Wed.Jun 29, 2011

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Leaders – Lapses in Judgment

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Over the last month and a half, two things caught my attention, namely the scandal with former IMF chief Dominique Strauss and the precipitous fall of former Congressman Anthony Weiner. Each of them has a long history of service in their respective fields and was well respected by their constituents. What happened?

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How to Hire & Manage Consultants

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. While you might be lucky enough to survive in business with little or no advice from others, you will certainly not maximize your potential for success by doing so. All CEOs and entrepreneurs need advice in a wide variety of constantly changing areas…That said, I’m always somewhat perplexed as to why people hire certain professionals.

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Leading Views: Four Ways to Change

Leading Blog

We know what to do to make people happy at work says Brian Tracy. The problem is that we either forget to do those things that make people happy, neglect to do them because we are distracted by other things, refuse to do them because we don’t understand their importance, or, worst of all, do things that actually make people unhappy and then justify our behavior with self-righteous excuses and rationalizations.

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What I Learned From Calvin Coolidge (Again)

Terry Starbucker

Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the US. I was thinking a lot about “success&# today, and what it takes to get there, however we define it. Since I’m at that stage of my life where I have more of the road behind me than ahead of me, I have the benefit of a bigger and deeper rear view mirror. That look back keeps reminding me that there are certain things that are essential to being successful, and if I want to duplicate any of my past successes, I cannot forget them.

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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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Ethics at the Intersection

Leading in Context

Why is it such a challenge to determine how we interpret "ethical leadership?" Because there are many different ways of determining what we consider to be ethical. Even while trying to be responsible we can still miss the mark by a mile. Consider some of the possible ways that a leader might interpret ethics.

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Stop! Your Words are Killing Me!

Persuasive Powerhouse

Congratulations! You got that promotion. Now you believe that you have to let everyone around you know everything you know. You tell them everything, but just can’t figure out why they don’t get it. Stop. Your words are killing them, and may also be sinking your organization. The problem is that there are too [.

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Introverts and Extroverts

Coaching Tip

Many people believe that introverts, by definition, are shy and extroverts are outgoing. This is incorrect. Introverts and extroverts differ in how they process information. Introverts get their energy internally. Extroverts gain energy from being with other people, often the more the merrier. There are shy extroverts and outgoing introverts. Most of us have a little of both in us, but lean one way or the other.

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How do you determine what someone values about their work? ASK THEM!

Mike Cardus

Content from the Relevance Enneagram Model. The first area of determining what a person values about their work requires the manager to talk with them, observe them and for YOU to know and share what you value about your work. Do Something. Read the questions below. Take 15 – 30 minutes to answer them for yourself. Choose 1 employee or peer or supervisor and ask them the same questions.

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If You Don't Ask. Getting the Business Help You Need By Judy Katz

Women's Leadership Exchange

My sweet little grandmother used to advise me all the time, 'Judy darling, remember: If you don't ask, you don't get.'. For too many years I did not take Grandma's sage advice. Building my business, I was busy being all things to a small group of people (clients, family, friends) and some things to a larger group of people (everyone else), with little left for myself.

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You Know that Next Action You are Supposed to Take? – So, Do It Already! (a little insight from David Allen, and the Navy SEALs)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Some reminders from David Allen (Getting Things Done): Stuff: anything you have allowed into your psychological or physical world that doesn’t belong where it is, but for which you haven‘t yet determined the desired outcome and the next action step. As long as it is still “stuff,” it’s not controllable. It is “an amorphous blob [.].

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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 Scary Statistics About Status Meetings

Six Disciplines

In a recent 2011 survey about status meetings, conducted by Harris Interactive of 2,373 information workers found: 70 percent don’t believe status meetings help them accomplish work tasks. Almost 40 percent feel that such meetings are a waste of time. Even though 55 percent spend one to three hours per week attending such meetings. The survey defined a "status meeting" as one in which team members are updated on progress and completion of tasks.

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Why I Write About Personal Strengths

Building Personal Strength

Forty-five years ago, when I was a young lieutenant, I attended three months of training at the Army Ranger School, where I learned a lot of difficult combat skills. I learned how to navigate for miles in cold rain at night through dense underbrush up and down mountains in order to reach a distant objective before dawn. I learned how to lead an infantry attack while coordinating medical evacuations, artillery fire and air strikes—all at the same time.

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Violence Interruptors

CO2

In a new documentary called The Interruptors. Live at Aspen Ideas Festivals interviews one of the main Interruptors. Eddie describes the work as dangerous and rewarding even though he fails more than he succeeds. This is necessary works it has become the character of those neighborhoods. All systems need to act on their moral imperatives.

