Thu.Feb 16, 2012

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Why Influence Matters

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Leadership without influence – isn’t. In fact, understanding how to leverage the influence factor can make a defining difference in your ability to drive change, build cohesive teams, and to successfully implement strategic vision. As a CEO or entrepreneur your “Influence Quotient” is the IQ you need to pay attention to, as it will be a much greater determinant of your ultimate success than your “Intelligence Quotient” could ever be.

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5 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Workshops Fail

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues In the 1990’s, Daniel Goleman and other authors introduced and popularized the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Goleman, in particular, suggested that EI includes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002). Researchers studied and successfully promoted the notion that EI is critical to personal and professional success.

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What a Top Chef Knows About Organizational Development – Lessons from Jose Andres

Next Level Blog

Foodies in Washington, D.C., know all about Jose Andres, the award-winning chef who popularized Spanish style tapas dining in America. Andres arrived in the United States from Spain in 1993 and opened his first restaurant, Jaleo, that year. Today, he is the CEO of Think Food Group and the mastermind behind eight restaurant concepts with locations in D.C., Los Angeles.

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Diamonds in the rough: How to recognize your star employees

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development SmartBlog for Leadership [link] What if a diamond in the rough could bring your organization a fresh perspective and ideas that increased customer satisfaction, teamwork, efficiency, employee retention or profitability? Read today’s SmartBlog for Leadership by Chery Gegelman, president of Giana Consulting LLC, an organizational development company that seeks to be a source of light, help and understanding so [.].

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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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Deliver Life-Changing Presentations Every Time.

Rich Gee Group

What would happen to your career if you gave life-changing presentations?

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Fixing the Reason Vision Casting Flopps

Leadership Freak

Image source Casting vision to hopeless people is like feeding cake to the dead. The greatest vision in the world is meaningless in the absence of hope. It’s more important to build hope than it is to cast vision. Hope builds confidence. Confident people dare to act. The Gift: Fear rules where hope sleeps. Giving [.].

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How to Use Facebook to Build Your Email List

Women on Business

Facebook can be a fabulous tool for building your business, finding new customers and even building your email list. IF you know how to use it. It’s all fine and good to get lots of fans on Facebook, but chances are most of those fans don’t read your updates. You probably get lost amongst all the other stuff coming through on Facebook. So it’s not a very reliable way to keep in touch with your audience, especially when you have something that you really want them to see and read!

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Elizabeth & Hazel, 2 Women from Little Rock; Inherently Unequal – Can we talk about racism?

First Friday Book Synopsis

Can we talk about racism? At noon today, I will present my synopsis of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women from Little Rock by David Margolick. Two weeks ago, I presented my synopsis of Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Unequal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 by Lawrence Goldstone. I did not enjoy reading either book. [.].

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Fixing the Reason Vision Casting Flopps

Leadership Freak

Image source Casting vision to hopeless people is like feeding cake to the dead. The greatest vision in the world is meaningless in the absence of hope. It’s more important to build hope than it is to cast vision. Hope builds confidence. Confident people dare to act. The Gift: Fear rules where hope sleeps. Giving [.].

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when you think you have to work harder…you’re probably wrong.

Anese Cavanaugh

In working with clients, I get to observe some of the biggest beliefs that get in the way of positive, effective and joyful leadership. One of these beliefs is “If I work harder, I’ll have more success, and I’ll be happier.” “If I just push through this… ” Not so true. People sometimes think it woo woo when I talk about “leading one’s energy intentionally and holding their space” – but this is actually one of the places this comes

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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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Find What Works and do More of it. Resistance is Futile

Mike Cardus

From a discussion and blog comments back and forth with friend and TeamBuilding colleague Anne Thornley Brown of Executive Oasis , then to a Girl Scout program I volunteered some time with for friend Tracy Diina …. Got me thinking about Team Building & Leadership how to make an impact; Making teams and leaders better, through improved team processes and individual effectiveness.

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More Terrific Quotations!

First Friday Book Synopsis

One of the several joys of reading a wide variety of books is that their authors share quotations that were previously unfamiliar and are worthy of inclusion with those chestnuts from the usual sources such as Sun Tzu, St. Paul, William Shakespeare, and Yogi Berra. “Only those who take leisurely what the people of the [.].

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Introducing the Concept of a Money View

Chris Brady

How we are doing financially has a lot to do with how we think, or the construct we've built up in our minds to interpret all things dealing with money. It's similar to a World View, which is a. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Grow: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Great Companies Jim Stengel Crown Business (2011) How and why “maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.” Jim Stengel begins the first chapter with two separate but related questions: “What makes a business grow beyond the competition? What powers an enterprise to [.].

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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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Let’s Meet at South by Southwest Interactive 2012

Managing Communities

For the fifth consecutive year, I am fortunate enough to be speaking at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. What’s different this year is that I will be on a panel for the first time, following two book readings, one Core Conversation (an audience focused presentation by 1 or 2 people) and one solo [.].

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Getting your life to click

Deep Imprints

What is it about life – sometimes you go through day after day and nothing changes. There are a few tricks that will help you get focus. 1. Figure out what your focus is. What is your life about? If you looked at everything you do, what would it all boil down to? Are you all about being mom? All about being wife? What is your one focus? All about serving God?

