Sun.Jul 24, 2011

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6 Quick-Hitting One Line Lessons For Front Line Leaders

Terry Starbucker

In today’s ultra-competitive businesses, one of the most challenging things for middle and upper level leaders is to get leadership lessons across quickly and effectively to front line supervisors, especially while they are in the thick of their hectic day to day activities. Sometimes it’s hard to get their full attention for 10 minutes, much less the time it would take to do a full-scale training session.

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Cultivating Goodness

Persuasive Powerhouse

Call me naïve or unrealistic, but I believe that we get what we put out there. When our intentions are pure and meant to serve the greater good, on balance we’ve made a positive ripple in the universe that will be repaid. The best leaders don’t expect something good to come back, but it tends to happen anyway. In other words, when you sincerely express goodness, it comes back to you.

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How to Refuel Your Own Tank

Leadership Freak

Busy people grow empty and eventually lose touch with the meaning of their busyness. Being coached may be a way for you to refuel your tank. Last week I had my first coaching session with Bob Hancox from Tekara. To be clear, he coached me, I didn’t coach him. A few days before our appointment [.].

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Raise your hand, if you know what yours are

Jason Womack

How many goals do you have? Stating an intention is more.it's more than creating a plan, more than getting started. It's a reflection of your belief system. What you believe could happen. What goals do you have? Are they personal? Professional? Do they have to do with you, your community or a cause? What they are.that there are; I'd go for the second every time.

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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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What Makes ABSOLUT, Absolute? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. What Makes ABSOLUT, Absolute? by John • July 24, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. ABSOLUT Vodka’s advertising campaign is one of the most successful and longest running consumer products campaigns in the history of advertising. The original concept, created by Art Director Geoff Hayes in a bathtub, and perpetuated by several creative notables, has managed to stand the cruel test of time and create the 3 rd

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Paradox of Innovation and Status Quo

Mills Scofield

As much as I love change, innovation, #RCUS (Random Collisions of Unusual Suspects per Saul Kaplan) and challenging the Status Quo, I realized how much the comfort and haven of some Status Quo means to me as we got settled at our place in Maine. The familiar faces in our littl [.

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Lessons in stress

Chartered Management Institute

Stress, if you ask a scientist, is easy to explain. It is the amount of force per unit area exerted on a given object. There are two ways to increase stress. One, apply more force. Two, decrease the size of the object. Ergo a common business question: how can we increase productivity and minimise resources at the same time? is, in stress terms, a perfect storm writes Tom Peck.

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Stacey Allaster (the Women’s Tennis Association) in “The Corner Office”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Stacey Allaster, the chairwoman and C.E.O. of the Women’s Tennis Association, who says, “When You Persevere, ‘No’ Turns to ‘Yes.’” [.].

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What if Church…

Ron Edmondson

…was not just about me? Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4. What if… Instead of going to be encouraged…we went to encourage others… Instead of hoping to sing my favorite song…we hoped to sing “their&# favorite song… Instead of looking to be served…we intentionally served others… Instead of waiting to be welcomed…we welcomed others first… Instead of asking to

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Time to Hire? Six Signs to Help You Decide

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by Robert Hosking 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. * * * Often talent managers look at external signs to determine staffing needs, but it’s [.].

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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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Leadership, Unrealized Potential and the Sad Passing of Amy Winehouse

Management Excellence

As a leader, you have a choice to search for greatness in your people. Your actions, your word….your efforts to nudge or push or help people develop, is what you are supposed to be about. In your own small or big way, you’re supposed to be a contributor to greatness.

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The funniest brief video I have seen in decades….

First Friday Book Synopsis

Without introduction except to say that this is funniest brief video I have seen in decades… [link] Filed under: Bob's blog entries.

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Book Review: What you need to know about leadership

Chartered Management Institute

This book has something for everyone, whatever level of experience. Review by Julie Hyde MIMgt.

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