Tue.Oct 18, 2011

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I’m Sorry You Feel That Way

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development A key employee on your team asks to speak with you about a sensitive issue in which you have a role. You have an “Open Door Policy” so the two of you meet. When she explains the issues from her point of view, your impatient response is: “I’m sorry you feel that way.” Your spouse [.] I’m Sorry You Feel That Way.

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Leadership Biz Cafe Podcast #3 – Interview with Jesse Lyn Stoner

Tanveer Naseer

Does vision still play a key role for organizations in today’s ever-changing world? That’s one of several questions which I discuss with my guest, Jesse Lyn Stoner, in the third episode of my podcast series, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Jesse Lyn Stoner is a business consultant, former executive, and bestselling author. For over 30 years, she has worked with leaders in hundreds of organizations including Honda, Pfizer, Marriott, Edelman Public Relations, Yale University, and SAP.

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Straight talk on workplace prejudice

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Today’s post on the SmartBlog for Leadership is by Leigh Steere, co-founder of Managing People Better, unabashedly challenges the status quo. In this article, Leigh discusses “the most dangerous stereotypes are the ones we act on without realizing our prejudice. Who are you writing off, consciously or unconsciously?

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How to Decide if a Conflict is Worth the Effort to Resolve

The Recovering Engineer

One of the common questions I get as I lead workshops and work with my coaching clients is: How do I decide it a conflict is worth the effort to resolve? I think this is a great question. Honestly, resolving a conflict can take lots of emotional energy. While I think it is generally a good idea to work with other people to productively resolve conflicts, I recognize that you do not need to invest this energy to resolve every conflict you might experience.

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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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Finding Your Place of No Exceptions

Leadership Freak

When I interview someone, I listen for what interest me and explore it. While Marlene Chism chatted in my ear, I scribbled her statement, “If you can find an exception, it’s time to change the commitment.” The idea of changing a commitment troubled me. My interviewing style is circular. If a topic interests me, I’ll [.].

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A Stuntman’s Secret Fear

Tony Mayo

Dar and I were childhood friends who met at a trampoline school. One day we climbed a ladder up to a billboard, high above the roof of the school, and dove off, landing on a soft pad below. I climbed to the fifth rung; Dar just kept climbing. Ten years later, he was [.].

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10 Team Dynamics That Produce Results

Mike Cardus

Have you ever worked on a team and it was awesome! Then you are placed in another project team and it was horrible! Why? Creating results from teams happens on purpose, with a system and path to achieve the results. Contact Mike to make your team and leaders better; Improving team processes and individual effectiveness. Resulting with increased productivity and people who love the work they do.

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Books on my Reading List – Tomatoland & Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock

First Friday Book Synopsis

I wish I had more hours to read. I am behind on my fiction reading (50 years behind); my business book reading; my general nonfiction reading. I’m just behind! But here are two books on my reading list. I just bought Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Eastabrook for my [.].

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The Real Reason Your Team Doesn’t Trust You

LDRLB

'This is a guest post from Mike Figliuolo. Mike Figliuolo is the author of “ One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership.” He’s the managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a leadership development firm. An Honor Graduate from West Point, he served in the U.S. Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding his own company, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

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Radio Show: This is Your Brain on Change

Change Starts Here

My guest today is Dr. Jackie Sherman, CEO of The Jackie Sherman Group, Inc., who has been an organization development consultant for 25 years. She became deeply interested in how the brain works and how that could inform her work with organizations and leaders. Today, we’ll find out what she learned and gain practical tips for incorporating the “science of the brain” into our own work.

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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 Real Reason Your Team Doesn’t Trust You

LDRLB

This is a guest post from Mike Figliuolo. Mike Figliuolo is the author of “ One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership.” He’s the managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a leadership development firm. An Honor Graduate from West Point, he served in the U.S. Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding his own company, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

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A video of Teresa Amabile’s TEDx program in Atlanta

First Friday Book Synopsis

Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School and co-author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Originally educated as a chemist, Teresa received her doctorate in psychology from Stanford University. She studies how everyday [.].

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Guest Marketing Post-Succeeding with Video

Management Excellence

Guest Marketing Post-Succeeding with Video: I'm not alone in my video-phobia, and in comparing notes with many of my colleagues, it seems we all struggle with the same issues. We also agree that the benefits of building a video presence strongly outweigh any of the personal reasons for avoiding this. To support our efforts, I encouraged Amber Wallor and Edgar Mourans, the two pros behind Left Hand Marketing and the drive to help small business owners and even hapless actors like me build a video

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Are family contract’s the way forward for working parents?

Chartered Management Institute

O2 has announced the launch of a new flexible contract for working parents. Created with input from Mumsnet, the contract is set to encourage parents to to club together to arrange shifts enabling employees to balance flexible work patterns with the needs of the business.

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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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Corporate Cultures – Supervisor Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment

Strategy Driven

The Supervisor Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment represents move toward standardized, centralized control. This culture set benefits from greater local control than the leader initiated organization while still maintaining a degree of oversight that enhances standardization and centralized direction setting. Subsequently, organizations where work activities are supervisor initiated and controlled by documented processes tend to exhibit a very limited degree of creativity and

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12 Awkward Moments in Leadership and Life

Ron Edmondson

Have you ever had an awkward moment in leadership? I’ve had plenty. In fact, I’ve done all of these on this list. Here are a dozen awkward moments in leadership: Selfishly holding out for your way only to be proven wrong. Tweeting publicly what was supposed to be a private direct message. Sticking your neck out for someone and they betray you behind your back.

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Should You Stay Late or Go Home?

Harvard Business Review

Let me start this post with a confession: I'm usually the last person to leave my office. I get in around 8:00am or earlier and often don't get home until after 7:00pm. But I'm not complaining. I love my work (and have an understanding family). But since there's always more to do than there is time to do it, I've gotten into the pattern of expanding my workday.

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The battle of the sexes and its impact upon teamwork

Chartered Management Institute

Popular culture is full of so called Battles of the Sexes, whereby men and women compete against each other to determine who is the stronger sex. Such thinking assumes that, as men are from Mars and women are from Venus, that each sex works well with their peers, but not so well with the opposite sex. New research suggests this might not be the case at all.

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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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We Need More Mature Leaders

Harvard Business Review

"My idea is better.". "Is not.". "If we don't use my idea, I'm not playing!". "Fine, I don't like you anymore.". An argument among six-graders in the schoolyard? Unfortunately not. In the past few months we've seen the attitude above reflected in the halls of government and corporate boardrooms across the country. Arrogance, pouting, tantrums, personal attacks, and betrayal of trust seem to be the order of the day.

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Three Rules for Entrepreneurs During Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Consider three scenarios: The Mexican economy was in ruins in 1982. Oil prices had fallen, the peso was devalued, interest rates were high, and some banks were nationalized. Yet a young entrepreneur saw opportunities and invested heavily during that downturn. He acquired clusters of companies, across industries, from foreign and native investors, who were fleeing the collapsing nation.

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To Reform Capitalism, CEOs Should Champion Structural Reforms

Harvard Business Review

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Capitalism has been incredibly effective at creating prosperity and improving the standard of living for many, but its current form is on the brink of extinction. Its weaknesses, like short-termism, speculative trading, absentee ownership, profit- and shareholder-centric orientation, inability to account for non-monetary value, exploitation of labor, and extractive use of natural resources are creating too many d

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