Fri.Jun 24, 2011

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Failing to Communicate

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . Are you guilty of having a failure to communicate? Here’s the thing - who cares if you possess excellent communication skills if you don’t use them properly. If your command of vocabulary and the elocution of your presentation are impeccable, but they don’t advance your vision, develop your team, or otherwise add value to your stakeholders, then I would suggest your well honed skills are not as refined as you may think.

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Follow the ABC’s of Correction – Affirm Before Correcting

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development “There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta “A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” – Unknown “Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and [.

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Does Your Wellbeing Need a Boost?

Leading Blog

Gallup scientists have determined that there are five universal and interdependent elements of wellbeing that differentiate a thriving life from one spent suffering: Career : liking what you do every day (Tip: Every day, use your strengths.). Social : having strong relationships (Tip: Spend six hours a day socializing—face-to-face, phone, e-mail.). Financial : a well managed economic life (Tip: Spend on others instead of solely on material possessions.).

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Leadership in Action at the CDC

Next Level Blog

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to follow Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, as a speaker to the leadership fellows of his agency. His remarks were so fascinating that. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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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Possibility Maximizer: Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge

Sales Wolf Blog

I like to cap off each week by sharing a resource that I feel will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organizational and professional life. Today I am excited to feature an all new resource from one of my favorite bloggers in the leadership development community. Enjoy! The Resource: Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge What It Is: The Leadership Development Rountable Challenge is a new monthly feature on Dan McCarthy's Great Leadership blog.

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Photo Inquiry Friday: Interpersonal Hiring Questions?

Mike Cardus

I have been helping businesses with their interview and hiring processes. Creating role descriptions and exactly what competencies a candidate must have in order to be successful in the job. Doing this requires a method to determine a persons Current Actual Capability, what they can actually do and if they can handle the level of work required. Yet before that the Manager, the Manager’s Manager and the hiring team MUST define clear and distinctly what competencies are required to fill the role,

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First, Know Yourself

Coaching Tip

You must know yourself to express yourself. Once you truly know yourself, your public identity becomes an extension of who you really are. Many of us have trouble firming up our identity (i.e. our assumptions & beliefs, our vision, our values and our guiding principles) because we're still trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up.

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How Can You Improve Productivity?

Six Disciplines

Do your employees focus on the purpose of the company? If not, that could be your biggest opportunity! Six Disciplines' CEO Gary Harpst joins Jim Blasingame (The Small Business Avocate) to talk about improving your employees’ productivity through a clear strategy and efficient (and more effective) technology. Listen to the podcast here. SUGGESTION: Hear all of the podcasts with Gary here.

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“To Read, You Need Mental Silence Except For The Words” – Insight from Johann Hari on the Value of Reading, Especially Reading (Physical) Books

First Friday Book Synopsis

“It turns out, in the age of super-speed broadband we need dead trees to have living minds.&# Johann Hari. ————— I have written earlier about my new found love of my iPad. It has exceeded my greatest expectations. I am reading many, many “samples” of books on both iBooks and Kindle apps. This practice, so [.].

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The Relationship Between Productivity And Inflation

Six Disciplines

"Focus on the process and productivity will follow.". Six Disciplines' CEO Gary Harpst joins Jim Blasingame (The Small Business Advocate) to discuss the correlation between productivity and inflation, and why manufacturing is outperforming the service sector with regard to productivity. Listen to the podcast here. SUGGESTION: Hear all of the podcasts with Gary here.

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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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Ahab at Starbucks

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Larry Hughes and featured by The Huffington Post. I do not remember when, where, or why I first encountered Larry but during the years since, I have posted reviews of countless books with which he has had either a direct or indirect connection. He characterizes himself [.].

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Fossil Rim Wildlife Center - Close Encounters of the Best Kind

Building Personal Strength

Kathleen and I went on a weekend excursion up to Glen Rose, a small town in north-central Texas. When we got there, the first thing we did was to visit the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center , a 1700-acre non-profit preserve that is home to 50 species of exotic and endangered animals. In our car we followed closely behind one of their customized open-air tour buses as it slowly meandered around the property.

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The Executive’s Compass: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Executive’s Compass: Business and the Good Society James O’Toole Oxford University Press (1995) “The Great Conversation Across the Centuries&# More than 50 years ago, Walter Paepcke founded the Aspen Institute and entrusted to Mortimer Adler the responsibility for devising a program of inquiry that became known as the Executive Seminar.

