How Any Leader Can Kickstart and Land Powerful Conversations
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
You look for an escape when blabbing leaders arrive. But a leader skilled at powerful conversations is a thing of beauty.
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What Do You Do When Someone “Steals” Your Amazing Idea?
Nir Eyal
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
The subject line read: “did you see this?” The message was from my editor Jen. “Nir, I saw the headline on this story and thought it might be written by you—but no!” she wrote. “Very weird.” I instantly clicked on the link she’d sent. It was uncanny! An article written by Christopher Mele at the […]. The post What Do You Do When Someone “Steals” Your Amazing Idea?
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12 Ways To Turn Stress Into Productivity (Infographic)
15Five
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
From the cradle to the grave, life hands us stressful situations — so much so that we should consider stress to be an integral part of living a full life, rather than a nuisance to be avoided at all costs. Rather than ignoring stress, it can be healthier and even more productive to harness the energy that such trials create and direct it towards a more successful outcome.
How Leaders Can Support Experimentation
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Before I dive into my idea and proposed actions for you today, I must start from a different point of reference. I realize that while most people who have read this far intellectually agree with the premise that experimentation is needed and helpful in our organizations and teams; I also know that emotionally and psychologically, […]. The post How Leaders Can Support Experimentation appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
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
Follow Through On What You Promise
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. If you say you'll send a team member a report, do so. As the Nike campaign/slogan so aptly says, "Just Do It." Too many leaders don't follow through. Perhaps they get busy. Perhaps they forget.
How To Setup A Growth Team For Maximum Impact
Brian Balfour
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Part of every team’s identity is how they measure success, and each team measures their success in different ways. Product teams might be measured by NPS, feature output, or possibly by metrics. An engineering team’s success may be measured by uptime and reliability among other things, and a design team’s success could be measured on usability. But measuring the success of the growth team is a tougher question.
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The Way You Think About Willpower Is Hurting You
Nir Eyal
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Not so long ago, my post-work routine looked like this: After a particularly grueling day, I’d sit on the couch and veg for hours, doing my version of “Netflix and chill,” which meant keeping company with a cold pint of ice cream. I knew the ice cream, and the sitting, were probably a bad idea, […]. The post The Way You Think About Willpower Is Hurting You appeared first on Nir and Far.
How To Fit OKRs Into Your Company Mission and Values
15Five
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
In Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk entitled, How Great Leaders Inspire Action , Sinek refocuses companies away from thinking first about what they do, and instead advises them to figure out WHY they’re doing it. This not only impacts their services and products, but also the people who build out and fulfill the company vision. No matter how great your vision, the world will always be pulling your company away from fulfilling your higher purpose.
How Leaders are Catalysts
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
In your mostly long-forgotten chemistry class, you learned that a catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. (OK, maybe you didn’t remember). That idea is a powerful one, but by itself doesn’t prove the point in the title of this article. If you look at the dictionary […]. The post How Leaders are Catalysts appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
How To Get The Feedback You Need
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Getting feedback is an important way to improve performance at work. But sometimes, it can be hard to seek out, and even harder to hear. “Feedback is all around you. Your job is to find it, both through asking directly and observing it,” says David L. Van Rooy, author of the book, Trajectory: 7 Career Strategies to Take You From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
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.
84% of B2B Sales Start with a Referral — Not a Salesperson
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Meanwhile, 84% of B2B buyers are now starting the purchasing process with a referral, and peer recommendations are influencing more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions.
How to Build the Future by Asking Four Forward-Facing Questions
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 5, 2016
Frustration with teams and organizations is the result of avoiding questions that many leaders don’t dare to ask. Successful leaders ask forward-facing questions that define a future distinct from the past.
4 Ways to Recapure the Lost Art of Making People Feel They Matter
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Ego’s cry is, “What about me?” Who will listen to you, if you become a leader who makes others feel they matter? Ego Leaders with big egos overestimate their abilities.
Why Old Dogs Don’t Learn New Tricks
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
“The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.” G.K. Chesterton You can’t teach old dogs new tricks because unlearning is like breaking concrete with a toothpick.
