Mon.Jul 18, 2011

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Prescriptions for Two Common Management Weaknesses

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Looking for a fast way to improve how you manage people? Evaluate yourself on two sets of skills: the ability to Require of your employees (this includes setting expectations, focusing on goals, insisting on excellence, establishing appropriate controls, confronting performance issues, asserting your views) and the ability to Relate to your employees (which involves asking, listening, including, coaching and encouraging).

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5 Impediments to Turnaround and Growth

Leading Blog

Mark Fuast believes that we need to adopt an attitude of “growth regardless of current success.” In the very practical Growth or Bust , he asks, “How much untapped potential lies within your business?”. In his experience as a growth and turnaround consultant, Faust has found that improving sales and profits has little to do with sales training, consulting, or other quick fixes.

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Six Ways Leaders Can Support Team Success

Kevin Eikenberry

Since leaders lead others, usually in groups or teams, any conversation about effective leadership can’t go too far before beginning to discuss how leaders help their teams. People have spent their lives studying the dynamics of team interactions, how teams form and develop, and the skills needed for team members to be successful. When thought [.].

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Being Womencentric Rocks!

Women on Business

When you meet a woman who has a vision that doesn’t quit, it makes sense to hang out with her. That is what I am doing with Pattie Simone. She is a spicy gal from New York who grew up when women were still on the quiet side; yet she could not be put in a playpen. She saw opportunities and ran with them. She still does! Her vision is a site for women: entrepreneurs, academics, scientists, authors, speakers, business owners, solopreneurs, you get the flavor, to promote their ideas and wares to wom

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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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Three Communication Lessons from Carmegeddon

Next Level Blog

Even if you don't live in Los Angeles you've probably heard of Carmegeddon. This past weekend, a 10 mile stretch of interstate 405 was closed for a bridge demolition. As Reuters reports, there was a. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Little Bets – How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries

Kevin Eikenberry

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Little Bets — How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims. This book was recommended to me by Tim Sanders during a teleseminar I hosted last month for our Remarkable Leadership Learning System Members and a few guests. When I received my copy a few days later, I [.].

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Executive Job Seeker: Is Your Career Portfolio Current?

LDRLB

By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter The complexity of an executive’s career message can be clarified through a rich process of career archaeology. This rugged process unearths a multiplicity of career stories that have become buried in the recesses of your memory as you become entrenched in today’s, tomorrow’s and other ‘future’ challenges.

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Are you leading your organization or is HR?

CO2

I was at a party enjoying festivities around the pool and sitting next to an IT Manager from a Fortune 100 company. When he learned about my vocation as an Executive Coach, he shared with me his frustration with his company’s HR department. For a few years he’d wanted to find a way to fire two underperforming, non-protected class employees.

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Repeat It Until they Mock You – a Key Task of an Attentive Leader

First Friday Book Synopsis

“Until your people are mocking you, you’ve not repeated your message enough.” Verne Harnish, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits ——- Each semester, I handout copies of the full text of I Have a Dream, the great speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. I take a fresh copy myself, and I have us work through the speech, [.].

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Executive Communication & Team Development

Mike Cardus

I facilitated two programs with Cameron Compression at the lovely Prince of Wales hotel at Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario Canada. The programs focused on two areas for the 15 executive leaders that were in attendance. Executive Communication, with outcomes of; A DiSC assessment was utilized to create a common language of Executive Communication and create improved communications for the team with peers, subordinates and managers.

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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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2 Career-Killing Lessons New Grads Need to Unlearn

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by Nell Minow for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Managers in cities across the country have told me that they have two [.].

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What Is Personal Leadership Brand?

LDRLB

'My friend, colleague and fellow LDRLB contributor Dr. Bret Simmons began his summer “Personal Branding” course at the University of Nevada-Reno recently. His course got be thinking about leadership and branding and I came across this quick video from Harvard Business Publishing. Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood (two giants in the field) discuss the importance of a personal leadership brand.

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Your Team Needs 3 Essential Characteristics

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. What makes a team work can feel like a mystery. While you can’t guarantee success, you can give your team a better chance by being sure it has [.].

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - One of the Great Novels from 1974

Building Personal Strength

Zen and the Art of Mototcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values , by Robert M. Pirsig, is what is known as a "philosophical novel," which means that the story and the dialog are there as a device to discuss philosophical issues. Zen was a hugely popular book in 1974, and it continues to earn new dedicated fans. It was one of my top five favorites published that year - a great time for novels!

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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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Who Moved My Cube?

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anne-Laure Fayard and John Weeks for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Managers once discouraged, even forbade, casual interactions [.].

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Becoming a charity trustee can help your community and your career

Chartered Management Institute

One of the biggest objections to the idea of the Big Society is the lack of time to take part in it. Many managers are facing increasing demands in their working lives or changing jobs in a competitive market. No matter how community minded you are, volunteering on top of career and other commitments might not feel achievable right now.

