Mon.Nov 14, 2011

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Leadership, Effort and Motives – One Drop of Water

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership “One drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.” – Hannah More So often, we evaluate the results before taking the action. We project an expected result [.] Leadership, Effort and Motives – One Drop of Water.

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Do You Have Moral Overconfidence?

Leading Blog

In a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article , Harvard Business School Dean, Nitin Nohria stated that because we all suffer from “ moral overconfidence ,” the most important thing business schools could be teaching is humility. He writes: Many people view “character” as an immutable trait formed during childhood and adolescence. I believe character development is similar to the development of knowledge or wisdom—it’s a lifelong process.

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Put Your Own Mask on First

Next Level Blog

If you’ve flown on a commercial airliner, you’ve heard the flight attendants say something along the lines of, “In the unlikely event of a loss of cabin pressure, yellow oxygen masks will deploy. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Five Ways to Transfuse Energy into your Team

Kevin Eikenberry

A blood transfusion is a process of receiving blood products into your blood stream intravenously. In the past, whole blood was introduced into the patient’s blood stream. Today, typically, particular blood parts like red blood cells or plasma are injected as needed. In non-technical terms, blood (or blood parts) is injected into someone’s blood stream [.].

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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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The Question A.G.Lafley Didn’t Answer

Leadership Freak

Unspoken words say more than spoken. I asked A.G. Lafley, former CEO of Proctor and Gamble, a question he only partially answered. He began with “if” statements but never finished. Here’s how it went down. “I’m interested in how leading changed you and what you did to navigate those changes.” A.G. pushed his fingers up [.].

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One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

This week’s Resource Recommendation is One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership by Mike Figliuolo. This new book, focused on the leader as an individual, promotes an important idea with a creative approach. Mike Figliuolo, an accomplished leadership trainer, coach, and speaker, suggests that to be the best leader we can [.].

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Speed Reading, Steve Jobs etc

CEO Blog

The garden continues to be prolific (despite snow a couple of weeks ago). The carrots could not be sweeter. Leeks are great. Parsley has even come back strong. The picture of an orange (I did not grow that), an Apple (also did not grow it) and a tiny but cute pumpkin(that I did grow). + A friend recently suggested that we have a reading speed contest.

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Giving Up On Need To Be ‘Rational Always’

QAspire

As we grow, our belief system firms up with notions of what is right and what is wrong. What works and what not. At work, our beliefs further solidify according to the context we work in. Understanding of data, facts and trends is important because it make us “rational”. The problem starts however, when we try to be rational all the time. A leader who always takes a rational standpoint fails to inspire people, because people are not always rational.

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Getting better, one chapter at a time

Jason Womack

Writing every day, it's a great idea when it works! Now, whether or not I should be "blogging" every day, that's another story. From time to time, I think, "It would be great to have more of the observations I make out there." Well, for those of you who'd like to hear/read what it is that I AM studying and learning, please go get a copy of the book!

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The Right Way to Disagree with Direct Reports

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: You often write about the importance of encouraging ideas from co-workers. What if you are a manager and your direct reports have strong opinions on a topic - and you believe their suggestions just won't work? A: Here are my suggestions for you, which (I hope) work: * My teacher and mentor Paul Hersey always taught me that "leadership is not a popularity contest.

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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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What is the committee in your head saying, and why?

CO2

Committee in your head! What are they saying? In cartoons, when a character is faced with a tough decision, an angel appears on one shoulder and a devil on the other. Each gets an ear. In real life, we don’t just hear two voices when faced with a tough decision. We hear many voices. You might have the voice of a teacher, parent, mentor, author, or annoying neighbor in your head.

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Research Project

LDRLB

As our long-time readers know, LeaderLab is dedicated to actively promoting the application of research in leadership and organizational behavior. Recently, we’ve even started dipping our toes into the production of that research. LeaderLab contributor Bret Simmons and colleagues are working on some exciting new research. Good science dictates we can’t tell you exactly what we are studying (e.g. motivation), but we can tell you that the things we are interested in learning more about are v

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The Zappos Experience: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW Joseph A. Michelli McGraw-Hill (2011) Happiness should – and CAN – be an experience shared by everyone involved I have read and reviewed all of Joseph A. Michelli’s previous books and consider each a unique and brilliant achievement. They feature, indeed celebrate organizational excellence that [.].

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Participate in the Thinkers50 Summit

Chartered Management Institute

The world’s leading business brains are gathering in London for the Thinkers50 Summit, a world-class management conference and awards celebrating the best and brightest global management thinkers. The biennial global ranking is a guide to which thinkers and ideas are in – and which have been consigned to business history. So which thinkers make the grade in the 2011?

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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The Art of Consistent Community Moderation

Managing Communities

photo credit: Lars P. In my last article, I discussed the danger of letting community guideline violations slide and how, if you let a violation go without the proper attention, you may be risking one of the most important elements of community management: consistency. On Google+, Justin Kozuch, Lead Researcher at Pixel to Product, Community [.].

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What is your #management "brand?"