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.
5 Neglected Strategies to Connect with Others and Lead into the Future
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
Four years ago, I asked Henry Mintzberg for the word of advice he most frequently shares. His response is a guiding light. He said one word, “Connect.
7 Ways to Deal with the Lies Leaders Tell Themselves
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 26, 2016
When you screw up, someone didn’t follow through. When others screw up they procrastinated. It’s not if, but how you lie to yourself. You fail because of circumstances. Others fail because of character.* They lack initiative. They don’t have what it takes. The lies leaders tell themselves: Affirm themselves. Disaffirm others. Close minds.
How to Capture the Opportunity in Awkward Silence
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The need for quick answers is the path to shallow solutions. The best thing to hear after asking penetrating questions is silence, especially your own. Courageous leaders dare to ask awkward questions.
7 Ways to Become a Leader Today, Even if you Already Have a Corner Office
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The things you do alone, with few exceptions, are not leadership. Busyness doesn’t make you a leader, even though leaders work hard. Not a leader: Sign papers in your office.
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
5 Things That Make Nearly Any Meeting Great
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
I’ve been in some meetings that I couldn’t wait to end. I’ve led a few myself. Five things that make nearly any meeting great: #1. Kind candor and courageous transparency abound.
How to be the Leader who Gets Novices to Step Up
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Challenge people to do things they never thought they could do. #1. Relationship: Caring relationship is the environment of growth. Find things to like about the people around you.
5 Ways to Become More Enabling and Less Controlling
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Controlling-leaders end up with compliant teams. Most leaders have control issues. On a scale of 1 to 10, how controlling are you? Just go with your gut. Suppose you’re an 8 on the controlling-leader-scale.
How Intense Curiosity About People Enhances Influence and Expands Leadership
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Mitchell Warner’s observation that humble leaders are intensely curious about others makes me wonder why I’m not more humble. I’ve been called the ‘question man’ all my life.
The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?
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.
Why You Devalue Yourself and Other Problems with Strengths
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Your greatest strengths come effortlessly. It takes work to develop skills, but your strengths came with you from birth. 4 problems with strengths: #1. You devalue your value.
You’ll Never Be Great and Ungrateful at the Same Time
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Unexpressed gratitude is ungratefulness to those around you. An unexpected gratitude list for leaders: Celebrate the circumstances you’re tempted to complain about. Challenges teach you more than ease.
When Silence is Painful, Not Golden
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Failure to bring up disappointing performance is cruel, not compassionate. Apart from intervention, negative trajectory accelerates. When silence is painful, not golden: Silence when performance disappoints prolongs pain, increases stress, and affirms mediocrity. Eventually. pain increases to the point that it overcomes reluctance to address uncomfortable issues.
10 Steps to Doing Less and Getting More Done
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
You’re stressed out and over worked because it takes skill and courage to delegate effectively. You’ve reached your highest potential, if you’re maxed out and you refuse to delegate.
Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right
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.
3 Surprising Ways to Lead – Even if You Haven’t Led Before
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
You might be a great leader if you stopped shooting yourself in the foot. 5 self-defeating leadership behaviors: Asking too many questions about the past.
The 5 Most Painful Leaders to be Around
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Some leaders are painful to be around. To be honest, sometimes you and I are the pain. We’ve all been the leader others complain about. The 5 most painful leaders to be around: Nit-pickers.
5 Ways to Find Gratitude Even While Facing Dissatisfaction
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Successful leaders see the dark and the bright. Lousy leaders only see the dark. Teams shrivel under the bitterness of ungrateful leadership. Image source 7 sources of ungratefulness in leadership: Dissatisfaction.
5 Ways to be Thankful Like a Leader
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
When people think of you, are their hearts filled with gratitude? If they are, it’s because you poured value into their lives. Image source 7 principles of generosity, gratitude, and influence: The opportunity to give indicates you have already received. Servant-leaders ask, “What’s in it for others?
The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth
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
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