Tue.Sep 20, 2011

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Planting the Seeds for Leaders of Tomorrow

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development In a crowded room, a leader can scan the room and spot people who have the potential. They have a different way of seeing things that enables them to spot opportunity when other people just see chaos. In essence, they have the eye for spotting talented people. Patience is the leader’s greatest virtue.

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Why Are You on Twitter?

Leading Blog

For those looking to do more with Twitter than just using it to exchange information, Claire Diaz Ortiz, who leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter, has written Twitter for Good : Change the World, One Tweet at a Time to do just that. Claire says that Twitter is effective as a tool to coalesce your message, make a difference and create a movement.

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The impact of unlearning on leadership

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Today’s post on the SmartBlog for Leadership is by Mike Myatt, writer, speaker and author, offering advice on the topics of leadership, strategy and innovation. “Leaders and their ability to change their mind demonstrates humility, confidence and maturity. It makes them approachable, and it makes them human.

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5 Strategies To Free Your Team From Organizational Silos

Tanveer Naseer

A few weeks ago, one of my readers left a comment on my blog asking why are there so many silos present in today’s organizations. Since replying to my reader’s query, I thought this would be a good topic to address as a follow-up to my previous piece where I shared a number of actionable steps organizations can implement to garner greater success from their collective efforts.

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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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Old Men and Kick Scooters

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership [link] Jennifer Miller (posts, web, Twitter) gives us an interesting article on the value of experience titled Old Men Don’t Ride Kick Scooters. She talks about 9 things she’s learned from experience including many of my favorites, like #3 – The deal must be good for everyone or eventually it will sour. Check out the list [.

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Living in Pursuit of the OS!M

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a guest post by Steve Farber. Check out the contest at the end of the post for a chance to win a copy of Steve's latest book. When was the last time you modeled your behavior after something you saw on the X Games? Well, as leaders, we can all learn from these crazy athletes because they each experience what I like to call the OS!M. Imagine yourself on a street luge, lying flat on your back on a long wheeled sled, like a skateboard.

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Learning from Great Leaders

Persuasive Powerhouse

They’re everywhere, yet we often don’t notice the great leaders because we’re hard wired to be critical. Where are the leadership role models? If you look with fresh eyes, you’ll observe that many leaders are there for you to model. When you don’t know which way to turn, when every decision you want to make seems wrong, when you [.

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The Leadership Quality No One Ever Mentions

Leadership Freak

Yesterday, I led a seminar that began with a discussion of leaders the group admired and why. The conversation was worthwhile and predictable. Everyone admires leaders who possess passion, courage, insight, integrity, vision, and the list goes on. No one ever says: There’s an essential leadership quality that never makes the list. Great leaders need, [.].

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Anatomy of an Apology

Kevin Eikenberry

You may have heard or read about it, or if you are a Netflix customer, you may have received it in email. If you didn’t, Reed Hastings, Co-founder and CEO of Netflix wrote an apology and explanation for a significant pricing change that took place in late July. If you haven’t seen it, reading it [.].

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10 Sins of The Facilitator

Mike Cardus

10 Sins of The Facilitator; 1. Chooses which comments made by the team are worthy of being documented. 2. Interprets or modifies the words spoken and records the “spin” on the input rather than documenting what is actually said. 3. Has a bias towards one tool or technique, or creates the impression of a bias towards an idea or a team member. 4. Permits digressions without interventions. 5.

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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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shorts.009 | Servant Leadership and Team Performance

LDRLB

The empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of servant leadership is still underdeveloped but a few new and well done studies are very encouraging. I recently reported a study that showed how servant leadership enhances team performance by creating trust with followers and fostering a team environment where members feel safe to take risks. Now a study from the Journal of Applied Psychology shows how servant leadership affects team potency and ultimately team performance through the goal set

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The Current State of Telecommuting-Teleworking

Six Disciplines

Here's a shocker: A new survey by CareerBuilder ( as published by BNET ) shows that nearly one in five of workers who say they are working from home spend one hour a day-or even less - actually working. The good news? Not everyone is being quite so lazy. Here’s how many hours telecommuters claim to work: 35% - eight or more hours a day. 40% - four to seven hours a day. 8% - one to less than four hours a day. 17% - one hour or less a day.

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Radio Show: The Art and Science of Corporate Storytelling

Change Starts Here

Today’s guest, Richie Cullom, is Senior IT Manager at Genuine Parts Corporation. An avid writer, he is also a storyteller at heart. He has merged these two areas to bring corporate storytelling to life as he manages high performance teams that develop and deliver strategic product updates. Listen in to hear why we need stories in organizations, and learn the components of a compelling narrative.

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The Art of Asking Questions

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Ashkenas 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. * * * How well do you ask questions? From my experience, most [.].

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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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The Current State of Telecommuting-Teleworking

Six Disciplines

Here's a shocker: A new survey by CareerBuilder ( as published by BNET ) shows that nearly one in five of workers who say they are working from home spend one hour a day-or even less - actually working. The good news? Not everyone is being quite so lazy. Here’s how many hours telecommuters claim to work: 35% - eight or more hours a day. 40% - four to seven hours a day. 8% - one to less than four hours a day. 17% - one hour or less a day.