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New service: ‘Borrow’ an ebook for your iPad or e-book reader from the CMI Library

Chartered Management Institute

We have just launched a new service for CMI members. You can now download selected ebooks from our library for a two-week loan period. Related Content: New ebooks for the CMI library - tell us what we should be ordering Leadership – what’s the problem? Professional reading on the train: sad – or the mark of a professional? Books added to the library in March Review books in the CMI library.

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7 Ways to be a Prolific Blogger

Ron Edmondson

I’m often asked how I manage to blog as often as I do. I’ve been referred to as a “prolific blogger” I’ll be honest, I had to look up the word prolific to make sure I was okay with being one , but I guess I do “produce many works” as the definition contends. It may not be as difficult as it seems. I’ve been “prolific” in daily writing for over 15 years.

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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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Why Must your Business go "Social"

Rapid BI

Why Must your Business go "Social" Because I have been using social tools both to "do" business and to grow and market my business I believe it is a critical way forward, and yet almost every day and in many meetings I meet people that just "don't get.

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5 tips for communicating your vision & strategy

My Own Coach

'As a leader, it is your role to map out a vision for others to follow, whether that be for your organisation, department or team. But how do you communicate that vision effectively? Here are some tips: Use visuals The old saying of " a picture tells a thousand words " is so true. Use the visual toillustrate where you are now and where you need to be so that your team can build up a clear picture.

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Why Must your Business go "Social"

Rapid BI

Why Must your Business go "Social" Because I have been using social tools both to "do" business and to grow and market my business I believe it is a critical way forward, and yet almost every day and in many meetings I meet people that just "don't get.

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Don't Dismiss Your Gen X Talent

Harvard Business Review

Is the tide finally turning? The Labor Department recently reported that the number of Americans quitting their jobs has begun to rise. Although the number is still quite low, it is a tentative sign that labor market mobility, which had petrified during the recession, has started to recover. Employers trusting a stagnant economy to keep top talent from leaving would do well to pay attention.

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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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The Secret To LIN-SPIRATIONAL Leadership

Tim Milburn

Jeremy Lin has captured the attention of the sports world in dramatic fashion. Some are comparing the phenomenon to the media frenzy that surrounded Tim Tebow during the heart of the NFL season. But apart from both of them being great human beings who are well-spoken in their Christian faith – these are different stories. Lin plays for the New York Knicks as a back-up point guard.

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Why We Use Social Media in Our Personal Lives — But Not for Work

Harvard Business Review

"We've spent a fortune on collaborative technology, but no one is using it. or if they are, it's for purely social, non-productive activities.". Sound familiar? It's a lament I've heard many times from organizations over the past several years. Most leaders are sold on the tremendous potential new collaborative technologies present to change the way work gets done: increasing productivity, stimulating innovation, and enhancing employee engagement.

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Corporate Leadership Is Still All About the Boys

Harvard Business Review

Two consecutive interviews I did last week, one with a man and the other with a woman, seemed to sum up where both sides stand in the gender debate. Was there any business benefit, I asked them, to having gender balanced leadership in their company? Man: "No. It's just a question of meritocracy.". Woman: "Yes. It's a question of meritocracy.". So there you have it: The gender divide on the interpretation of current corporate reality.

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Nature, Nurture, Know-How

Harvard Business Review

I feel privileged to have had some amazing experiences in my work with top performers in business, sports, and the military. I've always been intrigued by exactly what sets these people aside from those who don't make it to the top. More recently, I've become especially interested in what enables them to stay at the top when they get there. Sustainability and longevity as a global leader, in particular, has never been in more jeopardy, and the next generation will need to heed the harsh lessons

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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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The Twin Engines of All Great Companies

Harvard Business Review

Passing through an airport lounge the other day, I saw television images of Greek, Italian and Spanish legislators debating austerity plans, interspersed with pictures of the rioters in Athens. In the UK, the prime minister was claiming that the country was not drifting into a second recession — yet. And U.S. politicians were squabbling over whether we were still in a "jobless recovery.

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Why Off-Sites Should Go Virtual

Harvard Business Review

When I was the chief marketing officer at Deloitte & Touche, we would have our annual leadership off-site in Las Vegas or Orlando. I remember people practicing their presentations far into the night, and the next day we'd sit for hours in uncomfortable chairs in a huge room listening to our leadership talk about the future of the business. Looking back at those meetings, I have to wonder: Were they truly effective?

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The Market that Needs a Market Maker

Harvard Business Review

Do you wonder why there were an average of 8 million jobs posted online in the U.S. every month of last year, while 13 million people continued to search for work during the exact same months? The reason is that the U.S. — along with just about every other country — is suffering from a talent mismatch: employers cannot find individuals with the skills and capabilities they need, where and when they need them.

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When Should You Tell Your Boss You're Pregnant?

Harvard Business Review

An interview with Tiziana Casciaro and Lotte Bailyn on the HBR case study When to Make Private News Public. Tiziana is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Rotman School of Management and Lotte is the author of Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives. Download this podcast.

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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.