Wed.Sep 21, 2011

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The Leadership Illusion

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Leadership is an illusion. There’s no such thing. I can see you’re reluctant to believe me. I’m sure you’ll be quick to tell me stories of kings and generals, princes and paupers. You’ll point to any number of politicians, preachers, and performers past and present, people in ‘positions’ of leadership or persons with potential [.

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The Four Hallmarks of Bad Strategy

Leading Blog

Strategy expert and author of Good Strategy, Bad Strategy , Richard Rumelt says that bad strategy “grows out of specific misconceptions and leadership dysfunctions.” In short it is goals and not action. “It assumes that goals are all you need. It puts forward strategic objectives that are incoherent and, sometimes, totally impracticable. It uses high-sounding words and phrases to hide these failings.

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Leading Ethically is the New Leading

Leading in Context

All of us who lead and develop leaders need to be tuned in to the "New Leading." To embrace the "New Leading," we need to realize that leadership and ethics are joined in important ways. Many leaders have traditionally thought of ethics and leadership as two different things. That fragmented way of thinking is part of why we've reached a point where there are so many examples of ethical violations in the news.

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Three Words to Guarantee Conflict Escalation

The Recovering Engineer

I tend to notice how people respond to certain words. I guess that’s something of an “occupational hazard” for me. As I watch how people respond, I look for patterns. And I see a strong pattern developing around three words (and some variations) that almost certainly guarantee that a conflict will start or escalate if you use them carelessly.

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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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How Pain Shows the Way

Leadership Freak

The pursuit of excellence turns ugly when it makes you negative and critical. There’s a thin line between reaching high and negativity. Furthermore, turning the critical light inward is dangerous. During a recent seminar a leader asked, “What do you do when you remember all the things you’ve done wrong and forget the good.” I [.].

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How to Save Your Change Management Program From Cancellation

Next Level Blog

Earlier this week, I was leading a workshop for a group of leaders in a company that’s been around for a long time. They’re at the beginning of an enterprise wide, top to bottom reimagining of the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Making Sure You Aren’t The Problem

Women on Business

This article, [link] , gives everyone some questions to ask yourself when you are having problems with your boss. Most times bosses mean well, but if everyone, including the bosses, took a step back and asked a few questions of themselves a lot of office politics could likely be avoided: Are you performing up to expectations? What emotional baggage are you bringing into the relationship?

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How to Save Your Change Management Program From Cancellation

Next Level Blog

Earlier this week, I was leading a workshop for a group of leaders in a company that’s been around for a long time. They’re at the beginning of an enterprise wide, top to bottom reimagining of the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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It's Not About You

CEO Blog

I am just back from travel. I stayed in a Delta Hotel. Delta is a midsize middle to high end Canadian hotel chain. The missed on 2 counts this time. There was no regular tea in the room. Bigger and tougher to solve, there was no easy way to plug in the iron. The former (tea) is just poor execution and the latter (no plug) is poor planning. It takes great planning and great execution to succeed in business. ++ I read a short book - " It's Not About You - A Little Story About What Matters Most in

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Team Development & Leadership Development with Professional MBA Students

Mike Cardus

After working with the University of Rochester NY, Simon Graduate School of Business Executive MBA program , I had the absolute joy of working with the Professional MBA Program. Much of what we covered was similar to the Executive MBA program. Outcomes; Systems in place to drive positive behaviors and increase effectiveness of team members. Leading to less stress on team members and a clear + distinct process that all people know and agree upon.

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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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Leading Horses To Water - Part II - Drink The Water

Six Disciplines

Eric Kurjan , president of Six Disciplines NWO , has authored a new article " Leading Horses To Water - Part II - Drink The Water " which has been published by COSE Mindspring (the source for small business insight in Northeast Ohio). What steps can you take to actually implement change? In other words, how do you get the horse to drink the water? In my previous articles, I explained that no matter how compelling the story and the facts, some people simply do not wish to drink the water.

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Asheville River Arts District - Hands and Heart

Building Personal Strength

While in Asheville, North Carolina, we visited the River Arts District in the southern part of town. After walking through several galleries, we were the first customers of the day as the Wedge Brewery (most popular of nine breweries in Asheville). We enjoyed our drafts in the outside seating area, surrounded by lurking pigeons and cool metal art. On the wall of the building was a simple mural with these words: He who works with his hands is laborer.

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Most Overrated Value in Business

LDRLB

'In this intriguing video from Harvard Business Publishing, several management thought leaders share their ideas on values – particularly, the MOST overrated value in business. Featuring: Jonathan Gosling, Kari Granger, Buie Seawell, Jonathan Doochin, Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Hodges, and Mary Gentile.

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Know Your Unwritten Plan

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. When preparing for the future, you need two plans—one you write down, and one that’s unwritten, fluid, and evolving. This blueprint exists in your mind as a living, [.].

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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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Most Overrated Value in Business

LDRLB

In this intriguing video from Harvard Business Publishing, several management thought leaders share their ideas on values – particularly, the MOST overrated value in business. Featuring: Jonathan Gosling, Kari Granger, Buie Seawell, Jonathan Doochin, Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Hodges, and Mary Gentile.

