Peter Winick
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s the idea that I wanted to share with you today. And that’s this: in most businesses, in most industries, you don’t get to ship anything until it’s a finished product, right? Imagine you ordered some furniture or other goods from Amazon, and it came, but it’s not finished.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2024
A study of 146 companies that conducted layoffs showed that it often takes years — not months — for engagement, morale, and loyalty to rebound.
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Kellogg Insight
OCTOBER 11, 2024
AI’s influence has already spread to nearly every discipline. But fully harnessing its impact will require better training for researchers.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 7, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Last week we talked about times you saw someone right someone else’s wrong. Here are 10 of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The COO My first job out of college was working at a large corporation as an executive admin. There were five of us admins who sat in the open space, outside of the executives’ offices.
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.
Peter Winick
OCTOBER 7, 2024
What Immigrants Can Teach Us About Business Longevity Today, Neri Karra Sillaman shares how her story of childhood hardship led to a life of academia and entrepreneurship. What happens when your toughest challenges become your biggest opportunities? On this episode of Leveraging Thought Leadership, host Bill Sherman dives deep with Neri Karra Sillaman —an Entrepreneurship Expert, TEDx Speaker, and Professor at ESCP Business School —about how her early life as a refugee set her on a path to becom
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The traditional approach to leadership is best described as the pursuit and maintenance of power over people. However, this isn’t the most effective method. The “leading through” paradigm engages middle managers and employees of all levels so that leadership is a collaborative effort which leaves everyone feeling valued, seen, and in turn, more motivated.
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Lolly Daskal
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Leading a team that is resistant to your leadership can be one of the most challenging aspects of being a leader. Whether you’re taking over an existing team or forming a new one, it’s crucial to win over their trust and support. Without the backing of your team, it becomes incredibly difficult to achieve your goals and drive success. As an executive coach, I have worked with numerous leaders who have struggled with teams that were initially resistant to their leadership.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 8, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Readers, can you help with this one? I had a question I’m hoping to get your or your readers’ input on. I live, and work remotely from, one of the Southern Appalachian communities that was most severely impacted by Hurricane Helene. I’m very lucky in that I’m safe, my people are safe, and I didn’t have catastrophic property damage.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Managers often make a costly mistake in leaving high performers to perform at their maximum capacity without support, choosing to instead devote their time and attention to underperformers. In doing so, though, these high performers are often left feeling overlooked and neglected. Contrary to popular belief, high performers need just as much attention as underperformers — just not in the same way.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Take two minutes to gain relevant wisdom from the most prominent Stoic philosopher of his day. Stoic philosopher, Seneca, wrote modern wisdom 2000 years ago. Busy people spend too much time doing stuff. The path to success is the pursuit of wisdom. Read 5 nuggets of wisdom for today.
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
Lolly Daskal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Leadership is a crucial component of organizational success, and it requires a unique set of skills that can be developed and refined over time. As the business world continues to present new challenges, it is essential for leaders to continuously improve their abilities to guide their teams and drive positive results. As an executive leadership coach, I have worked with many leaders committed to sharpening their skills and achieving better results.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 9, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m estranged from my father, who was a truly terrible emotional abuser — maybe physical too, if you consider “kick child out of car for turning the volume down during a good song so now he has to walk home along the highway for an hour” child endangerment.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Most companies are full of really busy people, which makes it hard to slow down and focus on trying new things. At the same time, stopping everything to focus on innovation can leave day-to-day tasks neglected. So, how can leaders make sure workers are able to balance operational necessities with innovation? Four strategies can help: 1) Clearing the “process debt” that’s blocking innovation time; 2) Subtracting something old before you add something new; 3) Putting innovation at the top of the l
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Lies have power because they feel true. Negative self-talk feels accurate even when it’s ridiculous. This post offers simple strategies that defeat the lies that defeat us. Begin by noticing things like "should" statements. Don't should on yourself so much. More.
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.
