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The Power of Great Teamwork: Strategies for Building High-Performing Teams

Let's Grow Leaders

Achieve Success Together: How Great Teamwork Turns Talent into Performance Are you ready to learn how great teamwork can propel your organization into high performance? This week on #AskingForaFriend I have a conversation with my friend Dr. David Burkus about what makes a great team. What are the characteristics of a great team? We know that effective collaboration and cohesive teamwork lay the foundation for innovation, productivity, and overall organizational success.

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The Role of Coaching Leaders | Difficult Conversations

International Coach Academy

A Research Paper By Kate Glover, Corporate/Leadership Coach, AUSTRALIA Coaching Leaders: Purpose – This Paper ‘Why’ Having worked with Leaders for more than 15 years, the one comment I repeatedly hear from managers is that managing people is the hardest part of their job. They are fearful of having difficult conversations and survey after survey says employees do not get the feedback they need.

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How to find focus for creative work

The Creative Life

The attention equation will help you do more work, in less time The post How to find focus for creative work appeared first on The Creative Life.

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International Coaching Federation and World Federation of People Management Associations Partner to Advance the People Management Profession

International Coaching Federation

Lexington, KY – The International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) have forged a new partnership aimed at transforming the landscape of professional people management. Through groundbreaking research and joint initiatives, they seek to empower organizations and leaders with the tools and resources they need to excel in an ever-evolving world.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Professional Development and Training

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ - transforming video engagement with two-way interactivity. With Qvio viewers can ask questions and get instant answers from the content owner's Author-Controlled AI™️.

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Question Your Leadership Assumptions with Melissa Swift

Let's Grow Leaders

If you change your leadership assumptions, can you create a powerhouse with the organization or team you already have? The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, “Does work really have to suck this bad?” It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it.

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Can You Be Productive Working Only 45% Of The Day?

Forbes Careers

In a recent Blind poll, nearly 45% of tech workers said they spend four hours or fewer on “focused work”—uninterrupted time spent in a flow state, concentrating on high-priority tasks.

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5 Things to Know About Coaching the Inner Critic

International Coaching Federation

As coaches, we know how influential that voice in our heads can be. We see it limiting what our clients believe is possible for them. We experience it draining our own energy. We know that if we could all be free of its destructive messages, life would be much easier, more fun, and more productive. No more hesitating and second-guessing ourselves. We’d do what matters to us and have a much bigger impact on the world.

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Powerful Phrases to Win With a Moody Boss, Even a Dropper of F-Bombs

Let's Grow Leaders

What To Say Next When Your Boss Gets Cranky Maybe it’s a side effect of passion, intensity, or creativity, but have you ever noticed that many high-achieving managers also have a moody dark side? Moody people are hard to work around. If it’s your boss who is moody, it’s even more challenging. You might feel tempted to avoid your moody boss, keep your head down, and just survive.

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Existing vs. Creation

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Marijn Sissingh, Life Coach, Non-profit Leadership Coach, NETHERLANDS How Does Existing vs. Creation Impact Our Communities? The city of Tampa in Florida has many homeless people who experience difficulties finding jobs, partly due to the lack of transport required to arrive at the part-time or temporary jobs available. The city also has many dysfunctional bikes scattered all over the place with nobody feeling any responsibility for them.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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What is digital transformation?

McKinsey

Digital transformation is the rewiring of an organization, with the goal of creating value by continuously deploying tech at scale.

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Member Resource Groups: A New Opportunity to Foster DEIB

International Coaching Federation

We recognize that barriers stand in the way of some individuals in the coaching community from becoming ICF members, growing as coaches, accessing certain opportunities, or gaining a sense of belonging. ICF Member Resource Groups (MRGs) aim to dismantle these barriers and overcome obstacles that impede the growth and inclusion of diverse communities in the coaching profession.

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How To Stand Out And Win The Job Interview

Forbes Careers

Heading into a job interview is an important and stressful event. Even if you are the best at what you do, you cannot waltz into an interview without being prepared.