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Rich business reads: “Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Opinions are divided — often sharply divided — about which are the best business books this year, all-time, to store within an electronic reading device, to take on vacation…yada yada yada. Check out this video featured online by The Economist. “Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff, our literary and management editors discuss [.].

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Leadership Caffeine: Assessing the View on You

Management Excellence

Understanding how big your “perception gap” is and working to close this gap is an important part of your professional development program, regardless of your role. And like everything else in life worth pursuing, measuring and managing your “perception gap” takes time, effort and the willingness to do something about the problem-areas. Here are 11 Actions that will help you measure and manage your perception gap.

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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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Blurring Face-to-Face and Virtual Encounters

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Weeks and Anne-Laure Fayard for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Here’s a puzzle: Technology connects us more completely than [.].

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Lessons from The Apprentice - how to take management into schools

Chartered Management Institute

Last night saw the finale of The Apprentice, with the final four of Tom, Jim, Helen and Susan pitching their business ideas to the various aides of Lord Sugar. Tom had form in this area with his bendy nail file already sitting on the shelves of some big name retailers. This track record inevitably played a big part in his eventual success.

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Being a good customer - Reflections on Receiving Service

Management Craft

This is a combo post - part personal update, part management thought. Last wednesday I had fairly extensive surgery on my neck. All went well and I went home on Saturday (I am still in recovery mode, taking powerful pain pills, so please excuse any typos/spaciness). This was my first experience as a hospital "customer" and I found it quite interesting.

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One in three UK workers admits having pulled "sickies"

Chartered Management Institute

One in three UK workers admits having lied to take sick leave, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. PwC polled 1,190 people, of which 34% admitted having taken time off under false pretences.

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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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Celebrating Staff Tenure on Your Community

Managing Communities

photo credit: ClatieK Staff tenure is a great thing to track, acknowledge and celebrate on your community. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, but it truly is a case of “it’s the thought that counts,&# that you cared enough to remember and mention it. It’s simple enough to track. As part of the process of [.].

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Interview with Mike Farrar, boss of the NHS Confederation

Chartered Management Institute

With Mike Farrar lies the delicate job of navigating the crisis on behalf of the NHS “family” – the hospital trusts, health authorities and private health firms that make up the NHS Confederation, a kind of CBI for health services. The reforms are regarded as the biggest potential shake-up of the NHS since its inception, and come as the NHS embarks upon a challenging commitment to find £20bn in efficiency savings over three years, a combination the confederation is deeply worried about writes Pa

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Inside Job – Unveiling Economists’ Ties to the Financial Sector

Strategy Driven

America and the world are still recovering from the global economic crisis of 2008. And with unemployment rates above 9 percent, many wonder if the market turmoil will ever end. PBS NewsHour Economics Correspondent Paul Solman talks to Charles Ferguson, director of Academy Award winning documentary, Inside Job , a film that raises red flags about the world of finance.

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Should staff get overtime back in a slump?

Chartered Management Institute

Fewer staffers are now working regulated hours with paid overtime. Yet many stay when needed. Ben Willis asks if managers should return extra work time in our troubled economy?

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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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Guest Post: Lessons Learned in Leading a Small Church

Ron Edmondson

I am frequently asked about leadership in smaller churches. When I write about team development, delegating, and church growth issues, many pastors of smaller churches wonder how it all relates to their situation. That’s why this guest post by Daniel Darling appealed to me. Daniel is Senior Pastor of Gages Lake Bible Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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What is needed to turn News International around?

Chartered Management Institute

It was announced today that Tom Mockridge has been parachuted into the top job at News International by Rupert Murdoch in an attempt to halt the damage being done to the newpaper division by the recent phone hacking scandal. He replaces the disgraced Rebekah Brooks, who fell on her sword last week after calls from all quarters for her resignation.

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Defining The Second Ring of Service/Quality: Support That Satisfies

The Practical Leader

Third in a four part series on The Three Rings of Perceived Value. Today’s external customers or internal partners are looking beyond the core product or service (First Ring) to broader levels of support. The Second or Support Ring encircles a huge array of services and factors. Basically it includes anything an organization does to make the Basic Product/Service more reliable, accessible, useable, enjoyable, convenient, dependable, accurate, or useful.

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If a leader always…

Ron Edmondson

If a “leader&# … Always has to be feared… Always has to have the final word… Always has to be coddled… Never empowers others… Never takes ownership for a mistake… Never steps up to lead… Then he or she is not a leader… May have a title… May be the boss… May have power… May draw a larger paycheck… But is not a leader… In fact, in my opinion, he or she may even need to get out of the way and let someone lead…

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.