Leadership Freak

JUNE 14, 2018

Listening is the first step back from the abyss of lousy leadership. But what if your boss is a lousy listener? Listening leaders are better leaders.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 12, 2018

( dmagazine). We’ve heard about Facebook ads, Google adwords – but today let’s talk about the “IRL Channel.” The IRL channel is an underappreciated advantage of companies that exist in the real world – Amazon Echo, Envoy, Lime, Uber, etc – that use constant in-real-life reminders to try out and use the product.

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AIHR

JUNE 14, 2018

Thanks to Google, the days of excessive interviews are over. Finding the right candidate for the job can be a challenge. Sometimes, it can feel as though you are looking for a needle in a haystack — and inevitably, the decision needs to be made quickly. When the interviewing process drags on, work is left incomplete, other employees are stressed and overextended, hiring managers are impatient, and top talent is flying off “the shelf.” But, this is not a decision that you wa

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Vantage Circle

JUNE 14, 2018

Employee Benefits are those benefits that an employee receives by virtue of being a part of an organization. These are benefits or perks which lie outside the monetary compensation of a company and have traditionally been limited to insurance, provident fund, etc. But all these are methods which have been done and dusted with. With the workforce employing a large number of diverse employees today, it has become extremely important that an all-inclusive employee benefits program, catering to the

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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

Leadership Freak

JUNE 10, 2018

Many emails I receive concern frustration caused by feeling powerless. Something’s wrong and change seems unlikely. Abuse gives power a bad name, but you need power to get things done.

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Leadership Development 258

Agile42

JUNE 14, 2018

One of the techniques I have come to greatly appreciate as a facilitator is the diamond of participatory decision making (see “ The Leader’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making ”, 1998 by Sam Kaner). This technique/framework allows facilitators to better harness team’s collective intelligence. What problem does the diamond solve? As part of a business writing course I took years ago I learned about writer’s block: a state of mind in which professional writers (such as a novelist) cannot find

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High Scalability

JUNE 15, 2018

Hey, it's HighScalability time: Scaling fake ratings. A 5 star 10,000 phone Chinese click farm. ( English Russia ). Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please lend me your support on Patreon. It would mean a great deal to me. And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 15, 2018

Arrogance holds you back. Humility propels you forward. Courage and humility: You’d be wrong if you said humility is kin to fear.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 10, 2018

Often in this space, I talk about a webinar where an expert will share powerful ideas with everyone who registers. Those learning experiences give you access to that expert, and even though we open those sessions for questions, it is mostly one-way – expert to audience. Today, I announce a very different learning experience. This […]. The post Get Answers to Your Most Pressing Leadership, Communication, and Remote Leadership Questions!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2018

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness. Find creative ways of surprising your customers. Focus on making bad relationships good and good relationships better. Look for new ways of reinventing the workflow in light of your company's changing needs.

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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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LSA Global

JUNE 14, 2018

Rapid Advances in Technology Are Changing the Way We Live and Work. The exciting and sometimes scary growth and application of technology to enable innovation and development appears to be here to stay. Kids are growing up with it, and entire industries are being disrupted by it. So, is leadership still important? Does leadership EQ beat AI? On a macro scale, the World Economic Forum reports that a 10% increase in broadband penetration is associated with a 1.4% increase in GDP growth in emergi

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 12, 2018

#1. Fuel, manage, and monitor energy, first your own, then others. You can’t get there with an empty tank.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 11, 2018

All effective leaders must learn to delegate effectively, and increasingly, they are leading hybrid teams – where some of the team members are co-located and others work away from the rest of the group. This fact changes delegation dynamics in ways you may not have considered. If you want to delegate more effectively to a […]. The post Delegation on a Hybrid Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2018

Today's leadership tip on how to be an active listener comes from the book, Stronger. The authors explain that perhaps the best single technique t o convey effective listening requires you to be an active listener. When someone has finished making a point, use that person's name and then paraphrase in your words the essence of what you understood that person to say.

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Manager 40

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.

