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5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues 5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization: Exploring fills you with a sense of adventure, learning how things work and why they work that way makes your every cell in your body dance! In your explorations, you turn things over and look underneath them. You dig in the dirt and examine everything you find.

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5 Leadership Lessons: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy

Leading Blog

Richard Rumelt has written an insightful book on developing the ability to identify and develop good strategy. Good Strategy, Bad Strategy is obviously the result of decades of practice developing strategy and the many case studies and classroom interactions made it personal and very readable. We’ve all been there. The big conference room as the lights dim and the Power Point slides begin.

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Are You Too Knowledgeable?

Persuasive Powerhouse

When I begin working with a new client, one of the first things I do is to interview their stakeholders. This helps my client and me to learn more about their most effective behaviors as well as those that are potential areas for development. After doing many of these over the years, I’ve learned [.

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Cleaning Baby Poop Helps Make Great Leaders

Modern Servant Leader

Yesterday, our youngest son (2 month old Gabriel) had a “blow out” You parents know what I mean and the rest can probably figure it out from the title. It was a mess. By the way, if you’re eating while you read this, you may want to come back later… Getting Your Hands Dirty. The Martin Luther King Family. While scrubbing the dirty onesie, I found myself contemplating a key business decision.

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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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To Accept Limits or Not – That is the Question

Leadership Freak

There are limits; it’s dangerous to believe otherwise. Benefit: Accepting limits enables peak performance. For example, cars are designed for peak efficiency while running within a limited rpm range. Dangers: Surpassing limits lowers performance. The more frequently you exceed limits the sooner you fail. The further from boundaries the more devastating the failure – think [.].

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Looking for the Perfect Job? Become an Entrepreneur

Women on Business

Guest post by Amy Abrams ( learn more about Amy at the end of this post). When I started my career almost twenty years ago, I wanted to find meaningful and creative work, make a good living and eventually have a family. Oh, and did I mention I wanted to travel, take time off when I wanted to and not have anyone tell me what to do? At the time, it sounded like a fantasy.

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How does your personality affect your decision-making?

Coaching Tip

Guest author Jeffrey Kennedy shows you how your psychological strengths and weaknesses determine your ability to "live long and prosper" in fast-moving markets. Do your decisions rely on data, or do you go with your gut? Think about your most recent auto purchase. Was it based on meticulous consumer research or did you go with a model that "felt right"?

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Deadlines are Being Missed? Return to the Goals of the Project

Mike Cardus

Building and Sustaining a team is a requirement of every manager, whether you are a shift manager at a grocery store or a Chief Executive of a bank, the process of building and sustaining an effective team of subordinates is necessary. When consulting & coaching managers one common complaint is Missed Deadlines. In the Developing & Leading High Performance Teams section of the Exponent Leadership Process this step is called Getting Work Done.

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The Invisible Act That Makes You A Better Leader

Tim Milburn

Had a conversation with a student leader this last week. His team is functioning well and he’s experienced a good number of successes so far in his leadership year. With everything humming along nicely, he wondered what else he should be doing. Love questions like this. But even more, I love the student leaders who ask questions like this. Your student leader year is going to have ups and downs, slow times and completely, crazy, overwhelming times.

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Book Review: The Light Prize

LDRLB

Over the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of studying under Dr. Gary Oster at Regent University. Dr. Oster’s primary research interest in innovation, which has also lead to a wealth of writing, speaking and consulting on how businesses and nonprofits can become more innovative. Dr. Oster has been a huge supporter of the LeaderLab idea since it’s inception and likely for the reason of innovation – we’re trying to be innovative by using new medium to develop leaders through research.

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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 Curse of Being a High Achiever

First Friday Book Synopsis

In the June 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review, “The Paradox of Excellence,” Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong explain how and why high achievers often undermine their leadership by being afraid to show their limitations. Here are some behaviors that, although they may help someone to achieve success, can also get in the way. [.].

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Employee engagement is a walk in the park away

Chartered Management Institute

I wrote earlier in the month about the productivity gains you can achieve by stretching your legs each day. My personal preference is to get out in the fresh air to do this rather than toiling away on a treadmill in the gym. New research has reported that doing just that has various positive implications for our performance at work.

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Intrepid Woman: Amanda Steinberg (Founder and CEO, DailyWorth)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Amanda Steinberg (Founder and CEO, DailyWorth) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and [.].

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Do you network for ideas or resources?

Chartered Management Institute

I'm not a big fan of so called networking events. They are typically filled with professionals doing what is known as resource networking. They turn up at the events looking to sell their wares or further their careers. They'll often attend events with a plan as to who they wish to meet, the powerful and the influential people that will help them achieve their goal.

