Thu.Aug 18, 2011

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Build your Life and Leadership Through Listening

Leadership Freak

I’m a listener that used listening to control people. If I ask the questions, I’m controlling the conversation. If I’m controlling the conversation, I’m controlling you. Does that make you uncomfortable? It should. It took me years to realize I used listening as a protective devise to keep people at arm’s length. Aubrey Hepburn captured [.].

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Learning is Life

Kevin Eikenberry

The famed psychologist and educator John Dewey (hey, he’s on a stamp) once wrote: “Education is not a preparation for life; Education is life itself.&# Questions to Ponder How do I view education? What do I do to educate myself? Action Steps Learn something new today. Repeat that action tomorrow. And the next day (and [.].

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Thought-Full Thursday: Valuing Those You’ve Dismissed

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, thoughts, and responses to the questions are most welcome! . “I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.” ~Abraham Lincoln. .

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Seeking Emotional Intelligence Employees

Coaching Tip

With smaller staffs, higher stress levels and uncertainties around the economy, are employers changing what they look for in prospective employees? Who gets hired or promoted today? The short answer is: The person who is not afraid to take on new challenges, can pull support, lead others, and complete tasks on time. Someone who actively looks for opportunities to make improvements, who is a good fit with the organizational culture and backs corporate values and principles.

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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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“Set-up-to-Fail,” Shame on You, Bad for All – “Set-up-to-Succeed,” Good on You, Good for All

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here are your two choices. You can set someone up to succeed. or You can set someone up to fail. In Encouraging the Heart, Kouzes and Posner describe the danger of the “Set-up-to-fail” syndrome. The set-up-to-fail syndrome “is self-fulfilling and self-reinforcing – it is the quintessential vicious circle…” High expectations or low expectations both influence [.].

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Brief History of Change: Lewin

LDRLB

This post is the second in our series on change. In this series, we will review and contrast the major theoretical models of organizational change. Change is a complex process, but many organizational changes follow a common process. The idea to develop a model around this process was first pursued by sociologist Kurt Lewin. Lewin uses the image of an ice cube to explain how to change an organization: unfreeze-change-refreeze.

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Parents - Do Your Kids Need Adversity to Make Them Stronger?

Building Personal Strength

A friend of mine and I were swappnng stories about our experiences in the Army. Most of them had to do with the amazing challenges we faced. We had some good laughs. But the theme of these stories was a serious one. The adversities helped shape us. They made us strong to deal with the problems and crises we face in our businesses today. My friend related this familiar quote from Friedrich Nietzsche: "What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

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How Not to Win the 2012 Super Bowl

First Friday Book Synopsis

On February 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, a Super Bowl Champion will be crowned. I do not know which team will win, although, though I am a Cowboys fan, you almost have to root for Manning and the Colts at their home field. But I know that every team in the [.].

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Holocaust and the 2008 Financial Crisis - Leadership Lessons

Modern Servant Leader

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The Essential Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi Harvard Business Review Press (2011) The strategic power of coherence According to Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi in the first chapter, to achieve and then sustain a competitive advantage, a company “must be resolutely focused and clear-minded about three critical [.].

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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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Brief History of Change: Lewin

LDRLB

'This post is the second in our series on change. In this series, we will review and contrast the major theoretical models of organizational change. Change is a complex process, but many organizational changes follow a common process. The idea to develop a model around this process was first pursued by sociologist Kurt Lewin. Lewin uses the image of an ice cube to explain how to change an organization: unfreeze-change-refreeze.

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Movers and Shakers: Ellen Galinsky, Co-Founder and President, Families and Work Institute

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Ellen Galinsky (Co-Founder and President, Families and Work Institute) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career [.].

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10 Scenarios to Help Determine if it’s Time to Quit

Ron Edmondson

How do you know when it’s time to leave an organization? I recently wrote “ Leave Before You Have To ”. Sometimes it’s more damaging to stay than to quit. I am asked frequently to help someone think through the decision of whether to stay or to leave their current position. Obviously, if God calls you to stay somewhere, you should stay, but many times, in my experience, we stay for the wrong reasons.

