Peter Winick

JUNE 29, 2023

Creating an organizational thought leadership strategy and health checklist. An interview with Peter Winick and Bill Sherman about their Organizational Thought Leadership White Paper. It’s celebration time! The Leveraging Thought Leadership podcast is celebrating our 500th episode with our co-hosts, Peter Winick and Bill Sherman. In this special episode, Bill and Peter share news about their most recent white paper, “The OrgTL Canvas,” and walk us through the deep insights they

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Suzi McAlpine

JUNE 27, 2023

Improving your leadership can start simply by purposefully identifying the leader you want to be. One way to get started is to think of leaders you admire, then work out what it is you respect about them. They might be public figures you’ve admired from a distance, or people in your own life who have… The post What would Malala do? Looking to your heroes for leadership inspiration first appeared on Suzi McAlpine | The Art of Leadership.

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Lolly Daskal

JUNE 27, 2023

Self-doubt can be a major barrier to success and confidence, especially for leaders. It’s natural to feel uncertain or fearful at times, but allowing those doubts to take hold can hold us back and prevent us from reaching our full potential. However, there are steps we can take, here are seven strategies for overcoming self-doubt and building confidence in our leadership abilities.

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 26, 2023

Regardless of the size of the company you work for or you're interviewing at, getting a chance to ask the CEO a few questions is a unique and special opportunity. That's why we want to be sure you make the most of it, no matter what the context is. No matter how big or small their company is, CEOs are busy people. They've got a lot on their mind and have to deal with countless pressures.

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Strategic Planning Marketing Compensation Manager 131

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

Benefits

Peter Winick

JUNE 26, 2023

Building organizational thought leadership from the ground up. An interview with Stacey Flax and Carlos Williams on how they created sustainable thought leadership for their organization. Many organizations want to formalize their thought leadership efforts and take it to the next level. But how do you turn a “casual thought leadership presence” into something more?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2023

The platform shift to AI is well underway. And while it holds the promise of transforming work and giving organizations a competitive advantage, realizing those benefits isn’t possible without a culture that embraces curiosity, failure, and learning. Leaders are uniquely positioned to foster this culture within their organizations today in order to set their teams up for success in the future.

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Thought Leaders LLC

JUNE 29, 2023

Our reader poll today asks: How do you feel about your team members or colleagues having “side gigs”? I’m totally fine with it as long as it doesn’t impact their day to day work performance 72.19% I don’t like it but I’ll tolerate it as long as it doesn’t impact performance 21.80% I’m strongly against it — all their focus should be on their primary job 6.01% Focus on core job performance.

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Peter Winick

JUNE 29, 2023

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here is the thought that I’d like to share with you today. And that’s this: it is an incredibly freeing realization when you come to terms with the fact that as a thought leader, as an author, as an expert in your field, you are incredibly irrelevant to so, so many.

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Association Now Leadership

JUNE 25, 2023

Advocacy is still Topic A at trades, but a new survey shows that they’re rethinking partnerships and meetings to remain effective. Trade associations have a reputation for being monolithic organizations—they represent the whole of a major industry, busily advocating for its member companies but not looking far beyond that. A new survey, though, suggests that trade associations have been compelled to stretch more, and recognize that they’re just one piece in a larger value chain.

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Lolly Daskal

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s a given that not every employee is going to have the same work style. Different people have different ways of seeing the world, communicating with others, and prioritizing activities. In the workplace, these differences can create friction and lead to problems such as missed deadlines, lack of cohesion, and hurt feelings. So, how can you get your employees to work together harmoniously and get in sync?

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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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Thought Leaders LLC

JUNE 28, 2023

Assembling a high-performing team involves more than just finding great talent. Follow this 7-step formula to develop the team of your dreams. As a leader, one of your most critical responsibilities is to turn your team into what can be considered a high-performing team. And to do that, there are seven elements that you need to bring together to turn your team from one that just exists to one that’s considered high-performing: 1.

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Peter Winick

JUNE 27, 2023

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s a thought that I’d like to share with you today. And that’s this: in your world, in your work, is your thought leadership the business? Or does your business need thought leadership? Let me break that apart. Many of our clients, authors, speakers, consultants, academics, etc., the thought leadership that they create as a result of their research, writing, books

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2023

The competitive nature of AI development poses a dilemma for organizations, as prioritizing speed may lead to neglecting ethical guidelines, bias detection, and safety measures. Known and emerging concerns associated with AI in the workplace include the spread of misinformation, copyright and intellectual property concerns, cybersecurity, data privacy, as well as navigating rapid and ambiguous regulations.

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Lolly Daskal

JUNE 28, 2023

Developing leaders at every level is essential for the success of any organization. While it’s important to have strong leaders at the top. It’s equally important to have leaders throughout the company, at all levels. Here are five reasons why the best companies prioritize leadership development at every level: It fosters a culture of growth and development.

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Leadership Development Employee Engagement Manager 122

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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Thought Leaders LLC

JUNE 26, 2023

Discover the role of community in tackling loneliness, underlining the need for leaders to foster relationships, enabling team members to find their people. Today’s guest post is by Dan Pontefract, award-winning author of Work-Life Bloom. One of the first events I participated in when I joined TELUS in late 2008 was the annual Retirees Holiday Lunch.

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Telecommunications 106

Niagara Institute

JUNE 27, 2023

For better or worse, the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of a leader impacts those in their charge. A Direct manager significantly affects an employee’s quality of work, well-being, attitude, engagement, and growth. Yet, in some organizations, poor management goes unchecked, leading to some devastating consequences outlined in these 15 scary statistics about the results of bad management in the workplace.