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What To Ask Your Team Before Acting On Their Recommendation

Eric Jacobson

There's a great article in the June issue of the Harvard Business Review by Daniel Kahneman that includes a 12-question checklist that is designed to unearth cognitive biases of teams making recommendations that leaders take into consideration before they make their decisions. The questions include those the leaders should ask themselves and questions they should use to challenge the people proposing a course of action.

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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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Talk of the Nation at Aspen Institute

CO2

NPR Talk of the Nation with Neal Konan live from Aspen Institute. Ken Rudin – Political Junkie. States that Three governors have been convicted and sent to prison. And soon to be four! What this does speak to is the change in ethics in leadership. The state that is second place for sending Governors to Prison -West Virginia.

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The Danger of the Mundane…And How to Fight It…

Ron Edmondson

A danger exists in completing the routine tasks you have to do… Routine assignments at work…. Routines in relationships… Routines in physical activities… Routines in daily quiet times… Routines in weekly calendaring… I call it the danger of the mundane… The things we always do, things that we do everyday, as good as those things may be, can become so routine that they begin to be seen as more of a drag than a pleasure.

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Our Dell Dance to the ‘Bureaucratic Boogie’ Highlights a Common Service Breakdown

The Practical Leader

The CLEMMER Group has been purchasing our computer equipment from Dell since we began in 1994. We like their technology, customizing equipment to our needs, value, and next day onsite service. That may change. I just got off the phone from a painful hour of experiencing Dell’s inward focused bureaucracy as Gary, our IT support guy, and I purchased a notebook computer for Heather.

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Make Sure You Have at Least One of These…

Ron Edmondson

Make sure you have at least one person in your life… …Who is willing to say the hard things you don’t want to hear but need to hear… Someone you trust… Someone who knows you… Someone with wisdom… Someone who loves you… Willing to tell you the truth… It could save you, your marriage, and possibly your life… Do you have someone like that in your life?

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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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Mini Saga #103 – Message

Rajesh Setty

For most people, lack of knowledge is not the problem, lack of action is. Mini Saga #102 – Uncertainty. “The time to act is now.” – that’s what the post card said. Frank simply smiled. He got that post card every first day of the month. After watching for six months, Charlie gave up and asked, “Who is sending these postcards?” Frank smiled, “It’s me – ten years in the future.”.

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People don’t care about NLP, TA, and other tools and methods – why do we get so besotted by them?

Rapid BI

People don't care about NLP The majority of our customers do not care if we use NLP, TA, Solution focus, ID, ABC or 123 methods. 99% of the time they just think this is irrelevant jargon - they just want their problem removed or the job they want to do easier or increased performance.

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Make Your Company a Habit

Harvard Business Review

What makes you effective at work? Perhaps you'd say it is your excellent communication skills, your deep background in your field, or perhaps your ability to think on your feet. Chances are, you wouldn't focus much on your habits. Yet your routines are a powerful force that affects your daily behavior. Habits are associations that relate aspects of your world to an action.

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Why Missions Statements Suck

LDRLB

I’m not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. My beef is with the way the particular corporation’s guiding principle is expressed; it is generally verbose, convoluted and incapable of resonating with employees or inspiring them. I’m not the first person to say this. Yet, companies large and small from start-ups to blue chippers continue to err in crafting compelling, single-minded mantras.

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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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Apple's News Platform Battle

Harvard Business Review

An interesting battle is looming over Apple's newspaper and magazines subscription pricing for iOS devices (notably the iPad). Apple's offer to publishers is simple. They can offer an app that allows consumers to buy individual issues of their content or to subscribe to it from within the app; the publisher sets the pricing. But Apple will take a 30 percent cut of the revenues and it will also require the publisher not to undercut the price offered to iPad app users.

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Why Missions Statements Suck

LDRLB

'I’m not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. My beef is with the way the particular corporation’s guiding principle is expressed; it is generally verbose, convoluted and incapable of resonating with employees or inspiring them. I’m not the first person to say this. Yet, companies large and small from start-ups to blue chippers continue to err in crafting compelling, single-minded mantras.

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Barnes & Noble's Smart Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Faced with an eroding core business, most companies seem to do.nothing. In the media and entertainment industry, look at Blockbuster's lackluster embrace of mail delivery and video streaming, newspapers' mainly tepid moves into digital publishing, and television networks' doubling-down on a small number of hot shows. A company in a turbulent industry often seems like a dairy farmer whose herd has been reduced to just one cow, whose only adaptation of his business plan is to milk that heifer extr