Management Craft

I was talking with someone about a potential project last week and she asked me what is most unique about how we work and approach the discipline of OD. It reminded me that this is one of my favorite things to learn about manager - their unique approach to management. Their management brand. You all have one. If I were talking to your boss and team, I might ask what your greatest contribution had been over the last year.

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5 Ways to Get Exercise Without Going to the Gym

Deep Imprints

If you saw my post this weekend, Because I’m Worth it , you know that I’m working on having a body that will let me be active for a few more decades. To this end, I thought we’d take a look (probably once a week) at healthy options. Enjoy our guest post today by Richard Murphy, MS, ACSM-HFS, Manager, Exercise & Movement, Church Health Center Wellness: For most of us, it is no secret that we need to move more to be healthy.

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Why are we still so obsessed with 'putting the hours in'?

Chartered Management Institute

A survey of 300 companies conducted recently revealed that nearly 2/3 of employees had been asked to put in ever more hours over the last three years, as the recession stumbles from crisis to crisis.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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The Business of Innovation – The Responsibility Revolution

Strategy Driven

Innovation is the introduction of new things or methods and is the life blood of business today. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The challenge before leaders is how to inspire their workforce to use the full measure of their creative power to advance the organization in new and better ways. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM.

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10 Questions to Assess the Health of a Leader

Ron Edmondson

I work with a lot of church leaders. One thing I’ve discovered, if they let me get close enough inside their real world, is that many are hurting. They are facing burnout. They are tired. Many are worn down from carrying the stress of everyone else, yet finding few people they can trust with whom to share their burdens. They face the pressure of dysfunctional leadership and the loneliness of being a leader.

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Creating Powerful Communications #CIPD11

Rapid BI

Every year at this and other conferences like it, there is a mix of good, bad and ugly speakers and sessions, and then amongst the “good” hides THE session. This is “THE” session which delivers more than people expect at a professional conference, and this IMHO was the session from CIPD11.

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Leadership Quality #4 - Be Competent

My Own Coach

'Simply put, a great leader knows and understands his or her job. "To enlist in another''s cause, we must believe that person knows what he or she is doing. We must see the person as capable and effective. If we doubt the leader''s abilities, we are unlikely to enlist in the crusade." ~ Kouzes and Posner A leader does what needs to be done, when it needs to be done and to the best it can be done.every time!

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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How to Think Creatively

Harvard Business Review

I grew up hungry to do something creative, to set myself apart. I also believed creativity was magical and genetically encoded. As early as the age of 8, I began sampling the arts, one after another, to see if I'd inherited some gift. Eventually, I became a journalist. For many years, I told other people's stories. I was successful, but I rarely felt truly creative.

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Five Questions to Make Sure that You Understand Others Correctly

The Recovering Engineer

Have you ever taken an action – either immediately or at some later time – based on what you heard someone say only to find out after you acted (or spoke) that you did not accurately understand their statement or request? So far, everyone I have asked this question in a face-to-face conversation answers pretty much the same way. In effect, they all say: “Yes, of course I have.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Who is the most influential living management thinker? That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. The results for 2011 are published today — 14 November. But does the ranking or the ideas it celebrates really matter? It's a fair question. In an age of awards overkill, it is tempting to see the ranking as just another example of hubris in the business world.

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Is Your Culture by Default or by Design?

The Practical Leader

We’re continuing to get feedback, questions, and comments about culture development following my 60 minute webcast on November 4. If you missed the whirlwind “city bus tour,” you can view the archived presentation (my animated slides synchronized with the audio track) at Leading a Peak Performance Culture. One viewer sent me a good question after the webcast: “Do you believe an organization has one type of culture throughout the entire organization/company, or do you beli

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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A Case Study in Strategic Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Seven years ago, Bank of America launched Neighborhood Builders ®, a program that provides grants and, more importantly, leadership training to managers of "high-potential" non-profit organizations in the communities where the bank does business. The rationale was straight-forward: thriving neighborhood groups create more vibrant places to live and work, which translates into a better environment for lending and investing.

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Manufacturing's New Innovation Labs

Harvard Business Review

In what now seems a distant past, company research facilities like Xerox PARC and Bell Labs fueled innovation and growth for dominant American manufacturing firms. As the pace of technological change has quickened and the costs of R&D have grown, that model has ceased to work. Meanwhile, global competition has intensified the imperative to innovate; even long-standing manufacturing companies, such as Parker Hannifin, Timken, Kennametal, and United Technologies, strive to have 20% or more of thei

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Getting Japanese Women Back on Track

Harvard Business Review

This post was written with Laura Sherbin, a senior vice president and the director of research at the Center for Work-Life Policy. Japan's economic health is threatened. Not just by an ongoing recession and March's disastrous earthquake and tsunami, but by an aging population that is decimating the workforce. If ever a country needed a breakthrough idea for productivity, it's now.

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Better Project Staffing with Social Technology

Harvard Business Review

Asking a colleague, "Do you have bandwidth to work on this project?," has long been a mysterious and even perilous activity in knowledge-based organizations. Project timetables, deliverables, and scope can unexpectedly change. Some colleagues just can't say no , even when they are already oversubscribed. Others automatically say no because they're holding out for more interesting opportunities, or ones that advance their careers.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.