Thu.Oct 06, 2011

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Patient Intolerance

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development Self Leadership Leadership, at it’s core, is about successfully managing the gap between our expectations and our experience. Leaders look into the world with a conflicting sense of idealistic passion and frustrated discontent. There’s a problem to solve, a need to meet, a hill to climb, a job to be done, a world to change - and [.

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Stimulus Package 4 - Free Book: Up, Down, or Sideways

Leading Blog

Here’s a stimulus package to get you thinking. It’s a package designed to serve as a catalyst to help you to find ways to make things work and get things done. While you might think of it as a piece of good fortune, don’t think of it as a bailout. You’ve still got to do the inside work. In partnership with Mark Sanborn, we are giving away three autographed copies of Up, Down, or Sideways : How to Succeed When Times are Good, Bad, or In Between.

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Creating Strategic Disadvantage

Leadership Freak

Should the potential benefits of overcoming difficulties motivate leaders to intentionally create strategic disadvantage? That’s the question Malcolm Gladwell introduced yesterday in an unplugged session during the World Business Forum. It’s been bouncing around in my head ever since. (see yesterday’s post: Useful Disadvantage) Disadvantages create difficulty.

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Women Think Differently…

Women on Business

This article ( [link] ) gives an interesting and intriguing take on a recent Harvard Business Review issue. The article refers to higher ambition and leaders being able to turn companies around. Sasha, the author, feels the leaders, and the new leadership philosophy, is something that women have been doing forever and comes instinctually. The theory, or new business philosophy, includes working with employees to give them more credit and acknowledgement, providing more meaningful work and goal

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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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Tamara Erickson - Managing Across Generations

CEO Blog

Still live at #WBF11. The speaker now is Tamara Erickson who is speaking about what happens at different ages. The 11-15 year old time period tends to influence the lifetime. We are influenced by the news, our parents, our national context, our religion etc. Because we share the same national/news context then people of the same age share a lot of commonality.

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Six Roles of a Leader During Change

Change Starts Here

Successful organizational change depends on leaders – managers and bosses who have direct authority with people going through the change – to support and execute change in their span of influence. Effective leaders acknowledge that their support is crucial to success and commit to doing their part. The following are some of the roles leaders may play as they drive change in your organization.

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Case Study in Managerial Leadership: He has the talent just doesn’t talk about it, So NO-ONE knows.

Mike Cardus

Being a Manager is tough and being accountable for the work as well as the behavior of a subordinate adds another layer of complexity onto your challenges. Ensuring that the right person you promote is capable to do the work and Fit-In with their new work peer group is necessary. The Case Study Below is true, the company and names have been changed.

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Gary Hamel - The Future of Management

CEO Blog

Still reporting from #WBF11. The sessions are awesome and inspirational. I had lunch with the people putting on C2-MTL , a creativity conference being held in Montreal in May of next year. Their program looks great. Cohosted with Circ du soleil so should be inspirational. Hopefully they will ask me to join them as either a blogger or presenter. Listening to Gary Hamel - visiting professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School.

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Are Leaders Born or Made?

Coaching Tip

By Guest Author Jack Zenger. Few things in my life have the consistency of the following exchange. . Stranger: “So what do you do for a living?”. Me: “I’m involved in the leadership development profession. We usually work with large organizations in developing their leaders, using a variety of programs and instruments.”.

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Give your star their standing ovation

Chartered Management Institute

At football matches it's common for a star performer, say one that has just scored a hat-trick of goals, to be substituted a few minutes before the end of the game in order for that individual to receive a standing ovation before the end of the match. It's designed to let the crowd show their love for the player on his own rather than with his team mates.

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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 Magic of Steve Jobs Part 2

Women's Leadership Exchange

Steve Jobs has died. That it such a cold and unwanted fact about a man that has warmed the hearts of millions with his joyful, beautiful and super-functional technology. I wrote a blog at the end of August when Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO. Everything I wrote then communicates my feelings about Steve today. And anyway Steve Jobs lives on in the hearts of most Apple product users (and who isn’t?

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Who was Steven P. Jobs?

Coaching Tip

If you had listened to Steven P. Jobs' presentations over the years, he came across not as the creator of a product so much as its very first fan--the first person to digest its possibilities. Before his hiatus from Apple, in 1985, his entrepreneurial meddling and micromanagement had gotten out of control. But the years away reportedly helped him develop his leadership style and begin ceding more responsibilities to others.

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Voice of Experience: Jennifer Christie (American Express)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Jennifer Christie (Chief Diversity Officer and VP, Global Executive, American Express) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and [.].

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When a Member of Your Online Community Dies

Managing Communities

photo credit: !efatima My mind is in a certain place today. Communities are about people and people, unlike databases and forum posts, have a finite existence on Earth. One of the hardest things we will deal with in our life is death. When a person dies, their death impacts everyone who cared for them, from [.].

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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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The Ultimate Question 2.0: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Ultimate Question 2.0: How NET PROMOTER Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Here is an open-source system whose “engine” can drive profitable growth This is a revised and expanded second edition of a book published in 2006. In it, Fred Reichheld skillfully develops several [.].

