Category: 5 of the best

The best LinkedIn Influencers

LinkedIn is the most known professional social networking platform; it encourages the world’s leading thinkers and innovators to be Influencers. As “leaders in their industries and geographies”, they explore news and trending topics. We recommend to follow these 7:

Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a social media management resource, and its CEO is an excellent Influencer to follow. He often publishes interesting and colourful pieces on leadership, management, success, career and other topics.

Gretchen Rubin
A best-selling author who also has a fantastic podcast on habits and happiness. In her various posts on LinkedIn, she gives tips, tricks and ideas to shape habits and ‘boost the happy factor’.

Daniel Goleman
Psychologist, prize-winning author and science journalist, he regularly posts insightful writings on the topics of emotional intelligence and leadership; on how to be a more effective leader and self-aware.

Bernard Marr
Best-selling author, keynote speaker and leading business and data expert, Marr publishes posts mostly on leadership and Big Data. He reflects on popular topics and connects them with his fields of expertise; who knew that Big Data and Valentine’s day can work together in a post.

Jeff Haden
Business and leadership ghost-writer, speaker, contributing editor at Inc. Magazine. He publishes pieces on hiring, success, leadership and various business topics.

Liz Ryan, CEO of Human Workplace
The founder and CEO of the publishing, career coaching and consulting firm has an engaging and inspiring writing style. Ryan writes about job hunting, toxic workplaces, careers and much more.

Bruce Kasanoff
The career coach and social media ghost-writer posts about how can people achieve success, how to be a great leader and bring out the strengths of our people, how to find talent and more. His articles are not only interesting but humorous too.

Who influences you the most on LinkedIn?

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29th June 2016
5 of the Best … Good Cause Organisations

Good cause businesses should have more attention. There are lots of them everywhere in the world that support wonderful causes. Here are 5 exceptional social enterprises that make a change around the world:

This Foreigner Can
A social enterprise with a purpose to improve the lives of migrants by supporting them to eventually become entrepreneurs.

Paper & Cup
This is a not-for-profit social enterprise in East London is managed by a local charity offering work experience and training program to former addicts and long-term unemployed.

The Big Issue
The Big Issue is one of the United Kingdom’s top social businesses and exists to offer homeless people the chance to make a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society. The Big Issue publication is also the world’s most widely circulated street magazine.

Bike Station
Scotland’s biggest, and one of its longest established, bicycle recycling charities. They sell and restore bikes and deliver trainings on cycling safety to individuals and groups.

Future Clean
An eco-hand car wash located in North London. A social enterprise that delivers training and job opportunities for local disabled men and women.

What is your favourite good cause business? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @FormiumLtd!

18th May 2016
5 of the Best … Quotes on strengths

Formium Development team believe in a strength-based leadership approach. Leaders should concentrate on developing strengths instead of fixing weaknesses. Practicing a positive approach will likely help you and your organisation to become a lot more authentic and also more effective. Read our most-liked quotes on strengths:

What’s your favourite quote on strengths? Share with the online community in the comment section, or tweet us your favourite quote @FormiumLtd!

4th May 2016
5 of the best…influencers on Twitter

Exceptional leaders hardly ever stop learning, they know they can always improve themselves. Twitter is a great resource for thoughts, ideas and good examples. Here are just some of the top influencers that we follow and retweet on leadership skills or company culture. Check out our selection:

Through Alison Green’s Ask a Manager profile you can ask her a question like ‘this is what my boss says, what does it mean?’ Send her your questions or learn from others’ cases.

Based in London, David Shepherd tweets tweets about Human Resources, employment law, pay, benefits, the labour market, data services, b2b media, and a whole lot more.

Aadil Bandukwala is a social recruiting consultant with a history in Talent Acquisition and Social Media. Worth your while following him if you want to know everything about recruiting.

Lolly Daskal’s Twitter feed is about coaching, management, leadership, consulting. You can find truly informative posts, inspirational quotes and pictures shared by her.

Dan McCarthy , self-described leadership and management development geek. His profile has everything that has to do with leadership and management.

Who is missing from our list? Let us know in the comments below!

23rd March 2016
5 of the best… leadership blogs

We believe that great leaders are made not born. We have brought together a list of 5 thought-provoking blogs which can give you ideas to develop your skills and guidance on your leadership journey.

1. Lead ership Fr eak: Dan Rockwell empowers you in 300 words daily. Enjoyable and makes you think, reading this blog could become an important part of your daily routine.

2. Dr Wayne W Dyer: If you would like to focus on your personal leadership or self- development, this blog could give you some great tips and ways to motivate yourself.

3. Tanveer Naseer: This blog’s main focus is on helping managers to improve their leadership and team management skills, helping them identify the fulfilling purpose of their work.

4. Management Excellence: Art Petty’s blog focuses on developing leadership skills by concentrating on professional presence. Critical thinking is also a central theme on this site.

5. Three Star Leadership: This blog is aimed at leaders at all levels. Tips, lists, strategies to help managers to perform at a higher level.

We could not complete this round-up without including Go rdo n Tr edgol d ‘s leadership blog. Hear more from Gordon in our interview.

17th February 2016
5 of the best…resources to keep resolutions

How are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? January is the month of getting fit, being more productive, having a new frame of mind. We collected five resources that can help you keep the resolutions you choose to make, and for sustainably improving habits.

Better than before – Gretchen Rubin on habits
“Habits make change possible by freeing us from decision making and from using self-control.” – says Rubin. She provides resources to help you understand your preferences and choose habit strategies that will work for you. Also look out for her podcast.

MindTools
New year, new me. How can you renew yourself most easily? With learning a new skill for personal or career development. Since 1996, Mind Tools has offered practical online training to individuals keen to excel in the workplace. Join them!

FlexScore
Did you promise to yourself to be better at managing your money? FlexScore is a website that shows you how are you doing financially and how you are doing compared to your peers. The best part is that you get a free, update financial analysis that helps you understand how purchases affect your financial future.

100DayChallenge
A radically different approach helping you keep your New Year’s resolutions. The organisers claim that you can get more done in the first 100 days of 2016 than most people do in 10 years. This is an online programme with a daily video lesson and a specific call to action.

HeadSpace
Did you have a stressful 2015? Did you promise that you will give more attention to mindfulness and meditate? HeadSpace is a personal trainer for your mind. You can choose different sessions to suit your mood and lifestyle. You can take a break anywhere and anytime since HeadSpace is available for iOS and Android as well.

+1 Strengths Challenge 2016
The list would not be complete without our featured interviewee, Michelle McQuaid’s program. Join if your resolution was being more happy and energized at work. We took part last year and we can tell you that it has had an impact.

10th January 2016