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Why “Agree to Disagree” Stinks and What to Say Instead for Better Work Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

“Agree to disagree” is dismissive, shuts down collaboration, and prevents meaningful solutions. Faced with conflict at work, you might think “let’s agree to disagree” is an easy way to move on from the conversation. The words seem peaceful and hint at mutual respect. But in actual use, they aren’t peaceful, or helpful, at all. The phrase implies a deadlock, which can prevent the resolution of underlying issues and hinder productive work relationships.

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One focus: less is more, in a world of distraction

The Creative Life

The key to getting things done? Try to do less. Then focus, ruthlessly. The post One focus: less is more, in a world of distraction appeared first on The Creative Life.

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Developing a Strategic Executive Coaching Business Plan

Master Coach University

A strategic executive coaching business plan serves as a roadmap, navigating coaches through the intricacies of the coaching industry and positioning them for sustainable success. It acts as a compass, offering a clear direction for business growth, client engagement, and personal development—crucial elements in navigating the competitive landscape of executive coaching.

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The Wellness With Danni Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Model By Danni Craker, Wellness Coach and Founder Coach, UNITED KINGDOM The Wellness With Danni Coaching Model Imagine ourselves as tiny seedlings, reaching our dreams, goals, and aspirations for life. We need to be nurtured to grow. Our Purpose – the roots that connect us deep into the earth Our Values – the trunk that supports us and holds us steady in the wind Our Wellness – the sunlight, water, air, and nutrients that enable us to grow We need all three of these

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Effective Strategies for Communicating with Chronic Complainers

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 259: In this episode, David Dye breaks down strategies for dealing with those chronic complainers at work. You know the types: “Mr. Whiny,” who loves to complain for the sake of it, and the “Caring Complainer,” who genuinely cares but shows it through constant griping and cynicism. For Mr. Whiny, it’s all about addressing the behavior and not getting sucked into unproductive conversations.

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A Comparative Review of the Top 10 Applicant Tracking System for Small Businesses

Vantage Circle

Introduction In the competitive world of small business, finding the right talent quickly and efficiently is crucial. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) can be a game-changer, simplifying and enhancing recruitment. However, with many options available, choosing the right ATS can be overwhelming. This blog provides a comparative overview of the top 10 ATS software for small businesses, helping you make an informed decision.

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The Impact of Employee Experience on Managerial Strictness: A Comprehensive Analysis

International Coach Academy

A Research Paper By Maximiliano Gutierrez, Coaching Young Latinas with breaking the glass ceiling in Leadership/Critical Roles Coach, UNITED STATES Managerial Strictness: A Comprehensive Analysis This research paper explores the relationship between employees’ professional experience and the level of strictness exhibited by managers in the workplace.

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Overwhelmed at Work? How to Express Your Stress and Get the Help You Need

Let's Grow Leaders

Powerful phrases to talk about being overwhelmed at work (without sounding like a complainer) Have you ever looked at your to-do list and just laughed? You think, “Right, that’s not happening.” But moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are optional. Perhaps that’s the point that your nervous laughter turns to tears. You want to be productive and a team player, but you’re completely overwhelmed at work.

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8 Career Coaching Tools and Ideas For Clients Who Have Absolutely No Idea What They Want!

The Coaching Tools Company

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as 8 Career Coaching Tools and Ideas For Clients Who Have Absolutely No Idea What They Want! Do you have a client who wants a new career but has absolutely no idea where to start? If so, this article is for you! Because Career Coaching Tools and Exercises are an excellent resource to help our clients figure out where next!

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Building a Better Workplace: 15 Employee-Centric Culture Survey Questions

Vantage Circle

Your culture is your brand! This is because your people are the biggest asset of any organization. – Matt Phelan, Author of Freedom to be Happy Do you ever walk into an office and immediately feel the energy in the air? Some workplaces exude a distinct energy - maybe the lively banter, the creative decor, or simply visibly happy and smiling people.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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Think Small vs. Think Big

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Danni Craker, Wellness Coach and Founder Coach, UNITED KINGDOM What Is the Difference Between Think Small vs. Think Big When challenged, feeling out of our comfort zones, or feeling in some way threatened, we retreat to safety. We make ourselves small. Just like in the animal kingdom, when an animal perceives a threat (and hasn’t gone into fight mode), it will curl up small, often protecting its belly and chest, its most vulnerable areas.

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How Climate Change Affects Business Strategy

Harvard Business School Online

As a business leader, it’s crucial to craft a climate-informed organizational strategy to adapt to the changing world and help mitigate climate change’s harmful effects. Here's a breakdown of climate change basics, how businesses contribute to climate change, and how to use it to inform your strategy.

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Launch webinar: Online research

Adventures in Career Development

The webinar will take place twice first on Tuesday 18 th June (10am, UK time) and secondly on Thursday 20 th June (5am, UK time). Please book for the slot that makes most sense for your time zone. To celebrate the publication of their new book on online research methods, Professor Tristram Hooley and Dr Rachel Buchanan will be holding two webinar to introduce the book and discuss some of the key issues in it.

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Why Aren’t More Employees Inspired by Their Company’s Long-Term Vision? With Deborah Fulghum

Up Your Culture

In this episode, we continue the exploration of our latest company culture and employee engagement report, ENGAGE 2024, by asking the question: “Why aren’t more employees inspired by their company’s long-term vision?” Here, we’ll discuss the vital importance of clearly establishing and communicating your company’s Shared Mission to each employee. The great Deborah Fulghum, employee engagement specialist/culture coach here at Up Your Culture, will join me to discuss and contextualize it all.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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The GRRR Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Model By Lina Wong, Life Coach, HONG KONG Introduction to the GRRR coaching model When I create the coaching model, one crucial way to help individuals is by helping them see themselves more clearly and on a deeper level. Provides space and structure for the reflection that is necessary for learning and growth. It helps to understand and reframe what their values are and react towards where their actions diverge from values or stated goals.

