Thu.Aug 25, 2011

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How Character Erodes

Leading Blog

Character is built choice by choice, decision by decision. And it is eroded the same way. We often don’t stop to think about how each choice builds on the last until it’s too late. It is a worthwhile practice to think about your choices and where they are leading you on a daily basis. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it well: “The force of character is cumulative.

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Steve Jobs’ Announcement: Reminder of Need to Make Cancer History

Michael Lee Stallard

Apple’s announcement yesterday that Steve Jobs is stepping down as its CEO, is a poignant reminder of just how important it is to make cancer history. I learned of Jobs’ announcement yesterday while in Houston to share our work with leaders at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The combination of learning the news about Jobs and being at M.D.

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Mistakes and Learning by Harold J. Smith

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them. ~ Harold J. Smith Mistakes and Learning by Harold J. Smith.

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How Honest Leaders Destroy Their Leadership

Leadership Freak

Image source No trust – - no leadership. You can coerce without trust but positive influence thrives on the foundation of trust. Losing influence is easy because losing trust is incredibly easy. Trust and respect: It takes more than honesty to preserve trust; you must show respect. People stop trusting you when you disrespect 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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The Three Most Important Words

Kevin Eikenberry

After many gifts and the pleanty of trips to the library, one of the first inspirational, self improvement authors I spent my money to invest in was Denis Waitley. Since then I’ve read many of his books, listened to his audio programs and met him. If you aren’t familiar with his work, click on his name [.].

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Thought-full Thursday: Living Into Your Potential

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, thoughts, and responses to the questions are most welcome! “I dare you to stand tall, think tall, [.

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How "smart" do you want people to be?

Jason Womack

Saw this walking along Library Way and got to thinking about the other things I hope people do/be/have. How can we set ourselves up to be our "best?". Ideas?

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3 Steps to Improve Results of Employees & Management

Mike Cardus

3 steps to improve results of employees. More PowerPoint presentations from michael cardus. If you cannot see or hear this click here to watch and listen to the video. Exponent Leadership is Real Time Management_Workshop focused on Execution and making your leadership money and improve the effectiveness of your organization, team and self. Interested?

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Online Impressions Depend Upon Old-Fashioned Courtesy

First Friday Book Synopsis

Holly Finn is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. She wrote a recent impactful article, “Making Nice in the Online World: In the New Peer-to-Peer Economy, Being Courteous is a Must&# (August 13-14, 2011, p. C12). I pulled this line out for you to think about: “In this world, you trade wares personally, everyone [.].

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Brief History of Change: Argyris

LDRLB

Many times change requires more than the conscious decision of organizational members. Companies, like people, typically need help changing. They need an intervention. Behavioral scholar Chris Argyris studied this need for intervention, eventually publishing his findings in the late 1960s as Intervention Theory. Argyris first defined intervention. To intervene is to enter into ongoing system or come between people, groups or objects to provide assistance.

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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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Top 10 Steve Jobs quotes

Chartered Management Institute

Steve Jobs, has stepped down as chief executive of Apple. In his letter of resignation he said "always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come". He will stay on as the company's chairman. His replacement is Apple's chief operating officer, Tim Cook.

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e-Books Have Limited Popularity in Colleges

First Friday Book Synopsis

I have long been a basher of electronic book readers, such as the Kindle and Nook. I believe in traditional books, and in outlets that sell and distribute books in print. Books are symbolic, and when anyone stores them on a reader, this facet disappears. I have developed this argument in a previous blog post, and [.].

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Team Building & Leadership in Pittsburgh PA

Mike Cardus

I was in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania working with a corporate group and a teacher group. The corporate group was not alright with me disclosing who they were so, I will say it was great and we created an amazing process to solve problems and make decisions. The teacher group okayed me writing about them. The school was Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School.

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Wild Textbook Format Should Resonate With Young Adult Students

First Friday Book Synopsis

In addition to serving as President of my performance intervention business in Dallas, Creative Communication Network, I also teach part-time in the College of Business MBA program at the University of Dallas, and for two community colleges in the Dallas County Community College District. I thought the format of one of the books that we have [.].

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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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Live Your Life with Passsion

Building Personal Strength

Photo by Mr. Theklan. Do it with passion. Focus on your passionate interest. I say this a lot, because I think it's terribly important. But I know lots of people who can't follow their passion, because they don't have any idea what it is. As far as they're concerned, they don't have a passion. So what are they supposed to do? How will they discover their passion?

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3 Ways to Spot a Liar

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. In today’s business world, there is no shortage of lies. People tell them all the time—sometimes to seek a payoff or avoid responsibility. But these untruths [.].