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The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail Jean-Francois Manzoni (Author), Jean-Louis Barsoux Harvard Business Press (2002) The Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Note: I recently re-read this book while preparing questions for an interview and was amazed, frankly, how relevant the key insights in this book are to those in other books published [.].

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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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Launching a New Community? Use That Fact to Your Advantage

Managing Communities

photo credit: K. Chan Launching a new online community can be daunting. How can I get those first few members? Unfortunately, there is no magic trick. It’s time and hard work. However, that doesn’t mean that being new is all bad. You would do well to recognize that being new, while in some ways [.].

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Our CMI with Julie Smith and Denise Lloyd

Chartered Management Institute

My CMI becomes Our CMI, as Provident programme director Julie Smith and project manager Denise Lloyd discuss their hard work and dedication to the Chartered Manager programme.

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Don't Delay The Tough Conversation

Eric Jacobson

If you have an employee who needs to improve his/her performance don't delay the tough conversation with them. If you don't address the issue right now, the employee has little chance to improve and you'll only get more frustrated. Most employees want to do a good job. Sometimes they just don't know they aren't performing up to the required standards.

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Growth at Last

Chartered Management Institute

This week at least! According to the Executive Grapevine, the UK’s retained executive search industry has returned to growth after a three-year slump. The growth in retained search has been driven by demands for board and senior leadership positions and a resurgent financial services sector (although this may go backwards after the bank share plunge over the last few weeks), which showed growth of 21.7% and 26.2% respectively.

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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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Next Steps in a Marriage after an Affair

Ron Edmondson

I wish it never happened to anyone and I hope it never happens to you, but in my job I hear it almost every week. It’s a word we are afraid of, one that can destroy, and certainly one that will break a heart. Sometimes people admit to it, but mostly they deny it. The word is AFFAIR. I once thought that word was guaranteed to end a marriage, but after seeing countless marriages put back together and actually strengthened following an affair, I now believe it definitely does not have to be the fin

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How the length of executive contracts affects their decision making

Chartered Management Institute

This article was originally published at Business Works. The English Premier League season began in earnest again this weekend and it seems only a matter of time before rumours will begin over which manager is set for the chop. Of course, football enjoys a rarefied position in this sense in that the lifecycle of managers tends to be incredibly short.

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Talent Management – how to shoot yourself in the foot in the future!

Rapid BI

Talent Management – how to shoot yourself in the foot in the future! How we engage, train and motivate our people at all levels in our organizations says alot about who we are & what we are aiming to achieve. This is a case study on how not to.

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What I've learned by Christian Bamber

Chartered Management Institute

What I've Learned by Christian Bamber, the director of service delivery The Blue Cross.

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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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The Economy Hasn't Changed Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Over the last couple of weeks in Singapore I've wandered the halls of the regional and global headquarters of three pretty big companies with more than $150 billion in combined revenues. I figured the calamitous economic news out of the United States and Europe coupled with riots in England would result in corporate cube dwellers walking around in a daze.

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Managing Multiple Bosses

Harvard Business Review

In the movie Office Space — a comedy about work life in a typical 1990s software company — the protagonist, Peter Gibbons, has eight different bosses. All of them, seemingly unaware of each other, pass by his desk and tell him what to do. While the film is most certainly a satire, for some, it is not far from the truth. More and more people report to more than one boss and learning to handle multiple managers is an essential skill in today's complex organizations.

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What Health Care Really Costs

Harvard Business Review

Featured Guest: Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care. Download this podcast.

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Are Britain's Top Cops Anti-Innovation?

Harvard Business Review

Amazing. With Blackberry-enabled "flash mobs," wanton destruction, and deaths, England suffers its worst riots in decades. Its well-intentioned constabularies appear undermanned and overwhelmed. So Prime Minister David Cameron calls William Bratton , arguably the most successful — and innovative — police commissioner in post-war American history for advice.

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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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How IBM Is Changing Its HR Game

Harvard Business Review

As IBM celebrates its 100th birthday, many observers are rightly calling attention to the many strategic changes the company put itself through to remain relevant amidst dramatic technological and economic change. But one of the biggest transformations IBM went through is less about computers and more about culture. Over the last decade and a half, the company has realigned its HR practices and strategies to move away from the analog ways of the past and to embrace a variety of 21st century appr