Wed.Oct 26, 2011

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How to Reengage the Disengaged

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development The Emergency Row Announcement I found my seat in row 16. I was right in front of the emergency row. I could hear the flight attendant introducing herself to the six passengers seated in row 17. She explained that they must have chosen the emergency seats on purpose and were prepared to hear her emergency [.] How to Reengage the Disengaged.

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It’s Not About You

Leading Blog

It’s Not About You by Bob Burg and John David Mann, is the story of a leader’s journey. A journey any good leader has to take. Ben begins with an agenda. His job is to convince or if necessary, to steamroll a manufacturer of high-quality chairs to accepting a merger. Ben’s company believes it to be a good thing, but the target company is not so sure.

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Why We Work Hard and Persevere

Michael Lee Stallard

The U.S.S. Montpelier Command Philosophy (below) is an outstanding example of values articulated in a clear and compelling way. Remember that values at their best are a source of pride and guidance for employees. To be the most effective, values must be communicated in writing and verbally because people usually learn by reading or listening. A portfolio of simple yet compelling stories should be developed that can be told to help people remember your values.

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2 Critical Phrases to Handle Haters

Modern Servant Leader

Jon Acuff Method. Jon Acuff wrote about Loving Your Own Dream Too Much to Hate Somebody Else’s. In the post, he explains how he deals with haters: When ever someone attacks me and the books I write, I always ask them a simple question: “How did you write your book differently?”. That response is so powerful, I want to share and expand on it here.

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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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Stop Asking Stupid Questions

Leadership Freak

Questions focused on the present are management questions. “What’s the problem?” for example. Leaders, on the other hand, ask questions about the future, “Where do we want to be next year?” Managers ask about execution. Leaders ask about direction. In today’s complex world, leaders manage and managers lead. Determine which moment you’re in. Is this [.].

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Three Leadership Lessons from the Netflix Slide

Next Level Blog

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings must be feeling a little bit like a team that ended up on the cover of Sports Illustrated and then started losing games. Last year, Hastings was on the cover of Fortune as. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Women in Sales

Women on Business

Sales can be a scary thing to do for anyone and can seem especially daunting for women. It is generally seen as the realm of the men, the car salesman and the schmoozer. While it is the home of the smooth talking male it actually is the realm of women and an industry which seems to be ahead of the curve in terms of evening out the work force. Direct Sales as an industry makes up over $30 billion in sales a year with over 15 million employees.

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The Essence of Strategy

LDRLB

I’ve always loved strategy. Maybe it’s because I grew up playing chess; maybe it’s because I can be stubborn. Luckily, good strategists are also stubborn. They have to be, because in today’s “light-speed” business world, most of their business colleagues are anything but strategic. They either believe that strategy is a deterrent to opportunity or they’ve never experienced the strategic disciplines of a prudent mentor.

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Steve Jobs Took Things Seriously

First Friday Book Synopsis

Serious: not joking or trifling; being in earnest ————- Here’s a simple truth about Steve Jobs. He took things very seriously. Every task; every word; every presentation; every-thing. Though he made his presentations fun, you got the distinct impression that they were very important to him. He took them seriously. Where did this come from?

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The Essence of Strategy

LDRLB

'I’ve always loved strategy. Maybe it’s because I grew up playing chess; maybe it’s because I can be stubborn. Luckily, good strategists are also stubborn. They have to be, because in today’s “light-speed” business world, most of their business colleagues are anything but strategic. They either believe that strategy is a deterrent to opportunity or they’ve never experienced the strategic disciplines of a prudent mentor.

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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 Funniest Commercials of All Time

First Friday Book Synopsis

Sure, humor is subjective—but some advertising over the years has been undeniably hilarious. Featured in an article by Tim Nudd in the June 20, 2011, issue of AdWeek magazine, here are its editors’ picks for the 10 funniest mainstream commercials ever made (none of that “banned” European stuff), stretching from the ’80s until today.

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Report from the Year 2086 - Parenting in Primitive Times

Building Personal Strength

Nine-year-old Kress looked away from his wall, which was brilliantly painted with a photo and news report entitled, "2 Nebraska boys kept in wire dog kennel." "Mom?" he called out. After a moment his mother entered his room. "What is it, Honey?" "I'm doing a report for school about child abuse. I was searching for old information, and I found this report from 2011.

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The Velocity Manifesto: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof Your Organization Scott Klososky Greenlead Book Group (2011) Digital plumbing + high-beam strategy + high-velocity culture = business success (however defined) Almost immediately, Scott Klososky establishes and then sustains a direct, personal, and at times almost confrontational rapport with his reader.

