Tue.Oct 04, 2011

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Why true leadership involves less talking and more listening

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Mary C. Schaefer, speaker, coach, trainer and consultant is this week’s contributing author on SmartBlog for Leadership. Click on the title above to read her insightful post about leading with your ears not your lips. Why true leadership involves less talking and more listening.

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Transforming Perceptions: 10 Steps to Managing the Way You Are Perceived at Work

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a guest post from executive coach Joel Garfinkle, from his new book, Getting Ahead: Success at work starts with positive perceptions. If your boss and co-workers have a negative image of you, it's a pretty good bet you won't be getting a promotion anytime soon. That's why it is so important to take charge of the way you are perceived in your organization.

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Speak Your Truth To Power

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development What we love in childhood often comes back to us with an “ah-ha!” weaving a tighter pattern when we look back over the tapestry of our life and finally see where that pretty colorful thread we once played with has lead us in maturity. Reflective leaders usually have many such stories at play in their [.] Speak Your Truth To Power.

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Are You Creating A Toxic Workplace? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions To Find Out

Tanveer Naseer

Imagine working for an organization where one of the senior managers insists on yelling at his employees because he believes it’s the surest way to garner the respect of those he leads and now, the front-line managers are beginning to follow his example by yelling at their team members. Or what about working for a company president whose driven to attract the best talent under the guise of needing their help to make his organization more innovative, only to turn around and demand that they

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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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How to Celebrate Your Birthday – and Every Day

Kevin Eikenberry

It’s my sister Paula’s birthday. Several years ago I wrote a post on her birthday, and later I wrote a post about ways to celebrate your birthday. I reprise and update them today, as a way to tell my little Sis happy birthday, and give us all something to think about. Happy [.].

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How to Magnify the Impact of Your Strengths

Leadership Freak

“A man should never be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths. The man who always knows what people cannot do, but never sees what they can do, will undermine the spirit of the organization,” Peter Drucker. John Zenger, co-author of the HBR article, Making [.].

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What Happened to Vision? Your Thoughts?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Here’s a question I have been mulling over for awhile. I don’t have the answer and am hoping your responses will help provide some clarity. In the 1980’s and 90’s there was great interest in the topic of vision. Countless books, articles, and studies addressed the topic. However, in this current decade, I’ve noticed a ho-hum attitude about it and I’m curious why.

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Top 45 Blogs for Business Majors Includes WomenOnBusiness.com

Women on Business

This week, DegreeJungle.com released its list of the top 45 blogs for business majors , and WomenOnBusiness.com ranked 27th on the list! The WomenOnBusiness.com blog is in good company on this list. Instead of rehashing a list of the most popular blogs that appear on these kinds of lists again and again, the DegreeJungle.com list includes a wider variety of business blogs written by diverse bloggers with an even broader array of experiences, expertise, and knowledge.

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Samurai Bookkeeping

Tony Mayo

Years ago, while I was establishing myself in a new executive coaching practice, I supported my family by working as a part-time, outsourced CFO. Here is a reminiscence of a deep learning I earned during one of those accounting gigs. I sought help from my own coach with the very difficult [.].

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Survive and Thrive

Women on Business

One thing women are good at dealing with is change, especially women business owners and entrepreneurs. We adapt, change and morph with the times. It’s how women and women-owned businesses still thrive. A Citibank survey shows that women still have hope that their own personal financial situation will change for the better, despite what is going on with most of the economic world.

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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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The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Tony Mayo

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your [.].

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Here is the October, 2011 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers List

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is the October, 2011 New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Business Books list. As I regularly note, there are some “long-time” titles on this list (Drive; Delivering Happiness; 4-Hour Workweek; Strenghts-Based Leadership). But there are some new titles this month. The new Friedman and Maddelbaum book, That Used to Be Us, is number one.

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Could You Really Change - If You HAD To

Six Disciplines

Could you change your behavior - when change really mattered? When it mattered most? Yes, you say? Try again. Yes? You're probably deluding yourself. That's what the experts say. They say that you wouldn't change. Here are the odds that the experts are laying down, their scientifically studied odds: 9:1. That's nine to one against you. How do you like those odds?

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Innovative Leadership in the Wild

LDRLB

This is guest post from Bob Lieberman. Bob Lieberman is a business leadership consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. His company, Cultivating Creativity, LLC (cultivatingcreativity.net) helps other companies increase their ability to perform and adapt, by capitalizing on the creative potential of the talent they already have. You can find more at [link].

