Fri.Sep 02, 2011

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Thoughts on Engagement at Compete For People

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Frank Wantland posted a creative piece over on his blog, Compete For People, about the importance of being truly involved and interested in the lives of the people employed by your organization. His perspective is more on the executive’s engagement than on the employee’s but he has an interesting story.

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The Truth about What’s Holding You Back

Leadership Freak

Every great start begins with a painful stop. The first step toward the right destination is to stop going in the wrong direction. Casting vision isn’t doing. Dreaming of how you want to change things won’t change them. You’re problem isn’t lack of dreaming – it’s lack of stopping. The first step after dreaming [.].

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Thought-full Thursday: Healthier Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. So take five and enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow. Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome! Live in rooms full of light Avoid heavy food [.

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Update Your Resume and Create Your Life Handbook

Women on Business

Did you know September is international “Update Your Resume Month&# ? I didn’t either…but it is! This press release by career coach and author, Ford R. Myers, offers five tips to develop attention-getting resumes: 1. Be Brief. 2. Be Specific. 3. Be Active. 4. Be Selective. 5. Be Honest. Taken like this, I think these five tips can apply to just about every facet of a women’s career.

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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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Real Progress

Tony Mayo

Philosophical endeavors turn in a constant circle, arriving again at a point where they have already been. Thereupon materials now lying in the dust can perhaps be processed into a magnificent structure. –Immanuel Kant, 1781 Critique of Pure Reason Progress exists only in the realm of what is ultimately unimportant for human existence. [.].

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Journaling - writing things down to deepen the thinking

Jason Womack

After posting a link to " The Things I 'Do' With My Journal " I've received a few questions via twitter @ jasonwomack - if you have another question, please do let me know! Following are some of the Q's and A's for you. Q1. Do you move your "next actions" from your journal to another digital list? Q2. What's the benefit you have in separating "ideas" and "next actions"?

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Photo Inquiry Friday: They are not Stupid They Just Don’t Know, What you Know

Mike Cardus

Work and adulthood is about pretending your know things you know nothing about as well as the continual fear that one day that your boss, subordinates, peers will find out that you are not as smart as you think you are. The good thing is they already know , read this great exploration of Asymmetric Insight from Your not so smart ; People know you better than you think and they are also better judges of your ability than you are.

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Closeout for 9.2.11

LDRLB

Every friday we review the posts from LeaderLab contributors that has appeared on this blog and elsewhere online. Here. Tim Vanderpyl examined the links between Creativity and Leadership. We shared a video interview with Daniel Goleman on the importance of leaders’ social intelligence. The next chapter of our series “A Brief History of Change&# reviewed the ADKAR model.

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Add Women, Get Smarter: What’s the Deal with Social Sensitivity?

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” To read the complete article, [.].

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In Case You Didn’t Have Enough to Worry About…

Management Excellence

Here’s my slightly serious, slightly tongue-in-cheek listing of things that are truly frightening and worth worrying about. Feel free to add your own.

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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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How to Become a Great Finisher

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Seeing a project through to completion is difficult for many people. Even those with the best intentions get bogged down in other projects, procrastinate, or lose steam. Keep [.].

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Debt Crisis - Should Equities Suffer?

Chartered Management Institute

We are witnessing the US and European debt situation unfolding and getting more complex by the day. Consequences will only be fully assessable in 10 years time. The reason: US has a decision-making problem at the legislative level that blocks the resolution of their debt crises however its ability to repay the debt is out of question. They can resolve it by either increasing revenue (taxes), which are by the way very modest comparing with some European countries, or reducing social benefits and/

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“That’s not fair!!!”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Small children scream at the top of their lungs what many adults feel on occasion. “Fair” is a highly subjective term, as in a game such as baseball. It’s also a relative term that, like beauty, is often in the eyes of the beholder. Here is a story I heard many years ago. It involves [.].

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How They Perceive You as a Leader…More Important…

Ron Edmondson

How your team sees you may be more important than who you are as a leader… Obviously character is most important… You’ll often be misunderstood… You can’t please everyone… Somedays as a leader…it seems you can’t please anyone… . The reality of the success of a leader, though, may depend more on how you are viewed by the people you lead than it does on what you do as a leader.

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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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Steve Jobs, World's Greatest Philanthropist

Harvard Business Review

A student at one of my talks on the nonprofit sector asked if I could name a for-profit company that was making a difference on the scale that nonprofits do. I said I'd be hard-pressed to name one that wasn't. Our youth are growing up with the strange notion that the only way to make a big difference in this world, or to be of service, is to work for a nonprofit organization, or become the next Bill Gates and establish a private foundation, or to start some kind of "social enterprise," often wit

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The Cost of Business

Women on Business

In our current situation many companies are cackling about how much money they have saving on services and are doing their fair share to keep pushing prices down. On the surface this savings looks good to many companies, but as soon as the economy turns around these services are going to go back to the increased costs they deserve and then what? Well in my years I have observed one thing that still holds true no matter what situation your business is in, you get what you pay for.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Getting the funds that you need from tight fisted management is an ongoing process. Cash outlays are justifiable either by dollars they bring in or dollars they stand to save for the organization. Cash outlays are always risks. Justify your risks in proportion to riskier ones they have previously funded. Validate your worth to the overall company operation.

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Exploiting Beauty in the Workplace

Harvard Business Review

Catherine Hakim, a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics, has shattered the last great taboo of the workplace: professional women should use their "erotic capital" — beauty, sex appeal, charm, dress sense, liveliness, and fitness — to get ahead at work. And rather than believing old notions that beauty has only a trivial, superficial value, women should change the way they use the "beauty premium" and not be ashamed of using it to get ahead.

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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.