Wed.Jan 16, 2013

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Your Mentor May Not Be Helping Your Career

Let's Grow Leaders

Mentors are an essential component of any development strategy. In “Won’t You Be My Mentor,” we discussed how to find a mentor. In “Don’t Get a Mentor,” we explored the importance of developing a cadre of mentors. And, in “Nemesis Mentors, I challenged you to find a mentor who makes you crazy. Great mentors prepare [.] The post Your Mentor May Not Be Helping Your Career appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Truth. There’s No Hiding It.

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership People fascinate me. It must be why I love “people-watching.” (Nothing’s better than a busy airport or a city-center at lunchtime!!) Celebrities and other “famous” people are especially fascinating to me, simply because of the effect they have on others. I’m amazed by the impact of their endorsements and/or public opinions – how they can [.].

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How to make relationships work

Persuasive Powerhouse

Guest post by Jen Todd. Relationships: They Can be Complicated. Let’s face it, relationships can be complicated at work with managers, colleagues and office politics, as well at home in our personal lives. We can find ourselves swimming in a sea of disagreements, break downs, show downs and shut downs caused by a multitude of issues. When relationships become complicated or “dysfunctional” (as my clients like to call them) it’s frustrating, draining, gets in the way of ou

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Leadership Perspectives: Time to Define This Thing

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership A lot has been said and written about the concept of leadership through the centuries— from the perspective of servant, philosopher, and consultant to CEO. Now is just as good a time as any to define this mystery word, because it does remain just that to some. So giving form to leadership remains a key [.].

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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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Maximize Your Time

Women on Business

3 Easy Tips to Maximize Your Time. Working from home is often hard to balance with all the other things that happen throughout the day. Sometimes it can feel like we need just a few more hours in the day to get it all under control. I’m sharing a few tricks I’ve perfected along the way to make the most of my time and gain that extra hour or two. 1.

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Top 12 Reader Favorites 2012

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton These 12 posts published in 2012 were the most popular with Leading in Context Blog followers. They all provide a context for thinking about how to make ethical choices in a complex world.

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Six New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Leadership Results

Kevin Eikenberry

We are a few days into the New Year now, but it isn’t too late to consider and take action on this message – in fact with the initial flurry past, perhaps now is a better time to think past resolutions to results. The New Year brings promise, excitement, and New Year’s [.].

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Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business

Mills Scofield

I'm again privileged to have an incredible "kid" share his wisdom on the role of intrapreneurship in social business. It's becoming more accepted in 'regular' business so let's apply it to social as well. Allen Kramer , Brown '13, is going to change the world - so listen, learn, apply, iterate. __. Allen Kramer : Reflection: Work with Assured Labor.

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Why Pace is Paramount For Leaders

LDRLB

[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Miles Anthony Smith. Miles' mission in life is “To Chart the Course, Pave the Pathway, and Light the Lane for Others to Eclipse My Own Success in Leadership.” He’s the author of the new book Why Leadership Sucks: Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership.]. Stay one step ahead of your people, and you are called a leader.

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An (almost) email-free vacation. How did you do?

leaderCommunicator

My intention over the holidays was to spend quality time with my family and not to check email. I came very close. A client issue came up, and my office texted me to check my email for the details, which was the plan for anything urgent. I checked the critical email, and then couldn’t help myself but to keep looking at what else was in my email. After about 3 minutes, as I started getting drawn back into work, I had a coaching session with myself and came to my senses!

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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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DiSC Team Activity: Steady Changing S–Steadiness Development Activity

Mike Cardus

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. There are many variations from conversational models to highly active models. Contact Mike … to discuss how to increase the learning and utilization of your DiSC training program. Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance.

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Mark W. Schaefer: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Mark W. Schaefer is author of The Tao of Twitter: Changing Your Life and Business 140 Characters at a Time (2011), Return On Influence (2012), and Born to Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and Business Success One Post at a Time (2013) as well as a globally-recognized educator, speaker, business consultant, and author. His [.].

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How to live the life you were created for

Deep Imprints

Today, I spent the day budgeting. There are a couple of ways to manage your life – moment by moment, and planned and on purpose. The truth is, you either manage your life, or it will manage you. There are a lot of ways that budgeting helps us in life. Budget time. Every one of.

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Coaching Skills Have a Huge Impact on Employee Engagement

The Practical Leader

click to enlarge. In his introduction to The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow , bestselling leadership author and executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith, points out, “ a leader who is an adept coach can greatly enhance the organization’s success; one who dabbles and doesn’t take the process seriously can cause harm.” Marshall’s insight is especially true when it comes to the critical issue of employee engagement.

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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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7 Leadership Default Zones

Ron Edmondson

There are a lot of gray issues in leadership. Having a default zone when things on both sides appear equal or you are uncertain about a decision may help you make better decisions. These aren’t foolproof, as many things in leadership are not, but having a general idea which way you would “default” to in common situations that occur most frequently in leadership may prove to be helpful.

