Sat.Feb 18, 2012

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Step Back to Lead Forward

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Over at the Leadership Freak blog, Dan Rockwell (@Leadershipfreak) posted an interesting article yesterday about the importance of both stepping forward and stepping back. There are times when we must step back to allow others to take the lead. He asks leaders to consider finding those individuals who embrace organizational values and then clarifying for [.].

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Five tips for career growth

Lead on Purpose

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.” If you’re moving backward, who’s fault is it? Who is responsible? We all know the answer to this. The people whose careers seem to grow the fastest follow similar patterns of behavior. They understand competition exists, they recognize the steps they need to take to succeed, and they understand who is responsible.

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How to Step Back and Succeed More

Leadership Freak

** It’s easier for leaders to step up and in than to step down and back. Beginnings demand stepping in; enduring, exponential success calls for stepping back. Before stepping back: Before you step back, build people who embrace organizational values. People who don’t share values always suggest wrong directions, dilute focus, and slow progress.

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The Santa Barbara MIT Enterprise Forum

Jason Womack

On February 15th, 2012, I shared the stage with four amazing entrepreneurs and business thought-leaders in Santa Barbara, speaking for the MIT Enterprise Forum. The event was titled, "Effective Startup Management: Featuring Paul Orfalea ". For just over 2 hours, the discussion turned this way and that. The entire event was dedicated to not just the startup founders in the audience - and those who will undoubtedly watch the video recording later on - but also to the concept itself: Entrepreneurs

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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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How to Step Back and Succeed More

Leadership Freak

** It’s easier for leaders to step up and in than to step down and back. Beginnings demand stepping in; enduring, exponential success calls for stepping back. Before stepping back: Before you step back, build people who embrace organizational values. People who don’t share values always suggest wrong directions, dilute focus, and slow progress.

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The Intuitive Compass: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Intuitive Compass: Why the Best Decisions Balance Reason and Instinct Francis P. Cholle Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How to “find solutions beyond the boundaries of what we know” “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faith servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has [.].

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Define How Your Team Will Work: Four Key Considerations

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. Most team leaders know to help their team define goals, but the conversation shouldn’t stop there. You also need to agree on the mechanics of how the [.].

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Patience in Leadership ~ More Discipline than Virtue

You're Not the Boss of Me

The original of this post was published in 2010. I have revisited it and refreshed it because, well, sometimes I need a little reminding about some things. The importance of cultivating patience is one of them. ==. Patience. It isn’t often included in the list of primary attributes we look for in leaders and yet to me, it is an underpinning of good leadership.

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4 Activities for When Life is Uncertain

Ron Edmondson

What do you do when life is uncertain? Trust – God has a plan even when you can’t discern it. Faith is being certain when life is uncertain; believing when you cannot see. It’s much harder to worry when you are trusting. Psalm 56:3, Proverbs 3:5, Jeremiah 17:7. Pray – Ask God for discernment and clarity, but also for patience.

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Patience in Leadership ~ More Discipline than Virtue

You're Not the Boss of Me

The original of this post was published in 2010. I have revisited it and refreshed it because, well, sometimes I need a little reminding about some things. The importance of cultivating patience is one of them. ==. Patience. It isn’t often included in the list of primary attributes we look for in leaders and yet to me, it is an underpinning of good leadership.

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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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The silent contributor to your results

Rajesh Setty

Take any domain and you will find a silent contributor to the results you are producing in that domain. That silent contributor is your worldviews on that and the related domains. Your worldview is simply what it says – your view of the world. Think about a few areas that matter most to your professional life. Let’s say they are marketing, team work and leadership to start with.

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Social media & social business in small enterprises

Rapid BI

Social media & social business in small enterprises One of the major changes under way in very large and global businesses is the adoption of collaboration tools. Often these are social media based software tools which allow people from different busi.

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Social media & social business in small enterprises

Rapid BI

Social media & social business in small enterprises One of the major changes under way in very large and global businesses is the adoption of collaboration tools. Often these are social media based software tools which allow people from different busi.

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