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Should Leaders Care About Employee Happiness?

Michael Lee Stallard

Should leaders care about employee happiness or is employee engagement a passing fad? Let me frame this debate in a slightly different way that I believe provides the best answer. As part of creating value, leaders need to be intentional about achieving both task excellence and relationship excellence because our research found that both are necessary to achieve sustainable superior performance i.e.

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Defining Great Leadership

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. With all the attention and emphasis given to leadership, I have a few questions for you: Why is it that so many people refer to themselves as leaders, but truly great leaders are so few in number? How do you measure great leadership? And finally, is there a common thread that distinguishes those viewed as great leaders from the masses of those who hold leadership positions?

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Silent Leadership

Lead Change Blog

In my leadership class we have been watching the film “Remember the Titans.” The film is an explosion of leadership, both good and bad. It demonstrates how people can lead by example, in their words, and also in their silence. The leaders that are able to learn, to grow, end up being the most effective. [.].

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How a Dictionary Tells Us Everything We Need To Know About Leadership

Terry Starbucker

I had my leadership epiphany reading a dictionary. Yep, a good old Webster’s Dictionary. I used to have a bound version at my side at all times – back before the Internet and Google. I loved to look up words I didn’t know. Back when I was struggling to find my ultimate path and purpose, I tried to read various books about management and leadership for inspiration, but nothing really stuck.

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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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3 Attributes that Will Help You be Better Under Pressure

Leading Blog

Justin Menkes says that there are no longer periods of calm seas for leaders in any industry. So it’s not a matter of gritting your teeth and riding out the crisis. Leaders must get comfortable in an environment of ongoing stress. They must be Better Under Pressure. To do this a leader must possess a “highly unusual set of attributes that often run counter to natural human behavior.

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What’s Your Time Worth? Why Pricing Matters

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Are you shooting yourself in the foot with your pricing strategy? How much is your time worth? What does your pricing say about your personal or corporate brand? Do you have a pricing strategy, or do you set your prices by some ethereal or arbitrary method? Even though I believe issues surrounding pricing decisions are root level drivers to a successful business strategy, I never cease to be amazed at how many corporations and professionals seem

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Business Leaders in Denial: Emotional Connections Essential to Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

Click here to view the embedded video. Here is a video from YouTube of a conversation I had earlier this year about leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation with Dr. Homer Erekson, Dean of TCU’s Neeley School of Business. Our conversation occurred as part of the Tandy Executive Speakers Series that featured CEOs of outstanding companies such as Nieman Marcus, Southwest Airlines and The Container Store.

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What Makes Business Rock

Leading Blog

After reading What Makes Business Rock by Bill Roedy, I have developed an appreciation for what it took to build MTV Networks International into what it is today. It’s former Chairman and CEO, Bill Roedy, has had a remarkable career. Due to financial constraints, he followed his Dad into West Point. Not his first choice. He became a member of the “Century Club” collecting more than a hundred hours of punishment duty.

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Women Executives More than Twice as Likely to Leave Jobs

Women on Business

Female executives are more than twice as likely to leave their jobs as men. This includes both voluntarily and involuntarily departures. Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter writing for CareerBuilder on negotiating for women in business, and the data from a study by John Becker-Blease of Oregon State University , and his colleagues from Loyola Marymount University and Trinity College , came to mind.

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Full Steam Ahead! Book Review

Lead Change Blog

“…We have observed that the biggest impediment to managers becoming great leaders is the lack of a clear vision. Yet less than 10 percent of the organizations we have visited are lead by managers who have a clear sense of where they are trying to lead people.”.

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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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When Beauty Breaks Through Life’s Daily Drone

Michael Lee Stallard

Click here to view the embedded video. Airports can be dull, uninspiring places where it’s easy to drift into a numb, trans-like state of mind. But what if a group of people decided to break through the cacophony of sounds and sights at one of the world’s busiest airports by orchestrating a beautiful symphony of human voices. Thanks to a stunning T-Moble advertisement, we don’t have to imagine what it might look like.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2011

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May. What Makes Business Rock : Building the Worlds Largest Global Networks by Bill Roedy with David Fisher. Better Under Pressure : How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others by Justin Menkes. Leadership is Dead : How Influence is Reviving It by Jeremie Kubicek.

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Who Do You Learn From?

Persuasive Powerhouse

All leaders should make an effort to surround themselves with people who stretch their thinking. Those who live out of the box, are different from us, way ahead of us, following the road less travelled, societal outcasts and those who live and work quietly – all are fair game to learn from. Ironically, those who have [.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Lead Change Blog

Forrest Gump once shared that his mama told him “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” I think that “Great leaders are like avid gardeners. They know what crops they intend to grow, and plan accordingly.”.

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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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Taking Another Look at Leadership and Change

Tanveer Naseer

A few days ago, I decided to change a photograph that’s been on display for the last several years in one of the picture frames which currently grace my desk. The photograph was a picture I had taken of my girls several years ago on one of those days from summer which we tend to look back on fondly through a soft-focus lens. Of course, in the time since that photograph was taken, my girls have grown up and it seemed overdue for this photograph be replaced by a more recent memory of our tim

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Bill Roedy: From West Point to MTV

Leading Blog

Bill Roedy , former Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks International, began working for HBO in 1979 when it was broadcasting only nine hours a day. There he learned that distribution was everything. It was to be his mantra at MTV— aggressive, creative, relentless distribution. Roedy shares his experiences and lessons in What Makes Business Rock. From virtually nothing, he built MTV International into the largest media network in the world.

