Fri.Feb 17, 2012

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5 ideas for improving how you manage people

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation Workplace Issues As a manager, you are responsible for a wide range of activities. Recruiting. Establishing a positive work environment in your group. Setting expectations. Managing performance. Making decisions. Coaching. Dealing with poor or marginal performers.

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Top 10 Lies Leaders Tell Themselves

Leadership Freak

Lies are told because they’re easier than the truth. Lies are told to help or hurt. Leaders tell lies to protect those who can’t handle the truth or manipulate those who know too much. The first lie I told at work was self-protective, most are. I told my boss I’d completed a project but I [.].

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Give Them Enthusiasm

Kevin Eikenberry

I’m a fan of enthusiasm – and always have been. I’m confident at least part of the reason is because of my parents. That is one reason I like today’s quotation. The other reason is that it suggests something that isn’t always talked about. but that I will talk about below. Enjoy! [.].

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The Awarness to Lead

Women on Business

Many things have been said about leadership some good and some bad, but the one thing that has stuck with me has been the awareness of leadership. Now when I say awareness, I don’t be mean micro-managing your staff or applying dual layers of approval. I mean awareness of the atmosphere you create in your company. Different companies will have different cultures, but at the very least you should think about these areas: You create the atmosphere.

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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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Schedule Time for Goodbye and Feedback

Modern Servant Leader

With the increase in outsourcing, specialization and globalization , it seems we say “goodbye” to team members more often. Whatever the reason for departure, you want them to leave with a great impression of you and your organization. To ensure these important moments are not overlooked, schedule a meeting to say goodbye and offer feedback, especially praise.

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New Media on Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

Tomorrow I fly back to the U.S. after a 10-day trip to Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Edinburgh where I taught seminars for the Institute for Management Studies, spoke at ITV, saw several friends and spent a couple days on vacation with my wife, Katie. While here, I learned about several new items of media coverage related to connection. Several items came from my friends Sean Witty and Jay Morris.

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Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an exceptionally valuable article written by George Bradt and published by Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The only three true job interview questions are: 1. Can you do the job? 2. Will you love [.].

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Top 10 Lies Leaders Tell Themselves

Leadership Freak

Lies are told because they’re easier than the truth. Lies are told to help or hurt. Leaders tell lies to protect those who can’t handle the truth or manipulate those who know too much. The first lie I told at work was self-protective, most are. I told my boss I’d completed a project but I [.].

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How Fear of Self-Promotion Can Kill Your Career

LDRLB

This is a guest post from Joel A. Garfinkle. Joel is the author of seven books, including Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. As an executive coach , he has worked with executives at companies such as Google, Amazon, Starbucks, Deloitte, Cisco Systems, Oracle, and many more. You can also subscribe to his Executive Leadership Newsletter and receive the FREE e-book, 41 Proven Strategies to Get Promoted Now!

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Photo Inquiry Friday: Yes, you want Team Building…Can you tell me why?

Mike Cardus

Team Building means many things to many people. Taking some time and discussing why your team and you want to be involved in team building and team development can reveal some interesting things. On to the Inquiry: Below are some questions to ask your team, management and self that will clarify and ensure that the Team Building & Leadership program you choose will be worth your time and investment.

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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 Fear of Self-Promotion Can Kill Your Career

LDRLB

'This is a guest post from Joel A. Garfinkle. Joel is the author of seven books, including Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. As an executive coach , he has worked with executives at companies such as Google, Amazon, Starbucks, Deloitte, Cisco Systems, Oracle, and many more. You can also subscribe to his Executive Leadership Newsletter and receive the FREE e-book, 41 Proven Strategies to Get Promoted Now!

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‘Your Solution Will Not Work For Me’. Mike speaking in Buffalo, NY

Mike Cardus

Hello, I will be speaking at Social Media Uninhibited on March 8, 2012. The event starts at 5:30 and you can find out more about Social Media Uninhibited here. Here’s what I’m Talking About: Your Solution Will Not Work For Me. You must learn and determine your own solutions. Listening to how someone else solved a problem is helpful. BUT YOU must learn how to apply that solution to you, in your context and how you work.

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My business epiphany while watching this year’s Westminster Dog Show

First Friday Book Synopsis

Over the years, more than a dozen dogs have been members of our family. Currently, we have Molly, a West Highland terrier. And every year, we watch the annual Westminster Dog Show, a contest yet to be won by a Westie. Valuable lessons can be learned from taking business courses and reading business books but [.].

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Is Your Leadership More Like A Locomotive Or The Loco-motion?

Tim Milburn

“Just because you’re at the front of the line, it doesn’t mean you’re the leader.” -Author Unknown. We’ve all seen a locomotive. It typically sits at the front of a long line of railroad cars. The locomotive is crucial because it has all the power. That power is used to pull all of the other cars down the track. When this happens, we call it a train.

