Thu.Feb 02, 2012

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In a NOW World, Employee Engagement is Not an Option

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development “This economic crisis doesn’t represent a cycle,” says Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, about The Great Recession. “It represents a reset. It’s an emotional, raw social, economic reset. People who understand that will prosper. Those who don’t will be left behind.” We are living in the Age of Mass Customization, a term coined [.].

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Top 10 Ways to Tick Off CEOs

Leadership Freak

** If you aren’t concerned about ticking off the CEO, you should be. It’s easy to irritate high level leaders who operate in high pressure environments, especially if you aren’t part of the inner circle. Senior leaders expect mid-levels to prove their value and earn their place; they did. They can smell a sense of [.].

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How thinking like a child can help any leader achieve more goals

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Becky Robinson, director of social marketing for The Kevin Eikenberry Group and the owner and chief influence officer of 12 Minute Media, authored today’s SmartBlog for Leadership, How thinking like a child can help any leader achieve more goals. “As you look to a new year and new goals, sharpen your pencil, get a clean sheet [.].

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Rypple’s Nick Stein, on how to deliver better feedback

Next Level Blog

Rypple is a web-based social performance management platform that helps companies improve performance through social goals, continuous feedback and meaningful recognition. I recently spoke with Rypple’s Nick Stein to learn more about the company and get his tips for giving – and getting – effective feedback. Here’s an edited version of our conversation.

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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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Is Your Brand Cohesive or Confusing?

Women on Business

Your brand is the visual representation of you and your business. It includes your logo, the design of your website, your letterhead, your business cards, the fonts and colors you use, your tagline, the name of your business… and any other pieces that go into the image of your business. This image is the FIRST thing that people will see of you and your business when they come across you online, so your brand needs to be an accurate representation of what you’re all about.

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Take a Hike

Tony Mayo

One pattern I noticed while reading about the physicists and mathematicians who invented quantum mechanics and built the atomic bomb was the number of key insights that came to them while hiking and walking. At first I thought this might have been a mere cultural coincidence. Many of these scientists were turn-of-the-century central [.].

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Puns for Educated Minds

First Friday Book Synopsis

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whiskey-maker, but he loved her still. 4. A [.].

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No, you can NOT have it all

Jason Womack

Is your focus spread across things you're thinking about, projects your managing AND to-dos you're prioritizing? I call those the three "kinds" of work we all have to engage in during the day. One suggestion I make to clients is that they separate those and address them specifically as independent "pieces" of work through the day. It's easy, you can do this with three pieces of paper (or in a spreadsheet online).

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Top 10 Ways to Tick Off CEOs

Leadership Freak

** If you aren’t concerned about ticking off the CEO, you should be. It’s easy to irritate high level leaders who operate in high pressure environments, especially if you aren’t part of the inner circle. Senior leaders expect mid-levels to prove their value and earn their place; they did. They can smell a sense of [.].

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Goals, Tasks, Purpose, Objective…Call it what you want the work has to get done!

Mike Cardus

Consulting and Coaching Teams and Managerial-Leaders plus writing this blog I harp on Goals. As people and people who create organizational-systems of work Managerial-Accountability-Hierarchies purpose and the Goal means very much to us. So much that if the goal is not explained to us and we make choices , we will create the goal to match the choices we made.

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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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Keep Trying New Stuff, Constantly – Lessons Buried in the Facebook S-1 Filing

First Friday Book Synopsis

So, (courtesy of Slate: Sh*t Facebook Employees Say), here are five maxims/mantras of Facebook buried in their S-1 Filing: Facebookism No. 1: “Done is better than perfect” Facebookism No. 2: “Code wins arguments” Facebookism No. 3: “Move fast and break things” Facebookism No. 4: “The riskiest thing is to take no risks.” Facebookism No. 5: “This [.].

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35 Ways To Put The “Leader” In Student Leader

Tim Milburn

One of the questions I get asked is: What do student leaders have to do to be considered a “student leader?” Great question. I actually wrote a short ebook (pdf) on the subject: STUDENT LEADER – 35 Ways To Put The Leader In Student Leader. Here are three of the ideas in the ebook. #3 DO FEW THINGS REALLY WELL. Which is better: to accomplish eight things that people would consider a “3″ on a scale of 1-10; or accomplish three things that people would consider an R

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Mark Miller: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Mark Miller is a business leader, best-selling author and communicator. He began his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. In 1978, Mark joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom. Since that time, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and today [.].

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Social Media and Online Community Platform Usage by Inc. 500 Companies Detailed in Study

Managing Communities

Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes, a Chancellor Professor of Marketing and the Director of the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has released the results of the center’s fifth annual study into the usage of social media by Inc. 500 companies. The survey asked participants about thirteen particular types of social media: [.].

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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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Human Competence: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Human Competence: Engineering Worthy Performance Thomas F. Gilbert Crown Business (2007) How and why the behavior engineering model “is really an outline of a performance troubleshooting sequence” Note: The comments that follow discuss the “Tribute Edition” (2007) of a book first published in 1996, after its author’s death. It is now widely viewed as a [.].

