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How confirmation bias can affect your organization

Vistage Staff — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:59:19 +0000

Past experiences, beliefs and social trends shape how we think to help us quickly and safely navigate our complex world. Dubbed confirmation bias, this very human tendency assures us that we are making the right call. But in organizations, seeing...

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How to be an authentic and conscious leader

Cheryl McMillan — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:27 +0000

How easy or difficult is it to be yourself — your real self? Some leaders believe leadership is “showtime,” where you put on a mask to fit a particular situation. It’s not. Others sense whether or not you are authentic,...

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Why do your employees quit?

Kathleen Quinn — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:04:43 +0000

The fact is that unemployment levels are the lowest they’ve been in 50 years, making it particularly difficult to find the skilled workers you need to grow. To make things even more challenging, 76 percent of employees (probably some of...

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Creating a Culture with Intention

Joe Galvin — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:42:11 +0000

Culture in an organization develops naturally, but ideally it is created and curated intentionally from the top down. As a CEO, you need to actively and consciously create the culture that you want through your words and actions as well...

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5 secrets of winning

michael-canic — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:15:06 +0000

How committed are you to winning? Almost every leader will say things like, “Very! I’m all in! One-hundred percent!” Those are words. But what does it look like in practice? Ruthless consistency Leaders who are ruthlessly consistent build organizations that...

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Lombardi on leadership: How a team of losers became perennial champions

Greg Bustin — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:07:56 +0000

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” — Vince Lombardi If you’re a leader, you’re a coach. Every team — in sports, business, government, academia or nonprofit — has a roster of talented people. However, some leaders...

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Revealing the truth behind 5 common company culture myths

Chris Brennan — Tue, 15 May 2018 11:16:41 +0000

Watch the webinar ‘In the Culture Struggle, Your First Move Should Be…” From installing slides and sleep pods to offering unlimited paid time off, there are plenty of stories circulating about how to create a “good” company culture. But what really works? What’s...

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How to connect employees with your company’s mission

Karen Codere — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:17:03 +0000

Most employees want to do the right thing. They want their company to succeed. But even the best employees with the best intentions need to know where to go. Without direction, there’s a lot of noise that can keep your...

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Creating confident leaders, companies and cultures

Mike Zani — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:00:34 +0000

Watch The Predictive Index CEO Mike Zani and author Alyssa Dver discuss confident leadership and its positive effect on companies, employees and the bottom line. Confidence in a company’s leadership is an asset beyond measure. Confident leadership attracts top talent,...

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Assessing trust in the interview process to preserve your company culture

Judith Glaser — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:00:14 +0000

Few managers and leaders understand how vital, intelligent, quality conversations and interviews are to the health and productivity of a company’s culture. Unhealthy conversations are at the root of relationships characterized by distrust, deceit, betrayal, and avoidance—leading to lower productivity,...

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