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Flex and Job Security: The New Balancing Act

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article 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 and your life.” To read the complete article, [.].

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Lead/Beek/Run 4-9: Drama, Deciding & Competition

Anese Cavanaugh

Create the space.mark that calendar. 10 days in, 9 classes in, and…uh…yep, only 4 runs in…and “behind” on blog posts. It’s been a buzz! Remember I said I wasn’t sure what this series would turn into? Well yeehaa! It’s turning into something I didn’t expect. A series I’ll be posting on just once a week, cuz…let’s face it…there’s a lot to do besides posting here.

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Mr. Rogers on Children, on Funding, and Reminding Us What Really Matters

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s a brief video (just under 7 minutes) of Mr. Rogers about children, his program… reminding us of some of what is most important. From his testimony to the Senate, 1969. (This was sent in by a reader to Andrew Sullivan’s blog - “The Good Neighbor”). Filed under: Randy's blog entries Tagged: Mr. Rogers, priorities.

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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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10 Suggestions for Raising Godly Children

Ron Edmondson

Most of the believers I know have a strong desire to raise their children to be godly; to be passionate followers of Christ. With two boys, I know the difficulty in completing that task. Years ago, before I even had children, God laid on my heart to develop a plan for my fathering. Though at the time I didn’t put this on paper, over the years I have begun to write it down in an effort to encourage other parents to have a plan for their parenting in the area of spiritual development.

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Ratan Naval Tata gets candid on the recently published book, Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value

First Friday Book Synopsis

Thanks to Bloomberg UTV, here is a rare opportunity to share what Ratan Naval Tata has to say about Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value, recently published by Harvard Business Review Press. In this book on leadership, five Harvard veterans (Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren) [.].

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Solving a Problem: A Matter of Perspective

Ron Edmondson

Solving a problem is often a matter of perspective… Some days leaders feel as though all we do is address problems other people have. It could be a personal problem, a problem with a program, someone on our team, or it could be a problem no one can even identify…just a problem. Leaders often serve the role of problem solvers. It’s frustrating, as a leader, when we do our best to address a problem, but people still have a problem.

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The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, and Jorge E. Pedraza John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2009) “Finis origine pendet” (The end depends on the beginning.) The aphorism offered by Latin poet Marcus Manilius would be an appropriate core [.].

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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 to manage when a clique forms

Chartered Management Institute

Being able to effectively manage teams is a fundamental part of being a good manager. Formation of cliques and sub-groups however is a regular occurence.

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Corporate Cultures – Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment

Strategy Driven

The Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment is one of two anchor points on the Culture-based Work Performance Model. Subsequently, organizations aligned with this culture set represent the highest level of work consistency and efficiency while incurring the greatest degree of risk in job satisfaction and creativity. The following characteristics, benefits, risks, and risk mitigators are representative of the Leader Initiated, Documented Processes Controlled Environment.

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Book Review: Women at the Top

Chartered Management Institute

What I like about this book is that is does not whinge or bang the drum of feminism– it presents the material clearly and in a balanced style, and thus, despite being an academic text, makes an absorbing read for anyone who is interested in women at work in the broadest sense. Review by Julie Hyde MIMgt.

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Court gives director of training firm 10 year jail sentence

Rapid BI

Last week at the Central Criminal Court in London, the Right Honourable Lord Wilkinson set the sentence between George (Director Ultimate Training Associates Limited (UTA)) vs Regina to 10 years for copyright infringement. Throughout the case George proclaimed their innocence by saying that “the material was only used for education purposes, and not sold”.

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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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Book Review: The Other Kind of Smart

Chartered Management Institute

This book is a handy guide to doing that. It takes you through self awareness, your relationships with others, touching on empathy and social responsibility, happiness and the power of gratitude. Reviewed by Ann M. Kelly.

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Netflix's Bold Disruptive Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Every now and then, the business world presents us with a lab experiment that we can observe in realtime. Netflix's announcement that it is splitting off its DVD-by-mail business from its streaming business is just such an experiment. The DVD business will now go by the name Qwikster, and the streaming business will stay under the Netflix brand. It is Clayton Christensen 's innovator's dilemma incarnate, and Netflix is very publicly trying to solve it.

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The price of getting more for less

Chartered Management Institute

A friend of mine was furious with her boss. She felt she deserved a promotion, but instead of which she ended up with even more work, and no recognition. Essentially, the attitude of her boss was ‘I know the jobs market is difficult right now, so you are just going to have to put up with it.’. Related Content: Opportunity to enter a draw to win a copy Beyond the Familiar: Long-Term Growth through Customer Focus and Innovation Meet Julian Birkinshaw CMI Management Book of the Year entrant To moti

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of the past almost always seem more effective than those of today. It's a perceptual bias: We long for what we don't have, and mythologize what we used to have. But even taking this bias into consideration, many of today's leaders don't seem to measure up to our expectations.According to a survey conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School last year, 68% of Americans believe that there is a "leadership crisis" in the country; and leaders in only four out of thirteen sectors inspire above ave

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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.