Sat.Aug 20, 2011

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In Search of Happiness

Michael Lee Stallard

Happiness is much sought after these days. Book stores and magazine stands are full of titles that promise to unlock the secrets of happiness. Positive psychology courses are all the rage on college campuses across America. Recognizing that happiness gets attention, I recently decided to title a chapter I’m writing “Should Leaders Care About Employee Happiness?

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Are you honoring the wrong things?

Leadership Freak

Some think giving too much praise makes people lazy and indulgent. They’ll settle into the notion your organization is lucky to have them. Choose praise points carefully. Praise creates culture. You get what you praise. Saying, “great job,” celebrates a completion and allows recipients to define “great.” Praising completions makes people feel they’ve arrived.

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David and Amy Estill

CEO Blog

Personal post. My son got married to a wonderful woman today. Great event. All went smoothly. My speech (timed at 1:15 while rehearsing it): " I am a bit reluctant to speak when the audience is all issued with stones when they arrive (the table numbers and names were written on beach stones). As most of you know, this was a big week. The Dow dropped by almost 600 points.

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Emerging Grassroots Leadership

Coaching Tip

Leadership remains one of the most important topics across a range of fields because studies continuously demonstrate that the success and well-being of any institution or society depend on the functionality, effectiveness, and promotion of leaders and leadership. Today, leadership is not synonymous with authority. The role of other individuals within an organization now contribute to institutional operations and change.

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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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Life Wisdom - The Professor and the Mayonaisse Jar

Building Personal Strength

This story (fable?) has been featured on so many blogs and websites that it's impossible to find out who the original author is. But it's a fabulous way to illustrate some profoundly important wisdom - maybe the most important of all. I feature it myself today, in case you haven't read it before. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

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Free Arts Minneapolis Looking for Volunteers!

CO2

Dan Thomas, executive director has a plan to double healing in 2012. Free Arts give kids space and mentoring to heal. Currently they serve 2,000 children. To volunteer as a mentor reach out to Dan or one of the staff. [link].

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Surviving the Fire ~ 5 Things I need From You

You're Not the Boss of Me

I think we know by now that leadership does not always involve building something up. Sometimes, it’s about dismantling something to make room for something else or reducing something rather than growing it. These are hard times involving difficult conversations, conversations that affect the lives of others…and not in a good way. I’ve been thinking about the times when I’ve had such conversations with people, when change was afoot and jobs were diminishing or disappearing altogether.

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Terri Ludwig (Enterprise Community Partners) in “The Corner Office”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Terri Ludwig, president and chief executive of Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit housing finance organization. She once worked on Wall [.].

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Leadership Inspirations – Continuous Learning

Strategy Driven

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.&#. Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948). Political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. Pioneered satyagraha – resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance. You just finished reading Leadership Inspirations - Continuous Learning !

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How Communication Strategies Can Really Engage Employees

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by Marcia Xenitelis for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * The frequency at which the word “engagement&# appears in any discussion about employee [.].

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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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Is Suicide an Unforgivable Sin?

Ron Edmondson

Suicide sucks! I realize this is a heavy issue for this blog, but seriously…I have had to sit with people several times after a loved one committed suicide. A clouded or confused mind may see suicide as the only way out, although it is never the right option, but it is never easy reconcile for the people left behind. I believe one of my dearest pastor friends died of a broken heart after his son committed suicide.

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Scripture Memorization, Week 34

Ron Edmondson

Over the years, the Psalms have ministered to me during hard times perhaps more than any other Scripture. I like to find a Psalm that speaks to me, encourages me or challenges me…write it on a piece of paper…and hide it in my heart. Psalm verses such as this week’s memory verse: Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.

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