Sat.Dec 24, 2011

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Christmas, Goals, and Deadlines

Leadership Freak

Deadlines don’t motivate until goals have meaning. People must personally own goals before deadlines create urgency, focus, decisiveness, and action. Today is Christmas Eve. It’s the motivating deadline for millions of procrastinators. The goal of giving gifts to loved ones makes this deadline matter. Application: Throwing a timeline with deadlines at team members is a [.].

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The Trust Edge

CEO Blog

I am thinking about writing a book called the 2 minute solution (or perhaps the 3 minute solution). Fill it with habits that take 2 minutes. Suggest people adopt only a few. So I am experimenting with some. For example, I never shower (and I like to shower daily) without doing 2 minutes of hard exercise first. This can be pushups (and I am sore after doing only 100 pushups for 3 days), lunges, squats, squat jumps(if I have no weights), or run 1/3 mile.

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The Best of 2011 – My Picks in Books, Blogs, TV Show, Long Reads – and my iPad!

First Friday Book Synopsis

It’s that time of year. As we prepare to “check out” for a few days, with family, and loved ones, and food, and faith, we look back over a year nearly gone. So, looking back, here is my list of some of my favorites – my very personal “best of” lists for 2011. It is [.].

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Christmas, Goals, and Deadlines

Leadership Freak

Deadlines don’t motivate until goals have meaning. People must personally own goals before deadlines create urgency, focus, decisiveness, and action. Today is Christmas Eve. It’s the motivating deadline for millions of procrastinators. The goal of giving gifts to loved ones makes this deadline matter. Application: Throwing a timeline with deadlines at team members is a [.].

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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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B-School Deans: Big Hopes for 2012 and Beyond

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an exerpt from an article written by Francesca Di Meglio and featured by Bloomberg Businessweek magazine online. As business school deans make their resolutions for 2012, the collective hope is to produce graduates capable of thinking creatively about the challenges that face the world. Kellogg Dean Sally Blount says business schools must inspire [.].

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A Christmas Memory - In Over My Head

Building Personal Strength

During THE HOLIDAYS, our tradition is to spend Christmas with Kathleen's family at her sister Jane's house in Corpus Christi, TX. Corpus is located on the Gulf of Mexico and typically has a tropical climate. But at that time of year, a brisk cold wind usually blows off the water. The last time we were there, the blustery weather reminded me of a cold, blustery Christmas almost 50 years ago.

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Is it worth asking staff to work between Christmas and New Year?

Chartered Management Institute

This last week marked my first week in a new job. As you can imagine, lots of things to learn and names to remember. I have however been given next week off to allow a chance to recharge my batteries a bit, with the feeling that the office will be both sparsely populated and not really in a working mood, so rather than asking me to sit twiddling my thumbs, the time would be better spent enjoying the break and returning afresh in the new year.

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Looking Back…A Year in Review

You're Not the Boss of Me

In this post, I want to do two things. The first is to say “Thank you” for reading this blog, and particularly to those who have chosen to subscribe. I like to think of this as a place of reflection and one where thoughts and ideas about leadership can be exchanged in a collegial way. You have made it such a place. And you have added richness to the posts that appear here by adding your own views.

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Ann Weems at Christmas

Ron Edmondson

My 2 favorite poems by Ann Weems: Yesterday’s Pain. In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia. rising from the souls of those who weep, and of those who weep with those who weep. If you watch, you will see. the hand of God. putting the stars back in their skies. one by one. Yesterday’s Pain. Some of us walk in Advent. tethered to our unresolved yesterdays. the pain still stabbing. the hurt still throbbing.

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Scripture Memorization, Week 52

Ron Edmondson

Here’s is the final verse in a year of Scripture memorization. This is a verse appropriate for this time of year…and worthy of placing in your memory. Week 52 verse: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” Luke 2:14. Related posts: Scripture Memorization, Week 47. Scripture Memorization, Week 6.

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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 Baby in a Manger?

Ron Edmondson

Related posts: Poor Little Baby Jesus. Top Baby Names 2008 (and more). Your Baby Shower Needs a Man’s Touch.

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