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5 Signs Diaper Drama Is Destroying Your Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

Diaper Genies are a FABULOUS invention– for parents and nurseries. They hide the stink of a poopie diaper and exponentially increase the interval necessary to empty the trash. The stink stays conveniently wrapped tightly in plastic so no one can smell it. The stink is unavoidable and the Diaper Genie provides a welcome reprieve. But sadly, in so many companies around the world, I see a similar effect.

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The 12 Ways Great Leaders Build Trust

Terry Starbucker

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” –George MacDonald. Over the course of our working lives, how many times have we been let down by our leaders – for promises not kept, changes that are never made, money that is never spent, or raises that never come? Enough times to keep our guards way up, and our trust level way down, when a new leader enters the room.

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When Leaders Toss The Script

Lead Change Blog

It was 1994 and I was in Indiana, attending the National Thespian Convention with my high school theater mates. We were losing ourselves in plays and musicals from some of the nation’s best. “Please excuse our mess, we’re remodeling.” This line had just been spoken by the actor playing Mr. Mushnik, a main character in the musical production of Little Shop of Horrors.

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You Aren’t Fit to Lead if Your Greatest Strength is Seeing Weakness

Leadership Freak

You aren’t fit to lead if your greatest strength is seeing weakness. Smart talented leaders find it easy to point out inadequacies, describe what’s wrong, and explain disagreements.

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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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Talent Search in a Digital Age

N2Growth Blog

About six years ago when I started my post-doc programme at Harvard Business School and contacted several top executive search firms, the majority of them told me that social media does not affect their work at all. I was surprised and a little bit dissappointed, because my goal was to study how online networking platforms influence talent search activities.

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Ethical Leadership is About Service, Not Privilege

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton I was noticing how many drivers seem to be in a hurry, and I realized that some people are rushing so quickly that they don't stop to consider their impact on others (on the road or elsewhere). They just want to get wherever they're going as quickly as possible. Some (who aspire to be) leaders act this way, too. While their purpose should be to enable the success of those they lead, they stop their circle of purpose at themselves and don't let concern for anyone else's w

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You Aren’t Fit to Lead if Your Greatest Strength is Seeing Weakness

Leadership Freak

You aren’t fit to lead if your greatest strength is seeing weakness. Smart talented leaders find it easy to point out inadequacies, describe what’s wrong, and explain disagreements.

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Why Your Management Information Should Be Curated In Real-Time

N2Growth Blog

Management information is that which is used to determine business direction, to make executive decisions and to set policy. It is used to respond to changes in the marketplace and react to customer demands. It tends to be summary information composed from individual business transactions performed throughout the business. Done right, your management information environment can be leveraged for competitive gain over rivals who don’t get the most out of their data.

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Why Personal Branding is a Leadership Must

Women on Business

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It Starts With Trust

Lead Change Blog

Everyone around the table looked at each other. There was silence in the room. This was the third time they had met off site as a team to do their strategic planning. The facilitator had just asked how they had done on their five goals for the quarter. No one, including the CEO, was willing to own up until Don, one of the young up and coming members of the leadership team, said “we sucked—we didn’t make one of our five goals.”.

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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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10 Questions Humble Leaders Ask Themselves

Leadership Freak

Self-importance blocks leadership. The difference between self-importance and knowing you matter is ego. Humble leaders know that others make their leadership. Humility enables confidence. Self-importance reflects ego.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2017

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February. Pacing for Growth : Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-term Success by Alison Eyring. Stretch : Unlock the Power of Less - and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined by Scott Sonenshein. Extreme Teams : Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail by Robert Bruce Shaw.

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How Agile Are You?

Rich Gee Group

“50% of occupations in corporations today will no longer exist by 2025.” — from Fast Forward 2030: The Future of Work and the Workplace. In less than 10 years, we’re going to see a massive landscape change in companies, organizational structures, and even customer wants and needs. To succeed you need to be flexible, innovate, and be agile.

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Featured Instigator: David Greer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Instigator David Greer. Known as “Coach Greer,” David previously served as co-owner and president of Robelle, where he traveled the world giving a new presentation every year, building Robelle into the world’s leading provider of HP (Hewlett-Packard) 3000 solutions. He is a co-author of The IMAGE/3000 Handbook, the reference work for the HP 3000 IMAGE database management system.