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The Procrastinating Perfectionist

Your Work, Your Way

In this post and this post , I wrote about Katherine Morgan Schafler, who has authored a book that’s changing my life. In The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power , she frees up perfectionists to lean into their perfectionism as long as it’s doing no harm (more on that in future posts.) Schafler has developed a quiz to help you learn where you fall on the perfectionism spectrum – not all perfectionists care about the same things or act the same way about ever

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One month to go until NICEC conference

Adventures in Career Development

There is just one month to go until NICEC conference. If you haven’t booked your place yet, there is still time! The conference will focus on career and sustainability. We are defining sustainability broadly, as ‘the integration of social equity, economic vitality and environmental health and well-being in order to create thriving healthy, diverse and resilient communities now and in the future’ We will be looking at this topic through three important lenses: skills, wellbeing, and t

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3 More Ways to Use the Coaching Wheel: Find Calm, Be a Better Parent & Get a Promotion!

The Coaching Tools Company

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as 3 More Ways to Use the Coaching Wheel: Find Calm, Be a Better Parent & Get a Promotion! In this latest article all about the Coaching Wheel, we explore 3 specific examples of how to use the Wheel of Life in new ways. First is the Calming Wheel, then the Parenting Wheel and finally the "Get a Promotion" Wheel.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Create a Workplace Culture Where People Thrive with Robin Daniels

Crestcom

On this week’s episode of the Leadership Habit Podcast, Jenn DeWall chats with Robin Daniels about how to create a workplace culture where employees thrive. Creating an environment where employees thrive is more challenging than ever. Whether your organization is trying to get employees back in the office, or trying to build a sense of community in a virtual or hybrid workplace, you don’t want to miss this episode!

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Scarcity Mindset: Meaning, Causes & How to Overcome It

BetterUp

Jump to section What is a scarcity mindset? What causes a scarcity mindset? How does a scarcity mindset affect your behavior?

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Neuromarketing — Predicting Consumer Behavior to Drive Purchasing Decisions 

Harvard Professional Development

What drives a person to not only buy something, but to choose one product or service over the other? The usual answers that come to a marketer’s mind when asked that question include need, price, availability, and brand familiarity. But what if it goes deeper than that? What if consumer decision-making is driven by biology — specifically neural activity in the brain?

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Building a Better Workplace: 15 Employee-Centric Culture Survey Questions

Vantage Circle

Your culture is your brand! This is because your people are the biggest asset of any organization. – Matt Phelan, Author of Freedom to be Happy Do you ever walk into an office and immediately feel the energy in the air? Some workplaces exude a distinct energy - maybe the lively banter, the creative decor, or simply visibly happy and smiling people.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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Good is the Goal

FourSight

At FourSight, we believe the fastest way to high performance is to give diverse thinkers a common language to solve problems together. Drawing on twenty years of data from our FourSight Thinking Profile assessment —we reveal our unconscious problem-solving patterns that cause conflict and stall progress.

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5 Reasons You Need Online Coaching And How To Find Your Coach

BetterUp

Jump to section What is online coaching? Who can benefit from online coaching?

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How to Determine What My Leadership Style Is

Harvard Professional Development

There are nearly as many types of leadership styles as there are individual leaders. Leadership styles refer to the way in which managers, executives, and other professional leaders choose to conduct business. These styles have a significant impact across the workplace, team morale, and company culture. Understanding which style aligns most closely with you is essential to maximizing its effectiveness and your potential as a leader.

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12 Critical Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Business Plan Writer

Upmetrics

Hiring the perfect business plan writer can be hard. Discover 12 simple questions to ask business plan writers to ease your hiring process and find the ideal candidate who can adapt to your unique business needs. Also, discover how business plan software can eliminate the need for a writer.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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How I’d Start a Business in 2024—Insights From 40+ Years of Entrepreneurship

LivePlan

Based on over four decades of experience starting, advising, and running startups, here are the steps I would take to start a brand new business today.

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What Are “Third Places”: Examples & Benefits for Individuals

BetterUp

Jump to section What are “third places”? Characteristics of a “third place” Why do people need third places?

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A Comparative Review of the Top 10 Applicant Tracking System for Small Businesses

Vantage Circle

Introduction In the competitive world of small business, finding the right talent quickly and efficiently is crucial. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) can be a game-changer, simplifying and enhancing recruitment. However, with many options available, choosing the right ATS can be overwhelming. This blog provides a comparative overview of the top 10 ATS software for small businesses, helping you make an informed decision.

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Do Consulting Case Study Interviews Work? A deep dive

StrategyU

“You did how many case studies?” I asked. “I don’t know maybe 50-100 while in undergrad” It was my first training week at McKinsey. I was taking part in the Basic Consulting Readiness training and talking to my new friend Josh. He detailed how he had decided in high school, after getting into Stanford, that he would work in strategy consulting. He talked about how groups were set up to help students prepare and networks with alumni working at the firms that would help them understand what to exp

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act

Speaker: Speakers:

On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law, requiring retail employers in New York to adopt workplace violence prevention policies and implement training programs by March 2025. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Act’s requirements, including developing and providing a retail workplace violence prevention policy/plan and delivering annual interactive training to employees.