Wed.Nov 02, 2011

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One Word Leaders Should Never Use

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, (@thoughtLEADERS) the author of One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership (you can get your copy by clicking here). You can learn more about Mike and his book at the end of the post. Here’s Mike: I hate the use of the word “just” [.] One Word Leaders Should Never Use.

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Leading Views: You Can’t Do It Without Love

Leading Blog

In Up, Down, or Sideways , Mark Sanborn asks: So how are you doing with love? One method I use to assess myself in this area is to plug my name into a familiar passage from the Bible—1 Corinthians 13:4-7. It says, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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Interview with Mike Figliuolo of thoughtLEADERS LLC

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Today, I have the opportunity to interview Mike Figliuolo (@thoughtLEADERS) Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS LLC. Mike was recently named the Columbus, Ohio Small Business Leader of the Year for 2010 and just released One Piece of Paper, The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership. Henry – Mike, thanks for doing this interview.

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It’s Not You, It’s Me – Is Narcissism Good for Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

When it comes to the portrayal of leadership in films and other fictional outlets, there’s a common tendency to present the leader as someone who is unmistakably confident and self-assured; who gives off an air of authority and a willingness to direct others towards the best path to take to get them out their current predicament. In many ways, this makes sense as when we think of a good leader, the traits that often come to mind are confidence, authority and dominance.

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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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Leadership Is Not An Entitlement Program

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Mike Myatt is the author of Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual and Managing Director of N2growth, a professional services firm focused on CEO coaching and leadership development. While working with executives at many Fortune 1000 companies, he’s witnessed leadership at its best and worst. In the following interview, Leadership Is Not An Entitlement Program Mike [.

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The Single Greatest Gift Successful Leaders Give

Leadership Freak

Image source I’ve seen frustrated leaders say things like, “That’s the way it’s going to be.” It’s their end game when confused or resistant people push them. It works with two year olds who fear punishment. It works with employees who have a high need to please. Regardless, leadership by decree indicates loss of leadership. Warning [.].

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Lessons in Integrity from Madoff?

Next Level Blog

This is one of those “learn by doing the opposite” kinds of posts. It’s inspired by a few New York Times stories earlier this week on a new book that the surviving son of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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100 Communication Future Articles

Leading in Context

"Communication Future" Our understanding of communication is changing rapidly and these articles preview what the future of communication may look like (and a history of where it's been). What Do We Need to Know? Successful communication requires new approaches in a connected global society.

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The Importance of “Know Why”?

QAspire

Knowledge industry, particularly software, is full of people who possess “ know-how ” – knowledge of how to get something done. Give them a task, and they will be able to apply their technical skills (read ‘know-how’) to accomplish it. A lot of people possess a very sound “ know-what ” – knowledge of facts, figures and methods. Give them a topic and it is likely that they know the theory and facts.

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Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Germany…California! – Michael Lewis weaves a story in Boomerang

First Friday Book Synopsis

I presented my synopsis of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, for a group of investors last night. Michael Lewis is a great! story teller. Here are some of his highlights, some of the most enlightening parts, of the story he weaves: Americans wanted to own homes far larger than they could afford, and [.].

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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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Archimedes Principle of Marketing Management

Mike Cardus

Archimedes Principle of Marketing Management: Any individual who is responsible for the marketing campaign MUST have sufficient time-span management to handle the complexity of the campaign. - The success (rise in fluid) will only move as high as the ability to handle complexity (weight) of the individual managing the campaign. Archimedes Principle of Marketing Management.

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The Essence of Strategy – Part Two

LDRLB

Last week’s blog post bemoaned the lack of strategic discipline in today’s world of business. I posed three simple strategic questions that on the surface appear easy to answer. 1. What business are you in? 2. What will you sell? 3. To whom will you sell? You’d think executives from the same organization would offer the same responses. More often than not, their answers can be as different as night and day.

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A Teenager Gets 'The Brain Talk'

Building Personal Strength

I'm just guessing, but it may be true that no teenager in the long history of planet Earth has ever been given 'the brain talk," even though it's probably the most important information a teen can have. Nevertheless, imagine a young teenage girl having lunch with her aunt, who happens to have read recent reports about the crucial phase of brain development that happens during adolescence.