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7 Characteristics of the Bottleneck Leader

Ron Edmondson

Leaders should aim not to be a bottleneck in the process of building a healthy and growing organization. In manufacturing, a bottleneck is defined as “A point of congestion in a system that occurs when workloads arrive at a given point more quickly than that point can handle them.” (Investopedica.com) In an organization, the bottleneck can be the leader.

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Is the recession making workers healthier?

Chartered Management Institute

A new report from Aviva Heath has found that two in five (41%) employees say they’ve too much work to do and nearly a third (30%) are working longer hours. But to combat the stress employees are making lifestyle changes. Far fewer employees are adopting unhealthy behaviours despite feeling under pressure. Only 19% of employees say that they eat unhealthily to help them deal with stress compared to 34% in Aviva’s 2009 research.

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Steve Jobs-Walking With Giants

Management Excellence

Twentieth Century Industrialist and the founder of Panasonic, Konosuke Matsushita, established a garden outside of the firm’s modest headquarters in Osaka, Japan. In this garden, he commissioned and placed statues of his heroes. Fittingly, a giant statue of Thomas Edison is at the center of this collection of remarkable Western and Asian inventors and thinkers. [.].

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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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StrategyDriven Podcast Video Edition – What makes an organization StrategyDriven?

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the principle, best practice, and warning flag articles found on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 2 – What makes an organization StrategyDriven?

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Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 … Andy Stanley

Ron Edmondson

Andy Stanley was the first session speaker. Andy began by saying, “ My favorite pastor is present today. He was my pastor the whole time I grew up. ” He was paying tribute to his father Charles Stanley. I love when he does that. Keeping with the theme of Catalyst this year to Be Present, Andy challenged leaders to consider their presence with these statements: The more successful you are the less accessible you will become.

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Steve Jobs - The Great Man of the Information Age

Building Personal Strength

When I saw the news that Steve Jobs had died, I felt the loss so strongly that it almost knocked me off my chair. It's impossible to overestimate his impact on our lives. Steve Jobs was to the information age what Henry Ford was to the industrial age - the most important innovator and contributor of his time. Nearly everything we value most about computers can be attributed to his work.

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Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Jim Collins

Ron Edmondson

Notes from Jim Collins , the best-selling author of “Good to Great”, talk at Catalyst: Jim says he loves young leaders and is excited to share findings from his newest book “Great by Choice”, which was produced after 9 years of research. The book aimed to find out what separates some decisions from others; good leaders from great leaders.

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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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Thanks Steve

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Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Francis Chan

Ron Edmondson

Francis is passionate about God and His glory. Anyone having ever reading his books or listened to his messages would confirm that fact. Francis started with a confession. He struggles with being present. (The theme of this week’s conference.). Has that ever been you? (I’m guilty of that.). Francis says, “There’s nothing worse than having a conversation with someone who is not present.” The title Catalyst gave Francis for his talk: His presence matters.

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Steve Jobs' Legacy: Design Your Own Life

Harvard Business Review

While there are many things worth celebrating of Steve Jobs' life, the greatest gift Steve gave us is a way to design our own lives. Steve Jobs was known for being a design god who sweated experience, and pixels and, well, everything. "Design," he once said , "is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But, of course, if you dig deeper, it's how it really works.

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Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Dave Ramsey

Ron Edmondson

Dave Ramsey is becoming a culture-changer. His methodical and wise approach to living has put him in a influential position within society. The mega money management advisor shared Biblical principles, quoting Proverbs frequently, as he challenged the Catalyst audience to live wiser. Dave shared five things that matter today in any organization: People matter – In the middle of a transactional culture, you need to be intentionally relational.

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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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Thank You, Steve

Harvard Business Review

Dear Steve, We've never met. And yet nearly everywhere I turn in my house, I see your imprint. You don't know my family, and yet each of us has had our lives made better because of your work. As I put my kids to bed, I wanted to share some belated thank yous for all you have done for me and my family. Thank you for bringing music back into my house.

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Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Judah Smith

Ron Edmondson

Ben Reed is a note-taking genius. He’s also one a great small groups pastor, leader and friend. He writes a great blog too! Check it out HERE. I had some pastoral work to catch up on tonight, so Ben was gracious to guest post for me for the last session at Catalyst today: Here is a guest post from Ben Reed : Judah Smith , presented the closing session for Thursday night at Catalyst 2011.

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Why Good Leaders Pass the Credit and Take the Blame

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago my colleague Flemming Norrgren and I asked a long-tenured European CEO how he came up with the idea for his company's radical and new strategic direction. "Oh, that's an interesting question," he said. "I never thought about it in that way. Certainly it was not only me. I had a big role, but it was not me, me, me. This is not an American organization.".

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New Research Busts Myths About the Gender Gap

Harvard Business Review

The glass ceiling, a phrase popularized in a 1986 Wall Street Journal article, has been invoked for years as the barrier keeping women from reaching the executive ranks in numbers paralleling men. It makes for a compelling image, especially given the stagnation in the representation of women in the executive suites of the largest companies despite their growing presence in the lower ranks.

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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.