Fri.Sep 30, 2011

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Creating a Leadership Movement

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Every so often a time arrives where society reaches a crossroads – where the situation and/or circumstance so obviously demands change that a populist mandate – a “ movement ” takes place. I would submit that we find ourselves a just such a crossroads today. We are in a crisis of leadership, and our world is suffering greatly at the hands of people who confuse their desire for an ego boost, their quest for power, and the

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WEadership Practice #1: Adopt a Wide-Angle Point of View

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Community Involvement Leadership Development This post is the second in a series that began here. We are summarizing the findings of a one-year study of workforce leadership and through that process, we have identified six practices next-generation leaders are using to be effective; a new model of leadership we call WEadership, in a nod to its collaborative nature.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2011 that you might have missed: @stevefarber: Want to solve the leadership crisis? Make a commitment to helping each other to help each other. @TheEconomist: How good are business schools at teaching globalisation? Not very, says one IESE professor. “Power may corrupt, but absolute power corrupts a lot less than partial power,” says Lucy Kellaway.

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Appreciation – Our Deepest Craving

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] What would you say is the deepest need of humans? Kevin Eikenberry (web, Twitter) posted a very action-oriented entry on his blog this week. It’s titled Our Deepest Craving. If you agree that appreciation is our deepest craving, what are you doing about it? His post informs, and challenges us to act on what we [.

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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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An 18 Year Lesson

Kevin Eikenberry

18 years ago today was my last day at Chevron, my last day employed by anyone other than myself. If my business were a person, it could vote, and in some countries legally have a beer to celebrate. A couple of years ago, to celebrate 16 years in business my team challenged me to write [.].

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An Admiral’s Take On Admiral Mike Mullen’s Leadership

Next Level Blog

October 1, 2011 marks the retirement of Admiral Mike Mullen from the U.S. Navy and from his role as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Washington Post’s David Ignatius offers a nice recap of. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Are They Contractors or Staff?

Women on Business

One of the more complicated tasks for a business owner is being able to correctly classify the people working for you. As a one man shop. it it’s fairly easy, when you pull someone in it is a temporary arrangement. As a larger operation, it gets a bit tougher. The Department of Labor and the IRS have just made this issue more complicated. The Department of Labor and the IRS have partnered along with some state governments to crack down on the misclassification of employees.

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An Admiral’s Take On Admiral Mike Mullen’s Leadership

Next Level Blog

October 1, 2011 marks the retirement of Admiral Mike Mullen from the U.S. Navy and from his role as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Washington Post’s David Ignatius offers a nice recap of. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Photo Inquiry Friday: That was your intention, tell me about your plan?

Mike Cardus

At your level of work a certain time-span for completing goals is expected. At your level of work handling choices and complexity is expected. Developing plans, solving problems and making decisions is what you are paid for. The Exponent Leadership Process _ develops skills in planning and working through complexity to increase the productivity of your team and effectiveness of your leaders; Contact Mike. “ Complexity ” has overtaken “ Change ” when it comes to poor excuses for organizations, te

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B2B versus B2C Marketing Adjustments

Coaching Tip

By Guest Author Sean Geehan. One of the biggest differences between B2B and B2C worlds is marketing. Many successful marketing leaders have a difficult time making the required adjustments to be successful. . For instance, let’s look at branding and positioning. I’m a living case-in-point. I drink more Diet Coke than I do anything else. I have it stocked in my home fridge, in my work fridge, and I order it every day at lunch.

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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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Closeout for 9.30.11

LDRLB

Every friday we review the posts from LeaderLab contributors that has appeared on this blog and elsewhere online. Here. Tim Vanderpyl examined the book Millennials into Leadership. We celebrated the launch of our sister site, Strategic Leadership Review , by featuring No Toby’s Allowed: Mandates & Strategies to Take HR Global. David Burkus listed three simple steps for becoming a better leader.

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I'm Responsible for My Feelings - A Neat Trick

Building Personal Strength

I pulled into the bank parking lot, and suddenly it hit me - I had forgotten to bring the safe deposit key. Trip wasted! I exploded with a loud one-syllable expletive. Fortunately, I was still in my car with the windows up. I remembered to bring the list of items to retrieve, but the key was still at home in its drawer. I quickly thought, No big deal.

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New insight into the productivity of early and late risers

Chartered Management Institute

The old adage was that if you go to bed early and rise early that this is the recipe for success. In our age of flexible working however it seems inconceivable to force people to work to a rigid doctrine of when work is expected of them.

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You Can’t Analyze Your Way to Growth

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger Martin for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing [.].

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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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New Book from Art-Incoming!

Management Excellence

While both the paperback and Kindle versions of my newest work, Leadership Caffeine-Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development, have been available on Amazon for a few days, I’ve not yet pulled the trigger on a public launch. In fact, when talking to my marketing manager, I suggested that instead of a launch as an event, I would much prefer a rolling launch.

