Fri.Aug 19, 2011

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Kicking Butt: Apple and U2

Michael Lee Stallard

Apple is now the most valuable company in the world in terms of market capitalization and U2’s recent tour just became the highest grossing of all time, crushing the previous record held by the Rolling Stones. Learn about Apple’s remarkable rise in market cap in this New York Times article and learn about U2’s claim as the greatest band of all time in this article from the Atlantic magazine’s website.

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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Leading Blog

While we might like to think otherwise, here is a fact about successful leaders: Successful leaders go through significant periods of time in which they feel confused, discouraged, and unsure of themselves and their decisions. They feel as if they should be somewhere else, doing something else. And un successful leaders go through the same thing. The difference, says Harvard professor Robert Kaplan, is “how they deal with these periods of confusion and uncertainty.

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“Fun” at Work

Great Leadership By Dan

With all due respect to Google, Zappos, and these guys , here are 11 real-life examples I’ve seen managers try to force their employees to lighten up and have some “fun” at work: 1. Creation of a “fun committee”. There are a few committees that I would recommend avoiding if you can: safety, quality, employee satisfaction, social, and the dreaded fun committee.

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The Key that Unlocks Leadership

Leadership Freak

I’m consumed with power-packed brevity. Five words are better than thirteen. That sentence originally read, “If I can say something in five words rather than seven I’m excited.” Brevity by itself is meaningless, it needs content. In the spirit of brevity, what is the most important leadership quality/behavior of all? My number one quality is [.].

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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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Coffee House Book Review – “Seeing Red Cars” By Laura Goodrich

Tanveer Naseer

One of the common themes I’ve written about on my blog is the key role focus plays in our ability to be successful. But how many of us are actually focusing on what we want to accomplish, as opposed to focusing more on the things we’re trying to avoid? That’s the premise behind the book “ Seeing Red Cars – Driving Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization to a Positive Future ” by Laura Goodrich.

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The Leper in the Room: Workplace Violence

Women on Business

As a business owner I have noticed that entrepreneurs talk about a range of topics and we share some pretty personal details; what doesn’t happen is the talk about violence. We speak about managing teams and dealing with problem performers, but we very rarely speak about what happens when those situations go horribly wrong. To get to the bottom of this I got some advice from subject matter expert, Felix Nater of Nater Associates Ltd on what to look out for and how to respond if an employee situa

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Your Inner Work Life

Coaching Tip

Conventional wisdom holds that there are happy people and unhappy people; that's just the way they are, and there isn't much that will change them short of life-altering events. In fact, research has shown that pleasant or unpleasant temperment does remain relatively stable over time, and certain aspects of motivation are stable, too. But the big news from research is that most people's inner work lives shift a great deal over time as a function of the events they experience--not as a function

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Photo Inquiry Friday: What would need to happen for you to be one step higher?

Mike Cardus

This week I was in Pittsburgh PA, working with a corporate group then a school teachers group. While both teams are different the experiential method and processing questions tend to be similar. The difference is seen in the people and how they are motivated to learn, improve and build their team & leadership skills and by their knowledge of each other and the systems that run their organizations.

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Closeout for 8.19.11

LDRLB

Every friday we review the posts from LeaderLab contributors that has appeared on this blog and elsewhere online. Here. Bret Simmons returned with another short, this one challenging the link between pay level and job satisfaction. David Burkus reminded us that the most celebrated organizations are often not using fresh ideas, just executing them. We reposted a video from Bret Simmons revealing the key to growing any business.

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Three Industry Trends in Talent Management That You Need to Know About

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from article written by Sharon Daniels and Robert Vulpis for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * Against the backdrop of a fragile economy, here are [.].

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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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Good Coach Versus Bad Coach: What To Do. What Not To Do.

Eric Jacobson

Former Verizon Wireless CEO, Denny F. Strigl offers these tips for how to be a good coach to an employee. He explains that good coaches help performers by: Keeping them focused. Giving them objective, helpful feedback. Acting as a sounding board for new approaches. Identifying blind spots that may be holding the performer back. Reinforcing key values, principles, and behaviors that improve performance.

