Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 20, 2020

Communication is tricky, even during “normal” circumstances, but it’s even more important now. You know we’re huge believers in 5×5 communication. Communicating anything that’s important five times, five different ways and are always on the lookout for great communication techniques to make […]. The post Communication Techniques for Challenging Times: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 17, 2020

“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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On The Job

AUGUST 31, 2020

1. More than a decade ago, I wrote about a 13-foot Burmese python that tried to eat a six-foot alligator in the Florida Everglades. The python exploded. At the time, I wrote this in an effort to demonstrate that while having too little confidence can hurt you career -- so can overconfidence. Since that time, there seems to be an explosion of overconfidence.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 29, 2020

Our survey of US consumers suggests that indoor dining in restaurants may not return to precrisis levels for months—or possibly even years. That means full-service restaurant operators need a new economic model.

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Professional development

Vantage Circle

AUGUST 27, 2020

The changes in the business world are some of the most testing times for a company to withstand. It is for this reason why adaptability is one of the crucial attributes in the corporate space today. To survive, you must be able to swiftly change course whenever things go bust. Of these many changes that a company may have to endure, one of the hardest is organizational restructuring.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2020

Gratitude—real gratitude, not the saccharine “too blessed to be stressed” meme mantra—has the power to revolutionize your leadership and your influence. In this interview with Chief Operating Officer Kerry Wekelo, you’ll get practical ways you can cultivate gratitude in your own life, […]. The post Leadership and Gratitude – Interview with Kerry Wekelo appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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CMOE

AUGUST 26, 2020

A company that grows much faster than expected can cause headaches and stress at a time when any business owner would prefer to be celebrating. While some businesses manage to transition from niche to mainstream by scaling with ease, others struggle to maintain their identity and high standards of customer service—and eventually, their profits. With these problems in mind, I’ve outlined some of the pitfalls of rapid growth , and how you, as a successful business owner, can avoid them. 1.

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On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2020

It's always a good idea to know what's on the minds of hiring managers. That way, you can address the issues they think are important in your resume and cover letter, and speak knowledgeably about the issues that garner their interest. Here's some research from Lever based on 700 talent and HR decision-makers in the U.S. and Canada: Only 14% of companies are on a total hiring freeze as a result of COVID-19, and 40% believe they’ll emerge post-pandemic stronger, with better strategies and tools.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 29, 2020

As Warren Buffett turns 90, the story of one of America’s most influential and wealthy business leaders is a study in the logic and discipline of understanding future value.

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Education

Vantage Circle

AUGUST 14, 2020

Social media in the workplace- Should you allow it or not? It is a relevant but debatable topic. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are well-known examples of social media platforms, but social media can be of different types. Such channels may include Internet forums, online profiles, podcasts, blogs, photos and video, text, instant messages, music streaming applications, and audio services (audio over IP) based on the Internet, to name a few.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 2, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management. Date : Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. The working world is unpredictable.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 17, 2020

Awareness and intention will help stop remote work from stealing your life It’s not your imagination: if the pandemic shifted your job to working from home, odds are, you’re working longer hours. For many of the leaders we’ve spoken with over the […]. The post How to Stop Remote Work from Stealing Your Life appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lateral Action

AUGUST 26, 2020

Last night I was about to go to bed when I suddenly remembered an idea I’d had for an article a few months ago. Though I say so myself, it was a great idea, and I was keen to revisit it, so I opened up the Scrivener project where I had written it down… and […]. The post Ideas Are Leprechauns appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Comments Brilliant and thank you.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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On The Job

AUGUST 3, 2020

During these months of quarantining, working from home, juggling new schedules and home situations and just trying to remember what day it is, it can be tough to think about anything good that can come from this pandemic. I'm not going to try and sugarcoat that "every cloud has its silver lining," blah, blah, blah. I don't want to offer empty platitudes that might make you feel worse.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 14, 2020

