Sat.Jan 05, 2013 - Fri.Jan 11, 2013

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10 Ways Fear Slows Us Down

Let's Grow Leaders

“Courage is fear that has said it’s prayers.” -Karl Barth Back in November, Dan Rockwell wrote 4 words that have stuck with me. “Fearful leaders need certainty.” Try walking around with that in your heart for a month or two and observe. …Watch leaders you admire. …Observe leaders you don’t. …Consider how you respond to [.

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15 Big Differences Between Acting Like a Boss and BEING a Leader

Terry Starbucker

In fast paced, high stress business environments it can be all too easy sometimes for leaders to slip into what I call “ Boss Man ” mode. What I mean by that is that they stop being a leader, and start acting like a boss. A boss who supervises a staff. The staff reports to the boss, just like it says on the organizational chart. And they do exactly what the boss says, because, of course, “ He’s the boss!

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7 Traits of Inspirational People, And What Leaders Can Learn

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Light Your World Self Leadership I’d read about Philippe Petit some years ago, and while being amazed at his death defying tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, I was either was too young, too busy, in the wrong country or too focussed on other things to truly absorb his story. That [.].

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Should Trust Be Freely Offered or Conditionally Earned?

Leading in Context

When we meet someone new, should we trust them right away? Should we assume that they are trustworthy and give them the benefit of the doubt, or should we hold back until we are sure that they are worthy of our trust?

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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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Easy and Practical Team Building Activities

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s been a rather heavy week on Let’s Grow Leaders, talking about Courage, Fear, Transparency, and Chaos. So I am going to end the week on a lighter note. I had my team in town this week, working on business strategy and plans. We also made time the day before for a few practical [.] The post Easy and Practical Team Building Activities appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Secret to Leadership Growth

Leading Blog

The number one way leaders grow is listening. Leadership feels like a talking role, but it is predominately a listening role. That can be hard to accept. It feels counterintuitive. A leadership role often makes us feel like we should be talking all the time; like we’re the most important person in the room. We’re not. Listening takes us outside our own heads.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! Each of the leadership bloggers below were asked to submit their best (i.e., favorite, most popular) post from 2012, along with why it was the best. For most Carnivals, I'd suggest that readers just skim the headlines and pick and choose from the list. However, for this special edition, why not read them ALL?

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Courage Today and Tomorrow

Let's Grow Leaders

Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared, and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. From this knowledge comes an inner strength that subconsciously inspires us to push on in the face of great difficulty. What can seem impossible is often [.] The post Courage Today and Tomorrow appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Antifragile or How We Become Fragile

Leading Blog

In Antifragile , Nassim Nicholas Taleb reports on things that are fragile and things that are antifragile and how they became that way. Taleb says antifragile isn’t resilience given his narrow definition of it. It’s more. Resilience survives. Things that are antifragile don’t just survive, they get better with random event and shocks. The opposite is fragile.

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The Second Half: Transition Time

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership It has been a few months since I have retired as CEO/Superintendent of Schools and I am settling in to a life that is clearly different than the day-to-day demands, stresses, and responsibilities of leading a large organization. I have found that retiring after thirty-four years in public education has brought about feelings of unease, [.].

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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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Impressive Achievements of Million-Dollar Women-Owned Businesses Revealed

Women on Business

New data released by American Express OPEN and Womenable reveals some of the impressive achievements of million-dollar women-owned businesses over the past 10 years. Using U.S. census data, the report was authored by American Express OPEN research advisor Julia Weeks. Taking a look at million-dollar women-owned firms by industry as reported by this research, wholesale trade is the industry with the largest share of women-owned $10 million+ firms (20%) followed by finance/insurance (12%), transpo

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Chaos Curtailed: How To Shield Your Team

Let's Grow Leaders

“Sadly most organizations seemed to have embraced chaos and called it a good thing for an organization. One example is the rising number of job descriptions that include “tolerance for ambiguity’ as a necessary skill. Let me be clear: chaos is never a good thing for an organization. While the world is fluid, and [.] The post Chaos Curtailed: How To Shield Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Listen for the Sound of Your Own Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Scott Weiss: Leading an open and collaborative corporate culture can be a tough job. Essentially, you must learn to be a “safety engineer.” Safety engineering simply assures that a critical system behaves as needed, even when components fail. Think of that “critical system” as your company, and those “components” as your employees. If one employee fails, the entire company should not crumble, especially if you have incorporated core values in the system.

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Leadership Pride – Where Is It Placed?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Pride is a funny thing. We want pride to be evident in what we do. We want our pride to show in where we work and gather as a community. We want to be proud of the places we engage and participate in. Pride is a good thing. My Way Pride In leadership, it gets [.].

