Sun.Oct 16, 2011

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7 Ways to Get Your Leadership (AND Your Team) Over The Hump

Terry Starbucker

With nearly 30 years of experience in my rear view mirror, I can best describe the process of successful leadership as somehow getting a giant boulder up, and then over, a steep hill – a boulder not only filled with the accumulated weight of our talents and expectations, but with those of our teammates as well. Once that boulder gets “over the hump”, gravity takes effect and an incredible momentum carries us forward, which makes success come all the easier – and makes al

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Obvious Signs of Wise Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Our own Tristan Bishop (@Knowledgebishop) wrote a great post over at 12 Most titled the 12 Most Obvious Signs of a Wise Leader. Tristan makes some interesting observations including being a model (#4), being principled (#7) and listening (#10). Many have a hint of balance too. Drop over there and take a look at the [.

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The Bottom Line Can Never Be the Bottom Line

Leadership Freak

People who can’t say they don’t know can’t be trusted; they’re posturing. They’ll tell you what you want to hear rather than what they really think. Fear drives lies. Fear of losing status, respect, or position motivates truth-shading. Don’t trust those who are always right; that includes excuse makers, blamers, and finger pointers. Don’t trust [.].

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Diagnose and Cure Team Drift

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

This week’s blog post has been published in the Harvard Business Review. Click here to read it. One of the most common complaints I hear from managers is, “I want to re-energize our team. We used to be cohesive and enjoy working together. Now everyone is focused on their own piece, and we’re so busy we hardly have time to talk with each other anymore.

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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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Diversity, Group Think and Few Ideas

QAspire

Group dynamics in a team is a strong force. People on the team are used to work in a certain way. They always encounter/expect some specific/known behaviors from their colleagues. They have a fortified belief system about how things should be done in the team. There is a specific way of communication and often the [.

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Dan Schneider (SIB Development and Consulting) in “The Corner Office”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Dan Schneider, founder and C.E.O. of SIB Development and Consulting. Having an ice cream party after someone makes a big [.].

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Southwest Airline's Core

Eric Jacobson

I always look forward to my flights on Southwest Airlines. That's because I get to read Gary Kelly's (Chairman, President and CEO) monthly column in the airline's in-flight magazine. This month, Kelly speaks to Southwest's Core , a core of values and company culture principles that leaders should emulate. Kelly explains: Southwest is a company of people.

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Whatever happened to quiet time? "Because I love the new you."

Chartered Management Institute

THIS IS NOT A WHINGE. Many of us seem to be spending more and more time working, or doing work-related things. The days of the 9-to-5 are a nostalgic dream. Work-style forms of communication along with the demand for 24/7 fast response seem to have permeated our social lives too. These days, you'll routinely see parents (usually mothers) pushing buggies with one hand, while apparently texting with another.

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Quotes And Wisdom From Steve Jobs

Eric Jacobson

Be sure to check out the October 10, 2011 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, where you'll find an entire 66-page issue that takes you through the entire life of Jobs in what they describe as a biography of a boundary-breaking thinker and endlessly astute businessman. What got me hooked on the issue are the following quotes of wisdom and leadership from Jobs that the magazine features as its intro into its impressive retrospective issue: There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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Complimentary Resource – Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process

Strategy Driven

Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process by Adobe/EchoSign, Inc. Learn 3 steps that will help your organization sell faster, sell more and recognize revenue quicker. The merger of contract management processes with sales processes has become a top priority for CEOs and CFOs as the ability to get contracts signed, tracked and filed becomes a critical component in driving revenues.

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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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Money is NOT the root of all evil…

Ron Edmondson

“Money is the root of all evil” Have you ever heard that phrase? I hear it often. The problem is that it’s not in the Bible. It’s from a commonly misquoted verse from the Bible. The actual verse says, “ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10 (emphasis mine).