Sun.Oct 02, 2011

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2011

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October. Up, Down, or Sideways : What You Must Always Do to Succeed When Times Are Good, Bad, or in Between by Mark Sanborn. The 5 Levels of Leadership : Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential by John C, Maxwell. Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen.

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Pat, I’d Like To Buy A Vowel: 3 Ways To Solve Your Leadership Puzzle

Terry Starbucker

Imagine the quest for leadership success as an episode of Wheel of Fortune – there’s a puzzle put in front of you, with just a couple of clues on how to solve it. You work your way though a lot of it on your own, but then you get stuck. You can’t do it by yourself any longer – you have to get some help. “Pat, I’d like to buy a vowel – let’s try “E” Vanna turns around 4 of them, and Pat declares “ that letter is important –

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Pain is Necessary and Good

Leadership Freak

Life eventually hardens like arteries unless there’s painful intervention. Positive statements affirm us. Negative statements change us. Furthermore, compliments and affirmations validate the past and solidify the present. But, crisis, criticisms and corrections change us. Spencer Johnson correctly observes, “Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.” [.].

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The October Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

The October Leadership Development Carnival is up! This month's edition is being hosted by Rochester, NY blogger (my old home town) Lynn Dessert , at her Elephants at Work blog. You can read it here. Next month's Carnival returns to Great Leadership. See the Carnival sidebar widget for details.

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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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The Disney Way: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson McGraw Hill, Second Edition (2006) The ROI of “Magic” According to William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson, “This book tells the inside story of just how Disney’s success was achieved — not by epiphanic flashes of creative insight that [.].

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Education Today: A Radical Leap With David Pinter

Steve Farber

If you’re an educator, if you know an educator, if you’d like to influence the educators in your and/or your kids lives, please take 30 minutes and listen to this radio interview with Educator Extraordinaire and Extreme Leader, David Pinter. I’ve written about David many times on this blog , but this is the first time y’all get to hear him.

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11 Tips: Dealing with Information Overload

Chartered Management Institute

I challenge you to read this article all the way to the end, without stopping to respond to an SMS, checking your email inbox or getting distracted by that Google alert you just set up to track mentions of your name.

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Complimentary Resource – How To Generate More Leads and Close More Sales, Through Trade Shows By Using Online Video & Marketing Automation

Strategy Driven

How To Generate More Leads and Close More Sales, Through Trade Shows By Using Online Video & Marketing Automation by More Trade Show Sales How To Increase Leads and Sales Generated From Trade Shows By 15% Or More. ATTENTION: CEOs, Marketing Managers, and VPs of Sales and Marketing–Announcing a Free Revenue-Focused Webinar! Please pick a date from every other Wednesday and note the time of the webinar is 1 hour and starts at 2 PM Eastern/ 1 PM Central/ 12 PM Mountain/ 11 AM Pacific.

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Encouragement: Consider an Internship Program this Summer

Ron Edmondson

I realize I have lots of ministry leaders who read my blog. (Thank you.). If you are a pastor or church leader, I want to encourage you to consider an internship program next summer for college students. I continually hear from young adults looking for a place to serve in a church. They are often sensing a call to ministry or know that’s their life-calling and want a place to serve, learn and grow in practical ministry experience.

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Some Personal History - My Teen Journey

Building Personal Strength

I was thinking today about how little my parents knew about my life as a teenager. My parents, Willy and Bea, were good people. In 1953, when I was 8 years old, the Mormon missionaries visited our house and converted my parents. That put an abrupt end to the smoking and drinking. The LDS church would become a big deal during my growing-up years. Willy and Bea had eight kids, and I was the oldest.

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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