Sat.Jul 02, 2011

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Are you willing to think bigger?

Jason Womack

Knowing what you have to work on - the inventory of options - helps you work smarter, think bigger and make more good things happen. (That's a view from the lounge chair in my front yard, where I'm going to be sitting later this afternoon watching the sun go down.) For today - no matter what day you're reading this - how are you planning to work smarter?

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Kathy Button Bell (Emerson) 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 Kathy Button Bell, vice president and chief marketing officer of Emerson, the manufacturing and technology company in St. Louis. A sports background, she [.].

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The Case For Studying Leadership Theory

Eric Jacobson

Author David Burkus recommends reading his new book, The Portable Guide To Leading Organizations , when you decide to engage in a process of real leadership study. And, David believes that leaders should commit today to that study of leadership, and in particular the study of leadership theory. His book covers the: basic theories and models of leadership and change history of management and motivational research various schools of thought surrounding how to implement strategy in organizations.

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Trust: If You Build It, They Will Come…and Stay

You're Not the Boss of Me

I wrote this post originally in February 2010 and am recycling it, with some minor modifications, because to me, trust continues to be of paramount importance in building and maintaining strong relationships and strong organizations. I like to remind myself of that from time to time. Trust. It’s a small word and yet, it holds the key to success in just about every walk of life.

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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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Intentionally Loving People

Ron Edmondson

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.&# John 15:12. As believers, loving others is not to be an option, it’s to be a lifestyle. No one does that better than my wife Cheryl. Recently we were on a 3 1/2 hour flight to San Francisco. I was in the window seat, Cheryl was in the middle, and a woman we didn’t know was in the aisle seat.

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Mini Saga #106 – Destiny

Rajesh Setty

Even if you think your book of destiny is already written, you can still edit it. Mini Saga #106 – Destiny. Eight failures in a row. Jim was more than frustrated, “My destiny might have been set the day I was born,” he thought. One day, he got an email with the names of sixty famous people. In the end, his friend wrote – “Jim, these people share your date of birth.”.

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