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Influence: It’s Not What You Think

Persuasive Powerhouse

. The word influence is an important one for leaders. Influence is used as a verb, indicating movement and action. It’s no wonder that you might think that influence has something to do with exerting force. To that point, you’ll find that the dictionary.com definition includes words like power and control. When defined this way, it describes an act that seemingly requires a lot of pushing.

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Building Effective Teams: Manage Team Conflict by Clear Delegation

Lead Change Blog

Do you ever wish there was one more day in the week? Does your job seem like a Black Hole? Does it seem like you can’t get things accomplished because people get in the way? The Transformational Leader learns to manage time and manage conflict by building effective teams. Define ways that teamwork can free [.].

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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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Taking Another Look at Leadership and Change

Tanveer Naseer

A few days ago, I decided to change a photograph that’s been on display for the last several years in one of the picture frames which currently grace my desk. The photograph was a picture I had taken of my girls several years ago on one of those days from summer which we tend to look back on fondly through a soft-focus lens. Of course, in the time since that photograph was taken, my girls have grown up and it seemed overdue for this photograph be replaced by a more recent memory of our tim

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2011: How to be Perfectly Average by @learning_ceo. "By far the most difficult skill for me to learn as CEO was the ability to manage my own psychology." @bhorowitz. @LisaHaneberg: How to Manage Up Top Google Hit - Really About Command and Control? @donhornsby: The Shifting Definition of Worker Loyalty. Tom Asacker: " Bold persistent experimentation ".

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Planned Addiction: Based on A Narrow View of Ethical Responsibility

Leading in Context

Chemicals that alter the brain and other human systems are still frequently being used in food and drink in place of natural ingredients, even though research is showing that they cause major harm to human health. Some of those chemicals alter the brain's ability to signal that the stomach is full, leading to inability to control cravings.

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The Plight of “Idea People”

Lead Change Blog

Idea people gravitate toward all things new and have little patience for inefficient processes and corporate silos. They can live in any department at any level of any organization. They can be any age, any color, male or female. To you as a manager, they may represent a breath of fresh air in your department or a colossal thorn in your side. Regardless of how you feel, idea people may be the key to your organization’s future.

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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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My Girlfriends House: a New Opportunity to Give Back

Women on Business

This week we launched a new nonprofit organization serving disadvantaged girls ages 9-17 in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. I thought you’d be interested in seeing the press release for it. If any of you are in the DC area, please join us. Veronica Eyenga Was Looking for Friends. She Found a Cause. Veronica Eyenga, President of VBP OutSourcing, recently launched My Girlfriend’s House, Inc., a nonprofit organization of professional women dedicated to helping young girls in the DMV are

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Let Me Entertain Me: Three Ways To Tame Your Inner Smart Aleck

Next Level Blog

As the reporting on the operation against Osama bin Laden unfolds, a good bit has been made of the poker face aspect of President Obama artfully delivering one liners at the White House. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Constant Change and Success

CEO Blog

I thought the following guest post by my friend Kenneth McCall might interest: Is Constant Change Stagnating Your Success? We're all after the thrill that comes with new ideas for our business, but if growing a business were all thrills, well, there'd be a lot more successful entrepreneurs out there. The energizing high that comes with change and brainstorming new ideas is fleeting.

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The Plight of “Idea People”

Lead Change Blog

Idea people gravitate toward all things new and have little patience for inefficient processes and corporate silos. They can live in any department at any level of any organization. They can be any age, any color, male or female. To you as a manager, they may represent a breath of fresh air in your department or a colossal thorn in your side. Regardless of how you feel, idea people may be the key to your organization’s future.

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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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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

It was another great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blogs! With all the great postings this past week it was especially hard to narrow it down to just five to share. Here are five choice blog posts from April 25th - May 1st, 2011 to get your week off to a great start. Enjoy! Dan McCarthy, Great Leadership: By Popular Request: Individual Leadership Development Plan Examples- One area of leadership development that Dan is especially well versed in is the creatio

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GUTSY Leaders: “I Owe It to a Horse”

Women on Business

Author, Speaker, Consultant Sam Horn. When I interviewed Sam Horn , I knew it would be a dialogue filled with quick and clever verbiage. You see Sam has written some fun and fascinating books about communication skills that take leaders through the roof; able to get their points across. How about this title “ Tongue Fu ”? It gives great guidance for diffusing verbal conflict.

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Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. Vulture Culture, Alan Parson’s musical composition told the story of a person’s struggle for money, fame and power. Take a moment to read his lyrics of 1984.

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Leadership and the Demise of Osama bin Laden

Next Level Blog

When I went to bed on Sunday night at 10:30 pm, the last thing I expected to read when I woke up on Monday morning was that U.S. special forces have killed Osama bin Laden. As I write this, the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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.