Wed.Feb 15, 2012

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Step Away from Your Devices During Meetings

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Today’s world is an electronically connected one. It is rare to escape it all. However, there are times our full attention is needed, and meetings are one of those times. Here is what is happening. As people walk into the meeting, they have their laptops in hand. They sit down, and up go the lids. [.].

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The Inner World of the Leader: On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries

Leading Blog

Why do organizations attempt to function on the basis that executives are logical, rational, dependable human beings? And why does the belief persist that management is a rational task performed by rational people according to rational organizational objectives? These are just a couple of the questions and myths that Manfred Kets de Vries grapples with in his series, On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries.

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Top 10 Excuses for Being a Lousy Manager

Great Leadership By Dan

Throughout the course of my career in leadership development, I’ve had the opportunity to confront, counsel, and console a lot of bad managers. As an HR manager, I sometimes had to discipline or even fire bad managers. But those cases were the extreme ones. More often, it was as a result of a manager receiving a rough 360 assessment. Or, in the case of developing executives, it may have been a last ditch attempt to save a derailed senior manager by convincing them to work with an executive coach

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How to Stop Drifting and Find Focus

Leadership Freak

** Life is a journey but you’re drifting unless you define your destination. The same is true for organizations. The first step toward success is defining it. Too eager to do: Activity seduces. Leaders easily fall into the “Let’s just go do something” trap. Activity without destination is futility. Eager to do: The choice between [.].

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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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Becoming “Business Leader Future”

Leading in Context

"Business Leader Future" Post Struck a Chord With Readers The response to the February 1, 2012 post "Business Leader Future: A Sketch" has been overwhelming. Thanks so much to all of you who retweeted, commented on and shared it on your favorite social media channels. At the end of this post is a visual story, via Storify, of selected reader comments.

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Ten Years of Joy

Persuasive Powerhouse

I hope you don’t mind if I selfishly reflect on ten years (this month) since my life transformed and I began the work of an executive coach. In a way, this is my way of celebrating and recapping the freedom and joy I’ve felt in that time; not to mention the opportunity to work with some amazing leaders, regaining my faith that our organizations are on the right path.

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Social Loafing

CO2

Lots of leaders espouse the value of teamwork , but the quality and quantity of work that teams generate depends a lot on how teams are constructed and evaluated. In 1913, Max Ringelmann discovered that men pulled harder on a rope when they were alone than when they were in the group. The more people in the group, the less each individual pulled. Psychologists call this phenomenon “Social Loafing” The larger the group, the more anonymous we feel.

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VIDEO: Got A Minute? #3

Tim Milburn

You won’t grow your influence by trying to get people to be impressed by you. It’s more about being impressed with them. If you’ve got a minute, then hit play to find out this week’s tip to increase your influence. Got A Minute? #3 – The Most Interesting Person In The Room. Got A Minute #3 from tim milburn on Vimeo. Related posts: Video: Got A Minute?

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Book Review: Who’s in the Room

LDRLB

There’s an unpopular phenomenon in group dynamics called in-group out-group. I call it unpopular not because it isn’t well-known (it is) but because it seems like everyone who knows about it is against it. Even the original researchers behind in-group out-group (and it’s complement Leader-Member Exchange theory) offer that organizations shouldn’t work this way.

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The Fourth Turning: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny William Strauss and Neil Howe Broadway Books (199 “To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:” Ecclesiastes First, I am grateful to Chris Snook for highly recommending this book. Also, I acknowledge [.].

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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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Factors That Help or Hinder Change

Change Starts Here

When planning for change, it helps to identify factors that may hinder change. At the same time, it is important not to forget the factors that may support the change. You often find factors that help or hinder change in the same places. Consider the following examples of types of factors that might affect your change initiative both positively or negatively: Culture.

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Fast Company magazine’s “Top 10? of the 50 most innovative companies

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is Fast Company magazine’s “Top 10″ of the 50 most innovative companies: 1. Apple For walking the talk 2. Facebook For 800 million reasons to share 3. Google For expanding its hit lineup 4. Amazon For playing the long game 5. Square For making magic out of the mercantile 6. Twitter For amplifying the [.].

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Beware Professional Performance Drift

Management Excellence

The concept of performance drift (for professionals) is wonderfully outlined by John Hamm, writing in his recently published book, Unusually Excellent: The Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership.

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DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation Edgar H. Schein Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2003) Note: I recently re-read this book and was amazed by how relevant its author’s insights continue to be. MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Edgar Schein does a marvelous job telling the story of the rise [.].

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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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Book Review: Who’s in the Room

LDRLB

'There’s an unpopular phenomenon in group dynamics called in-group out-group. I call it unpopular not because it isn’t well-known (it is) but because it seems like everyone who knows about it is against it. Even the original researchers behind in-group out-group (and it’s complement Leader-Member Exchange theory) offer that organizations shouldn’t work this way.