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The Accidental Lie In My Forecast

The Idolbuster

Chapter 9: Paint Your Environment Part 6. I used to agonize over my revenue forecasts. I’m sure the scientist in me was holding me back, or rather was driving me to make them incredibly precise. But that didn’t make them more accurate. I used to get advice from people in the know like “be confident” and “just list your assumptions.” But I never really got it until my very last product forecast.

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The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine

Harvard Business Review

If you want a brilliant lesson in focus and discipline, watch Tim Cook right now. Some investors are dissatisfied with Apple. I think it's more a case of their being dissatisfied with their own lives and expecting that Apple's next product will fix everything. The constant refrain is that Apple has not introduced a disruptive product since Steve Jobs passed away.

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Leader, Being Fit Matters.

Coaching Tip

New research suggests that a few extra pounds or a slightly larger waistline affects an executive's perceived leadership ability as well as stamina on the job. Leadership experts and executive recruiters say that staying trim is now virtually required for anyone on track for the corner office. "Because the demands of leadership can be quite strenuous, the physical aspects are just as important as everything else," says Sharon McDowell-Larsen, an exercise physiologist who runs an executive-fitnes

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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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Look Beyond Your "Social Media Presence"

Harvard Business Review

A lot of companies congratulate themselves on having a "social media presence" — by which they mean a Twitter following and Facebook likes and a marketing plan that uses social networks. But some 70% of the extra profit to be made through social technologies has nothing to do with marketing. It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain.

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Transform 2013 by Turning Goals into Questions

Harvard Business Review

Transitions are ideal times to create multi-faceted change in our lives. Moving across four different countries and three different continents during the past seven years has made that truth crystal clear for my family. The start of a new year can give equal cause for recalibrating a life. Many of us have set a few goals during the past couple of weeks, and a few of us have set many goals.

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The Wearable Brand, Tracking Your Every Move

Harvard Business Review

"When did you hit your goal?" In Las Vegas for a conference last week, I heard that question more times that I could count. They were talking about their NikeFue l goals, of course. It seems like people everywhere have traded in their Livestrong yellow wristbands for Nike's latest innovation, the Nike+ FuelBand. Much has already been written about the technology and gamification of an active lifestyle that Nike delivers with this hybrid of a watch, accelerometer, online social network, and digit

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The Future of Commerce Starts With a Tap

Harvard Business Review

Over 100 million phones will ship with NFC this year. Google has built NFC into the Android operating system. Nintendo uses NFC in the new Wii U gaming console. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung, LG, and Sony unveiled NFC-enabled smartphones, televisions, and appliances. So what's NFC? It technically stands for Near Field Communications, and it enables mobile devices like smartphones to communicate with nearby devices and objects with a simple tap.

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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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When Social Enterprise Demands Mega Scale

Harvard Business Review

The world is increasingly concerned with the need to solve our carbon dioxide problem. There are three basic solution paths. We can reduce the use of fossil fuels, mainly by passing laws to restrict or discourage it. We can spend billions in public funds after the fact to capture and store the CO2 that is generated. Or we can plant trees in Australia.

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Want Success In Your Sales Org? Look to the Middle.

Harvard Business Review

To build a great company, it's important to have strong executives leading the sales organization. But just as in the military, talented top officers can't make up for weakness in the ranks of frontline leaders, the mid-level managers who are vital in driving day-to-day sales performance. "In any sales force, you can get along without the vice president of sales, the regional sales directors, and the training manager," a sales leader once told us.

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Morning Advantage: Love In the Age of Data

Harvard Business Review

Fickle, romance is. Unless you're really good with spreadsheets. And with all the bemoaning about how digital technology is positively ruining our dating lives (see this and this ), Amy Webb's Wall Street Journal account of her own online attempt at romance is particularly ambitious and refreshing. Webb, who has a background in data analysis, became increasingly frustrated with the gents her profile was attracting ("A surprising number of men high-fived me, for reasons that remain unclear.

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Dear Colleague, Put the Notebook Down

Harvard Business Review

I knew right away, when you walked in here with a paper notebook — a paper notebook! — I realized that this meeting was not going to be a good use of our time. You'd make better use of your time if you took your notes in digital form, ideally in an access-anywhere digital notebook like Evernote that makes retrieval a snap. If you had that, I could shoot you the link of the book I want you to read, or the contact card of the person you want to meet.

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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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The Catch-22 of Being a Female Boss

Harvard Business Review

The careers for most women follow an expected trajectory: We begin in our 20s, surrounded by young colleagues of both sexes; move into our 30s, when some of us leave entirely or shift to reduced hours to raise families; then throttle on through our 40s, the decade of major career advancement. As the ranks of women professionals thin, those of us who remain and move upward may face unexpected challenges related to the loss of our female coworkers.

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