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Partnerships Create Community Impact

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Events Leadership Development Workplace Issues Written by: Becky Robinson, Mike Henry & Chery Gegelman This is the story of how a few people with a big vision are making a difference for the city of Tulsa. It’s a story about partnerships, sharing resources, and making a difference for workers and leaders. It started with Mike Henry, whose vision of bringing [.

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Learning to Trust the Unique Ways Your Team Members Get Things Done

Persuasive Powerhouse

A conversation with a leader (client) who recently received a promotion from front line manager to becoming a stressed out “manager of managers” went something like this: Me: “So, did you go through your long list of “to do’s” and decide what you absolutely must do, what you will say no to, and what [.

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Who is your organization becoming

Leadership Freak

Image source Great vision ends in being not doing; it surpasses activities. Great vision answers the questions who do we want to become. What you want to do is important; who you want to become essential. Products and sums: Organizations have identity in the present and trajectory toward the future that goes beyond products and [.].

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Why Play in the U.S. Stock Market?

Coaching Tip

Success in the U.S. Stock Market has always been based on knowing more than the general public does about market direction and the industry, company and corporate leadership of those stocks you invest in. So, why would you play in the market when you know the game is rigged? The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) has brought numerous cases, part of a campaign to root out insider trading and, in theory, make markets fairer for the average investor.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Christine Lagarde: Let’s all wish her great success

First Friday Book Synopsis

History’s greatest leaders include women such as Cleopatra (69-30 BC), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1202), Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Victoria (1819-1901), Golda Meir (1898-1978), Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), and Margaret Thatcher ((1925 – ). However different they may have been in most other respects, all of them shared this in [.].

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Leadership Caffeine Podcast #8: Francie Dalton on the Impending Talent Shortage

Management Excellence

It's been awhile since we've heard much about impending shortages of talent. My recent conversation with Francie Dalton, President and Founder of Dalton Alliances, Inc., served to remind us all once again, that talent is always an issue. And by the way, Francie makes an interesting case that the recently forgotten issue of talent shortages is a very real issue about to bite us where it hurts.in the bottom line.

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Complimentary Resource – Overseas Business Travel Risk

Strategy Driven

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Meg Whitman’s Onboarding into Hewlett-Packard

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is George Bradt‘s latest post at the Prime Genesis website. To learn more about George and the firm as well as check out a wealth of valuable resources, please click here. * * * Wild times at Hewlett-Packard. Leo Apotheker is out and Meg Whitman becomes H.P.’s fourth CEO in [.].

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Pray and Don’t Give Up

Ron Edmondson

Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1. Our example comes from Jesus! We should pray and not give up! . What are you facing today, which you have been facing for some time? What in your life needs a touch of God? For what have you been waiting to hear a word from God? Is there something you can’t handle on your own?

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David Barger (JetBlue) in “The Corner Office”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of David Barger (president and chief executive of JetBlue). He says that in an earlier job, access to the leaders of [.].

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Why many smart people come across as selfish

Rajesh Setty

You have seen many smart people and after one conversation with them you get a feeling that they seem too selfish. The conversation was all about them and what they are working on and how they are going to do what they are going to do. Sometimes, you felt odd to even continue the conversation. It seemed like you are part of an audience in a speech. Finally, you give up and just wait for the conversation to end.

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Plant The Flag: 25 Words To Define Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

We don’t get too many opportunities to pause and reflect on how we define ourselves as leaders, and then, more importantly, how that ultimately gets communicated to those we lead. We can either consciously or subconsciously develop a vocabulary that sets the tone, plants the flag, and serves as guideposts for our teammates. If we’re not taking our appropriate pauses, the subconscious will do all the work, and that can be dangerous, because it can take us to places we don’t wa

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Achieving Sustained Cost Reduction

Harvard Business Review

When companies go through boom times, they quite naturally take their eyes off costs. But to maintain profits when revenue goes downhill, most CEOs call for cost cutting. The scalpel comes out, and while it's necessary, it usually comes at a huge cost to employee morale. For example Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan recently announced plans to cut about 30,000 jobs across the company, nearly 10 percent of the work force, due to a downturn in trading and lending revenue and the continuing effect

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