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Empowering Women Leaders With the Compelling ‘TAF’ Awareness Coaching Tool

International Coach Academy

A Research Paper By Nathalie Legault, Leadership Coach, Women Leaders Coach, Change of Mindset Coach, CANADA TAF Awareness Coaching Tool The TAF awareness coaching tool has induced a fortunate transformation for me, a woman leader that had just faced significant obstacles in her life! With my transformation in mind, I researched evidence to substantiate a compelling coaching model.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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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How To Design An Effective Spot Bonus Program?

Vantage Circle

Granting employees rewards and recognition can be likened to a delicate sprinkling of ethereal fairy dust upon them. Eliciting a wondrous transformation that seamlessly elevates their motivation, engagement, and unwavering loyalty. Rewards serve as a profound expression of genuine appreciation and an enchanting celebration of their invaluable contributions.

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The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier

McKinsey

Generative AI is poised to unleash the next wave of productivity. We take a first look at where business value could accrue and the potential impacts on the workforce.

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How Long Should An Optimized Cover Letter Be?

Forbes Careers

It provides an opportunity for applicants to highlight their skills, qualifications, and enthusiasm for the job.

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Why Autonomy in a Relationship Is Important (And How To Cultivate It)

BetterUp

Jump to section What’s autonomy in a relationship? What does an autonomous relationship look like? What does a lack of autonomy look like? How does autonomy stimulate personal growth?

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eWOW 2023 Virtual Summit #OwnYourGrowth

At eWOW, we are all about holistic growth – personal and professional. Growth that goes beyond a job title and paycheck. This year, eWOW 2023 virtual summit focuses on owning your growth – an action plan that will help you chart your path to success that is unique to you.

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Unlocking Insights: The Ultimate Survey Question Template Blog

Vantage Circle

In today’s data-driven world, organizations rely on surveys as powerful tools for collecting information and gaining insights. Whether it's collecting customer feedback, conducting market research, or assessing employee satisfaction, surveys play a crucial role in gathering information for informed decision-making. However, creating a well-designed survey can be a complex task that requires expertise.

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The case for compliance as a competitive advantage for banks

McKinsey

Banks that build common ground between their compliance functions and business leaders who shape strategy can open paths to better customer experience, greater productivity, and resilient growth.

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Women Do More Office Housework—Here’s How To Avoid It

Forbes Careers

Planning parties, ordering food and taking notes in meetings are just a few of the thankless tasks that women more often shoulder at work. Here's how to avoid them.

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4 Examples of Business Negotiation Strategies

Harvard Business School Online

Entering a negotiation without considering your strategy is likely to end in disappointment. To help you prepare, here’s an overview of the negotiation process and four strategies to consider for success.

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Cancel Quiet Quitting: Detoxing Corporate Culture & Engaging Top Talent

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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How to Write a Thank You Letter After an Interview

BetterUp

Jump to section Why you should send post-interview thank you notes Anatomy of a post-interview thank you note Post-interview thank you email examples From a short thank you to a new adventure

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Regulatory efficiency will be essential for the energy transition

McKinsey

The energy and materials transition is stoking demand for critical metals needed in the net-zero supply chain. Regulatory and public policy uncertainty could put the transition at risk.

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How To Improve Your Work-Life Balance

Forbes Careers

Creating a work-life balance is critical to preventing physical and mental health issues. Dealing with unrelenting chronic stress, pressure and overwork leads to burnout, fatigue, anxiety, depression and other health-related problems.

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The Best Icebreakers for Work

Corporette

I recently saw a great Twitter thread on the best icebreakers for work — particularly to break into small groups on a virtual call — and I thought it would be a great discussion here. If you lead groups or manage new hires, do you employ icebreakers in any of your meetings or trainings? Have you ever been in a meeting where there was a memorable icebreaker, either great or awful?

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

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.