Wed.Jan 04, 2012

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Leading Views: James Stockdale on Leadership

Leading Blog

In A Vietnam Experience : Ten Years of Reflection (1984) by James Stockdale, he writes: Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers. We are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders we love, and most tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them.

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How to Use the Leading in Context® Website

Leading in Context

How to Use The Leading in Context® Website Consider how you want to find information and then click on the link below: ? To understand the evolving definition of "leading ethically" in a global society (Review Selected Posts) ? To follow my curiosity (Scan the Blog Index for titles that interest you!).

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The Secret Power of Destroying Secrets

Leadership Freak

Manipulators, backstabbers, and poor performers love organizations with secrets. In fact, they create, nurture and protect environments where secrets are normal, even virtuous. Most organizations have too many secrets. Too many conversations are reserved for insiders. Too much information is held by too few. Secrets create elitism. Why we fear transparency: We play favorites and [.].

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Can You Deliberately Practice Soft Skills?

Persuasive Powerhouse

A recent comment by a reader on an older post, “ It Takes Time to Make Great Leaders ” sparked my thinking about whether leaders can truly “practice” the soft skills involved in leading in a deliberate way. I began to wonder if I was drawing a parallel to the work of Benjamin Bloom and Geoff Colvin that was inappropriate. Or…perhaps I’m protecting my own way of making a living by helping leaders to practice soft skills, making me unable to see the truth (if there is

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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 (or NOT to) Stand Out With Your Resume

Women on Business

How to (or NOT to) Stand Out With Your Resume. I recently came across an article on MSN careers, titled 20 Unusual Resume Tactics to Avoid. In it, the author, Autumn McReynolds, shared what she believed to be tactics to avoid with your resume, based on the annual CareerBuilder survey. These 20 tactics were: Candidate said the more you paid him, the harder he worked.

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Thought-full Thursday: Choosing Passion

Persuasive Powerhouse

Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. Today we feature a quote from my friend Becky Robinson , whose Weaving Influence blog is a masterpiece of beautiful prose. I admire every turn of a phrase she writes. And lucky us; she sometimes writes about leadership (but I happen to think that all of her posts are about leadership).

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Money View

Chris Brady

"World View" is a term recently popularized by philosophers and media pundits who debate spiritual and political matters. It refers to the lens through which people see (and therefore interpret) the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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What Does Warren Buffett Know That Steve Jobs Didn’t?

First Friday Book Synopsis

I thought it was interesting when Warren Buffett made a major turnaround and chose to invest in a traditional newspaper. On November 30, Berkshire Hathaway, where Buffett is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, purchased the Omaha World-Herald Company, publisher of six daily papers in Nebraska and Iowa. Such a deal is counter to the flow of [.].

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0301 | Robert Hurley

LDRLB

Dr. Hurley is a Professor at Fordham University and President of Hurley Associates. Dr. Hurley consults with organizations on leadership development, top team development, coaching, managing transformational change and developing and implementing strategies to maximize customer value. He has published over 30 articles or book chapters. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, California Management Review, and Harvard Business Review.

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Creative Communication Network Announces Charitable Support for 2012

First Friday Book Synopsis

Creative Communication Network is pleased to announce three campaigns in 2012 benefiting charitable causes that we wish to support. Please join with us in our efforts. For one month in each quarter, CCN will donate and match the proceeds from the First Friday Book Synopsis and contribute those funds directly to each of these charities. We will [.].

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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 ROI of Performance Excellence Programs

Six Disciplines

The ROI of performance excellence programs like Six Disciplines has been researched and proven many times over, by similar quality, performance, and business excellence programs like Baldrige, EFQM, and TQM. The value of implementing a performance excellence program like Six Disciplines is hard to ignore: A study by the European Foundation for Quality Management of 120 award-winning companies, including 24 from the U.S., compared their financial performance to that of similar companies that had

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My Best of 2011

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here you go – this is my list of the Best of 2011 in a number of categories. Best Business Book: The 3rd Alternative by Stephen Covey (New York: Free Press) – this book explains and promotes a tired “win-win” philosophy in a fresh way, opening up applications in multiple contexts for many people who [.].

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Part 3 of 4 Authorities That Every Manager Must Have: Authority to decide task assignments.

Mike Cardus

Manager: a person in a role in which he or she is held accountable not only for their own personal effectiveness but also for the output of others; and is accountable for building and sustaining an effective team of subordinates capable of producing those outputs, and for exercising effective leadership. (Jaques 1998). 4 Minimum authorities that every manager must have in order to be an effective and trustworthy managerial leader.

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Are You Running in Place When it Comes to Your Professional Development?

Management Excellence

Unlike the resolutions that so many of us make in January and discard just as quickly by February, our own professional development requires a deliberate and consistent effort to improve. Here are 7 ideas to help you stop running in place and start moving forward.