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Arts, Crafts and the Teen Brain

Building Personal Strength

Yesterday in Asheville, North Carolina, I visited so many galleries and art venues that most of it is a blur. The most disappointing was the Folk Art Center off the Blue Ridge Parkway east of Asheville. A shop, some generic museum humma-humma on the walls, and some admin offices. Sheesh. In town, one shop featured art clothing for women. Thankfully, I found a comfortable chair in a corner of the shop.

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Leading Horses To Water - Part II - Drink The Water

Six Disciplines

Eric Kurjan , president of Six Disciplines NWO , has authored a new article " Leading Horses To Water - Part II - Drink The Water " which has been published by COSE Mindspring (the source for small business insight in Northeast Ohio). What steps can you take to actually implement change? In other words, how do you get the horse to drink the water? In my previous articles, I explained that no matter how compelling the story and the facts, some people simply do not wish to drink the water.

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The Twelve Attributes of a Truly Great Place to Work

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tony Schwartz for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * More than 100 studies have now found that the most [.].

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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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Team Building: Healthy Debates versus Dysfunctional Arguments

The Practical Leader

Strong management teams fiercely debate options, challenge each other’s thinking, and find the optimum approaches hidden in the grey area between both sides of tough issues. That takes trust, emotional intelligence, and courage. I am currently coaching a couple of lower performing executive groups struggling to “up their game” and become strong leadership teams.

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Breaking Away: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Breaking Away: How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth – and Why Others Fail Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why to create a “magic mix” of innovation leadership with innovation processes Year after year, annual lists of the most highly creative organizations include “the usual suspects”: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, [.].

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Awareness of Actual Circumstances Versus Impervious Optimism

Strategy Driven

Why is an awareness of actual circumstances so hard – and what makes it so important – for leaders to see the world as it really is? Let’s look as some examples of leaders who have addressed this question. When we think of all the responsibility, setbacks, and other difficulties that a leader must face in today’s work environment, the need for an underlying optimism is hardly surprising.

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Kevin Maney: Second Interview, by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

In his own words…. I’ve had a long career as a journalist and author. Lately, I’ve added a new hat: I’ve joined VSA Partners as its Editorial Director. The plan is to marry business to big-think journalism in a way that hopefully helps both prosper. The first example of that is the book commissioned by IBM and co-authored by me, Steve Hamm [.].

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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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Policy Watch: Reforming the public sector

Chartered Management Institute

A new white paper lays out the government’s ambitions for a reformed, community-driven public sector. But careful skills development is required if the vision is to be delivered, warns CMI policy and research director Petra Wilton.

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Life Cycles of an Organization: Starting, Maintaining, Finishing

Ron Edmondson

Every organization has a life cycle. In fact, over the life of an organization, there will be many separate life cycles. I have written about organizational life cycles before HERE. Within those life cycles the successful organization develops a team skilled at separate functions. The three functions are: Starting – Starting involves dreaming, vision-casting, recruitment of people to follow a new idea or initiative.

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Interview with Madge Meyer

Chartered Management Institute

Madge Meyer is executive vice president, chief innovation officer and technology fellow at State Street Corporation. In this role, Ms. Meyer is responsible for leading efforts to benchmark, disseminate and commercialize State Street’s new transformational technology. Here she speaks with me about her role and how she has kept the company on the cutting edge of technology for financial services.

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Social Media's Impending Flood of Customer Unlikes

Harvard Business Review

There's an old saying that carries renewed meaning these days: Give the people what they want. Brands are furiously creating profiles in social networks such as Facebook and Twitter in the hopes of building engaging communities with customers and giving people what the brands think they want. The main activity in this effort is to spur consumers to "like" and "follow" a brand's Facebook and Twitter streams.

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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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Hyvee

Ron Edmondson

Thanks to Tracie at Penny Pinchin' Mom for sharing these great deals! Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup, 10.75oz - $0.39 (Limit 2). Use $0.40/2 Campbell's Condensed Soup, exp. 11/15/11 (SS 09/11/11 R). Final Price: 2/$0.38 or $0.19 each. Farmland Jumbo Franks, 16oz, select varieties – $0.79. Use $0.55/1 Farmland Product printable or. use $0.55/1 Farmland Products printable.

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Increase Your Passion for Work Without Becoming Obsessed

Harvard Business Review

Work brings some people intrinsic joy. These people feel in control of their work, feel good about themselves while working, find their work to be in harmony with their other activities. Pscyhologists describe these folks as having harmonious passion. But there's another kind of passion: obsessive passion. Those who are obsessively passionate feel an uncontrollable urge to engage in their work, feel more conflict between their passion and other areas in their life, and their work forms a large p

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Top Line Growth? There's an App for That

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line. Executives searching for sources of top-line growth should look at what's already in their hands — literally. Smartphone sales in 2011 are estimated to reach 468 million units, a 57% increase over 2010. While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies.

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Google's Antitrust Hearing: Three Things Eric Schmidt Must Say

Harvard Business Review

Google has a lot at stake today when Eric Schmidt, the company's Executive Chairman, testifies before the U.S. Senate subcommittee on anti-trust. Google flourishes in the market, but is under increasing pressure in the realm of politics and regulation. Such a paradigm-shifting company inevitably encounters political scrutiny, and Google has successfully dealt with challenges in the past concerning data privacy, intellectual property, and getting approval for acquisitions.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.