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The Dumb Idea Paradox: Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb.

Andrew Chen

Am I just getting old? When I encounter a new product idea for the first time, I find myself asking: Is this idea dumb? Or am I just getting old? Early on, there’s often not much to judge it on besides the idea. Sometimes the idea sounds either dumb or trivial. But over the years, I’ve started to not try to judge too much, especially when it’s early.

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Solving The Leadership Development Dilemma

BetterUp

by Dr. Damian Vaughn, Chief Programs Officer at BetterUp. Organizations today face a common challenge: they are struggling to develop leaders of tomorrow. The pace of change in business is head-spinning. Advanced technologies continue to reshape business models, customer and employee expectations, and entire industries—creating a complex and uncertain workplace.

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Four Keys to Leading, Not Just Managing, Change

Kevin Eikenberry

Change is the currency of leadership. Stated another way, if leading change isn’t part of your skillset, you will never be the leader you could be. Yet far more is written about managing change than leading change. I want to talk about the difference and give you four ways to begin truly leading change in […]. The post Four Keys to Leading, Not Just Managing, Change appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Understanding and Utilizing Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Vantage Circle

What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence is the capability to identify, manage, evaluate and understand our own emotions and also of the people around us. The concept of emotional intelligence was introduced by psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 1990. The idea was generalized in 1995 by psychologist and author Daniel Goleman after the release of his book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.

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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

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The Leaders We Remember

Leadership Freak

Everyone has a lousy leader story. If you’re a lousy leader, you won’t be forgotten. You intentionally recall positive memories, but negative memories come to you uninvited when you wake in the night.

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Everest Group’s Procurement PEAK Matrix™ Results | Accenture

Accenture

In this year’s report, based on Everest’s analysis of 16 providers’ performance during 2018, Accenture ranks as a leader and Star Performer for Market Impact and Vision & Capability.

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9 Sure Shot Ways To Reduce Employee Attrition

Vantage Circle

Table of Contents. The Employee Attrition Formula. Types of Attrition. How does attrition happen? Difference between Employee Attrition and Turnover. The Stats. The Cost of Attrition. How to Reduce Employee Attrition? Finally. An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. -Bob Nelson. According to cambridge dictionary, "Attrition is the process of gradually making something weaker and destroying it." Employee attrition follows the same de

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How to Become a Wise Sage

Leadership Freak

A wise sage has failed enough to be humble and succeeded enough to inspire confidence. The birth of a wise sage: You become a wise sage in the dark.

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The Dumb Idea Paradox: Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb.

Andrew Chen

Am I just getting old? When I encounter a new product idea for the first time, I find myself asking: Is this idea dumb? Or am I just getting old? Early on, there’s often not much to judge it on besides the idea. Sometimes the idea sounds either dumb or trivial. But over the years, I’ve started to not try to judge too much, especially when it’s early.

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A Leadership Masterclass for You

Kevin Eikenberry

Developing leaders is one of the continual and vexing problems that organizations face. They know that better leaders can drive results, but they haven’t found the key to making organizational leadership development work. Maybe they’ve tried a few things that didn’t meet the expectations, and thus were abandoned. Or worse – maybe they don’t know […].

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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.

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32 Company Outing Ideas To Strengthen The Bond Within Your Team

Vantage Circle

When was the last time you organized a team outing for your company? Was it one which encouraged everyone’s participation and involvement? Did it do well to build your team and improve the company culture ? The answers to those questions may vary from company to company but one thing cannot be ignored: the importance of great team building activities and outings.

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My One Word of Advice – V3.1

Leadership Freak

The wise seek advice, but fools stand aloof. 5 principles for successful advice-giving: Rush to ask questions, not give answers. Explain the problem you’re solving before solving it.

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Solving the Leadership Development Dilemma

BetterUp

by Dr. Damian Vaughn, Chief Programs Officer at BetterUp. Organizations today face a common challenge: they are struggling to develop leaders of tomorrow. The pace of change in business is head-spinning. Advanced technologies continue to reshape business models, customer and employee expectations, and entire industries—creating a complex and uncertain workplace.

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The Impact of Bad Software on Employee Experience

15Five

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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.

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Do You Have the Right Decision Making Culture?

LSA Global

Decision Making Culture. With the advancements in data analytics and artificial intelligence, more leaders are asking about the pros and cons of a fact-based vs. an intuition-based decision making culture. Why? Because it is the responsibility of leaders to build effective decision making capabilities throughout their organization. Defining Workplace Culture.

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4 Ways to Overcome the Deadly Traps of Managing

Leadership Freak

76% of employees did not want their boss’s job. (HBR) Most American workers are not aiming for the corner office.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, Podcasting has been a slow burn, and has turned into a movement. 90 million Americans now listen to podcasts, and if your behavior is anything like mine, it’s turned into a multi-hour per week habit. I reach for my podcasts whenever I’m commuting, whenever I’m doing a long walk between offices, or if I’m doing random stuff around the house.

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7 Intriguing Employee Engagement Trends for 2019

15Five

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”. A fireman! A rooster! (I actually said this.). As children, we were asked this question over and over again. Even now as adults we ask the same question to the kids in our lives. It could just be a way to humor ourselves with the adorable answers we get, but truly, even from a young age we understand that the career path we pursue becomes a strong part of our identity.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

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.

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7 Field-Tested Ways to Make Employee Engagement Easier for Managers

LSA Global

Employee Engagement and Managers. Organizationally, higher levels of employee engagement correlate to 18% greater productivity, 12% higher customer satisfaction, and 51% less voluntary turnover. From a manager’s perspective, our employee engagement survey results tell us that higher employee engagement scores correlate to more discretionary effort, advocacy, and loyalty from their team.

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3 Things a Sage Always Avoids

Leadership Freak

Sometimes being a sage is about what you DON’T do. #1. Don’t cast pearls before pigs. Never treat unmotivated learners the same as motivated.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, Podcasting has been a slow burn, and has turned into a movement. 90 million Americans now listen to podcasts, and if your behavior is anything like mine, it’s turned into a multi-hour per week habit. I reach for my podcasts whenever I’m commuting, whenever I’m doing a long walk between offices, or if I’m doing random stuff around the house.