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The Innovator’s Manifesto: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth Michael Raynor Crown Business (2011) How and why disruption “provides an explanation of creative creation Frankly, I was unable to fully understand (much less appreciate) the significance of what Joseph A. Schumpeter shares in his masterwork, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, when I first read it in 1975. [.].

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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 Essence of Strategy – Part Two

LDRLB

'Last week’s blog post bemoaned the lack of strategic discipline in today’s world of business. I posed three simple strategic questions that on the surface appear easy to answer. 1. What business are you in? 2. What will you sell? 3. To whom will you sell? You’d think executives from the same organization would offer the same responses.

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Blah Blah Blah: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Won’t Work Dan Roam Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) Visual and verbal literacy “on the other side of complexity” Those who have already read one or both of Dan Roam’s previous books, The Back of the Napkin and Unfolding the Napkin, will be pleased to know that in [.].

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You Might Not Understand, It's a HEMI Jeep Thing!

Chris Brady

My friend and co-author Orrin Woodward, and fellow founder of LIFE, recently posted an article on his blog about the surprise purchase his wife Laurie made of a custom convertible Dodge Challenger. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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Faux Diplomacy, Faux Management, Faux Purpose

Management Craft

I just got back from 10 days in Italy and the region and overheard someone using the term "faux diplomacy" in the airport. I like the phrase! This got me thinking about one of the most common differences between great managers and lousy ones - great managers don't do faux. To be fair, faux moments are common and everyone has them. I define faux as: not genuine, fake, false, or an imitation.

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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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Alternative Development – Introduction

Strategy Driven

Leaders face the difficult challenge of selecting those few operational activities their organization will pursue from the multitude that are proposed every planning cycle. In order to make these decisions, they need detailed assessments of the costs, benefits, and risks associated with each proposed initiative; including both ongoing operational and newly proposed activities.

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Exponential Engagement: The Power of Three

The Practical Leader

In today’s economic uncertainty employee engagement is critical. Organizational engagement surveys are showing that employee frustration is accelerating as engagement plummets. They feel trapped. With higher unemployment rates and tight job markets, many people on the frontlines — especially those with less specialized skills — are clinging to jobs they don’t enjoy.

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Guest Post: How my Fiance Changed My Mind About Leadership

Ron Edmondson

This is a guest post by Ally Spotts. I love hearing from the next generation of leaders. Ally Spotts is a 20-something writer & blogger who believes that what feels like a crisis is almost always an opportunity to step out in faith and do something courageous. To read what she has to say about all things life & dating follow her on Twitter or be her friend on Facebook.

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Are You Hiring the Right Talent?

Rapid BI

Are You Hiring the Right Talent? If your company has had some so-so hires over time, perhaps they need to rethink how they go about hiring new employees in the first place. While hiring employees is not rocket science, it does take some time and effort to find the right people for your business, in [.].

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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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Stop Avoiding Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

"I won't do it," he said. "I don't care who they are; I won't buddy up to people I don't like and respect just because I want something from them.". This came from a senior manager at a Fortune 500 company. It was a theme we hear over and over from managers at all levels. They're reluctant to take part in what they call "political games." They consider organizational conflict and competition mostly ego-driven, adolescent games.

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Where Is Dropbox's Power?

Harvard Business Review

Dropbox is the simple file syncing service that has grown, in just a few years, to 50 million active users. 96% of those users do not give a cent to Dropbox. The remaining 4% pay for more storage and purportedly make it profitable; this percentage is growing every day. I use Dropbox because of its simplicity, but for my main backups I use SugarSync , which follows the same "freemium" strategy as Dropbox.

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Growing, or Not, in an Age of Permanent Volatility

Harvard Business Review

In Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon , a classic but fictional town in Minnesota, "all the children are above average." When it comes to growth in a stagnating global economy, clearly most corporate executives tend to see their own prospects in a similar way. In a recent Accenture study involving 1000 CFOs and CMOs across eight industries and a dozen countries in developed and emerging markets, 85 percent of executives expected their companies to grow at a rate equal to or significantly greater th

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Bank of America: A Case Study in Tone Deafness

Harvard Business Review

You would think that savvy, sophisticated companies would have an easy time figuring out whether a move they are considering would blow up on them, wouldn't you? And yet, in the last few weeks we've seen some amazing examples of firms that seem to be tone deaf about how their customers feel about them. Take Bank of America. A month ago, it famously introduced a fee for using its debit cards, to a withering storm of protest.

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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.