Wed.Nov 23, 2011

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How Noisy Is Your Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Light Your World Self Leadership Popular views of leaders focus primarily on positional leadership. Those of us in the Lead Change community prefer to focus on character-based leadership, which enables anyone to become a leader, regardless of their station in life, simply by the actions they take and the effect they have on the people around them.

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5 Keys to Effectively Communicating Appreciation in the Workplace

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Paul White: As I travel around the country to consult for businesses and organizations, I hear the same message over and over—both from leaders and from their employees: “People are getting burned out. We have to do more work with less people, making do with the budget that we have,” or, “We need to do something to show our workers appreciation but funds are tight.

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Thinking Beyond Disciplines: Why We Need it

Leading in Context

What is Transdiciplinarity? The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix Research Institute list transdisciplinarity as #7 in a list of skills critical for Workforce 2020. They define it as "understanding concepts across multiple disciplines.".

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Being in a State of Gratitude

Persuasive Powerhouse

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. The tradition of preparing and eating lots of wonderful food, watching football, and being with family and friends is wonderful. Yet for me, it’s the intent behind the holiday – giving thanks – that reigns as my all-time favorite thing about it. Yet I wonder if giving [.

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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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Take the Thanks Giving Leadership Challenge

Next Level Blog

As Thanksgiving Day approaches in the United States, here’s a personal leadership challenge that could have an impact long after the turkey leftovers are gobbled up. If you’re a leader (at work, in. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Trust Attracting vs. Trust Repelling Workplaces

Mike Cardus

Trust defined as – The ability to rely upon others to be truthful and to do as they say, and to follow established rules, procedures and custom and practice. Can a hierarchical organization with Manager / Subordinate relationships increase and attract trust? Can individuals be free in a system like this? Are justice, fairness and equity false assumptions within hierarchies?

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Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Your Voice of Encouragement

This time of year, we are often reminded to count our blessings and reflect on what we’re thankful for. It’s actually an even better idea to establish a daily practice of gratitude. When we’re caught up in the problems we face each day, it’s easy to lose sight of the good things that are right in front of us. Taking time first thing in the morning or at the end of the day to write down the top 5 or 10 things you are thankful for is a powerful exercise.

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Thank you note

Change Starts Here

Thank you, blog reader. You challenge me to share practical tips and worthwhile ideas on a regular basis. Thank you, coaching client. It is an honor to walk beside you as you influence change in your organization. Thank you, workshop attendee. You inspire me to develop frameworks that make complex work manageable. Thank you, newsletter subscriber. You motivate me to create content worthy of your inbox.

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Book Review: “Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All”

The Practical Leader

This is a very timely, inspiring, and practical book for leading in turbulent times. It’s the culmination of a nine year research project that began in 2002 "in the aftermath of 9/11 and the bursting stock bubble, watching the exponential rise of global competition and the relentless onslaught of technological disruption, hearing the rising chant of ‘change, change, change…’" While a faculty member at Harvard Business School, Morten Hansen provided Jim Collins wit

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A Timeout to Consider “The Leader’s List for Giving Thanks”

Management Excellence

Note from Art: I run this list every Thanksgiving.not because it's convenient, but because the thoughts are heartfelt and unchanging. Those who serve by leading have many reasons to truly be grateful for the opportunity and for those who support them every day. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

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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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Teddy bears to the rescue again

Chartered Management Institute

I wrote a few months ago about the positive effect a teddy bear can have on the ethical behaviour of both individual managers and their companies. Apparently teddy bears have the potential to provide similar boosts to sense of belonging as well, at least according to some new research published recently.

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Blind spots that smart people should be aware of

Rajesh Setty

Blind spots are a problem for everyone – not just for smart people. Sometimes one can’t see the blind spots and sometimes one suffers because they are treading the blind spot of someone else. While everyone pays a price for missing a blind spot, I think smart people pay a bigger price because they refuse to see those blind spots until a heavy price has been paid.

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One day to be selfish

Deep Imprints

Do you ever want that? Just one day to be selfish, whatever that means? Some days you want a simple bubble bath. Other times, you want a day to catch up on your shows. Maybe you just want quiet. My “quiet day” would preclude my kids making cookies and listening to Christmas music. It would avoid trips to the top of the pantry for cookie cutters, and trips to the basement for laundry and to store the ice rings for tomorrow.

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7 Ways to Be a More Thankful Person

Ron Edmondson

Are you truly thankful? I find at times I am, and at other times, I’m like the rest of God’s children. I can be a grumbler. What would it take to learn the secret of contentment…to be thankful all the time? Here are 7 way to be more thankful: Consider what you could NOT have that you have now – Don’t forget your toothbrush, your socks, and clean drinking water!

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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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Forget Feedback, Try Feed Forward

Roundtable Talk

Even though I know it’s good for me, I still find “constructive” fee dback difficult. Like many type-A’s, I’m so highly self-critical that hearing things from other people about what I’m not doing well makes me want to shout “yeah, well you try living in this head!” Good thing my husband’s a therapist. Anyway, lately, I’ve been trying more of the “feed forward” technique.

