Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 29, 2019
Talk with your boss when you disagree—you might be surprised at the results I was seething. The CEO had just asked my team to do something that I felt lacked integrity, was unprincipled, manipulative, and put our clients in a bad position. […]. The post How to Talk With Your Boss When You Totally Disagree appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Career Advancement
JULY 1, 2019
“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” —Peter Drucker. Braxton Asks: To prepare my high-performers to take on more challenging roles, my company wants to hold a leadership training event. What should we be looking for in a training meant to prepare them for executive positions?
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McKinsey
JULY 3, 2019
The relationship between China and the rest of the world is changing, and a great deal of value could be at stake depending on whether there is more or less engagement. Businesses will need to adjust to the uncertainty ahead.
Vantage Circle
JULY 31, 2019
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams. Over the decades, many companies could not compete with global competition. Among the ones that did succeed, most could not sustain their position in the market. Leaders like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffet, with their vision, unshakable determination, and persistent hard work, led their respective companies to great heights.
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Eat Your Career
JULY 9, 2019
This is the second article in a two-part series on the topic of Professional Development Plans. In the first part of this series, you learned that a professional development plan (or PDP) is a written document used to focus, evaluate and prioritize professional development goals and activities. In this article, you’re going to learn exactly what should be included in a PDP document and the simple 10-step process I use to write a PDP.
Penelope Trunk
JULY 31, 2019
If you do not stay home with kids, you’ll be annoyed to hear all the benefits of watching kids, because people don’t really care about what benefits could be gained. We care about what we could lose. This is true for everyone: Consumers , liars , straight-A-students. Working moms.
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Career Advancement
JULY 22, 2019
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born—that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”. —Warren Bennis. Randall, an HR executive, felt that he and many other company managers possessed excellent leadership skills. However, he wanted to bring in someone who not only modeled leadership skills but could articulate exactly how to develop them—all within a captivating presentation.
McKinsey
JULY 12, 2019
Homelessness in and around the San Francisco Bay Area continues to rise. Coordinated efforts among governments, nonprofits, and the private sector could stem the crisis and spark progress.
Wrike
JULY 31, 2019
You try your best to keep your team (and your projects) on track. But let’s be honest: More often than not, it feels like you’re chasing your tail. Important messages repeatedly get missed, information gets buried and lost, and you’re always sliding in just under the wire — or worse, after the deadline. You know that something needs to change, so you’re keeping an eye out for ways you can boost your team’s efficiency and avoid that dreaded last-minute scramble to get projects over the finish lin
Eat Your Career
JULY 15, 2019
If you’ve been following my work for any period of time, you know that I’m a big fan of Professional Development Plans (also referred to as PDPs). I often create these plans in collaboration with my career coaching clients, and I frequently provide training workshops on this topic. However, one question I repeatedly hear is this: Do I really need a professional development plan?
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CMOE
JULY 26, 2019
A leadership-development plan is a detailed blueprint of the professional development and learning activities you’re going to engage in during a certain period of time. Its goal is to improve your leadership abilities. It’s important that your leadership-development plan be well-written, which can take effort, structured thinking, and collaboration.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 18, 2019
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their best practices in leadership and productivity. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The August Frontline Festival will be […]. The post Best Practices in Leadership and Productivity: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Vantage Circle
JULY 5, 2019
A penny saved is a penny earned. – Benjamin Franklin. The idea of providing financial wellness benefits has always been a prime matter of concern for employers. Employees are worried about their money and roughly half are stressed about their finances and have said that their retirement plans will not be enough to support them after retirement. Consider the 401K plan, which is also a financial benefit existing way before than other benefits that organizations opt for.
McKinsey
JULY 2, 2019
The preeminent happiness researcher shares some surprising results on connecting well-being, mental health, and how employers can play a role in improving our lives at work.
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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.
crowdspring
JULY 29, 2019
For entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves, cut through a decent chunk of bureaucratic tape, and hand over some cash upfront, opening a medical dispensary is a great opportunity. A dispensary will allow you to be a pioneer in what is soon to be a massive, national industry. . Marijuana Business Daily projects revenue generated by dispensaries and retail stores to reach between $6.5 and $8 billion in 2019.
Eat Your Career
JULY 11, 2019
I take my workplace promises seriously. To learn more about affirmations and how to leverage them for career success, check out this article. The post Positive Career Affirmation #20 appeared first on Eat Your Career.
