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5 Well-Intentioned Behaviors That Can Hurt Your Team

Harvard Business

Most people can spot a toxic leader and connect the dots on why and how they are causing damage. But it’s much harder to recognize when well-intentioned leaders are actually hurting their teams because they aren’t aware of their negative impact, and team members aren’t always comfortable pushing back. If you’re a manager with a strong desire to be helpful to your team, be aware of these five common ways you may inadvertently hurt them despite your best intentions.

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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

One emotion that often defines work is stress. It can be productive, motivating you to innovate, or draining, leading to burnout. Recent evidence suggests that five in ten employees are experiencing significant negative impacts from long-term workplace stress. Stress is an emotional contagion. Given the significant challenges increased workplace uncertainty poses, from decision-making and strategic planning to employee engagement and personal well-being, leaders need to reduce stress proactively

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To Succeed with AI, Adopt a Beginner’s Mindset

Harvard Business

Times of substantial tech progress and change, like the current AI revolution, create fear and anxiety. This often causes leaders to fall back on their ego and emphasize their expertise, closing their minds and negatively impacting their people and organizations. Instead, leaders need to take on a beginner’s mindset of openness and curiosity. This is not easy.

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Empowering Small Business Growth Through Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

Small businesses are the backbone of economies worldwide, driving innovation, creating jobs, and contributing significantly to local communities. However, navigating the complexities of business operations, strategic planning, and growth can be challenging for small business owners. This is where small business consulting services step in, offering tailored guidance and support across various critical areas.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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How to Become a More Empathetic Listener

Harvard Business

When the subject of how to be a good listener comes up, psychologists often talk about the value of “perspective-taking” — that is, projecting ourselves into the lives of those we’re listening to. This has been shown to make us grow more generous and less prejudiced toward them, but it’s a flawed way to understand others, because it treats empathy as a solo sport, encouraging listeners simply to try to understand what someone else is going through.

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What gives Charity Managers a leading edge? Balancing commercial management with a social heart

The Management Centre

Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group In this interview Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group, shares his experience of developing managers so they have commercial, financial and innovation skills. The Calico Group is a collection of social profit-for-purpose businesses, charities and services, that exist to make a difference to people’s lives.

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The Power of Transparency and Neurodiversity with Aimably CEO Claire Milligan

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Claire Milligan, CEO of Aimably, discusses the power of neurodivergence in organizations. Discover the power of transparency, technology, and more.

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How Do I Stay on the Fast Track to the Next Level of Leadership?

Harvard Business

A high performing leader on the fast track must learn how to build new skills and relationships to get to the next level in her career.

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Surprise and uncertainty

Seth Godin Blog

Until just recently, a solar eclipse wasn’t a tourist event. It was the cause of real panic. Two reasons that are worth considering: It was a surprise. They were not predicted. They were unexplained. No one had any idea what was going on. Eliminate surprise and explain the circumstances and panic starts to fade.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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The Ultimate Guide to Private Podcasts [2024]

Buzzsprout

Most of the time, you want to make your podcast as accessible to the public as possible. But there's also value in having premium, private episodes only select listeners can access. Private podcasts let creators share secure audio files with specified members via a private podcast feed link or from behind a password-protected paywall. In this step-by-step guide, we'll break down the unique perks of private podcasts and the best platforms for distribution based on your needs.

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