Fri.Dec 30, 2011

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What Do Frogs Have To Do with Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development “Once upon a time, two frogs were sitting on a log in the middle of a lake, and one frog decided to jump off, how many frogs were left sitting on the log?” Answer: Two frogs. Why? The same reason only 3% of the population set and actually achieve their goals or maintain positive, well-intentioned [.].

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Creating a Life of Opportunity

Leadership Freak

Life without opportunities is dull and unfulfilling. Lost opportunities discourage; lack of opportunities defeat. We’ve all heard people wishing they had more opportunities. This happens for two reasons. Comparing our opportunities with others makes us want what others have. Envy and greed are, however, partners with emptiness and frustration. Wrong-headed thinking about opportunities.

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Achievement vs. Success

Kevin Eikenberry

Helen Hayes is best known as a legendary actress. Today’s quotation shows her to be more than a talented pretty face, but someone who was wise, at least in part, because she listened to her mother (which I’ve generally found to be pretty good advice, in itself). “My mother drew a distinction between achievement and [.].

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Top 10 Servant Leadership Tweeters in 2011

Modern Servant Leader

Part of my mission is to spread servant leadership awareness. Therefore, I greatly appreciate folks on Twitter who spread servant leadership content. Last year, I highlighted 5 individuals to whom I was especially grateful for their ongoing support and promotion of these principles. This year, I’ve expanded the list to 10 and created a more formal recognition.

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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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Leadership Lessons from 2011

Next Level Blog

Wow, what a year this has been for good, bad, maddening and inspiring examples of leadership. In his column today, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius makes the case that historians will look back on 2011 as a “hinge” – a year in which momentous events set the stage for major changes in the future.The challenge in writing an end of year recap on the leadership lessons to be learned for a year like this is deciding what not to write about.

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Pleasant Website = More, Happier Customers

Women on Business

Guest Post by Barbara Austin. You could say there are two kinds of websites: those that are enjoyable, and those that are downright painful to use. The more pleasant the site, the more we tend to gravitate toward it, spending more time there and going back more often. So how can you ensure that your website is providing that positive experience, as opposed to making your customers want to pull their hair out?

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Verizon Are You Listening?

Women on Business

As of January 15 th Verizon will start charging its customers a $2.00 convenience fee for paying their bills on-line via a credit card. Now as a Verizon customer myself for my home and business, let me address all the ways that this situation was mishandled and hopefully give a summary of how customers don’t want to be treated. Don’t spring change on your customers.

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Helping Leaders Communicate Well

Coaching Tip

The Internet has changed the way we communicate. We used to have many more face-to-face conversations and organization meetings in physical locations. Today, we primarily communicate by email, texting and voice communication using the Internet. It all started when a high school friend put the @ in person-to-person communication. Back in October 1971, when an engineer (i.e. we both went to the same small high school in Upstate New York during the late 1950s) named Ray Tomlinson chose the '@'

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Getting The Best Out Of Your Staff

Women on Business

Guest post by Rebecca of chillsauce. The key to being a great manager is to monitor your staff’s performance, identify strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately make sure your team is working productively. There are many approaches to motivating your staff and rewarding them for hard work and success, from a mention in a meeting or in a internal publication to a promotion in the company hierarchy.

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Favorites of 2011: Team Building, Leadership & Innovation Blog Articles

Mike Cardus

With the end of the year approaching, this week is a great to share some of my favorites of 2011. Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/28/11 – Images used in presentations & Articles. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). 12/30/11 – Blog article. 12/31/11 – NEW YEARS! Favorite Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles 2011.

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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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Self-Forgiveness Is Key to a Strong Self-Image

Your Voice of Encouragement

When someone else inflicts physical or emotional pain on you, you may react in a variety of ways: anger, lashing out, silence, or withdrawal. If you’re not careful, a deep-seated resentment can take hold. And when that happens, your relationship suffers a potentially devastating blow. The secret to moving past the pain is forgiveness, recognizing that the other person is fallible and deserves to have another chance.