Online sales and service are key measures of successful digital transformations. But most telecom operators aren’t implementing the fundamentals that drive customers online and keep them there.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 28, 2020

Table of Contents. The Top 7 Disadvantages of Working from Home at a glance. Lack of Community and Team Work. Lack of Motivation. Unmonitored Performance and those Frequent Breaks. Lack of Office Equipment and Security Concerns. Distractions and Lack of a Good Working Environment. Burnout. Risk to Productivity. As the world is going through a big crisis, everyone had to make several adjustments to cope with it, one being organizations switching to the work from home culture and coming to terms w

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CMOE

AUGUST 13, 2020

Earning a promotion to a managerial position is a major career accomplishment. It’s a sign that your superiors are recognizing your hard work and entrusting you to lead others, shaping the success and future of the company. While any promotion is exciting and rewarding, it can also bring up some fears and doubts about higher expectations. Becoming a manager for the first time can be overwhelming, but there are a number of actions a person can take to ease the transition into a leadership role.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 31, 2020

Want to be more creative in your remote team communication? Start here. If you’re like most managers we talk with, you face the perfect trifecta of remote team communication challenges. First, you’ve got A LOT to communicate. With so much change, keeping […]. The post How to Get More Creative In Your Remote Team Communication appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lateral Action

AUGUST 23, 2020

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Michael Bungay Stanier, a returning guest whose interview way back in Season 1 proved very popular. And his book The Coaching Habit turned out to be even more popular, as it went on to sell three quarters of a million copies. Michael is back with some excellent […]. The post Episode 50! Avoiding the Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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On The Job

AUGUST 24, 2020

While working during the pandemic, 37 percent of American workers report they're putting in longer hours, with 40 percent saying they've experienced burnout during this time. That's not good. Since 75 percent of us have experienced burnout in the past, we know how devastating it can be for us professionally and personally. Burnout isn't something you take a pill for and feel better in the morning.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 19, 2020

Infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy, connecting people, enhancing quality of life, and promoting health and safety. But climate change is revealing infrastructure vulnerabilities.

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Speaker: Jennifer Brick, Career Strategist and Author

Your employees have checked out. The last few years have been a wild ride, with countless changes to how we work and our workplace cultures, like the sudden shift to remote work, the return to office, and trends like quiet quitting. With productivity, profitability, and your employer brand on the line, leadership is turning to HR to engage employees and recreate your culture in different working models.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 12, 2020

Employee communication is the key to organizational success. It is the sharing of information and ideas between employees and the management and vice versa. How management and employees connect tells a lot about the fate of the organization. If communication is not your top priority, all of your other priorities are at risk. ~Bob Aronson. Today millions of corporates all around the world are working from home due to the covid crisis.

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MultiPOD Mentoring

AUGUST 6, 2020

Dear Multipodian: Now that you are actively hunting for a job and have your initial list of possible (and desired) employers, you may continue with the second phase. Your next step is to reduce the list to no more than five organizations, based on your strongest interests and probabilities of getting accepted. Paradoxically, reducing the number of institutions will increase your odds of being successful.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2020

One of the best ways to improve your leadership is to reflect on how it feels to be led. I’ve had some amazing bosses over the years who taught me a great deal through their words. But mostly by their actions. I’m […]. The post Try This Powerful, Simple Technique to Improve Your Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lateral Action

AUGUST 19, 2020

A lot of productivity advice tells us that we need to stop procrastinating, beat Resistance, and get things done. The Americans like to talk about ‘shipping’, meaning finished and sent out for delivery. This emphasis on getting things done and out to market is part of their extraordinary entrepreneurial culture. Famously, Guy Kawasaki even said […].

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Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

The 'great resignation' and the 'great talent reshuffle' have impacted contact center and customer support staff as much, if not more than, any other part of the workforce. Couple that with a potentially volatile economy and it's clear that organizations must invest in innovative approaches if they want employees who are engaged and informed enough to significantly improve the customer experience and eliminate the high costs associated with agent attrition.

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