Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

Best Practices for Better Decision Making. Have you ever heard any of these common decision-making frustrations? “Our conversations just go in circles, it seems like we can never make a decision around here!” “This is so stupid—you asked for my opinion and then ignored it. I don’t know why I even bother! From now on, I’m just going to shut my mouth and do my work.”. “We talked about so much I’m not even sure what we’re talking about.

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Career Advancement

MAY 10, 2021

“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie. Maybe you see yourself as a consistent overachiever—someone who always gets the job done well and on time—but you still have the sneaking suspicion that you’re not one of the boss’s favorite employees. Perhaps one of your coworkers has a much stronger rapport with your boss, even though you always go above and beyond expectations.

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Scott Barry Kaufman

MAY 6, 2021

Today it’s great to chat with Ed Catmull. Ed is the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and former president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation. He has been honored with five Academy Awards, including the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of computer graphics. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah and is the author of Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.

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Creativity at Work

MAY 21, 2021

3 Books on Creativity to Help You Flourish in the Future at WorkThese books on creativity offer ways business leaders can support creativity, innovation, and talent in the new future of work Big Little Breakthroughs by Josh Linkner (2020) for unleashing creative potential in yourself and your team Softening the Edge by Mimi Nicklin (2020) for insights on leading with awareness, empathy, and compassion The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker [.].

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McKinsey

MAY 31, 2021

We map the different ways in which the economic value that large companies create flows to households in OECD economies and examine what has changed in the past quarter-century.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 18, 2021

“Your company owns your job. You own your career.” Earl Nightingale. In my training programs, I cite the above quote more than any other…and for good reason! These words were originally coined by Earl Nightingale, an “old school” motivational speaker who grew up during the Great Depression and gained notoriety as a businessman and an award-winning radio broadcaster.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“Recognition happens when you see yourself from the inside-out: as someone who can make an impact on the world instead of navigating the impact the world has on you.” ~Justine Musk. Ascher, who worked in a medical technology firm, had been making an effort to enhance how others perceived him over the past six months. He felt certain his coworkers saw him in a positive light.

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Marla Gottschalk

MAY 11, 2021

taiscapture@unsplash. I can only think of a handful of moments that would have been a more challenging time to enter the world of work. (The economic of crisis of 2008 quickly comes to mind.) In today’s pandemic world, job interviews are likely remote experiences & the flow of your job search may feel weirdly isolated and opaque. Recent grads won’t have the advantage of site visits or sitting in the same room, face to face, with one of their potential team members or supervisors.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 2, 2021

James Maher Photography. US scientists are scared to talk about differences between male and female brains , probably because it will get them fired. The loudest voices say there cannot be male and female brains because there are women and men who think in similar ways. While universities in the US squelch ideas they don’t like , the rest of the world accepts the scientific theory that there is a male and female brain , and Autistic is the word to describe women who think the same way men

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McKinsey

MAY 18, 2021

Technology alone cannot define a successful AI bank; the AI bank of the future also needs an operating model that brings together the right talent, culture, and organizational design.

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CoCaptain

MAY 25, 2021

What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, and Richard Branson have in common (other than running some of the most successful companies on the planet)? They all received executive coaching at some point in their careers. They didn’t just wake up one day, at the helm of a billion-dollar company, with a sharp leadership style, knowing exactly how to make seamless executive decisions and direct an army of employees in the right direction.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

Don’t let useless negative feedback sap your team’s motivation. Negative feedback is destructive and all-too-common. There are three common problems that erode the power of these conversations. . My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a junior manager. “Just had annual eval – most useless ever. Negative feedback that makes no sense.”.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ~ Ken Blanchard. Haleigh had been working for months to enhance others’ perception of her. She felt like she was slipping under the radar and needed to increase her visibility in her organization. After taking on several high-profile projects and solving one major problem that had been troubling her boss, she knew she had met those goals.

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CMOE

MAY 21, 2021

Eighty-five percent of all employees will experience conflict in the workplace. Often, team members, employees, and leaders have the desire to find a resolution to conflict and differences, but don’t know how to approach the situation. An effective leader recognizes that workplace conflict will happen and has the skills and tools to help team members resolve situations and differences in a collaborative way. 3 Benefits of Workplace Conflict Resolution.

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With the increased interest in reskilling and upskilling existing workforces, companies are looking for more training and development content and realizing that higher education has a lot to offer. Similarly, companies are finding value in providing training to students and preskilling their future workforce. The challenge is that the technology and platforms used to serve these two audiences have never had to work well together—until now.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 21, 2021

Switching to remote work has thrown the regular 9-5 work-life out of balance. Now, we're all spending more time in meetings (often video calls) than ever before. It's a difficult situation, and we're all trying our best to adapt. As early as April 2020, 'Zoom Fatigue' was a noted phenomenon. Image credit- Unsplash. New research shows that video conferences can be mentally draining.

