] The post How to Be Indistractable: Video by Nir Eyal appeared first on Nir and Far.

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15Five

APRIL 25, 2018

Woah! What an April! More articles about continuous employee feedback were published in this one month than we’ve seen in any other month over the last half-decade. Amazon and Nike both made headlines, the former for a company-wide roll out of Connections , a daily Q&A feedback program that is being received with some employee skepticism.

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AIHR

APRIL 5, 2018

Bernard Marr – author, Top 5 LinkedIn Influencer, advisor to the World Economic Forum, and keynote speaker at People Analytics World 2018 – joins the People Analytics Podcast, a series of lively conversations with leading practitioners, thought leaders and tech pioneers from a variety of backgrounds from around the globe. David Green speaks with Bernard Marr about the future directions in which People Analytics will take the HR profession.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 9, 2018

If you coach others you have certainly thought about why people succeed at a task … or don’t. Make no mistake that the solution is complex. There is a question that can help in your thinking: Is it will or skill (that leads them to achieve or not achieve something)? This question has been asked […]. The post Understanding Employee Performance – is it Will or Skill?

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Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2018

According to author Micah Solomon , to ensure you have customer-facing employees , help them to: Display simple human kindness Sense what another person is feeling Have an inclination toward teamwork Be detail oriented, including having the ability and willingness to follow through to completion Bounce back and do not internalize challenges.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 6, 2018

I wonder if you pat yourself on the back because you don’t voice all your complaints. Withholding complaints doesn’t make you a positive leader. Fun: Complaining is fun at least for awhile.

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 22, 2018

In this talk, I describe a new model for managing distraction — how to become “Indistractable.” I’ll write more on this topic in the coming months and I’m finishing a book by the same title. I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below. Also, please share this video with people who may benefit […]. The post How to Be Indistractable: Video by Nir Eyal appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Agile42

APRIL 12, 2018

I have been thinking a great deal about human systems, what makes them tick, what helps them be better and what gets in their way. In this talk, I will dig into human systems, entropy and agile. I will explore the things that I believe can help human systems to be better and share the things that I have seen yield results. This has been topic of the presentation Agile, Entropy and Human Systems I delivered at Agile Days Istanbul 2018, a great event that covered Agile Leadership, Agile for IT-T

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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AIHR

APRIL 9, 2018

Each year, we survey hundreds of HR and business professionals and publish an HR Trends Report. In the survey, we ask questions about the state of metrics and analytics within HR departments. As a professional that focuses on this area, it is disappointing to see the yearly results. In 2018, HR metrics & analytics was deemed the least effective area of HR (out of 23 different areas which include headache topics like change management and workforce planning).

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 16, 2018

I wrote this title because people will likely read it – we love secrets to success, and if they are surprising, all the better. Depending on your beliefs and experience, this post may be neither. Either way, what am about to share will make a difference for you professionally and for the organization you serve. […]. The post A Surprising Secret to Success at Work appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2018

After two years of research, forty focus groups and a national survey, author Sylvia Ann Hewlett contends the three pillars of Executive Presence are: How you act ( gravitas ) How you speak (communication ) How you look ( appearance ) All three work together to help you telegraph (signal) to others that you have what it takes and that you're star material.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 17, 2018

Wise leaders give and receive correction. Incompetent leaders tear down and poison relationships. Correction cp. criticism: Correction builds up. Criticism tears down. Correction looks to the future. Criticism camps in the past.

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Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too