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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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How To Start Your 2012 As A Leader

Eric Jacobson

I heard this advice quoted awhile back and wanted to share it. It's from William Arthur Ward , one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2012.

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The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising

First Friday Book Synopsis

One of the most popular books for our CCN on-site presentations last year was The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr (New York: Norton, 2010). In that book, he discusses how the Internet tinkers with the brain, reamps its neural circuitry, and reprograms the memory. While the mind [.].

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Top 5 Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobson

A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. Okay, that's really not too surprising during these times of high unemployment. Next on the list is benefits. The unstable economy, coupled with rising health care costs, make employer offered benefits more important than ever.

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His Hour Upon the Stage

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an especially interesting article written by Douglas L. Wilson and featured online by the website of The American Scholar, the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the magazine has won four [.].

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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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5 Questions To Ask Your Employees During Performance Reviews

Eric Jacobson

Here are five important questions you , as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? What can I do in the next review period to help you achieve/improve? What conditions here enable you - or make it hard - to do your best work? What do you want most from your job?

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One on One: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game John Feinstein Little, Brown & Company (2011) Memorable moments and unforgettable people during a ten-book journey…thus far…featured in an eleventh book Others have their reasons for holding this book in high regard. Here are three of mine. First, with all due respect to [.].

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Behold! A Leader is Born!

The Practical Leader

A long time reader, P.K. Seshadri, sent this “ quip to enjoy and use in your future posts: An amateur photographer was invited to dinner with friends and took along a few pictures to show the hostess. She looked at the photos and commented ‘These are very good! You must have a good camera.’ He didn’t make any comment, but, as he was leaving to go home, he said, ‘That was a really delicious meal!

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You are what you read

Chartered Management Institute

It is always quite revealing what people choose to read. This month Jill Dann is Guest Editor of the Management and Consulting Book Club pages. She has written a number of books about emotional intelligence, writes about her career (she started out in the Royal Navy) and the management books tha. Related Content: You are what you read What do a former arctic trawlerman, a former human resource manager in the gas industry, CMI member Emma Grant, and a book about Twitter have in common?

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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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How I Started the Year Successfully

Ron Edmondson

I’m not working the first week of the new year. Well, actually I am working. I’m writing a message for Sunday, I’m replying to dozens of emails, texts and phone calls, I’m thinking, processing, and dreaming about the new year. I’m not in the office. Normally on this week there would be dozens of meetings. I’d begin implementing the plans I dreamed of over the month of December.

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You are what you read

Chartered Management Institute

It is always quite revealing what people choose to read. This month Jill Dann is Guest Editor of the Management and Consulting Book Club pages. She has written a number of books about emotional intelligence, writes about her career (she started out in the Royal Navy) and the management books that have influenced her most over the years. She is also a judge for the EBooks category of CMI Management Book of the Year prize.

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The Performance and Potential Matrix (9 Box Grid) – an Update

Great Leadership By Dan

Note: this is an update to one of the very first posts I wrote in November 2007 and continues to be one of my most popular. I thought it was time for an update. The performance and potential matrix (9 box grid) is one of the most widely used tools in succession planning and development. It can be a valuable tool for anyone who works in talent management, or for any manager.

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Three Powerful Lessons I Learned When I Got Offline

Harvard Business Review

I hadn't been offline for more than a few hours in two and a half years — and only then because I was on safari in Botswana and had no choice. Typically, the first thing I would do when I got up in the morning was to get on my laptop to check a series of sites, including Twitter, Facebook, Google Analytics, and HBR.org, to see what comments my blogs had accumulated overnight.

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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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Sean Covey on Peer Pressure

Building Personal Strength

Teens are famous for doing wild and crazy things without thinking about the consequences. I shudder when I remember some my own antics as a teenager. Of course one of the reasons for this behavior is that they're experimenting and exploring their independence at a time when the decision-making part of their brain is "under construction." They're also particularly vulnerable to peer pressure.

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Your Problem Isn't Motivation

Harvard Business Review

"Peter," my friend Byron emailed me a few days ago. "I haven't been diligent about working out over the past five years and I'm trying to get back in the gym and get myself into a healthier state. I've found that on my quest for a Mind, Body, Spirit balance, my body has been neglected. I need to fix it, and it's VERY hard for me to get motivated. Any insight?".

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Start the Year in the Right Rhythm

Harvard Business Review

We don't often think about it, but life is based on natural, recurring rhythms: Days, years and even our own lives have predictable cycles that allow us to navigate through time. Our morning activities differ from our evening ones; we plan vacations around the seasons; and we focus our energy according to the stages of our careers. Without these cadences the music of life would be chaotic, and it would be hard to build a common social experience with other people.