Lolly Daskal
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The future of work presents a unique set of challenges for leaders. The pace of change is accelerating, and the skills required to succeed are constantly evolving. Leaders must navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected global economy while managing a diverse and distributed workforce. In my role as an executive leadership coach, I have worked with numerous leaders who are grappling with the challenges of the future of work.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m writing a column for later this month about the ways Halloween at work can go wrong and want to hear your stories. Did your coworker get fired for refusing to remove his unicorn mask to get through security? Did your office put up decorations so grisly that they were traumatizing people?
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Three strategies to prevent mental exhaustion from derailing your day.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Introverts thrive when you adapt to their strengths. I know better, but I screwed up a meeting with an introvert. Here are 10 ways leaders fail with introverts, but don't have to. I offer the 3 best things you can do for the introverts on your team.
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.
Michael McKinney
OCTOBER 10, 2024
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. Erwin McManus on the power of words : “There isn’t a single one of us that has escaped the power of the words spoken into our lives. If words do not have a magical power, they certainly have a metaphysical power.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer whose boss wanted them to do early-morning and evening meetings so he could attend from his vacation ? Here’s the update. My question was posted a couple months after I wrote in, toward the end of my boss’s “vacation,” but I ended up doing some of what was recommended.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Deep-tech innovation, which harnesses advanced scientific understanding to create groundbreaking technologies, has seen significant growth — and investment — over the past decade. But investors and leaders who pivot into deep tech also face a steep learning curve, as it presents unique challenges: prolonged R&D periods, high upfront costs, and stringent regulatory landscapes.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Use the following topics and questions to energize one-on-ones. One-on-ones show people they matter. 5 Topics to Energize One-on-Ones: #1. Safety and Security: Questions: 2. Connection and Belonging: Questions: #3.
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.
Kotter Inc.
OCTOBER 11, 2024
If IT and business leaders tie AI projects to business objectives and set up metrics for success, they can see what experiments fail to live up to their goals — and pull the plug before costs add up.
Alison Green
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My new boss has a different work style than my old boss I’ve been in my job for three years under James. I’ve liked working with him and have learned a lot. The work is fairly strategic in nature, and James often asked for multiple approaches to be tested and a lot of workshopping before making decisions.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Powerful new tools can change how employees interact with institutional knowledge.
Brett Koehler
OCTOBER 11, 2024
When you think of the American Dream, what comes to mind? Perhaps a white picket fence, a fulfilling career, or financial stability? The concept of the American Dream has been an integral part of the national ethos of the United States, symbolizing hope, opportunity, and success. But how has this dream evolved over time, and what does it truly mean in today's world?
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.
Get Lighthouse
OCTOBER 10, 2024
You've just lost your 3rd straight game to your biggest rival by an embarrassing margin in front of your home crowd; they've won dozens of championship since your last win and they eliminated you from the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion last year. Would you persevere like the 2004 Boston Red Sox? Would you be able to rally the will to try to pull off something that had never been done before and come back to win 4 straight games to win the series?
Alison Green
OCTOBER 9, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am a first-time manager of a virtual team, and one of my direct reports works from home 100% of the time. On a recent call, this employee was providing an overview of a new system and in the background, everyone on the project team could hear his three-year-old child screaming.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2024
If you’re being called in for interviews but don’t get the job, it’s possible that something you’re doing is raising red flags, causing the interviewer to question your suitability for the position. A recent survey found that the most concerning red flags range from obvious mistakes like lying, to more subtle slip-ups that job seekers might not even be aware of.
Michael McKinney
OCTOBER 7, 2024
T REND HUNTER CEO Jeremy Gutsche says the most important trait we need for our fast-moving future is the ability to change. He wrote Create the Future + The Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking (two books in one) to help us. “We are more dependent on our past decisions than we like to admit. Once a path is set, we often walk down it blindly, failing to question why it was put there to begin with and whether a better path might exist.
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.
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