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What would you do if you were on a plane for the next three hours?

CO2

When I ask leaders where they are most productive, they often say on the plane. They enjoy being unplugged for several hours, and they get more done. . Avoid using wifi on planes if you can. And if you’re not on a plane, imagine you are for the next few hours. What might you be able to accomplish?

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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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3 Ways to Get What You Need from Design

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. While the business world may have developed a full-blown love affair with design, very few companies are doing it well. If you’re taking on a corporate design effort, [.].

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Closeout for 6.24.11

LDRLB

Every friday we review the posts from LeaderLab contributors that has appeared on this blog and elsewhere online. Here. Tim Vanderpyl added one more posts to the growing dialogue about strategy asking who benefits when strategic plans are merely expensive coffee coasters ? David Burkus provided a book review of the re-release of Jesse Lyn Stoner and Ken Blanchard’s Full Steam Ahead.

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Thomas J. DeLong: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Thomas J. DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School. Before joining the Harvard Faculty, DeLong was Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., where he was responsible for the firm’s human capital and focused on issues of organizational strategy and organizational change. ??

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The Transformational Leader: Compass to a New World, part 2

Strategy Driven

Inspire. A pure fact of transformational leadership is that you can accomplish only a small portion of the requisite forward movement on your own. Therefore, if you are to transform a company you must inspire others to follow you. What are the qualities of a leader that inspire others and impel them to follow? Front Runners – Lap Your Competition With 10 Game-Changing Strategies For Total Business Transformation by Mahesh Rao.

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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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Mini Saga #98 – Ordinary

Rajesh Setty

It’s hard to win against someone when they are operating on their strengths and you are not. Mini Saga #98 – Ordinary. It started off as healthy rivalry between co-workers John and Rick. John tried his best for three years but couldn’t win. Finally, he accepted defeat and went back to Rick for advice. Rick smiled, “John, unlike you, I was focusing on what was ‘ordinary’ for me — just my strengths”.

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Vacation Preferences

Ron Edmondson

We are on a few days vacation this week. We came with another couple to the San Francisco area. Cheryl and I have traveled extensively, and we’ve been to California, but never to this part of the state. Even only after our first full day we love this place! It was a gorgeous day and we explored the famous Lombard Street, Fisherman’s Wharf, and walked every inch of Alcatraz today.

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The Best Investment You Can Make

Harvard Business Review

It's the burning question many of you have been hurling at me recently: "So instead of idly waiting around for the so-called mysteriously reluctant non-recovering recovery, what should we do to survive this never-ending raging crisis?". Here's a tiny suggestion. The "best" investment you can make isn't gold. It's the people you love, the dreams you have, and living a life that matters.

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The Business of Values

Harvard Business Review

I recently spent a few days at the Harvard Business School with a group of Deans and Professors from around the globe. The event was a symposium that HBS has run for several years, as a way of reflecting on and improving the field of leadership at a macro level. The focus of this year's event was "values." The sticky issue of ethics, of the responsibility business leaders have to "do the right thing.".

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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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How Toyota Pulls Improvement from the Front Line

Harvard Business Review

Toyota is famous for its Toyota Production System, an approach that effectively engages front-line workers in improving their work. As I argued in my last post , "pulling" improvement from the front line is critical to continually improve operations, and Toyota does it very well. Companies that "push" work improvements from the top usually generate tepid front-line enthusiasm.

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What Investment Bankers Can Learn From Stand-Up Comedians

Harvard Business Review

Yes, you heard that correctly. Let me explain. Originally from the Midwest and after a stint in the Navy, I decided to be an investment banking analyst in the late 90's. I did well in my business school applications, and after my MBA, I worked for a private equity-backed healthcare company, then more investment banking as an associate. But there was a problem.

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Building a Resilient Organizational Culture

Harvard Business Review

Current events teach us that crisis and even disaster occur far more frequently than previously anticipated. Japan's post-tsunami crisis and repeated tornadoes of the Southern and Midwestern US demonstrate the vulnerability of modern infrastructures to the forces of nature. Wall Street's meltdown, the subsequent recession, and the consequent demise of discretionary spending remind us that human-made disasters can be devastating in other ways.

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