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Manager 103

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2023

The general rule of enterprise finance is that marketing budgets drop like a stone at the first sign of trouble and rise like a feather once the environment is more settled. In mid-2023 we’re far from a settled state — projected GDP growth in western markets is depressingly flat, inflation is proving to be rather stubborn, and those disruptions just keep on coming.

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Lolly Daskal

JUNE 30, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have worked with many leaders around the world, and there is one skill, one trait, that is crucial if a leader wants to avoid absolute failure. And that one trait is character. Character is a crucial leadership skill that is often overlooked, but it’s one that can make or break a leader. Without character, a leader is bound to fail, no matter how many other skills they may have.

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Leadership Development Manager 112

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

Scaling

15Five

JUNE 26, 2023

We all want to be satisfied with our jobs. None of us want to hate what we do, be underpaid, treated poorly, or experience the “Sunday Scaries” because we’re so dreading the workweek. But is satisfaction enough? Does having a workforce full of satisfied employees always lead to positive business outcomes? The terms “employee satisfaction” and “employee engagement” are often used interchangeably.

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Employee Engagement Manager Benefits 102

Michael McKinney

JUNE 29, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Jon Gordon on our connectedness: “In Los Angeles—home to some of the worst traffic in the United States—a brilliant sign read, ‘You are the traffic.’ In essence since we are al lone, we are all the traffic.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2023

A consequence of our often never-ending to-do lists at work is the loss of camaraderie among coworkers. While productivity is important, the balance between task completion and taking the time to connect with your team is essential in avoiding burnout and making work more enjoyable. The common misconception is that there simply isn’t enough hours (or energy) in the day to get your work done and socialize; the reality is that just a quick slack message, coffee run, or group share in the beginning

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Energy Travel Manager 101

Chief Executive

JUNE 28, 2023

Kindness tends to be dismissed as an old-fashioned characteristic, conjuring up images of cozy cups of hot cocoa and a sympathetic ear. The truth, however, is very far from that. Although kindness may seldom be identified as a cornerstone of corporate culture or appear on the list of desired attributes for a high-performing recruit, it should be. For entrepreneurs who are building a new venture from the ground up, intentional kindness is one of the most powerful, strategic, and accessible tools

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Recruitment Education Banking Operations 98

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

Benefits

Rhythm Systems Growth

JUNE 26, 2023

If you haven’t already held your planning session for the coming quarter, consider this your friendly nudge to get it scheduled as soon as possible. Despite how the first half of the year has gone for your team, now’s the time to empower your team to finish out the second half of 2023 strong.

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AIHR

JUNE 27, 2023

The psychological contract significantly affects what keeps employees engaged and motivated. According to a report by Tiny Pulse , lack of trust in managers, no recognition, and low work-life balance all play a significant factor in an employee’s decision to leave a company and can lead to an employee mentally “checking out” from their job long before they hand in their resignation.

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Recruitment Manager Employee Engagement Inclusion 98

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2023

Managers today must balance their day-to-day work with multiple “ands,” such as delivering on quarterly objectives and thinking strategically. Given these numerous demands, managers tend to deprioritize their own career development. It doesn’t have to be that way. The more managers take control of their development, the better able they’ll be to avoid the common career mistakes that will get in the way of their growth.

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Manager 100

Chief Executive

JUNE 27, 2023

Even though it was proffered over 50 years ago and its main proponent admitted that it was intended as satire, the “Peter Principle” has managed to endure, proliferate and become dogma for many companies and their leaders. Named for Dr. Laurence Peter and described in an eponymous book by Dr. Peter and co-author Raymond Hull, the Peter Principle states that “in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence … [and] … in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee

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Compensation Manager Sales Education 98

Speaker: Hanh Nguyen

In today’s ever-changing world, HR professionals often find themselves juggling conflicting priorities - especially when external factors seem out of their control. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads. For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial.

Inclusion

Rhythm Systems Growth

JUNE 30, 2023

Many people are turning to artificial intelligence tools to get the job done regarding content writing. One such tool is ChatGPT, a general-purpose chatbot that claims to assist with a wide range of tasks, including creating social media posts, generating blog ideas, and even writing entire marketing plans.

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Media Marketing 98

Mark Sandborn

JUNE 28, 2023

Becoming a great leader takes time, but there are things you can do today—right now—to improve your leadership. These basic steps that will propel you towards greater success and influence. Drawing from my own experiences and working with other leaders for nearly 40 years, I will share seven crucial actions you can take right now. By embracing these practices, you will see noticeable improvement quickly. 1.

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Implementation Diversity Accounts Manager 95

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2023

The boardroom is a distinct forum that requires a different type of presentation and preparation. In this article, the author outlines three practices every business leader should embrace to enhance their board presentations: 1) Start with a governing thesis: a big idea or perspective that captures the main point of the discussion. Presentations that start this way leave the audience with a compelling message. 2) Understand that the CEO is not the target audience.

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Government Operations Benefits 98

Chief Executive

JUNE 28, 2023

Facing the combined impacts of the pandemic, escalating economic inequality, bitter political partisanship, social unrest and harsh climate change realities, Americans are engulfed in a tidal wave of turmoil. This tumult has prompted a rethinking of how we live, work, and play—compelling many to change jobs or leave the workforce. Companies are struggling to retain their talent, and turnover is one more disturbance to our workers.

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Inclusion Deliverables Diversity Benefits 97

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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