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The importance of mentoring

Chartered Management Institute

I recently read a blog by Emily Jasper who wrote about women missing out on having a mentor. A LinkedIn survey of professional women in the U.S. found that only 1 in 5 have ever had a mentor. Personally it was never something that entered my mind whilst carving my career. Mentoring may have passed by many business person as part of the old-boys network, exclusive and not ascessable.

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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 Not-So-Secret Secrets to Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel You to the Top

Strategy Driven

Have you ever said to yourself, How in the world did [insert name of powerful business executive] get to where he is? He’s not any smarter than I am! Well, chances are you’re right. That executive who made it big probably doesn’t have more powerful brain cells than you… but what he (or she!) probably does have are three non-glamorous but crucial qualities: focus, discipline, and follow-up.

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Thoughts that Make You Go Hmmm on…. Leading Culture Change

The Practical Leader

Here are especially vital findings and powerful observations about just what it takes to build a peak performance culture. These are drawn from Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett’s new book, The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance : “Culture really matters. As Lou Gerstner wrote, reflecting on his experiences in taking over the job of CEO at a failing IBM and achieving one of the most remarkable turnarounds in recent business history

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A Guaranteed Way to Improve All Communication

Ron Edmondson

Do you want to improve communication in a relationship? Remove the barrier…. In almost all miscommunication, there is a barrier to communicating effectively. Find the barrier, remove…or at least address it, and communication will improve every time. I guarantee it. (Or your money back for this advice. ). The barrier may be: A personality difference… A perception… A thing….

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Social Media versus Knowledge Management

Harvard Business Review

On the surface, social media and knowledge management (KM) seem very similar. Both involve people using technology to access information. Both require individuals to create information intended for sharing. Both profess to support collaboration. But there's a big difference. Knowledge management is what company management tells me I need to know, based on what they think is important.

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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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5 Productivity Pitfalls Learned From Marathon Training

Ron Edmondson

This is a guest post by Tor Contantino. I had the pleasure of meeting Tor at Catalyst this year. Tor Constantino is an ex-journalist, current public relations professional who has worked for CBS Radio and ABC, CBS television stations. He contributes to RELEVANT magazine, ChristianPost.com , SCL and his blog, www.torconbooks.com. Here are 5 Productivity Pitfalls Learned From Marathon Training: Prior to my 40th birthday I decided I wanted to run a full marathon.

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Social Login Offers New ROI from Social Media

Harvard Business Review

In the last few years, most companies have realized that social media is more than just the latest fad in communicating to the under-30 demographic, and is instead a generator of real dollars and cents value for their businesses. Fewer companies, however, are aware of the value of a new technology called "social login," which allows visitors to a website to log in using their Facebook, Google, Twitter, or other social media account rather than having to register a new one.

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Boards are Key to Fixing the System

Harvard Business Review

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. No conversation regarding a call for a new CEO can be complete without a discussion of corporate boards and their role as the primary, determinative actors in the selection process. It is the board, after all, who is charged with succession planning and choosing the chief executive.

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Five Challenges Facing Marketing

Harvard Business Review

The marketing field is faced with several challenges that for many firms will require a transformation in its capability and charge. Among them are the following five. First, marketing needs to lead in substantial or transformational innovation that will result in new offerings that will define new categories or subcategories. Marketing focused on "my brand is better than your brand" strategies supported by incremental innovation and conventional programs rarely creates sales growth because mark

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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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GE's Eco-Innovation Platform

Harvard Business Review

"We're looking for new models of innovation. We don't have all the answers or all the capabilities." This candid admission comes from Beth Comstock, GE's Chief Marketing Officer. Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. The ecomagination brand has done yeoman's duty over the last six years.

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Launching Effective Start-ups in Governments

Harvard Business Review

Government "start-ups" — new agencies, offices, or initiatives — have the potential to be a powerful tool for solving critical policy problems at the local, state, and federal levels. But while creating the "new and the nimble" within an established bureaucracy is a well-known art form in the private sector, governments are still struggling to do it effectively.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Many venture capitalists are limiting their investments to the "demand-side" — aimed at reducing energy use — rather than investing in startups trying to change the wa

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Shifting Finance from Controlling to Improving

Harvard Business Review

It's difficult to get senior executives who have been successful managing a particular way to realize that they need to change their approach. Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors.

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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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The Good Business Model at Goodwill

Harvard Business Review

Today there are thousands of new social enterprises from Bangalore to Boston. But my organization, Goodwill Industries International, has been running a complex social enterprise since long before the term was coined. And for-profit companies have something to learn from our philosophy — by putting social good at the center of their business models.

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How to Recover Your Core Rhythm

Harvard Business Review

I spent much of last week on the road. Eager to get back home when my work was done, I took the red-eye flight from San Francisco to New York at 10 pm. I arrived home at 8:30 am and had to go straight to the office, after less than five hours of fitful sleep on the plane. By early afternoon, I felt like hell. It took me the entire weekend to feel fully myself again.

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