Sat.Oct 01, 2011

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Five Penetrating Questions that Expose Humility

Leadership Freak

Patterns are developing after a year and a half’s worth of conversations with high profile leaders and successful authors. Jay Elliot, former Sr. V.P. at Apple said, “Great people are hard on themselves. My job is to encourage them.” John Spence pulled off the road while on his way to a speaking gig to listen [.].

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Leadership lessons from the mountain

Lead on Purpose

I had the opportunity recently to go up to Sundance , a local ski resort, to go mountain biking with my team. This is the type of mountain biking where you ride up a ski lift and bike down one of many trails to the bottom, load up and do it again. The mountains are absolutely beautiful this time of year and the weather could not have been better. The great thing about activities like mountain biking is they give you a chance to get away and help you put life into perspective.

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Thought-full Thursday: Genuine Questions

Persuasive Powerhouse

` Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. So take five and enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow. Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome! Because questions are intrinsically related to action, they spark [.

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The First of the Month - October, 2011

Jason Womack

Third quarter is over, 4th has just begun. As I write this, 21 hours of this 3-month cycle have already gone by. How are you doing? When you think of the next few blocks of time (and, think about how you think about time: hours, days, weeks or.), what comes to mind? Some observations I've made over the past week that I've been travelin'/workin'/livin': 1) The world is, indeed, small.

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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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Amazon, the Company That Ate the World

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article featured by Bloomberg Businessweek online (October 3, 2011) in which Brad Stone points out that Jeff Bezos’ new tablet, the Kindle Fire, is cheap, pretty, and puts Amazon in perfect position to take a bite out of Apple—and every online transaction we make. To read the complete article, [.].

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Jim Rohn - A Powerful, Moving, Inspiring Video

Building Personal Strength

I was thinking about Jim Rohn today and how much I miss his no-nonsense, straight-talking way of sharing insights about success. So I searched on YouTube and found this video. It's brief, but it's POWERFUL. MOVING. INSPIRING. Really, you should watch it. I could feel my thoughts and feelings shedding all the B.S. and realigning with my focus. There is so much refined truth in this brief video that I plan to watch it over and over, like taking a vitamin pill.

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Teenagers Preparing for the Real World

Building Personal Strength

I just finished Teenagers Preparing for the Real World , an excellent self-published book for teens by motivational speaker Chad Foster. It was enthusiastically recommended to me by a chance acquaintance in the Bellagio Art to Wear gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. Teenagers have a full plate of things they need to learn to succeed in the adult world, and they rarely get the right wisdom from adults.

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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?

Chartered Management Institute

Answer: they all feature in the October pages of CMI Management and Consulting Book Club. Go to www.managers.org/bookclub to find features on leadership guru John Adair and the fascinating ‘Intuitive Mind’ by Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith which explains how managers can use intuition to make more effective business decisions. Don’t forget to glance at our list of ‘Must Read’ management books for the Autumn.

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Office Politics…The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

You're Not the Boss of Me

Every now and then I like to revisit and refresh a post whose message might be worthy of repeating. This one is from May 2009 and I chose it because I don’t’ expect office politics has gone away since then do you? ==. How often have you said something like, “ I hate office politics”? If your answer is, “ very often ” you are likely in good company.

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Are We Healthier Today?

Ron Edmondson

In the day of health and fitness awareness, when restaurants seem more intent on offering healthy alternatives, and gyms are on every corner; when organic is the buzz word… Are we healthier than we once were? I don’t know…but I found an article I read recently in Delta Sky Magazine interesting. Comparing numbers then and now, here’s what our diet looks like: Then: Pounds of cheese eaten per capita in 1909… 4.

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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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Teaching Financial Responsibility to Teens

Your Voice of Encouragement

When Alison was in high school and had just started driving, she announced to her dad and me one night that she thought she should have her own credit card. Us: “Why do you think you need a credit card at age 17?” Alison: “Because Ashley’s parents just got her one so she could fuel up her car and not worry about having to carry a lot of cash.” That simple statement opened the door to talk about credit cards and who should be paying for the gas.

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Scripture Memorization, Week 40

Ron Edmondson

There’s coming a day… You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Isaiah 55:12. Anytime this week you need a smile…remember this week’s memory verse. What thoughts come to mind when you think of eternity? Related posts: Scripture Memorization, Week 36.

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