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Sustainability: Do’s & Don’ts

First Friday Book Synopsis

As Jeremy Hope and Steve Player explain in Beyond Performance Measurement: Why, When, and How to use 40 Tools and Best Practices for Superior Business Performance, sustainability is not a passing fad. “Nor is it a public relations exercise. It offers a host of new opportunities to reduce waste, cut costs, and develop new and [.].

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Do You Have Answers?

Deep Imprints

Have you ever considered your own questions? Have you wondered if people really care about your answers? Today, two things hit my desk that I want to share. First, Ronna Detrick’s truth telling tip of the week. In this, Ronna points out that our ‘truth’, or the reality of where we are in life, is not just wrapped up in our answers.

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Vote for the World’s Top Leadership Gurus

The Practical Leader

Last spring I was pleasantly surprised to be included in the World’s Top 30 Leadership Gurus for 2011. It’s an honor to be included with the leadership leaders who have inspired and taught me such as Warren Bennis, Tom Peter, Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, and Rosebeth Moss Kanter. Voting is now underway for the 2012 rankings.

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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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5 Ways to Take Back a Delegated Project

Ron Edmondson

I’m a fan of delegation. In fact, I consider myself somewhat of a professional delegator, if there is such a thing. I certainly love to delegate. If you want to read more of my thoughts on delegation, consider: 5 Reasons Delegation Fails. No Dumping: 5 Keys to Effective Delegation. 4 Critical Aspects of Delegation. 4 “Easy” Steps to Delegation.

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Beware of the overdraft protection

Rajesh Setty

An overdraft protection is a feature of a checking account in a bank. It allows an account holder to withdraw money even if that would mean the balance will go below zero. It is as good as the bank giving you an instant (very high interest) loan. With an overdraft protection, one can not only avoid a bounced-check fee but also the embarrassment of issuing a check that bounced.

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Leadership in a new world – changing demographics

Rapid BI

Leadership in a new world - changing demographics For many people in business part of their target audience (or suppliers) are startups, but do you know and understand their demographics? For many of us we have suspected that the demographic of new b.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago, Brad Anderson , then CEO of Best Buy, told me something both provocative and profound. We were discussing what he looked for in selecting someone for a C-suite level role. Among other skills, he wanted to find executives who had the wisdom to know when the organization needed to be fundamentally changed and shaken up — and when the organization needed time to incorporate prior changes.

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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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Leadership in a new world – changing demographics

Rapid BI

Leadership in a new world - changing demographics For many people in business part of their target audience (or suppliers) are startups, but do you know and understand their demographics? For many of us we have suspected that the demographic of new b.

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Why Some Ads Go Viral and Others Don't

Harvard Business Review

Thales Teixeira , Harvard Business School professor, explains what makes us want to watch—and share—certain commercials. For more, go to the article The New Science of Viral Ads.

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Ethical Dilemmas: Free Choice or Corporate Memes

Coaching Tip

In " Giving Voice to Values ," author Mary C. Gentile asks, "Is there free will in business?". If you don't believe there is "free will" where you conduct business, you will have little control over your workplace actions. A good example of a corporate meme expressed during the financial crisis (even as the subprime crisis worsened) by Charles Prince, former CEO of Citigroup: "As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance," he said.

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East Meets West: Who Has Better Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

I recently returned from a trip to Beijing where I was working with senior managers to develop leadership skills in one of the largest companies in the world. This is a truly global firm, with headquarters in China and the U.S., and most of its leaders are native to their respective countries. As part of the process, I was using a 360-degree feedback instrument to provide insights on the strengths of each leader, which in this context provided something of a cross-cultural view into how employee

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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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Executive Time Management

Coaching Tip

What do chief executives do all day? It really is what it seems: They spend about a third of their work time in meetings. That is one of the central findings of a team of scholars from London School of Economics and Harvard Business School , who have burrowed into the day-to-day schedules of more than 500 CEOs from around the world with hopes of determining exactly how they organize their time—and how that affects the performance and management of their firms.

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Welcome to the American Competitiveness Insight Center

Harvard Business Review

One of the pleasures of my job is that it requires me to travel abroad several times a year. These trips are always an opportunity to observe and reflect on where the United States stands relative to the rest of the world. The good news, as I write in an introductory essay in this month's special issue of Harvard Business Review , is that the rest of the world is rooting for the U.S. to retain its status as an economic leader.

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Are Your Supervisors Driving Away Your Employees?

Eric Jacobson

One section in Richard Finnegan's book called, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , compares traditional thinking versus new ways to think about retention and the vital role supervisors play in retaining employees. For example: Traditional Thinking : Human Resources-driven programs like pay and recognition are essential for retention. Rethinking Retention : Ineffective supervisors trump programs and drive turnover.

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What's Next For Guangdong?

Harvard Business Review

There are news reports almost every day about factories downing their shutters in Guangdong, one of China's most populous and prosperous provinces. Some are shutting down because the companies that own them are going bankrupt, while other corporations are moving inland. For instance, shoe-manufacturer Guangzhou Constant has relocated its manufacturing facility to Yongzhou in Hunan, lured by tax breaks and by the prospect of wage costs that are between 15% and 20% lower.

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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.