Tue.Dec 13, 2011

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The Top 3 Mistakes New Managers & Leaders Make … (from this coach’s perspective)

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Whether you are a newly promoted manager, recently hired executive or have been in your position for some time, odds are if you are not ahead of the game, you may make one or more of these potentially costly mistakes: Mistake #1: Ignoring the obvious What it looks like: You are the “new person on [.].

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Is Your ‘But’ Getting In The Way Of Your Team’s Success?

Tanveer Naseer

Have you ever had an employee come to you with an idea or proposal to address a particular situation to which you answered with one of the following replies? “ That’s a great idea, but let’s shop this around a bit first.” “ I agree that we need to change this, but I’m not sure now is the best time.” “ It’d be nice if we could offer this, but I don’t think we can afford to right now.

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The Perils of Hitting “Reply All”

Great Leadership By Dan

By now you may have heard about the recruiter, Gary Chaplin , who lost his job for telling a job seeker off? Well, he didn’t just tell him off – he ripped him in an expletive-riddled email and accidentally copied 4000 fellow recruiters. To make matters worse, Chaplin signed it using the name of another recruiter (Richard Vickers), and ripped another recruiter (Dan McCarthy, no relation) in the email.

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Gifts From Empty Cups

Leadership Freak

You are never helpless even when all you can do is receive. You can: See good in others. Appeciate being served. Respect those who serve you. Honor behaviours that demonstrate noble values. When you can’t do big things, it’s the small things that count. When you can’t do anything, you can say something. You can [.].

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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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Got Ambition?

Women on Business

Guest post by Laura Yecies (learn more about Laura at the end of this post). Laura Yecies, CEO of SugarSync. I recently stumbled upon a women and workplace survey from MORE magazine which raises the question of the ambition of women, and lays out data from the survey related to what we really want from our careers. A few stats especially caught my eye, including “When asked point-blank, 43 percent of women described themselves as less ambitious now than they were 10 years ago; only 15 percent re

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A Powerful Activity for Your Office Christmas Party

Kevin Eikenberry

Several years ago in December, some people asked me for a creative training opener. I posted a version of my idea on the earlier version of this blog then. Last Friday at Remarkable House, I used the exercise with our team at our annual Christmas party. It may be just what you need to make [.].

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5 Ways Leaders Impact The Lives Of Busy People

Tim Milburn

When you lead a group of busy people, you may wonder what kind of influence you actually have in their lives. They rush from event to event and from commitment to commitment. This is especially true in our culture that supports moving and changing faster than ever. We live in a world where time around the family dinner table is a dying tradition. It’s getting harder to get a group of people in the same room together.

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4 Properties or Attributes of Organizational/Work Systems

Mike Cardus

I talk, write and read a great deal about ‘ systems ’, organizational, team, managerial leadership systems. Then one day an Executive involved in my Exponent Leadership Process asked, “ Mike you talk about this system, I am not sure I know what that means?” I stood there for a short time and gave a rather weak response, thanked him for his question and said, “ Huh…that is a good question and I am fumbling, I know what it is but I cannot describe it SO using my own logic I must not really know wh

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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

One of Senge’s (1994) disciplines of a learning organization is the idea of mental models. We all get stuck in particular views of the world or opinions on how it ought to be. It’s not different in creativity. In a fast moving world, creativity requires an open-mindedness and willingness to examine new ideas. Perhaps one of the most deeply entrenched mental models in organizational management is the idea of the hierarchical structure.

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The limitations of a common motivation technique

Change Starts Here

Common advice to change agents who are trying to garner support for their initiative is to communicate the WIIFM: “What’s In It For Me?” The concept, derived from sales, is simple. In order to influence others, change agents must sell what’s in it – really, what are the personal benefits – for the people they are trying to get on board.

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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 to Take Control of Your To-Do List

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. Having an unruly to-do list can be overwhelming. If you find yourself rushing around, but not actually getting anything done, try the following process: 1. Write it all [.].

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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

'One of Senge’s (1994) disciplines of a learning organization is the idea of mental models. We all get stuck in particular views of the world or opinions on how it ought to be. It’s not different in creativity. In a fast moving world, creativity requires an open-mindedness and willingness to examine new ideas. Perhaps one of the most deeply entrenched mental models in organizational management is the idea of the hierarchical structure.

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How To Determine What Motivates Your Employee

Eric Jacobson

When you meet with your employee during her annual performance appraisal take time to determine what motivates her when it comes to her career development. Motivation changes over time and changes depending on where the individual is in her career. So, to determine what motives her, author Paul Falcone recommends you ask her to rank-order her priorities in terms of the following six guidelines : If you had to chose two categories from the following six, which would you say hold the most signific

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All That's Missing is a HEMI Jeep

Chris Brady

Ok, this isn't a serious blog post. So why am I doing it? Because I can! Enjoy! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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ProStar Coach, Teenagers, and More - Recent Interview on Blog Talk Radio

Building Personal Strength

Sharon Ball Recently I was interviewed by Sharon Ball on Blog Talk Radio. Sharon is a prominent life coach and author of the book, Reinventing Yourself Today. She asked some interesting questions about my work. I talked about the origins of ProStar Coach , how I discovered a passion for parenting teenagers, and my new books-in-process, Conversations with the Wise Uncle and Conversations with the Wise Aunt.

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How do you use email at work?

