Fri.Jan 06, 2017

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Six Kinds Of Procrastinators, and How to Help Them Deliver

Lead Change Blog

In college I used to put off studying, often until the night before the exam. Why? You might be surprised. Not because I was worried. Not because I was lazy. Not because I didn’t like studying. Not even because I had more interesting things to do. Nope. I did it because it didn’t get exciting enough until time was running out. Call me crazy, but I did my best work under the gun.

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How To Assemble A Support System

Joseph Lalonde

You need help One of the hardest things for a leader to do is to ask for help. Too many new leaders see this asking for help as a sign of weakness. Break that thought pattern. Being willing to seek out the advice and support of others isn’t weakness. No, doing so is a strength. As you step into the role of a leader, you have to know how to assemble a support system.

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The Longer you Work at Improving the Same Thing, the Fewer Improvements you Make

Leadership Freak

Gold Medal sprinters work endless hours to shave a millisecond off their time. At the beginning, they made giant strides.

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Weekly Round-Up: Top Leadership Insights, Be a Happier High Performer,  Master Your Leadership,  Change Anything, Mistakes to Leave Behind in 2017

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles on top leadership insights coming out of 2016, ways to be a happier high performer, mastering your leadership short game, asking yourself if you really feel like you can change anything, and mistakes to leave behind in the new year.

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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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The Longer you Work at Improving the Same Thing, the Fewer Improvements you Make

Leadership Freak

Gold Medal sprinters work endless hours to shave a millisecond off their time. At the beginning, they made giant strides.

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FASCINATION, GRATITUDE, AND THOU 1.4-1.5

Steve Farber

Chapter 23. “You fascinate me, Cam,” Agnes cooed. “Excuse me?”. “You heard me, fascinate. That’s why I’ve been spending all this time with you. I love to discover things about people; and in that act of discovery I can oftentimes—not always, but often enough—figure out how to help. And if I can do that, I’ve earned a customer, a partner, or a treasured friend for life.”.

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Do You Lead Leaders or Lead Followers?

Ron Edmondson

At some point every leader must decide. In my leadership experience there are two kinds of leaders. There are those who are willing to lead leaders and those who will only lead followers. Some leaders refuse to be leaders of leaders. Sadly I have witnessed many pastors who fall into “follower only” category, refusing to allow leaders to develop in the church.

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FASCINATION, GRATITUDE, AND THOU 1.4-1.5

Steve Farber

Chapter 23. “You fascinate me, Cam,” Agnes cooed. “Excuse me?”. “You heard me, fascinate. That’s why I’ve been spending all this time with you. I love to discover things about people; and in that act of discovery I can oftentimes—not always, but often enough—figure out how to help. And if I can do that, I’ve earned a customer, a partner, or a treasured friend for life.”.

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What You Need to Stand Out in a Noisy World

Harvard Business Review

For years, I’ve been grappling with the question of how professionals in an increasingly noisy and frenetic world can ensure their expertise is recognized. In the course of researching my book Stand Out , I interviewed more than 50 top thought leaders across a variety of different fields to elicit best practices and commonalities. I found plenty of useful techniques, from cultivating a trusted wingman to help promote you to others, to identifying commonalities with the people you’re

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If 2017 Was The Best Year Of Your Life, What Would Have To Happen?

Rich Gee Group

Take a moment and imagine it’s December 31, 2017. You’re sitting back in your comfy leather chair, reading your favorite book, by the fireplace sipping hot chocolate. MMMMM. Looking back over the past 365 days — you realize you had a great year. An amazing, incredible, unbelievable year. Step One — What would make it an amazing year professionally?

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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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Why the French Email Law Won’t Restore Work-Life Balance

Harvard Business Review

A new law establishing workers’ “right to disconnect” went into effect in France on January 1 of this year. The law requires companies with more than 50 employees to establish hours when staff should not send or answer emails. In an interview with the BBC , French legislator Benoit Hamon described the law as an answer to the travails of employees who “leave the office, but they do not leave their work.

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The Pros and Cons of Pros-and-Cons Lists

Harvard Business Review

Pondering an important decision? Chances are that you will consider drawing up a list of pros and cons of the options. The pros-and-cons list enjoys a long and storied history, going back at least as far as 1772, when Benjamin Franklin advised his friend and fellow scientist Joseph Priestley to “divide half a s heet of p aper by a l ine into two columns, writing over the one Pro, and over the other Con.” But how useful is a pros-and-cons list, really?

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Whiteboard Session: The Ingredients of Great Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Historian Nancy Koehn explains.

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We’re Thinking About Organizational Culture All Wrong

Harvard Business Review

A common thread in the study of organizational culture is the idea of culture as a unifying force that brings people together to work productively toward the attainment of organizational goals. In this approach, organizational culture is understood as a variable to be used in projects of social engineering aimed at creating unity and cohesion. But that’s not really what culture is about, nor is it a useful way to think about organizations.

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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.