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The Trust of a Widow: A Sermon

Ron Edmondson

Are you worried? Having doubts? Do you need some encouragement to trust again? The Trust of a Widow from Gcomchurch Sermons on Vimeo. Related posts: Pastor Fred Winter’s Widow Shares Her Testimony (Faith Example). The Believer’s Response to Grief. Necessary Roughness: Communication.

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Social Media Fail, Airline Style

Harvard Business Review

The capacity to operate a 747 is incompatible with social media smarts. That's the conclusion one might draw from the social media fail of the week — a prize that should exist if it doesn't yet. Qantas Airways landed in the headlines for a tone-deaf Twitter contest that asked people to tweet their dreams for luxury air travel, including the hashtag #qantasluxury.

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Rapport: The Key To Sales

Strategy Driven

Every sales person knows how important good communication is in building business relationships. But have you ever thought about what it takes to build instant rapport with anyone? One time I was on a business trip, and due to a series of events I had to get a hotel room with no reservation. I called several brand name hotels only to be told they were booked.

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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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The Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

Harvard Business Review

Creativity and innovative thinking are not genetic traits. What makes people great innovators is not their genetic makeup, but a set of skills and behaviors. The good news: anyone can learn, practice, and master the skills necessary to become a disruptive innovator. Hear Clay Christensen and Hal Gregersen, authors of The Innovator's DNA , talk about the ways in which leaders can improve their organization's innovative skills.

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Who's Your Brand's Editor-in-Chief?

Harvard Business Review

If you're a retailer and you're not generating a non-stop flow of customized, interactive content, the writing's on the wall: Publish or perish. Publishing has become an essential tool for keeping customers close as they pursue their decision journeys on the way to purchase. Just look around. Macy's mBlog offers "news, reviews, magic and more," J. C.

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Why an Identity Crisis Might Be Just What Your Brain Needs

Harvard Business Review

At the 2011 Neuroleadership Summit in San Francisco this month, attendees learned how allowing your brain to have an identity crisis may be just the thing to improve personal and company performance. A simple model for understanding the link between identity, brain, and their effect on performance goes something like this: 1) identity drives motivation, 2) motivation drives action, and 3) action drives results.

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The Myth of Monotasking

Harvard Business Review

An interview with Cathy Davidson , Duke University professor and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. Download this podcast.

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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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The Auto Industry Embraces Its Own Disruption

Harvard Business Review

In a flashback to our days on the playground, a growing number of consumers are embracing the idea of sharing. People are sharing everything from apartments to designer dresses , and the surge in popularity has given rise to what has been called the " sharing economy." This movement is reshaping the way people are consuming, and disrupting many established industries in the process.

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The Ambidextrous CEO

Harvard Business Review

Leaders often find themselves struggling when making decisions about supporting the core business while also funding and nurturing the innovative projects on which the long-term future of the business depends. The battles over investment and talent often pit unit leaders against each other. Hear Michael Tushman and Andrew Binn describe a framework for creating a balance between the old and the new that allows the organization to make the most of creative tension.

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Taking Measure of Talent With Analytics

Harvard Business Review

An organization's workforce is its most important asset as well as one of its greatest investments. Understanding the skill, knowledge and experience of the workforce is increasingly important, as companies push to improve top- and bottom-line performance while aggressively managing costs in a highly competitive, complex and global environment. Talent analytics is giving companies a new look into their workforce, says author Jeremy Shapiro, and is allowing leaders to make better decisions about

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The Kids' Table? No Thanks

Harvard Business Review

Do you remember being stuck at the kids' table for Thanksgiving dinner growing up? I do. There were always too many of us to all sit around one dinner table, so we had a secondary table off to the side, sometimes even in a separate room, to which the younger generation was relegated. I remember asking every year if I would be able to sit with the grownups.

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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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One Page Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

We all know it takes top talent to win in today's marketplace. You spend a lot of time and money to attract and retain the best talent. But sometimes it seems that no matter how well designed your talent management processes are, they still fail to deliver the talent depth you need. Talent management expert Marc Effron says companies unwittingly add complexity to their talent management and turn processes like setting employee performance goals into complicated time-wasters that turn managers of

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Winning In Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to select emerging markets is to evaluate their size and/or growth potential. However, Harvard Business School professor Tarun Khanna says that's not actually the best way to choose emerging markets — just the most common way. Listen to his advice on seeking out the right markets with the most significant opportunities.

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China's Small Town Problem

Harvard Business Review

For Chinese tourists the big Western cities come as a huge disappointment. New York's Time Square is just a busy junction, not the wide square of their imaginings. In the downtowns Los Angeles, Atlanta and Phoenix, you rarely see a soul apart from the occasional tramp. It's so desolate that it feels scary to walk there even in the daytime. Big cities in Europe are no better.

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The Products Chinese Consumers Want

Harvard Business Review

China's consumer goods market expanded rapidly over the past two decades primarily because of the growing number of first-time buyers, who were eager to buy goods and services that were previously unavailable or unaffordable. With so many products and services now within people's reach, though, it's interesting to identify the new frontiers of growth.

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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.