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Leadership and Management

4 Tips for How to Effectively Lead a Remote Team

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Chances are you are one of the many people around the world working from home right now. The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered office doors overnight and sent millions of people around the world to work remotely.

Even as states and countries start to re-open and some people head back to the office, more companies will stick with their remote working capabilities. In most cases, working from home is safer for employees and helps organizations better allocate resources.

Leadership and Management

Future Leaders Must Guide A Distributed Workforce By Example

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What does it take for a leader to live in California but have teams of employees in multiple time zones across the globe? According to Mark Feldman, CEO of GSN, the answer is not very much sleep.

As companies expand with global teams and distributed workforces, leaders have to do more than just learn to have meetings at all hours of the day—they must also learn how to build a solid culture and keep teams working towards common goals, no matter where they are in the world.

Podcast

The CEO of 1-800-Flowers on How to Lead In Turbulent Times

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Chris McCann is the CEO of 1-800-Flowers, a floral and gourmet food gift retailer and distribution company with over 3000 employees. The company was started back in 1976 when Chris’ older brother opened his first flower shop. In the 1980s Chris joined his brother in the business and they have been working together ever since.

Leadership and Management

Stanley Black & Decker CEO Says A Leader’s Job is to Humanize Everything

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Years ago, there was an experiment where people rode a bicycle for a few hours and got comfortable with how it moved. Then, the researchers changed the bike so that when a person turned the handlebars to the right, the wheels went left, and when the person turned the handlebars to the left, the wheels went right. It was nearly impossible to adapt to the change, especially after the people were so used to riding their bikes a certain way.

Podcast

How Leaders Can Empower Everyone Around Them

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Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. She is also the bestselling co-author of two books, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business and Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You.

Leadership and Management

How the CEO of AARP Drives a Learning Culture, Develops Future Leaders, and Shapes the Future of Work

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It used to be that what a person learned in college was enough to last through most of their career. Things didn’t change that much, and the learning that happened in school was enough for them to get by. That’s no longer the case. Today, leaders and employees at all levels need to be constantly learning and establishing a learning culture within their organizations.

Podcast

How to Lead a 100% Remote Team

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The team of 170 people at Acceleration Partners is 100% remote, and they have been since day one. So Robert knows the ins and outs of successfully leading a team that he doesn’t see in person every day. This is something that a lot of CEOs are having to learn on the fly now, as a large portion of organizations are moving to virtual during the pandemic.

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