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McKinsey

MAY 26, 2021

The inaugural McKinsey American Opportunity Survey spotlights Americans’ views on economic opportunity, the obstacles they face, and the path ahead to create a more inclusive economy.

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CoCaptain

MAY 18, 2021

Technically, any new business is a startup, but the term implies funding, growth, and innovation. According to the Progressive Policy Institute, the American startup ecosystem is the world's envy, playing a critical role in the growth of our economy because they offer the highest potential for job growth. The startup boom , which started almost thirty years ago, is now spreading like wildfire across the country.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

How to Draw out Better Ideas from Every Member of Your Team. You’re a human-centered leader working to create a courageous, speak-up culture filled with psychological safety. A culture where employees feel invited and encouraged to speak up and share their ideas and express their concerns. Even if you’re a rock star human-centered leader, doing all the right things to encourage micro-innovation and problem solving, it’s also likely that you have a few team members who still hav

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” ~ Arianna Huffington. A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape.

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CMOE

MAY 26, 2021

Why Can’t We Talk? A survey* of nearly 10,000 employees across 272 organizations revealed that a shocking 81% of people in a leadership or managerial role regularly avoid courageous conversations with their direct reports. Yet most leaders feel that the need to be able to share feedback with others is critical to their success. The same study also uncovered that 89% of employees avoid these conversations with their boss on a regular basis.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 24, 2021

What do we understand by organizing in general? It means keeping things in proper order. Organizing a workplace is no exception. Your employees will benefit personally in their daily activities if they practice organizational skills effectively. It helps to get a sense of control, which leads to increased productivity at the workplace. Do your employees constantly keep complaining about the workload and the deadlines?

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McKinsey

MAY 7, 2021

Medtech companies could play a major role in the digital transformation of healthcare that is under way, but they will have to make some big changes to the way they operate—and fast.

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Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager

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CoCaptain

MAY 10, 2021

Celebrities and billionaires— they're just like us! Well, no, not really. We don't all have the ability to quarantine on a private island or throw our money at a luxury yacht on the Adriatic. But there is one thing that proves these celebrities and self-made multi-millionaires and billionaires are mortals just like the rest of us—and that's coaching.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 21, 2021

If you’re ambitious, talented, and ready to take your career to the next level, this episode is for you. Ed Evarts shares several principles of taking responsibility for your career. You’ll get practical ways to build a positive relationship with your boss, vital questions to ask yourself, the power of curiosity to advance your career, and more.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasow. Have you ever worked tirelessly to produce a report or a presentation, only to have a collaborator claim the limelight? You’re not alone. Nothing is more demotivating than having someone take credit for your work. We all know that being recognized for our contributions is crucial to career advancement, bringing benefits like the following: Establishing your worth and v

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ReNew Business

MAY 13, 2021

Interconnected - Messy Art by me Source: [link]. I have attempted to write this blog several times and struggled at giving voice to a deep frustration. The frustration of knowing that certain things do not work (for me and many others) while not knowing what new ways I can create… just yet. Maybe, I start with some definitions. Colonialism is a practice of control by people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance.

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Charles Leon

MAY 9, 2021

Some people have a knack, because of their own life experience, of being able to impart universal lessons that resonate with us. Admiral William McRaven’s Commencement Address to students of the University of Texas at Austin in 2014 is one of those moments. This speech is well worth listening to. Watch the speech. “if you change the lives of just ten people and those ten people do the same; then after 5 generations you will have changed the lives of 800 million people”.

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McKinsey

MAY 5, 2021

Industrial companies are using artificial intelligence to improve plant operations. To be successful, they will need to transform their data with the help of domain experts.

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CoCaptain

MAY 3, 2021

Many people don't have the chance to have a daily one-on-one session with a coach to answer a question, get their priorities in order, or give them the inspiration to tackle major obstacles. That's why following a coaching blog that fits your needs and interests is a good way to get that daily boost to get you back on track to reach your goals. Here, we gathered what we consider to be the top ten coaching blogs of 2021—divided by type and niche.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 14, 2021

Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. Award-winning attorney Heather Hansen has spent over twenty years fighting on the battlefields of the courts—but even in her fiercest clashes, she’s remained true to herself and her principles. She shares her journey to becoming an Elegant Warrior, and imparts the wisdom she’s learned from her decades on the bar to help you know how to ask for what you need.

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