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Firefighters weigh in on what makes a leader worthy of respect and loyalty.
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Inc.
Martin Zwilling writes: By default, anyone who owns a business or manages a team has the title of leader, but in my consulting experience, I find that just having the title doesn't make most of us a true example of the word.
I also find that leaders are made — not born — meaning that we all can grow into leadership if we learn from experience. I find also that if you fail as a leader, your team will likely fail with you.
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Harvard Business Review
With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates, you would think that educational institutions would prepare candidates well to be exceptional thinkers, and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue.
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You’ve done a lot: between your training, field experience, and those few close calls, how will you keep track of it all? FirstForward.com is a free online account where you can record all of your professional credentials, experiences, and exposures.
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Inc.
Industry life cycles are getting shorter as the rate of technological change increases exponentially. Over the past decade or so, we've seen some of the world's most venerable companies — airlines, food producers, retailers — challenged, and in some cases completely upended, by opportunistic entrepreneurs with technology on their side. Change is constant, and many executives believe that it will become even more pervasive in the near future.
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Business 2 Community
Today's organizations need agile leadership more than ever. In a high-speed business environment beset by change and disruption, leaders are being called upon to make difficult decisions almost every day. Between the rapid development of technology and the speed at which information can be distributed, managing a successful team is more challenging than ever.
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Michael Hyatt
To scale yourself, you need to delegate your work to others, but delegating tasks isn't as easy as it sounds. No matter how hard you try, the results often don't meet your expectation. It's frustrating, and it can feel like a waste of time. It doesn't have to be! Delegation is a skill, and you can learn to do it well. Having risen through the ranks in a number of businesses, we've learned the secret to delegating like a pro. By communicating four key pieces of information, you'll get a stellar result every time.
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Thrive Global
There's a common misconception that leadership is a personality trait that some people possess, while others are simply followers. This concept holds some truth if you're analyzing the situation on a fundamental level. However, like many things in life, there's a gray area that most motivational speakers and experts tend to brush aside.
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The Arizona Burn Foundation’s new kid-friendly program teaches children burn prevention education. Children under the age of 12 are the most vulnerable group for burn and scald injuries. Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™ “story-time” curriculum addresses burn safety behaviors for both children and their parents.
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Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry
You know that distractions at work are a productivity problem, and yet they persist. Perhaps the number of distractions you face may be growing. Let's take a proactive approach to reducing the number of distractions and improving your productivity, starting today.
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In this Q&A with attorney and Deputy Fire Chief Curt Varone, you’ll learn what the individual and department responsibilities are when sexual harassment occurs, and how to respond appropriately.
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Business 2 Community
Ask a group of people to provide a list of essential leadership qualities and there will surely be a number of traits that show up on everyone's list. Words like decisive, innovative, agile and inspiring are just a few examples that likely come to mind. There is one word, however, that might not be immediately obvious: humble. In many cases, the archetype of the strong, charismatic leader is at odds with the concept of humility.
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Business.com
Regardless of how good you think your current hiring process is, chances are if you asked for feedback on the experience from newly hired employees, you'd see there are several ways it could improve.
Hiring the right people is what allows your business to thrive. However, you must first learn the proper technique for effective talent management.
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Lolly Daskal
Sometimes a difficult conversation needs to happen. Even when the signs are all there, we may avoid them because we're fearful of the outcome. Meanwhile, something remains askew because of our reluctance to address it.
With preparation and practice, however, you can be more confident in addressing a difficult issue. To help you get started, here are 12 mistakes to avoid.
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Forbes
No one likes to be judged. Performance reviews are often a "necessary evil" within a corporate environment, and they can be quite nerve-wracking for new and even more established employees.
But even if an employee doesn't look forward to performance reviews, they should be properly prepared to deal with them. Most of the time, a worker cringes at the thought of an upcoming review not because of any shortcoming of their own, but only due to an inability to prepare for these meetings.
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