Sat.May 21, 2011 - Fri.May 27, 2011

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A Leader’s Biggest Credibility Killer (And Hardest Lesson)

Terry Starbucker

You’ve worked hard to build the right team. You’ve put in a lot of hours process-building, training, goal-setting, and motivating. But the wheels still aren’t turning. Productivity is lagging. Something’s wrong. There’s an undercurrent of dissatisfaction that is palpable. So you try pushing harder – and it only gets worse.

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Graceful Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Graceful by Seth Godin is the best $3 you will spend this year! I’m serious. The author quickly takes you through a series of ideas created to help you move individually from defensive, zero-sum, factory-style of leadership to a new gift-based, positive-sum, community-style model. Position It used to be that leaders were the people “in [.

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Not All Research is Valid Research

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. I just finished reading a post by Jennifer Miller that pointed out the benefits of MBWA (Management By Walking Around – classic Tom Peters) where Jennifer provided 8 valuable tips for making walking around more productive. MBWA is both a practical and productive use of time for a CEO. I respect Jennifer’s work and find no flaw whatsoever in her encouragement to CEOs to spend more time with their employees and directors.

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5 Leadership Lessons: Redesigning Leadership

Leading Blog

John Maeda is the president of the Rhode Island School of Design. In Redesigning Leadership , he—with co-author Becky Bermont—pulls the leadership lessons from the ups and downs of his time there. In his transition from MIT to RISD he found that the two words “free pizza” were a powerful motivator to convene large numbers of students. “Making people work together can be fairly challenging, but getting them to eat together is somehow vastly easier.

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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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Six Words That Will Save You Time, Effort, and Money – and Preserve Your Sanity

Terry Starbucker

There’s nothing more gut wrenching for a leader than screwing up, but there’s something far worse out there – the consequences of screwing up, if it isn’t handled it the right way. What do I mean by that? A situation where we just can’t bring ourselves to concede that a mistake was made in the first place, which leads to attempts to work around it, ignore it, or plow right ahead.

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5 Words to Make Yourself Heard – a.k.a. Department of Redundancy Department

Lead Change Blog

There’s an ancient story about an entire nation that comes together for one, singular purpose. They’re going to build a city. It would be a city like no other, a place where people could come together, a place where every individual could find work, raise a family and build a life. It can be argued [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Got Drama?

Leading Blog

You can’t stop The Drama. There will always be drama. But that’s not the problem says Marlene Chism, author of Stop Workplace Drama. “The amount of time you stay in the drama—and the effort you put toward it— is the problem. Complaints, excuses, and regrets only serve to keep the drama alive.” Your drama—what you add to The Drama—is the problem. Chism defines drama as “any obstacle to your peace and prosperity.

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Inc Magazine’s 10 Tips on How to Research Your Competition

Women on Business

Inc. Magazine recently ran a piece titled, “10 Tips on How to Research Your Competition.&# If Tweets, Likes and LinkedIn Shares are any indication, this piece by Darren Dahl, has generated quite an online buzz. Must be a compelling topic… The interest and importance of researching your competition is a no-brainer. Obviously it’s important, no matter what industry you’re in, what you’re selling or who you’re selling to.

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8 Ways for CEOs to Tap Their Insiders

Lead Change Blog

The concept of MBWA still has legs. Here’s how to capitalize on it. How much time should a CEO spend interacting with company employees versus external partners? More than you might think, according to research conducted by the Harvard Business School faculty. There is evidence interacting with “insiders” (employees and their board of directors) is [.

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Are You Using What You Value in The Way You Lead?

Persuasive Powerhouse

What you value drives your behaviors. You can choose to be conscious of those values and purposeful in your behavior – or not. When you’re aware of the values that guide your decisions and actions, you are able to lead with clarity, align with your organization’s values, and can be more selfless – acting on values [.

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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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The Perfect Brand Slogan | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. The Perfect Brand Slogan. by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Most folks in the branding game will judge a proposed slogan or tag line by a defined set of objectives. In my day, I started with strategy. If a slogan did not communicate the brand’s strategic intent, it was a non-starter.

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Value for your Community

Women on Business

If you sell something to your community of clients, and they receive some measure of enjoyment, appreciation, usage, or some other measure of value out of your product or service, then you’re fulfilling the role your company exists to play. Entrepreneurs exist to create value for the economy: this is the primary benefit they offer. Without a special group of someones bringing good ideas to market, we would have none of the amenities and treats we take for granted today, like ice cream, clo

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Seven Ways to be a New Leader to Your Employees

Lead Change Blog

A “Best of&# post from Mary Schaefer’s blog, Reimaginework.com, Feb. 24, 2010 My colleague in leadership, Joe Gerstandt, and I sometimes exchange Q&A’s – the latest from Joe being: JOE: We both talk about new ways of leadership in our work…for you, what are some examples of what that actually looks like? MARY: Great question. [.

