Posts tagged with ‘leadership’

  • How to Stay Valuable in the Age of AI

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace faster than almost any technology we have experienced in...

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  • Employee Reviews That Matter

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Most managers think employee reviews are about evaluating past performance. They’re not. An effective review...

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  • Stress and Distraction for the Essential Leader

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-StressDistractions01.mp3Things in life that we have to deal with include stress and distraction. In this Tough Things First podcast,...

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  • How Self-Awareness Can Make You a More Consistent Leader.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SelfAwareness01-.mp3How does an effective leader constantly calibrate his or herself and does it boost consistency? In this Tough Things...

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  • Success is NOT a solo journey.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SoloJourney01.mp3A leader may make decisions and plans, but executing on that vision requires a team. In this Tough Things...

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  • Loud Quitting: Tantrum your way out of future job prospects.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietCuitting01.mp3The trend had been “quiet quitting” where an employee stops putting out any effort at all at work, but...

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  • Words Matter

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Communication-01.mp3A person “with a way with words” can send another person wayward. Words matter, and in this Tough Things...

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    Adaptability

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Adaptability01.mp3A successful entrepreneur requires adaptability, to adjust to different conditions and or circumstances. In this Tough Things First podcast,...

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  • The nature of indecisive leadership and its effect on a company.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-IndecisiveLeadership01.mp3A job title doesn’t make the leader. In this edition of the Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores...

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  • Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...

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  • Bank Failures Start with Human Failures

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BankFail00.mp3Silicon Valley Bank was not the only bank to fail in early 2023, but it shines as an example...

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  • “Crap Happens”

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Crap-Happens01.mp3“The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a prime example of people and organizations who seek to place...

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  • Belt Tightening in Recession

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BeltTightening01.mp3You can’t control the world, but you can lead your company through a downturn. How? In this Tough Things...

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  • Confirmation Bias!

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ConfirmationBias01.mp3Do you want it to be true so badly that you sink the ship? In this Tough Things First...

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  • Working hard or Work-a-holic? There’s a costly difference.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-WorkaHolic01.mp3Is it easy to fall into the work-a-holic trap. Did you know that working 80 hours a week does...

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