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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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10 Questions Humble Leaders Ask Themselves

Leadership Freak

Self-importance blocks leadership. The difference between self-importance and knowing you matter is ego. Humble leaders know that others make their leadership. Humility enables confidence. Self-importance reflects ego.

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Mobile Apps for Training Millennials in 2017

Women on Business

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Is Your Business Under The Weather?

Rich Gee Group

Most businesses today have a fatal flaw that will take down their entire client base. It’s the fear of doing something. anything. NEW. They know it ‘might’ fail — so they do nothing. I’m here to tell you that doing nothing (most of the time) is worse than failing. Why? Let me give you an example: Let’s say you’re quite sick. Now many people will disregard the symptoms, say they are not sick — because they feel that the diagnosis or the treatment will be worse or possibly hurt them more than the

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Highlighting Our February 2017 Sponsor: Leaders Made Here

Lead Change Blog

We are pleased to have Leaders Made Here as our Lead Change Group sponsor for February 2017! Leaders Made Here: Blake’s Story. This month, Mark will be releasing his latest book, Leaders Made Here. This book provides readers a game plan for organizations to create a deep and effective leadership bench. As Mark explains in the book, every organization dreams of having enough leaders.

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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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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2017 that you might have missed: Don’t you love the beginning of a new year? by @mark_sanborn. Do team values unite or divide your team? @JesseLynStoner. Your Only Competition Is Yourself by @paul_larue. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders.

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Workplace Addiction: Addressing and Ending Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Women on Business

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4 Ways to Lead Taking-Action Meetings

Leadership Freak

The trouble with meetings is the preference for information and disinterest in taking action. How many people enter meetings prepared to take action, change behaviors, or adjust strategies?

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Why successful plans include a learning component

Lead on Purpose

We’re almost done with the first month of 2017. Most statistics I’ve read about people who set new year’s resolutions show that more than half have already given up by this point in the year (in less than one month).

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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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Become A Beacon Of Hope

Joseph Lalonde

Great leaders take a stand and call for others to come along on the journey. They point towards hope and say “There we go! That’s where we need to head.” These impactful leaders become a beacon of hope for those they lead. While leading will wear you out and take you down some dark paths, the job of a leader is to point to a brighter tomorrow.

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Starting at the Bottom? Here’s Who I’m Hiring for an Internship

Women on Business

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4 Ways to Lead Taking-Action Meetings

Leadership Freak

The trouble with meetings is the preference for information and disinterest in taking action. How many people enter meetings prepared to take action, change behaviors, or adjust strategies?

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Customer Service Is Not Rocket Science

CoachStation

At the risk of over simplifying a very complex topic, the customer service experience we deliver is often only the service we expect ourselves. But, when providing a service in the moment it is easy to forget our own expectations. I have recently had several discussions with friends and family regarding the service experiences received from various companies.

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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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Your View Of Friendship Is Skewed

Joseph Lalonde

One thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven. That’s the number of “friends” Facebook tells me that I have. On one hand, it brings joy to my heart. There are 1,837 people that are connected to me on Facebook. The other hand feels sadness. A longing for intimate relationships that I don’t get from Facebook. Do you have these conflicting thoughts too?

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15 WordPress Themes to Build a Mobile-Friendly Real Estate Site

Women on Business

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Are You a Great Manager?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Jack Litewka : “How can I know whether I’m a Good Manager or a Great Manager?” (I’ll assume that no one reading this article is a Bad Manager.) That’s an important question that all leaders need to ask themselves. “Why is it an important question?” Because a Great Manager achieves significantly better results than a Good Manager does – in revenue, in profit margin, in out-of-the-box thinking, in exceeding expectations, in team morale, in talent retention, in enhancing the reputat

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To achieve your vision, you must be willing to tolerate discomfort…

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thoughts: Are you committed enough to your vision that you are willing to tolerate discomfort? If you are willing to hold onto your vision in the midst of discomfort, and if you are willing to live with the tension that is generated when you care about your vision but don’t see a clear, […]. The post To achieve your vision, you must be willing to tolerate discomfort… appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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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.