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Brief History of Change: Argyris

LDRLB

'Many times change requires more than the conscious decision of organizational members. Companies, like people, typically need help changing. They need an intervention. Behavioral scholar Chris Argyris studied this need for intervention, eventually publishing his findings in the late 1960s as Intervention Theory. Argyris first defined intervention. To intervene is to enter into ongoing system or come between people, groups or objects to provide assistance.

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Steve Jobs and Apple: A Rare Life in Rare Photos

First Friday Book Synopsis

On his last day as CEO, Steve Jobs announced that “Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.&# That may be, but with the passing of the torch to former COO Tim Cook, it’s safe to say that an era is over. In the following gallery, BNET’s Wired In blogger Erik Sherman looks [.].

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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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Commuting more stressful for women

Chartered Management Institute

New research released earlier this week revealed that commuting to work each day stresses out women far more than man. Likened to the stress of flying a fighter aircraft, it's not surprising that employees value flexible working quite and according to new research by iPass a 1/3 of employees are actively seeking a new job at an employer that offers better flexible working than their current employer.

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Back to the Future With Physical Paperback Books

First Friday Book Synopsis

In a stunning reversal against the digital book market, the Wall Street Journal reports that a successful author has turned to phyiscal paperbacks through a contract with a traditional publisher. The article, authored by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, is entitled “E-Book Author Tries New Format: Real Paperbacks&# (August 23, 2011, p. B4). The author, John Locke, was the [.].

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The legacy of Steve Jobs

Chartered Management Institute

It almost seemed inevitable given the long line of health worries that he has experienced over the past few years, but the announcement this morning that Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO of Apple is still a sad day. I should declare at the outset that I'm in no way an Apple fanboy, having only recently used one of their products (courtesy of a work i-phone), but it's impossible not to admire the huge growth the company has experienced since Jobs returned to the company in 1996.

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Managing Yourself: How to Cultivate Engaged Employees

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos that appears in the September (2011) issue of Harvard Business Review. To read the cmplete article, please click here. * * * Successful managers depend on the capabilities of their subordinates: George’s marketing skills, Maria’s ability to run the numbers, Michael’s local knowledge, [.].

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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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Managers willing to move jobs for flexible working

Chartered Management Institute

New research released earlier this week revealed that commuting to work each day stresses out women far more than man. Likened to the stress of flying a fighter aircraft, it's not surprising that employees value flexible working quite and according to new research by iPass a 1/3 of employees are actively seeking a new job at an employer that offers better flexible working than their current employer.

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The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: How to Manage the Media in the Digital Age Jane Jordan-Meier CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group (2011) “Truth, well-told” and carefully managed Decades ago, one of the co-founders of the firm we now know as Hill & Knowlton, John Hill, explained that public relations should be “truth, [.].

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Recommended Resource – Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

Strategy Driven

Adapt : Why Success Always Starts with Failure. by Tim Harford. About the Reference. Adapt reveals the power of adaptive trial and error in solving the most difficult organizational challenges. Tim Harford illustrates the benefits of performing small, non-threatening trial projects to determine optimal product features, service options, or process performance.

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My SXSW Interactive 2012 Proposal: “Lessons from a Decade of Community Management”

Managing Communities

For the 2012 edition of South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, I would like to reflect on what it means to manage the same online community for more than a decade. My proposal is titled “Lessons from a Decade of Community Management.&# In 2011, I celebrated the 10th anniversary of two of the online communities that [.].

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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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A Week with Zig Ziglar: Part 4

Ron Edmondson

I continue to share this week I”m sharing an interview I did recently with leadership master and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar. If you missed part 1, click HERE or part 2 HERE and find part 3 HERE. My questions are in bold, followed by Zig’s answers. Occasionally, Zig’s son Tom interjects some thoughts. My personal notes and thoughts are in parentheses.

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Steve Jobs's Ultimate Lesson for Companies

Harvard Business Review

In a rare reflective moment Steve Jobs, after the launch of the iPad, mentioned Apple's DNA. He said: "Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that makes our hearts sing. Nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.that need to be even easier to use than a PC, that need to be even more intuitive than a PC; and where the software and the hardware and the applications need to intertwine in an ev

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What could happen if…

Ron Edmondson

…God’s people pray? Related posts: Sermon Message: Job One, Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? Living in the Center of God’s Will. A Strong Message to the Church.

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Why Apple Doesn't Need Steve Jobs

Harvard Business Review

Last night in after-hours trading, Apple's stock dropped precipitously. The prophets of Apple's doom emerged after a very long hibernation. Even those bullish on Apple's prospects could hardly muster more than lukewarm praise of Tim Cook's appointment to CEO of Apple Inc, saying, "he's pretty good, but he's no Steve Jobs." We believe they're all missing the point.

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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.