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Cybersecurity Awareness Training: 6 Tips To Raise the Bar on Security
The hybrid work era has significantly increased the attack surface and the risk of data breaches. Organizations must reorient cybersecurity awareness training to limit human error. Let’s hear from experts on what it takes to build a robust security awareness program. Ransomware attacks have risen...
Reviving the Art of Apprenticeship to Unlock Continuous Skill Development
Postpandemic skill gaps need filling, and formal learning alone won’t do the trick. Scaling the lost art of one-on-one learning can make the difference. Recognize this situation? A manager asks a team member to prepare a presentation. The draft falls short of what’s needed, so the manager...
What Employees Want From Employers
The Great Resignation. Record-high job openings. Employee burnout. It’s more difficult than ever to attract and retain top talent. In the struggle to determine what employees want, many employers may wish they had the ability to read employees’ minds -- like the character in the movie "What Women...
Buyers Are Under Pressure to Prove ROI and Other B2B Fallacies
We have heard a lot in the last few years about how the business-to-business (B2B) buyer has changed, but much of what we hear about the ‘changing buyer’ is either not true or not helpful. Former Forrester analyst Kerry Cunningham, and senior principal, product marketing at 6sense, examines what...
Why Not Every Good Worker Has to Be a Superstar
We spend so much time lauding standout workers. But the average worker is just as important – so why don't they get their due? In our career-driven culture, there’s a familiar narrative about the office superstar. They’re the stand-out employee with the best reputation and the biggest ideas; the...
New Analysis has Majority Returning to Office in Q1 2022
Current data issued this week by Cushman & Wakefield suggests that most of the world will achieve herd resiliency—i.e., over 70% either vaccinated or infected—by Q2 2022 and that current trends suggest most office workers globally will be able to return to the office in the first quarter of...
The Simple Truths of Leadership Turn Common Sense Into Common Practice
Leadership is a complex endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. We often tend to make things more complicated than they need to be, and that’s true in the field of leadership. To prove my point, go to Amazon.com and search their book listings for the word “leadership” and see how many...
How to Act Like the CEO When You’re Not
A coaching client said, “I need to think of myself as the mini-ceo.” He and his team manage a $2 billion year over year growth plan. You don’t want to walk around like the CEO when you aren’t, but the term ‘mini’ doesn’t float my boat. Stop acting like a blind mouse in a room full of cats. How to...
12 Things Smart Leaders Don’t Say
#1. I should have. ‘Should have’ is backward facing. Do your best to speak into the future. Instead of should-ing yourself, say, “Next time.” #2. You should have. Why didn’t you? See #1. ‘Next time’ is better than ‘last time’. #3. What can we do about that? “‘We’ is a tiny act of cowardice that...