Diversity

LSA Global

JUNE 11, 2018

Missed Sales Opportunities. Heaven knows, with the increase in competition and expectations it’s hard enough to hit sales quotas on a regular basis. But it’s near impossible if you are guilty of some of the most common missed sales opportunities even the most seasoned solution sellers make. The Top 4 Missed Sales Opportunities. We are often called in to help clients improve the revenue, margin, win-rate, portfolio mix or retention of their sales force.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 14, 2018

Feedback is wasted on Mr. Defensive. He closes his mind to anything that feels threatening. The chronically defensive can’t benefit from helpful suggestions or constructive feedback. Strategies of Mr.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Juanmonino/Getty Images. I’d known Jeff (not his real name) for many years, as a client and as a friend, but I’d never seen him so thrown. I could feel his fear, his sense of uncertainty. And it was with good reason. Jeff was the head of sales for a company whose product was, more or less, impossible to sell. His company, Golden Global (also not its real name), is an active fund manager.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2018

Change is inevitable. Change is good. Help your employees and team learn to embrace change. Here are some solid insights from Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan 's (Liberty, Missouri) book, Change-friendly Leadership -- How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance : The kind of behavior change that results in lasting (sustainable) change must accommodate people's feelings--feelings that involve trust, confidence, passion, and all those other intangible but very real things that make us human.

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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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LSA Global

JUNE 10, 2018

Corporate Culture Affects Revenue Growth. If you want to create year over year revenue growth , be sure you understand the relationship between corporate culture and growth. Smart leaders know growth strategies must go through culture to produce results. How the company culturally views areas like decisions, customers, markets, quality, and risk tolerance plays a key role in go-to-market strategy execution.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 13, 2018

It was 1988. Jim Collins was a first year faculty at Stanford. Jim writes, “… I sought out Professor John Gardner for guidance on how I might become a better teacher.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2018

rawpixel/unsplash. First impressions in the workplace really matter — and not just to the employer. New employees can begin to formulate impressions about organizations from the get-go, influencing their decision to stay with the company in the long term. Poor onboarding experiences can lead to unnecessary and preventable turnover, the cost of which can be as much as twice the employee’s annual salary.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2018

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Manager 40

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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15Five

JUNE 14, 2018

The traditional office landscape is changing and has been for quite some time, but the degree to which it should be shifting is subject to debate. Many employees consider their local coffee shop to be the ideal work environment, while traditional company leaders consider remote work to be a threat to their ability to manage employees. Perhaps Gallup CEO Jim Clifton said it best in the 2017 State of the American Workforce Report : “The very practice of management no longer works.”.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s great to have someone show interest in you. A friend, Richard Croad from New Zealand, just asked about highlights I have experienced over the last couple years.

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Leadership Development 208

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2018

Juj Winn/Getty Images. The term “innovation” is often associated with geniuses turning startups into gold mines — the next Google, Apple, or Amazon, with products no one even knew they needed. Private equity firms place hundreds of little bets on these startups, hoping one produces a windfall that covers the rest. These bets on the next growth engine often depend on luck more than insight.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2018

Hiring Greatness is the book by David E. Perry and Mark J. Haluska , who combined have closed more than 1,800 hiring search projects. In their book, the authors share their guide for how to attract, recruit and retain star executives. They advise that it is far more important that a leadership candidate possess specific intangible core attributes, than just decades of industry experience.

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Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

From rapidly changing state-level labor laws and evolving workplace protections to new compliance expectations around pay equity and hybrid policies, HR teams are navigating a constant wave of regulatory updates. It’s not just about reacting anymore; it’s about anticipating risk, aligning stakeholders, and taking a smarter, proactive stance. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and help you focus on what matters.

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15Five

JUNE 14, 2018

It’s often said that employees don’t leave companies; they leave bad bosses. But put a great manager at the head of a team, and the opposite happens. (To see what I mean, consider the case of Christian and Netflix mentioned here.). If you read our earlier discussions on managing your managers and evaluating their performance , you know how 15Five feels about the need for effective people management.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 15, 2018

Breakthroughs are rare when you avoid where they happen. #1. Breakthroughs happen when you accept ignorance. You wouldn’t need a breakthrough if you already knew what to do.

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Leadership Development 200

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

MirageC/Getty Images. One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. RPA is a category of software tools that enable complex digital processes to be automated by performing them in the same way a human user might perform them, using the user interface and following a set of predefined rules. What sets RPA apart from other automation technologies is that its ability to imitate a human user of one or more information systems reduces development tim

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2018

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his new book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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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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