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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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Could You Really Change - If You HAD To

Six Disciplines

Could you change your behavior - when change really mattered? When it mattered most? Yes, you say? Try again. Yes? You're probably deluding yourself. That's what the experts say. They say that you wouldn't change. Here are the odds that the experts are laying down, their scientifically studied odds: 9:1. That's nine to one against you. How do you like those odds?

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The 5 Top People Skills for Parents of Teenagers

Building Personal Strength

There are five people/communication skills that are so important to parenting a teenager that the failure to use any one of them - even just once - can cause problems in a relationship. My research of the literature has taught me that there are actually nearly 100 different people skills. In ProStar Coach , we focus on two dozen of them. In my free coaching ebook , we focus on eight people skills.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive.

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Innovative Leadership in the Wild

LDRLB

'This is guest post from Bob Lieberman. Bob Lieberman is a business leadership consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. His company, Cultivating Creativity, LLC (cultivatingcreativity.net) helps other companies increase their ability to perform and adapt, by capitalizing on the creative potential of the talent they already have. You can find more at [link].

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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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Performance Excellence: Connecting Strategy Execution to Results - Webinar

Six Disciplines

Join Strategy Execution Advisors (a Six Disciplines Partner) for their latest webinar: Date: Friday, October 7, 2011 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT. Organizations spend thousands of dollars on time planning, communicating and reporting progress on plans; unfortunately most underperform. Join us for a 60-minute complimentary webinar where you'll learn: What is a planning calendar and how can I benefit by using one in my organization?

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What is on your own “one piece of paper”?

First Friday Book Synopsis

I agree with Albert Einstein that it is important to “make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” One of the best exercises for learning how to do that is what Mike Figliuolo introduces in his new book, One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, published by Jossey-Bass (October, 2011). [.].

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive.

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Putting Steve Jobs in perspective

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an especially insightful article written by Nancy Koehn. It is part of The Washington Post‘s recent On Leadership roundtable exploring Tim Cook’s succession of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, and how to follow in the footsteps of an icon. At the conclusion of the excerpt, I provide links to [.].

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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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Performance Excellence: Connecting Strategy Execution to Results - Webinar

Six Disciplines

Join Strategy Execution Advisors (a Six Disciplines Partner) for their latest webinar: Date: Friday, October 7, 2011 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT. Organizations spend thousands of dollars on time planning, communicating and reporting progress on plans; unfortunately most underperform. Join us for a 60-minute complimentary webinar where you'll learn: What is a planning calendar and how can I benefit by using one in my organization?

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Book Launch and an Offer: Let’s Get the Conversations Started!

Management Excellence

The rolling launch of Leadership Caffeine-Ideas to Energize Your Professional Development continues, and I’m interested in talking to readers and their teams about all things leadership.

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How a pair of eyes can encourage you to behave

Chartered Management Institute

Ethical behaviour has been in the news again today. It was based on new research by Management Today and the ILM reporting that managers increasingly put profits before ethics.

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Leadership Caffeine Podcast #9: Business Improv with Val Gee and Sarah Gee

Management Excellence

Creativity is at a premium in our world, and subjecting our teams and audiences to mind and rear-numbing marches through an endless stream of slides is the best way I know to stifle creativity. There's got to be a better way! Val Gee and Sarah Gee in their recent book, Business Improv, offer both hope and some practical solutions to the aforementioned painful march through training sessions and internal meetings.

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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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Book Review: Preventing Stress in Organisations

Chartered Management Institute

This is a very practical book, useful, and perhaps indispensable, to managers at all levels. The narrative leads the reader clearly through the theoretical and research background to the detailed guidance on how to develop positive management approaches to reduce or eliminate stress from the organisation. Review by David Stephens FCMI.

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7 Personal Values as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

I write about leadership. I try to keep it personal. I don’t always accomplish everything perfectly that I write about, but my goal is to be a growing leader. One critical aspect of leadership, in my experience, is to be aware of the values one holds. As in life, each leader has certain values that are especially and even uniquely important to him or her.

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Book Review: The Leader’s Dilemma

Chartered Management Institute

Full of good sense, driven by having its heart in the right place. Review by Professor Bruce Lloyd, London South Bank University FCMI.

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Catalyst East 2011: Welcome to Atlanta

Ron Edmondson

I’m excited about being at Catalyst East in Atlanta again this week. Look for multiple posts each day this week. I’ll try to give you the content I hear in an easy-to-read format. Are you here this week? Do you want to shake hands? DM me on Twitter. Thanks for reading this blog. Related posts: Giveaway: Win a Catalyst East 2009 CD Set. Join Me at Catalyst Conference 2011.

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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.