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The Perfectionist’s Handbook: A book review b y Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Perfectionist’s Handbook: Take Risks, Invite Criticism, and Make the Most of Your Mistakes Jeff Szymanski John Wiley & Sons (2011) A brilliant analysis of the differences between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism I agree with Jeff Szymanski that perfection is best viewed as an on-going process rather than as an ultimate destination. As he observes, [.].

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10 places to look for leading into 2012 – some a bit off the hook

Anese Cavanaugh

Today I hosted a group of business owners, at my office in Rocklin, for my Biz 2012 Intention Event. A whole morning of reflecting on 2011, looking into 2012, and setting intentions for what we’ll be celebrating and discussing NEXT year at this time. (After all, if you set INTENTIONS for what you want – and act of course, you’re more likely to be celebrating those same things later.).

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Best of Management Excellence: Trying Not to Fail is Not the Same as Striving for Success

Management Excellence

When we focus on not failing, fear rents most of the space in our mind, and we see monsters in need of slaying everywhere we turn. We lose track of the original vision that propelled our actions, and the sheer act of working becomes at best a passionless exercise and at worst, drudgery. Here are some thoughts as you head into the new year on rediscovering your sense of purpose in the workplace.

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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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Never mind resolutions - what one big thing would make a difference?

Chartered Management Institute

We live in complex times, with much changing globally around us every day it seems. So, I wonder how relevant New Year's Resolutions will be this year? Of course, some will always be, but those related to our work may be more critical - more like "urgent and important" tasks on our never ending to-do list.

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From SMART to WACKY goals

Rapid BI

Setting Wacky Goals - These WACKY goals are generally my over-arching long-range life goals so they will certainly contain lots of mini-goal stages - that's fine - many small steps will add up to a huge journey.

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Fast Friday with Ayn Rand, author and philosopher

Roundtable Talk

As this year comes to a close, it’s often a time for reflection and to start to think about how 2012 is going to be your next big year. In reflection of some themes I’ve been thinking about, the fast Friday quote of the week this week comes from Russian/American philosopher and author of Atlas Shrugged , Ayn Rand : “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”.

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Today’s Links on ecademy

Rapid BI

Business Journal – looking back on 2011 This is a great series of images from 2011 from the Business Journal Which is your fav? Turkey, men in suits, Hawaiian shirts, Sesame Street…? Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: @rapidbi Predictions for 2012… or are they? Here are some of the current predictions for 2012 – worth a [.].

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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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Fast Friday with Ayn Rand, author and philosopher

Roundtable Talk

As this year comes to a close, it’s often a time for reflection and to start to think about how 2012 is going to be your next big year. In reflection of some themes I’ve been thinking about, the fast Friday quote of the week this week comes from Russian/American philosopher and author of Atlas Shrugged , Ayn Rand : “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”.

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Developing Mindful Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Organizations invest billions annually on a success curriculum known as "leadership development," which ends up leaving so much on the table. Training and development programs almost universally focus factory-like on inputs and outputs — absorb curriculum, check a box; learn a skill, advance a rung; submit to assessment, fix a problem. Likewise, they leave too many people behind with an elite selection process that fast-tracks "hi-pos" and essentially discards the rest.

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Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders

Harvard Business Review

As the New Year approaches, people will be making resolutions to eat better, exercise more, get that promotion at work, or spend more time with their families. While these are worthwhile goals, we have a more important challenge for young people: Think seriously about your development as a leader. These are tough times. Many leaders of the baby boomer generation have failed in their responsibilities by placing their self-interest ahead of their organizations.

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Networking for Survival

Harvard Business Review

We think about networking as a very modern notion, with our accumulation of virtual "friends," "followers," and people-who-might-be-useful-to-us-someday. To me, it is just an extension of what my people, my family have been doing since 70 AD — making critical connections that enable both our survival. The tools may have changed, but our reliance on the network has not.

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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.