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I'm Being Held Accountable to Improve the Way I Work

Building Personal Strength

In my company, we "eat our own dog food." Meaning, we actually use the products and services we create. We do this to get insights about how to make our stuff better. Plus, we benefit personally from doing so! The product is ProStar Coach , an online virtual coaching service for improving people skills and personal strengths. One of my favorite exercises is called the "Reflection Exercise.

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Check out the February pages on Management and Consulting Book Club

Chartered Management Institute

The February pages are hot off the press. This month we feature American marketing guru Martin Lindstrom as Author of the Month. Related Content: What do a former arctic trawlerman, a former human resource manager in the gas industry, CMI member Emma Grant, and a book about Twitter have in common? The price of getting more for less Opportunity to enter a draw to win a copy Beyond the Familiar: Long-Term Growth through Customer Focus and Innovation New ebooks for the CMI library - tell us what we

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Leadership Caffeine at Information Management and New Newsletter Resource

Management Excellence

Two news items here at Management Excellence: First, as of February 1, 2012, the good folks at Information Management are kindly syndicating selected posts from my blog at their resource rich website: info-mgmt.com under my name and the Leadership Caffeine label. And second, I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new resource to support your professional development.the Leadership Caffeine Newsletter.

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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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My next invention: an online school for management 3.0

Ask Atma

The Atman Management 3.0 Academy. Learn Management 3.0 to Optimize Your Business, Your People, Your World ; using a new 10-point framework to create a culture of motivation, disruption, and implementation. Science, technology, and culture are constantly evolving. As a result rules change, and new opportunities emerge. Keeping up is hard. The Atman Academy makes it easier.

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An Elementary Approach to Facing Conflict

Ron Edmondson

I’ve seen a lot of conflict in my life. From parents and couples in my office for counseling to employment situations where two people can’t get along. I’ve even seen a fight in the grocery store because someone thought someone else cut line. As an observer, I’ve learned a few things about facing conflict. Primarily, I’ve observed that the way one person responds often determines the way the other person responds.

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Foresight Plus

Rajesh Setty

Foresight Plus. We bring new ideas to life and new life to current ideas. read more.

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Residency in Ministry at Grace Community Church

Ron Edmondson

Grace Community Church has been looking for a way to raise up and develop future leaders. We wanted something that gave people real hands-on ministry experience and also helped them grow theologically. We believe in seminary education, but we also see the value in practical experience. We are excited to introduce our Residency in Ministry Program. Similar to a medical residency, we view this as a post-college “residency” where those in the program will be doing real ministry alongside pastors wh

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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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THINKBook

Rajesh Setty

ThinkBook: A notebook that makes you think! read more.

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Four Ways to Improve Your Communication

The Recovering Engineer

If you want to become more effective as a leader, more successful in meetings, or more confident while resolving conflicts, become a better communicator. On the high end of the communication skill spectrum, you find that great leaders — like Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Jr — are often great communicators. On the low-end, research indicates that poor communication skills can contribute to family disputes escalating to domestic violence.

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Desperately Seeking Simplicity

Harvard Business Review

The softly drifting snowflakes that greeted me every morning at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year were an inadequate warm-up for the cold blast of reality I felt in session after session during this five day Congress on the "state of the world.". As I participated, one theme seemed omnipresent — that while events are unfolding in the world at an accelerating pace, increasingly complex institutions are less and less able to deal with them.

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Thought-full Thursday: Chance Encounters

Persuasive Powerhouse

. Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. Today we feature a quote from Art Petty , a thoughtful author, blogger , teacher, coach and consultant. I love Art’s blog – it’s always insightful and practical. His most recent book , which the quote below is taken from, is a wonderful compilation of essays on how to increase your leadership effectiveness – and for those of you who “don’t have time to read”

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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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Entrepreneurship: Still Lost in the Davos Dialog

Harvard Business Review

As a Davos novice , I was fascinated to observe how entrepreneurship was reflected in the dialog among the world's movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum. The term "entrepreneurship" has achieved cult status in policy speeches, yet I was disappointed at our leaders' superficiality and wrongheadedness, as well as the topic's de facto low priority here.

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Bonuses Are Good, But Clawbacks Make Them Better

Harvard Business Review

By order of the Her Majesty, the Queen, Sir Fred Goodwin — aka "Fred the Shred" — suffered an unprecedented clawback. The disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO was stripped of his knighthood "for services to banking." Barely four years after Goodwin's elevation, his bank — Great Britain's wealthiest — effectively collapsed and was nationalized.

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The End of Customer Service Heroes

Harvard Business Review

An interview with Frances Frei and Anne Morriss , authors of Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business. Download this podcast.

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The Problem with the Profit Motive in Finance

Harvard Business Review

The Financial Services Roundtable, the lobbying group for the biggest financial companies in the U.S., has a new "white paper" out with the rah rah title, " Financial Services: Safer & Stronger in 2012." A few of the bullet points: • Banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have $1.5 trillion in capital — the highest capital levels in the history of American banking. • The largest U.S. banks have increased Tier 1 capital — the core measure of a bank's financial stre

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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.