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How and Why Market Anomalies and Incongruities Can Reveal 10 Clues to Business Opportunity

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article that appears in strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In it, Donald Sull shares his insights concerning how and why market anomalies and incongruities may point the way to the next breakthrough strategy, thence to a wealth of business opportunities. To check out a wealth of [.].

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Getting lots of advice

Chartered Management Institute

As we live in the age of ‘permission marketing’ where email is dead and social media is king, it is interesting to note the amount of unsolicited advice I have received in the last two days via email. About half of this came from the LinkedIn Groups that I am a member of – loosely termed ‘discussions’ these were primarily selling opportunities! The rest came from various news and forum sites that I have signed up for (honest!).

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Michael E. Raynor: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Michael E. Raynor, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, provides consulting services to senior executives in the world’s leading corporations across a wide range of industries. In his client projects and research, Michael explores the challenges of corporate strategy, innovation and growth. However, as he once observed, ”Case studies of past results are a weak foundation for predicting future outcomes.

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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 Focus Factor

Strategy Driven

Several years ago, my youngest son won his first two matches to advance to the semi-finals of the Wisconsin State wrestling tournament the next day. Prior to his heading to the tournament we talked about what he wanted to accomplish at the tournament. This was a continuation of a discussion that began at the start of the season when he thought about… and… actually put his goals for the season in writing.

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3 Questions to Ask Before Adopting That Best Practice

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. Best practices are alluring. If other companies have already determined the best way to do something, why not just do what they did? But before you run [.].

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A Month of Counseling…for everyone in the church

Ron Edmondson

I’ve often said “I wish everyone in our church could go through at least an hour of professional counseling. We all need help with the relationships in our life. What are some Biblical principles to help us know how to communicate better…how to handle conflict…what does a healthy relationship look like…especially with difficult people?

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Selling Is Not About Relationships

Harvard Business Review

This post, the first of a four-part series, is also part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line. Ask any sales leader how selling has changed in the past decade, and you'll hear a lot of answers but only one recurring theme: It's a lot harder. Yet even in these difficult times, every sales organization has a few stellar performers. Who are these people?

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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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You Can’t Even Imagine

Ron Edmondson

That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will reveal to us later. Romans 8:18. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

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Keep Listening, but Start Talking

Harvard Business Review

When we meet with prospective investors, I don't speak much, and for good reason. There are three founding partners : Clayton Christensen, Matt Christensen, and me. When Clay is in the room, people want to hear from him. He's not only the controlling shareholder of Rose Park Advisors; our investment approach is based on his theory of disruptive innovation.

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Break-in at Our Office Building

Your Voice of Encouragement

When I walked in to our office building at 7:30am on September 13, I couldn’t believe what I saw. This is a very attractive two-story brick building with lots of glass, located in an upscale business park. But you wouldn’t have guessed it that morning. Sometime during the night, thieves shattered one of the side glass doors. Apparently they had scoped out the building and realized the security system extended only to the locks.

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The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within

Harvard Business Review

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. To achieve sustained growth and profit in today's hyper-competitive global markets, leadership must have a deep commitment to and knowledge of those who truly invest in the firm — employees, vendors, customers, the community, and owners in for the long term. My view is that an emphasis on short term (i.e., quarterly) earnings has many damaging effects on a company's ability to pursue an innovative or entrep

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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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Fixing Daily Deals

Harvard Business Review

Since filing their S-1 ahead of their potential IPO , Groupon scrutiny has been intense. More and more, sales costs are rising and subscribers are buying fewer Groupons. Meanwhile, the company needs cash to keep ahead of its mounting expenses; one journalist compared Groupon's model to a Ponzi scheme because the company is using the float from new deals to pay off merchants from previous deals.

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The Euro Is Not a Long-term Crisis

Harvard Business Review

At a private meeting for some of Europe's largest companies, held on the neutral territory of Switzerland's tallest mountain, the future of the eurozone and its impact on corporate investment were high on the agenda. Most were blasé as trade between European Union member states will continue to account for most of Europe's business, whether the states have national currencies or are part of the euro.

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Getting the Most from Your R&D in China

Harvard Business Review

Companies intent on wooing the Chinese consumer are ramping up their local research and development efforts. In the past five years, global fast-moving consumer goods companies have announced plans to pour over $5 billion into R&D in China. The case is compelling. The rationale includes the need to tailor products and develop original ones that cater to local tastes, preferences, and income levels; the potential to tap into an enormous pool of low-cost engineering and design talent; and the oppo

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Is U.S. Manufacturing Making a Comeback?

Harvard Business Review

A resurgence of U.S. manufacturing seems to be in the offing. With production costs rising in China, some companies are bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. While it still makes sense to manufacture in China for the booming local market, producing goods in China for the U.S. market is no longer a no-brainer. Made in the USA, some companies are finding, could be a better option.

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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.