Chartered Management Institute

I was having a conversation with Norfolk branch team member Peter Elliott recently about the use of email at work. It began after he sent me a BBC story on a company that has banned the use of email at work. We had a bit of a debate about it all, Peter suggesting it might have legs, myself protesting that I'd much rather ban telephones than emails. So it was interesting to come across a research paper recently on our email usage patterns and how they shape our email usage.

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Practices for Professionals – Effective Use of Discretionary Effort

Strategy Driven

In this fast-paced marketplace and certainly during these challenging economic conditions, StrategyDriven Professionals typically find themselves working more than forty hours a work. More common among these professionals is a forty-five hour work week with others working fifty hours a week. When these hours are mandated by one’s role, for instance as a rotating shiftwork supervisor, the hours themselves are not necessary discretionary and are usually compensated.

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If God had a Suggestion Box…

Ron Edmondson

God’s ways are not my ways…I know that’s true, but still, some days I wish He took suggestions. For example, I’d suggest: It should never rain on Mondays…. In fact, can we do away with Monday’s altogether? There should be some times where time really does stand still… Eating should be an exercise and burn calories…. Love should never fade….

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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 #120 – Beauty

Rajesh Setty

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder… Mini Saga #120 – Beauty. Rick was surprised at Peter’s decision. The class photograph clearly showed that Jenny was way more beautiful than Samantha. “Both of them loved you. Why Samantha, Peter?” Rick asked. “Difference,” Peter smiled,”Jenny needs a really good reason to smile and Samantha will always find a good reason to smile.”.

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How to Accomplish More by Doing Less

Harvard Business Review

Two people of equal skill work in the same office. For the sake of comparison, let's say both arrive at work at 9 am each day, and leave at 7 pm. Bill works essentially without stopping, juggling tasks at his desk and running between meetings all day long. He even eats lunch at his desk. Sound familiar? Nick, by contrast, works intensely for approximately 90 minutes at a stretch, and then takes a 15 minute break before resuming work.

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My Great Failure, Part 3: Needing Where I Should be Leading

Modern Servant Leader

The Scenario: An Unrealistic Demand. While working for a large, rapidly expanding non-profit, I was tasked with upgrading the organization’s technology. We anticipated doubling in scale over 12 months. Adding to the challenge was an already understaffed technology department, supporting antiquated technology. The task was daunting, but we had an amazing team.

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Get Passive Resisters to Embrace Change

Harvard Business Review

People can be extremely indirect in how they resist change. Not long ago I observed the executive team of a global media company reviewing strategic projects that had been initiated by a new CEO. The projects were intended to better leverage the corporate "center" through common processes, sharing of best practices, talent swapping, and the like. Although these made perfect strategic sense, the business unit leaders perceived the shifts as a potential loss of autonomy, power, and control.

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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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7 Keys to Managing Willful Blindness

Leading Blog

We can’t escape willful blindness. “It’s a human phenomenon,” admits Margaret Heffernan, “to which we all succumb in matters little and large.” She explains in Willful Blindness , that it doesn’t always bring us to a disastrous end, it also oils the wheels of social intercourse and it is not inevitable but it is persistent. Sometimes we do have the courage to see.

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Online Reviewers React to Early Postings by Saying the Opposite

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. If you're browsing through online reader reviews, looking for a book to buy, you might notice something odd: If a book got positive reviews at first, chances are its later reviews were more negative. If it got negative reviews at first, its later reviews were likely to be more positive. What's going on?

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Is Your Meritocracy Leading to Mediocrity?

CO2

Meritocracies holds a lot of appeal for CEOs and business leaders. Most believe in giving greater responsibility and position to those who have earned the righ t based on intelligence, effort, achievements, and education. Is it any wonder that Atlas Shrugged (a story of meritocracy by Ayn Rand) is the single most-read book by CEOs? In practice, however, not all CEOs and business leaders operate meritocracies.

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Get Ready for Your Next Assignment

Harvard Business Review

video platform video management video solutions video player. Katie Smith Milway , partner at The Bridgespan Group, explains how to make the most of an internal move. For more, read the article.

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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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Who Gets a Seat at the Table?

Harvard Business Review

"That was a small lesson I learned on the journey. What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by a familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves." — Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table.

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Smart Innovators Value Smaller Teams Over Better Processes

Harvard Business Review

Quiet but unsubtle innovation insurgencies are emerging in global enterprise. Instead of investing more in innovation process or cultural transformation, I'm observing more large organizations giving greater resources and responsibilities to ever-smaller teams. Innovation initiatives that were once handled by dozens a decade ago are now run by only handfuls.

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The Leadership Lessons of the Race to the South Pole

Harvard Business Review

December 14th marks the anniversary of the conquest of the South Pole. A hundred years ago tomorrow Roald Amundsen and his teammates from small, newly independent Norway beat the British Empire's team under Robert Scott to master the last continent on earth. The British did not take kindly to defeat. The press branded Amundsen a thief for taking an honor the British felt belonged to Scott and the Empire.

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The Euro Crisis: Was Cameron Right?

Harvard Business Review

In yet another effort to solve the euro crisis, France and Germany last week agreed on a stability pact that essentially offers increased bailout funds in return for even stronger fiscal austerity on the part of the major debtor countries of Europe. But the deal arguably necessitated changes to the Treaties governing the European Union and as such required assent from all 27 EU member countries, ten of which are not members of the euro zone but whose economies are nonetheless closely integrated

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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.