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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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The Sugary Secret of Self-Control: A book review of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article that appeared in The New York Times (September 2, 2011). It is a review written by Steven Pinker of Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney’s Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, published by Penguin Press. To read the complete review, please click here. * * * Ever since [.].

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Book Review: The Light Prize

LDRLB

'Over the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of studying under Dr. Gary Oster at Regent University. Dr. Oster’s primary research interest in innovation, which has also lead to a wealth of writing, speaking and consulting on how businesses and nonprofits can become more innovative. Dr. Oster has been a huge supporter of the LDRLB idea since its inception and likely for the reason of innovation – we’re trying to be innovative by using new medium to develop leaders through

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Richard Rumelt’s reflections on Apple and Steve Jobs

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a recent post by Richard Rumelt. He is the author of one of two books to be discussed at the next FFBS session, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters and the Harry and Elsa Kunin Professor of Business and Society at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. I urge you [.].

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The Conversations You Are Not Having Are Killing Your Business

Management Excellence

The most important issue that most leaders and teams face is not in what is being said, but rather, it’s the important topics not being discussed. Here are the 10 conversations not taking place in your business right now.

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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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Squirrel Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Squirrel Inc.: A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling Stephen Denning Josey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2004) Nuts R Us Think about it. Who are among the greatest storytellers throughout history? My own list includes Homer, Plato, Chaucer, Aesop, Jesus, Dante, Boccaccio, the Brothers Grimm, Confucius, Abraham Lincoln, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), Joel Chandler [.].

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How Many Forums Should I Have?

Managing Communities

photo credit: mightyohm Steve Magruder asked: “Is it worthwhile to promote individual forums within a board, and make at least one very popular, even if the other forums don’t get as much attention?” Thank you for the question, Mr. Magruder. This gives me an opportunity to dig into the topic of forum structure and how [.].

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 60 – An Interview with Doug Moran, author of If You Will Lead

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 60 – An Interview with Doug Moran, author of If You Will Lead explores the four key questions every leader must answer and the principles behind those questions every leader must

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Happiness is the key says Jo Swinson

Chartered Management Institute

Take simple steps to improve employees’ happiness and watch your profits grow, says Jo Swinson.

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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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7 Tips for Handling Stress

Ron Edmondson

Stress is all around us. Every day I encountered burned out and stressed out pastors. Regardless of your career, it appears life is more stressful than ever. Would you agree? People often ask how I handle stress. I’ve written before 5 Ways Leaders Respond Under Stress , but honestly, that post, though I still support it, can add more stress to a stressed-out leader.

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The Wise Woman’s Stone

Rajesh Setty

Spike Humer , who himself is a wise man shared this touching story. I won’t say much…it’s a (very) short story and it’s well worth your time (Hat Tip: Annette Bernabe). The Wise Woman’s Stone. Author: Unknown. A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day, she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food.

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What Steve Jobs Taught Me About Growth

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line. Finding that first market — a few customers willing to pay for your early product — is hard enough. But there's one thing that may be even harder. And that's finding the second market. Especially because companies are often so focused on protecting what they already have. In 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, I was in charge of an industry-recognized channel program for the company that was responsible for growing

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WEadership: Workforce Leaders Remaking Policy and Redefining What it Means to Lead

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Community Involvement Leadership Development As of 2008, the war for good jobs has trumped all other leadership activities […] The lack of good jobs will become the root cause of almost all world problems that America and other countries will face. – Jim Clifton Jobs and economic security. These are the most important issues on the minds of Americans [.

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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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Stop Being Micromanaged

Harvard Business Review

No one likes a boss who excessively scrutinizes work and constantly checks in. Not only is this micromanaging behavior annoying, it can stunt your professional growth. If you have a controlling boss, you don't have to suffer. By assuaging a micromanager's stress, you may be able to secure the autonomy you need to get your work done and advance your career.

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Coca-Cola's CEO on Doubling the Size of His Company

Harvard Business Review

Featured Guest: Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola. For more of this interview, visit The HBR Interview: "Shaking Things Up at Coca-Cola". Download this podcast.

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Negotiate Where You Want to Get What You Want

Harvard Business Review

Remember the last time you went to your boss to ask for a raise, a bonus, or an increase in your budget? If you are anything like us, there are probably a million thoughts floating around in your mind as you enter your boss' office: "What were my accomplishments over the past year?" "How did I create value for the company?" "I really should have brushed my teeth after that coffee.".

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We May Never Know Leaders' Responsibility in Gulf Disaster

Harvard Business Review

The last official report on the April 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig was issued on September 16th. And yet the ultimate question remains: what responsibility did boards of directors and senior business leaders have for the catastrophe in the Gulf ? We may never know. The report fails to address this fundamental question, just like all the other reports which have gone before.

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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.