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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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The Accidental Creative: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice Todd Henry Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) How and why almost anyone can learn to survive and (perhaps) thrive in a create-on-demand world Contrary to what this book’s subtitle suggests, even people who are highly renowned for being “brilliant” cannot turn it on ”at a [.].

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Will my life make a difference?

Deep Imprints

The tree on the left has been in Denny Park Seattle for generations. It remains a willing shade and oxygen producer not because it has spread it’s branches to encompass the park (it hasn’t) but because it has sent roots deep. When I first started this blog almost a year ago, I envisioned a place where we could learn together to leave deep imprints on the world.

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When Humble Does Forgiveness

Ron Edmondson

Humble knows relationships. Humble knows grace. Humble knows forgiveness. Humble attracts the favor of God. When Humble forgives, or asks forgiveness, Humble: Doesn’t make excuses. Doesn’t speak sarcastically. Doesn’t point out another’s faults. Doesn’t justify actions. Doesn’t act as a martyr. Doesn’t hold a grudge.

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To fear or not to fear

Deep Imprints

I wish that was the question. However, as I look at my life objectively, I realize that the real question is “what do I fear today?” In my younger years, my real fear was what people thought. In a weird way, this fear didn’t ‘rule’ my life – I still did whatever God asked me to, but the panic attacks I suffered after events were horrific.

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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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Our Technology Work Habits – are workers slack?

Rapid BI

Our Technology Work Habits - are workers slack? It had to happen. 20 years ago most people were banned from using the office phone for private calls, then email come in, and only a few "lucky" people had it. then the internet. With many IT teams.

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Friday Leadership and Management Sound-Bites

Management Excellence

Though-provoking quotes from my current management and leadership reading stack.

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Top Management Tweeters – Feb 2012

Rapid BI

top 100 Tweeters on Management a list of who to follow on twitter that is influencial about management topics, methods and approaches.

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A New Era for Global Leadership Development

Harvard Business Review

The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders required to run global organizations. Too many multinational companies — particularly Japanese, Indian, German, and some American ones — still concentrate vital decisions in the hands of a small group of trusted leaders from their home country.

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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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Our Technology Work Habits – are workers slack?

Rapid BI

Our Technology Work Habits - are workers slack? It had to happen. 20 years ago most people were banned from using the office phone for private calls, then email come in, and only a few "lucky" people had it. then the internet. With many IT teams.

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Pinterest as Free Market Research

Harvard Business Review

My first reaction was panic. You know how it goes. First I heard about Pinterest. Then I heard that it grew 429% from September to December 2011. And I thought, Oh, my god, the future is preparing to leave without me.again. So I raced to have a look. Pinterest was lots of images. Contained in several boxes. Lots of images, several boxes. OK, so this is. what?

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Top Management Tweeters – Feb 2012

Rapid BI

top 100 Tweeters on Management a list of who to follow on twitter that is influencial about management topics, methods and approaches.

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U.S. Companies Versus the U.S. Economy

Harvard Business Review

It's obvious to anyone paying attention that the United States needs well-educated, technically skilled workers if it's to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Just as obvious: We need a robust middle class with adequate disposable income and a sense that our economic system is working in a reasonably fair way. Yet business leaders and policy makers behave as if they don't believe either of those things: they tolerate K-12 student performance that's falling fast relative to that of comp

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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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Multiplication Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Leverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively as possible. Donors and institutional funders are more demanding, more discerning, and less detached. They're no longer content with writing a check and securing their place in heaven. They want results.

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When The Customer Isn't Right

Harvard Business Review

The longest line on a busy Saturday afternoon in a celebrated New York department store is at the returns desk: bad news in these troubling times when every dime counts. First in line is 18-year old Jayne, decked out in the latest Ugg boots and designer jeans. Jayne is returning the dress she bought on Thursday and wore on Friday. Next in line Dorothy Dodds, an elegant octogenarian, who is returning an expensive evening dress which she recently wore at two black-tie dinners on her voyage from En

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How One CEO Grows Her Business with Feeling

Harvard Business Review

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Illness? Lack of childcare? Minimal professional training? Insufficient infrastructure? While all of those certainly play a role, I'm guessing that what Elizabeth Scharpf stumbled across as a critical factor in absenteeism wasn't on your radar. While interning in Mozambique in 2005 for the one-person (!

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Don't Let Customers Freak Out Over Price Hikes

Harvard Business Review

Last year's business pages were filled with episodes of consumer outrage over price hikes. Within hours of Verizon's announcement of a new $2 "convenience fee" for one-time payments, 130,000 people had signed an online protest petition and the FCC had expressed its concern to the media. The President of the United States criticized Bank of America's planned $5 monthly debit card fee by saying, "This is exactly why we need [a regulator] whose sole job it is to prevent this kind of stuff from happ

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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.