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Emotions at Work


Like it or not, emotions play a big role in every aspect of our lives. They strongly impact our own productivity and performance. And the emotions of one person are highly infectious to everyone contacted.Leaders who recognize the power of making an emotional connection with their associates magnify their impact. Fortunately, there are many ways for that emotional connection to occur. The broader the repertoire the greater the leaders impact because it would be rare to have a group of subordinates who would all be touched by the same approach.

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Discovering and Developing Hidden Reservoirs of Talent


Leadership Levers: Building Critical Strengths
by Dr. Jack Zenger, Dr. Joe Folkman, and Joyce Palevitz

In many ways, an organization would benefit if professionals at every level raised their leadership effectiveness to above average by building their signature strengths in alignment with their passions and the priorities of the organization. That’s the power of the Leadership Levers.


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How To Workout a Succession Planning in The Workplace


Why do you exercise?
To look good, perhaps, or maybe to lose weight; but, ultimately, to live a longer, healthier life. Exercise is to the body what succession planning is to a business. Treating succession planning the same way you (ideally) treat your body is a good start to optimizing your company’s healthy succession program. You may take a good hard look at yourself occasionally and think, “I could be better.” So, you do a couple push-ups, decide it’s kind of late, and you plan to get up early tomorrow morning to start an exercise routine that you’re going to maintain for the rest of your life. But you don’t. You keep planning on it. That’s exactly what planning is: not doing.

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Why Zenger Folkman is Unique



The products and services we provide have emerged from solid research and data, not merely our experiences and beliefs. Our leadership research is evidence-based and supported by a growing data set of more than one million assessments evaluating the effectiveness of over 120.000 leaders from around the world. From that data has emerged compelling and unique findings that form the foundation of our work to develop extraordinary, high-performing leaders.

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Misconceptions About Introverts in the Workplace


Susan Cain, American writer and lecturer, recounts a story about her childhood summer camp in the TED Talk, “The Power of Introverts”:
“Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol. And on the very first day our counselor gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit. And it went like this: ‘R-O-W-D-I-E, that’s the way we spell rowdie. Rowdie, rowdie, let’s get rowdie.’

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8 Daily Tips To Build a Winning & Motivated Team

WILL YOU MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT IN YOUR daily routine to fire up your team like never before? The sooner you can launch a new employee into productivity, the better off you, the employee, and your organization will be. We’ve outlined eight simple steps you can add to your daily and weekly routine to help you boost engagement and morale. Employees want management they can look up to, not management that looks down on them.

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5 reasons You Aren’t Getting Hired
by Tim Sackett

I’ve been in the talent acquisition and HR game going on 20 years. I’ve interviewed and hired thousands of people in my career. I’ve watched entry level hires turn into great leaders and executives. I’ve watched employees I’ve fired for poor performance become hugely successful after leaving our organization. I’ve seen my best talent leave me, to only get fired from their next position, and come crawling back asking for a job.

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The Truth About Workplace Fun and Productivity

Promoting a fun work environment is quickly becoming one of the most widely-implemented recruiting and retention strategies in many of the world’s most successful organizations, and there’s a good reason.

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5 Steps to Become a Charismatic Leader

Charismatic leaders and managers create and maintain a work environment where people are emotionally and intellectually committed to the organization’s goals.

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Innovating The Talent Assessment Experience

Talent is scarce, and companies must be prepared to actively compete and fight for the top candidates. In doing so, they must ensure that everything the candidate experiences during the interview is as positive and engaging as possible.

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