Wed.Jan 25, 2012

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Do CEOs Really Have All the Power?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development In a blog post titled “C is for Silly: The New C-Suite Titles” Forbes.com blogger Jenna Goudreau explores the proliferation of titles elevating people to “Chief” or “C-level” status. The central premise of her piece was to question the relevance of so-called “vanity” titles like Chief Internal Evangelist or Chief Listener.

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Three Surprising Tips to Getting More Done: Work-Life Synergy

Persuasive Powerhouse

Some of us remember the days when we were excited about the possibilities for technology to save us time. Personal computers, cell phones, and the internet allowed us to have access to any information wherever we were, and allowed others access to us whenever they needed. We really believed that that all of this connectivity would make us more efficient.

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Useful Leadership Quotes? – You Decide

Leadership Freak

** Today’s world appreciates brevity. Useful leadership quotes inspire, distill, or direct, quickly. Will you bring your perspective and insights to this set of leadership quotes? Grab one or more and expand, correct, or modify it? 17 leadership quotes for you to play with: Great leaders don’t change people. They create environments where people can change [.].

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Complexity and Childhood Education

Leading in Context

We are Beginning to Understand the Kind of Educational Leadership that Prepares Young Students for Success in Our Complex World.

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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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5 Steps to Planning A Change Within Your Organization & Team

Mike Cardus

I wrote this in 2010 and recently used this model with a small Management team to plan a large change in their organization. They found this model and the questions to be very useful. All of us and our companies are in constant change, and we know this. Different people need different levels of information and motivation for the change to happen. As a manager YOU NEED the wisdom and ability to manage the process and add value to peoples decisions and work.

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This Time It’s Personal

LDRLB

In a time of unprecedented challenge, leaders don’t just need to lead their companies. They also need to lead themselves. They need strategies for improving their effectiveness while sustaining a sense of professional well-being. Every leader has an internal source of strength and stability. Without care and consideration these renewable resources are seriously at risk.

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Useful Leadership Quotes? – You Decide

Leadership Freak

** Today’s world appreciates brevity. Useful leadership quotes inspire, distill, or direct, quickly. Will you bring your perspective and insights to this set of leadership quotes? Grab one or more and expand, correct, or modify it? 17 leadership quotes for you to play with: Great leaders don’t change people. They create environments where people can change [.].

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Ray Lewis Leadership In A Losing Locker Room

Tim Milburn

It may feel like a loss is based on one play. But it isn’t. It may seem like the pain of losing will never fade. But it will. It may look like you can’t bounce back. But you can. Just came across this recording of Ray Lewis, middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and easily a Hall of Famer, speaking to his teammates after their loss to the New England Patriots this past Sunday.

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The New HR Analytics: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The New HR Analytics: Predicting the Economic Value of Your Company’s Human Capital Investments Jac Fitz-enz AMACOM (2010) A brilliant explanation of “the first holistic, predictive management model and operating system for the HR function” Those who have read one or more of Jac Fitz-enz’s previously published books know that he possesses superior reasoning and [.].

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This Time It’s Personal

LDRLB

'In a time of unprecedented challenge, leaders don’t just need to lead their companies. They also need to lead themselves. They need strategies for improving their effectiveness while sustaining a sense of professional well-being. Every leader has an internal source of strength and stability. Without care and consideration these renewable resources are seriously at risk.

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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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What Gabby Giffords teaches us about leadership

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by John Baldoni for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. Note: The photo to the left was taken before the tragic incident about a year [.].

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4 Words You Should Never Say To A Customer

Eric Jacobson

Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice awhile back in his column in the Kansas City Business Journal. He wisely points out that all employees at every level should never use these four words in front of a client/customer for both obvious and perhaps not so obvious reasons: Can't -- As in, "We can't do that." "We can't meet that deadline.

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Why is it imperative to hire for attitude

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article by Dan Schawbel and featured online at the Forbes website. In it, Mark Murphy explains why a job candidate’s attitude is more important than talent, skills, and experience. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Mark Murphy is the author Hiring for Attitude, as [.].

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10 Tips For How To Be A Healthier Leader

Eric Jacobson

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. And, you don't give yourself time to renew and refresh. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. From Experience Life magazine, here are 10 tips for how to fit even just moments into your day (at work, on the road and at home) to help you become more healthful: Make a plan to exercise.

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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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Strategy-Towards Hypotheses, Experiments, Involvement & Learning

Management Excellence

Few would argue that a nimble, quick-to-learn and quick-to-adapt organization is a bad thing. Given the rate of change in our world, those characteristics are increasingly table-stakes for survival and success. Why then has the approach to strategy and the notion of “strategic planning” in so many organizations remained mired in a 1960’s kind of static, top-down event-focused model?

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Are you growing a pearl?

Deep Imprints

Did you know that the gates of heaven are each a giant pearl? (See Revelation 21:21). Now we know where pearls come from, and in all the world, there aren’t any oysters big enough to make a gate. So I wonder… pearls are made by irritants – a rock or pebble causes pain in the oyster’s innards, so the oyster produces a fix – layer after layer it develops the pearl.