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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So you think you want an executive coach?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Guest post By Brian O. Underhill, Ph.D. and Victoria Hendrickson. Executive coaching is a booming industry worth over a billion dollars across the globe. According to our latest research*, 97% of organizations indicate that their primary use of coaching is for leadership development. Whether you have observed improvement of someone using a coach, you’ve read about coaching or coaching has been suggested to you, its’ best to ask yourself a few questions before you start working with a

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To Tell The Truth: The Problem with “Positioning”

Let's Grow Leaders

Framing. Positioning. WIFM (them). Spin. If you are a leader, you have sat in one of these meetings. How do we explain this to them. in a way they can hear, understand, and feel good about? How you position a change matters. A lot. And yet… If you find yourself in meeting after meeting, working [.] The post To Tell The Truth: The Problem with “Positioning” appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How to Get Rid of the Things That Drain You

Next Level Blog

Over the weekend I had a great reminder of how much things change over time. I received an email from a coach I worked with back in 2004. She had been cleaning out some files and found a document that she asked me to write for her when we were working together. It was a list of twenty nine things that were draining my energy back then. I was in a bit of a funk in that period and the list included worries about family, health, friends, business – the works really.

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No More New Year Resolutions: 4 Steps To Lasting Change

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development For me, the rot started and ended when I used to make and break New Year’s resolutions. I always started the diet, or gave up cigarettes or vowed to keep the house, my life, my work in pristine order. I probably averaged about 3 weeks staying with my resolution, over the many years I subscribed to [.].

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Just be human

Persuasive Powerhouse

. The first time I saw this larger than life leader, he was speaking to a large audience of battle-hardened, skeptical leaders. And he cried. His emotions were heartfelt and honest; they weren’t intended to manipulate. Something touched him as he told his story, and it also touched me. I’m pretty sure that I wasn’t alone; you could have heard a pin drop in the audience.

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10 Stunning Benefits of Failure

Leadership Freak

Success teaches repetition. Do more of the same because more of the same produces more of the same. In changing times more of the same is deadly. Success teaches confidence. Without confidence progress stalls, second-guessing prevails, the status quo persists. On the down side, success inflates confidence. Bill Gates said, “Success is a lousy teacher. [.].

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Brand journalism 101: Tell a Better Story

Women on Business

If you want your company to succeed at brand journalism (aka corporate media gone social), you better know how to tell a good story. Otherwise, be prepared to take a lot of heat from its critics who would be elated to escort “brand journalism” out of 2013 STAT. Brands, of course, love it, because it enables them to bypass the media and take their message directly to the public in hopes of building a relationship with customers that will positively impact the bottom line.

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The Light Within

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership She’d been impossible to miss – tall, impeccably groomed and stylishly dressed – flitting from table to table, rarely spending more than a minute or two before moving on. Movement out of sync with the 20-minute table rotations at the women’s networking event. Her final perch was our table, joining us in the last few [.].

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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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Leaders Who Follow Rules

Lead on Purpose

Leaders who follow rules have subordinates who do – Guest post by Jack Meyer. Great leadership skills are those that are developed over time. Although textbooks and classes can help you improve the kind of leader you want to be, it takes real-life practice and implementation to make you great. A successful leader has the trust of those under him or her and is supported by those subordinates.

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Redefining Practical

Leadership Freak

Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” I’ve been asking people, “If you started over, knowing what you know today, what would you do differently?” Paul Smith, author of, “Lead with a Story,” said: “I’d. be less practical in [.].

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My New Traveling Office

Women on Business

If you are a road worrier, driving from client to client, the automobiles debuted at this years Consumer Electronics Show might make your life a little easier. I do most of my traveling on the plane and things like Virgin Atlantic’s seat plug ins, and various carriers Wi-Fi make traveling a lot more efficient. When I am in town and driving to client meetings it is hard to be away from my computer.

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January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! Each of the leadership bloggers in this edition were asked to submit their best (i.e., favorite, most popular) post from 2012, along with why it was the best. For most Carnivals, I’d suggest that readers just skim the headlines and pick and choose from the list.

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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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What Is Executive Presence?

Next Level Blog

During the past couple of months, I’ve been in four or five conversations with leadership development professionals who are looking for a way to build executive presence in their organization’s high potential managers. Most of them have tried different programs and approaches and they’re not happy with the results they’ve gotten. I have a theory about why that’s the case.

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How to Keep Your Team Goals on Track

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

“It was so much easier this year to set our team goals, now that we have a shared vision,” Chris remarked, reflecting on the visioning process they had recently completed. “We are way ahead of the curve this year!”. Was he right? Maybe … It depends on whether his team’s systems and practices support their vision. Do their policies and procedures make getting the job done easier or harder?

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What Four Letter Words are in the Way of Your Career?

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: In business, there are a variety of words that, when used in the context of women, have become akin to “four letter words.” Marcy Twete, founder and CEO of Career Girl Network, has identified a few of these words such as driven and family-oriented. While these words can be viewed as positives when they’re associated with men, they’re seen as just the opposite when they’re associated with women in the business world.

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Facing the Challenge of Challenging Others

Leadership Freak

Challenge people! Fully prepared is boring. Wrong: “Who is ready for opportunities?” is the wrong question. Ready is overrated. You weren’t ready. Remember how you didn’t know? You see your skills but forget where they came from. Experience taught you. Are you ready for the challenges you’re currently facing? I hope not. It’s foolish and wasteful to expect others to develop [.].

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.