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5 Behaviors Great Bosses Never Do

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article written by Jeff Haden for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * What you don’t do can make as much or sometimes [.].

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August Leadership Development Round-Table Challenge

Management Excellence

It's time to put on your coaching hat and offer your best guidance for the latest installment of The Leadership Development Round-Table Challenge. This month's vexing dilemma is being served up by Mary Jo Asmus of Aspire-CS.

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Launch: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition Michael A. Stelzner John Wiley & Sons (2011) If your product, service, project, or business were a rocket…. Where to begin? Unlike Michael Stelzner’s previous book, Writing White Papers, this one has a much wider focus as he explains • Why most marketing initiatives fail [.].

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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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Book Giveaway: Hell Is Real, but I Hate to Admit It

Ron Edmondson

I’m giving away 3 copies of Hell is Real, but I Hate to Admit It by Brian Jones. In case you’ve missed it, I’ve heard more talk of Hell this year than in recent years. That’s due in part by another book by Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins&#. This book is NOT a reaction to that book. It’s actually a journal of sorts of one pastor’s journey on the issue of Hell.

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Are You Read to Declare War?

Strategy Driven

There are millions of companies in the world. Most fail far short of the owners’ ambitions. You would think they fail or frustrate for millions of reasons. But there are really only four. How can that be? Only four? Yes and I will explain. Let me start with the first: Your Company Sucks: It’s Time to Declare War on Yourself by Mark Stevens.

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4 Types of Anonymous Critics

Ron Edmondson

I received some anonymous criticism last week. I’m one of those rare leaders who doesn’t automatically dismiss criticism from someone who doesn’t sign their name. Mostly because I try to consider if something in my personality or approach caused this person to feel the need to remain anonymous. (My StrengthFinder indicates I can tend to be controlling…something I have to continually guard against.

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In Honor of Wallace Stevens, A Poem - "At the Battle of Yorktown"

Building Personal Strength

Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown. Painting by John Trumbull (1820). My wife Kathleen is planning a trip to Yorktown, Virginia, to research a travel article for the San Antonio Express-News. I used to live in that area and enjoyed jogging around the Yorktown battlefield. About 30 years ago, the monument celebrated the 200th anniversary of the battle.

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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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How to Revitalize a Dying Project

Ron Edmondson

In less than one minute, this video from Scott Belsky is brilliant. Watch him explain how to revitalize a project that has plateaued. Can you put this idea to work? Reminds me of a Jesus principle I Tweeted about yesterday: Thanks to Catalyst for pointing me to this video. BTW, will I see you at Catalyst East this year? Related posts: Giveaway: Win a Catalyst East 2009 CD Set.

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Cathay Pacific Scandal Response Misses Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

Imagine you're the CEO of a successful multinational corporation, whose name people know all over the world. Then, imagine that two employees who represent the public face of your company are embroiled in a rather large scandal when a photo of them in a "compromising position" leaks out onto the internet. The timing could barely be worse: you've just invested a lot of your limited marketing resources in a new campaign that, given what's just happened, is the perfect ammunition for those skilled

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Distinguish Yourself #215 – Create the right building blocks along the way

Rajesh Setty

Think Lego blocks. I am sure you at some point in life you have played with lego blocks or something similar to that. You pick up a box of lego blocks and with less than hundred lego blocks you can design dozens of interesting structures. The more innovative you are, the more interesting structures you can create. Building blocks creates the possibilities for creation.

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HP's Decade-Long Departure

Harvard Business Review

HP's sudden departure from a business model that has sustained the company since inception is symptomatic of the passing of an era. Yesterday HP announced that it would exit the PC and tablet computer business , focusing on higher-margin "strategic priorities of cloud, solutions and software with an emphasis on enterprise, commercial and government markets.

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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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Why AOL Should Double Down on Patch

Harvard Business Review

Disclosure: The author is a shareholder in AOL. It's been funny watching the financial press and the tech community eviscerate AOL's Patch.com since last week's disappointing earnings call. The irony is that Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. They should be calling for AOL to double down — not by increasing Patch's $150M+ yearly cash burn , but by increasing commitment.