CMOE
JULY 31, 2019
There’s been a lot of talk about emotional intelligence in the last few years. Many people believe that a person’s EQ (emotional quotient) is just as important as IQ , if not more so. And there’s business data to back it up: PepsiCo reported that their high-EQ executives were 10% more productive than those whose EQ was lower. L’Oreal reported that their high-EQ salespeople sold $2.5 million more than their low-EQ counterparts.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 1, 2019
A mature bonsai tree commands attention. With a single tree, a master evokes an entire landscape and tells a story of power, perseverance, struggle, or abundance. As I’ve studied bonsai, I realized there are many leadership secrets available for leaders who want […]. The post 11 Inspiring Leadership Secrets from Bonsai appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.
Vantage Circle
JULY 1, 2019
In our daily lives, the term management means any activity that is undertaken to keep things up and running. In the corporate world, the definition doesn’t change much. In the new era, the most important leadership skills for managers are going through a phase shift in 2019. To have well-oiled management, you must have all the pre-requisite leadership skills for managers.
McKinsey
JULY 14, 2019
Asia is on track to top 50 percent of global GDP by 2040 and drive 40 percent of the world’s consumption, representing a real shift in the world’s center of gravity.
Lateral Action
JULY 31, 2019
Well, do you? I’m asking because I’m guessing you probably don’t. And that therefore you could probably benefit from establishing a Credit Practice in your life. Now you may have heard of a Gratitude Practice – this is where you set aside a little time every day to remember all the good things you have […]. The post Do You Give Yourself Enough Credit?
Eat Your Career
JULY 18, 2019
I take pleasure in simple, everyday workplace routines. To learn more about affirmations and how to leverage them for career success, check out this article. The post Positive Career Affirmation #21 appeared first on Eat Your Career.
Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager
Are you considering a shift to product management or just starting your journey as a Product Manager? Join Leslie Grandy and Drew Weaver for an insightful webinar designed to help you seamlessly transition into this dynamic role. Whether you're looking to pivot your career or enhance your existing skills, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to succeed!
CMOE
JULY 18, 2019
“Soft skills” is a term that might not inspire much confidence. Perhaps the term itself needs a rebrand. However, what we know for sure is that soft-skills development can help you become a more-effective manager and enhance the performance of your direct reports. What are soft skills? They include a variety of people-oriented abilities. They are habits, actions, and attitudes that good managers must use if they hope to work well with others.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 26, 2019
What are the rules you’ve created that get in the way of you and your team’s success? What if there were a better way? In this powerful interview with serial-entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author, and LEADx founder, Kevin Kruse, […]. The post Great Leaders Have No Rules-Interview with Kevin Kruse appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Gordian Business
JULY 29, 2019
“ You never know till you try to reach them how accessible people are; but you must approach each person by the right door. ” — Henry Ward Beecher, 1887. Make people fall in love with your ideas. How’s that for a compelling subtitle? It made me buy the book. A small 150-page book, well designed with interesting illustrations and well written.
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits.
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Lateral Action
JULY 28, 2019
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Maria Bovin de Labbé, a Swedish drummer, artist and teacher, living on a peninsula in the Fjord of Oslo, Norway. She is best known for Mindful Drumming – an approach that is less about fast and furious rhythms and more about mindfulness, playfulness, lightness and […]. The post Mindful Drumming with Maria Bovin de Labbé appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
Eat Your Career
JULY 4, 2019
Everything I do today brings me closer to achieving my goals tomorrow. To learn more about affirmations and how to leverage them for career success, check out this article. The post Positive Career Affirmation #19 appeared first on Eat Your Career.
Gineris & Associates
JULY 18, 2019
Technology keeps getting better, especially regarding new software and applications that assist small businesses in accounting and bookkeeping. Now, owning a small business is made easier by taking advantage of these new technologies. One of our favorite time and money savers is Receipt Bank. We use this application daily in tandem with Xero to run our small business and constantly are recommending it to our clients.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 5, 2019
One of the most important leadership skills you’ll ever need is the ability to hold tough conversations – and do it well. Master tough conversations and your influence will soar. Most managers, however, never learn how to have tough conversations in […]. The post How Leaders Can Master Tough Performance Conversations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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