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Invited Guest Talk by Prof. Norbert Kerr on 'others feelings and own cooperation' 29 February 2012, 1-2pm, Room 1014, Whitelands College, Roehampton University

Chartered Management Institute

Prof Kerr is one of the most prominent social psychologists of our time and his research on group motivation, social dilemmas, social exclusion, jury decision-making and research methodology has been widely acclaimed across and beyond psychology, namely in economics, sociology, health sciences, anthropology and law. Related Content: Calling a halt to mindless change - 13 years on, have we learnt the lesson yet?

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3 C’s of Successful Leadership

Ron Edmondson

To succeed as a leader you need to succeed at character, commitment and competence. Character – Character is who you are when no one is looking. It’s your level of honesty and integrity, and the way you deal with pride and humility. Character admits personal failure, isn’t fake, and has genuine concern for others. Character determines who will trust you enough to follow you.

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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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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

“A team of scholars led by University of Southern California management professor Theresa Welbourne discovered that investments in human resources are the strongest predictors of the survival of firms five years after an IPO …”The reason HR factors had a positive effect on longer-term performance was due to their effects on what we call ‘structural cohesion,’” Welbourne writes. “ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a

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A Major Reason People Fail…

Ron Edmondson

Related posts: 5 Major Reasons Marriages Fail. The Reason Most Things Never Get Done… 7 Ways To Recover After A Major Failure Or Mistake.

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Today’s thoughts January 25, 2012

Rapid BI

How many People us LinkedIn? How many People us LinkedIn? Official stats from LinkedIn on users & usage Interesting stuff Why are they releasing this now…? Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: Training & Developing Remote workers Training & Developing Remote workers Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: RapidBI is an organizational effectiveness consultancy based in the UK but [.].

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Are you a pioneer?

My Own Coach

'Think " pioneer " and you think of people like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson and James Dyson. So if you want to be a pioneer, how do you go about it? The pioneer is willing to challenge the traditional way of doing things. The pioneer has got to get unreasonable with the world and his business. The pioneer operates outside the mainstream at times, in order to be successful.

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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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Today’s thoughts January 25, 2012

Rapid BI

How many People us LinkedIn? How many People us LinkedIn? Official stats from LinkedIn on users & usage Interesting stuff Why are they releasing this now…? Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: Training & Developing Remote workers Training & Developing Remote workers Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: RapidBI is an organizational effectiveness consultancy based in the UK but [.].

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An Introvert's Guide to Networking

Harvard Business Review

I learned the critical importance of networking, and discovered my natural aversion to it, early in my career. I was a new college graduate working in the strategic planning division of a $10 billion company, and our business unit had been invited to a retirement party for one of the top executives. The gentleman retiring was someone I'd looked up to during my brief tenure, and I wanted him to know he'd made an impact on me.

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Today’s thoughts January 25, 2012

Rapid BI

How many People us LinkedIn? How many People us LinkedIn? Official stats from LinkedIn on users & usage Interesting stuff Why are they releasing this now…? Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: Training & Developing Remote workers Training & Developing Remote workers Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: RapidBI is an organizational effectiveness consultancy based in the UK but [.].

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To Get the Job of Your Dreams, Stop Dreaming

Harvard Business Review

"I want to be out of this job tomorrow" is a statement I've heard all too often as a career coach. We're bombarded every day by the idea of overnight transformation, instant career gratification. The media loves the A to Z candidate — you know, the guy who left his job as an accountant on a Friday and started work as a zookeeper on the Monday.

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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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Today's thoughts January 25, 2012

Rapid BI

How many People us LinkedIn? How many People us LinkedIn? Official stats from LinkedIn on users & usage Interesting stuff Why are they releasing this now…? Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: Training & Developing Remote workers Training & Developing Remote workers Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: RapidBI is an organizational effectiveness consultancy based in the UK but [.].

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Make Data Work Throughout Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

Data-driven managers, departments, and organizations have always enjoyed distinct advantages. The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Today, advances in predictive analytics and the potential for big data portend even greater opportunity. Count us among the biggest enthusiasts for continual progress in these and related areas.

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The Best Global Leaders are Local Leaders

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago, Thomas Friedman eloquently said that " the world is flat." Technology and globalization have made commerce a far more level playing field than it was many decades ago. The internet has unlocked opportunities, giving businesses access to previously unreachable customers. There's a sense of equal opportunity in markets, with geographical and historical knowledge becoming more and more irrelevant.

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Is the Next Karl Marx a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

Wouldn't it be nice, Francis Fukuyama writes in an article called " The Future of History " in the current issue of Foreign Affairs , if some "obscure scribbler. in a garret somewhere" would "outline an ideology of the future that could provide a realistic path toward a world with healthy middle-class societies and robust democracies.". This ideology, Fukuyama goes on: could not begin with a denunciation of capitalism as such, as if old-fashioned socialism were still a viable alternative.

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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.