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Lead As If You're Still Going To Be Here

Next Level Blog

As I write this, it is Sunday afternoon and I'm happy to report that, contrary to a firm prediction from the founder of Family Radio, we're all still here. The world didn't end. I have to say that I. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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Help Others to Make You Look Great

Persuasive Powerhouse

Learning the balance between intervening in the work of your followers and letting go is a lifelong struggle for many leaders. When accused of micromanaging, I often hear managers say “It’s just easier to do it myself&# ; “My staff is too busy&# ; or “I’m the only one who knows how to do it&#. These [.

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Is your mind already made up? For the "worst"?

Jason Womack

I'm planning a life-long, dream trip to visit Normandy, France. I will arrive in Paris on 4 June, and make my way toward the coast. Since teaching high school history (starting in 1995) I have wanted to be in this area of the world on an anniversary of D-Day, June 6th. And now, I'm going to take this trip. Thanks for the photo. . Over the past month, I've been scheduling tours, renting cars, and finding places to sleep.

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Lead Change Book Project Summer 2011

Lead Change Blog

These are times to make a raucous noise. These are times to stand up and proclaim what it is you believe. It is time for us to come together in unison and to offer up better ways that can change the world. Such a noble goal is part of the inspiration for all of us [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Five Steps to Stay on TRACK With Your Delegation

Next Level Blog

Yesterday marked the beginning of another Next Level Leadership™ group coaching program with a cohort of high potential leaders at one of our client companies. One of the big events in the first day. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Leaders and Fairy Tales

Women on Business

We all grew up with Cinderella in our back pockets. And even those of us who brushed the story line aside as superficial and a waste of time still had a secret hope that Prince Charming would come to sweep us off our feet ( really, be honest, it is part of just about every little girl’s dream ). This is too perfect not to share. Were these pictures photo-shopped?

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Christine Lagarde – At the IMF, Could She Bring Some of that Change for the Better?

First Friday Book Synopsis

The chorus is support is growing for Christine Lagarde to lead the IMF. I think it is safe to say that a woman might be a wise choice after the apparently criminal, and despicable, inexcusable, utterly depraved behavior of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Yes, I know that he is innocent until proven guilty. But I’ve read the [.].

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Family Matters

Lead Change Blog

This is a re-print of Mike’s last post of 2010 on N2Growth.com. Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities are. Harry Lloyd Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Rush - Why You Need and Love the Rat Race

CEO Blog

Finally a book that vindicates me. Work is good. Competition is good. Relaxation is not the goal of life. Todd Buchholz wrote Rush - Why You Need and Love the Rat Race. The book has 3 parts. Part I explains scientifically why our brains are made for stress, competition and challenge. I like brain research and he covers that the stress reactions are "exciting" in the right part of the brain.

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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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Ethical Businesses Prevent Workplace Bullying

Leading in Context

There is a growing body of research across disciplines that shows that the impact of our interpersonal behavior as leaders is important than we ever imagined. The ways that we can help or harm people as a leader directly relate to the health of our businesses, and the well-being of our employees and co-workers.

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Making Trade Shows and Conferences Pay

Tony Mayo

Participating effectively in trade shows and conferences requires significant investment of time and treasure. I always encourage my clients to do only as many as they can afford to do thoroughly. What does “thoroughly&# mean? Essentially, have a plan and a purpose. Start early, months before the conference. Have the right people at the [.].

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Lead Change Authors on Smartblog Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Today, Smartblog on Leadership published the second post of a new relationship for Lead Change. Twice a month, a contributing author from Lead Change will write original content for the Smartbrief folks. The first post, by Jennifer Miller described some ways a leader can tell if they’re in touch with their team. The post today, [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Memorial Day Weekend Reprise

Next Level Blog

As we move into the unofficial beginning of Summer in the United States with the start of Memorial Day weekend, I want to give a reprise to a post I ran at the beginning of last year, What I. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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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3 habits to a more productive year

Jason Womack

Do you start each day with a plan for action? Most people do. Whether they make a to do list or leave emails in their inbox to work on throughout the day, they have some way to manage their tasks and projects. Each day, however, we manage more than just time. We manage conversations, meetings and interruptions. Have you ever noticed your productivity actually goes up the fewer times you’re interrupted during the day?

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

It was sure a great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blogs! With all the great posts this past week it was especially hard to narrow it down to just five to share. Here are five top notch blog posts from May 16th - 22nd, 2011 to get your week off to a great start. Enjoy! Tim Sanders, Sanders Says: How to Break the Jerk at Work - If there is one thing that almost all organizations have in common, regardless of location or industry, it is the presence of jerks amo

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Externalized Cost and Time Management

CEO Blog

I have been traveling a lot lately and have been highly frustrated with the process (so you know I was not flying private). It starts with driving to the airport. Indeterminate traffic/drive. Wasted 25 minutes for traffic. Then navigating the maze to find parking. Then line after line. Boarding pass (if not printed ahead or if there is a problem), customs, security, check in. 20 to 30 minutes depending on the time of day.

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Terminate Performance Reviews

Tony Mayo

Knowledge at Wharton published a very well-done summary article on the problems with and alternatives to the traditional annual performance review. Here are my favorite excerpts. “an overall performance management process — one that focuses on goal setting, feedback, coaching and clear statements of the company’s performance expectations — is absolutely critical&# and indeed, is [.].

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.