Wed.Oct 19, 2011

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Interview with Joel Garfinkle

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development I recently had the opportunity to speak with Joel Garfinkle (@workcoach4you), Founder of Garfinkle Executive Coaching, and the author of Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. Joel is recognized as one of the top 50 coaches in America and he’s worked with organizations and individuals in many of the [.

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10 Ways to Select Participants for a Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

A colleague and I recently talked about the challenge of selecting participants for leadership development programs. With limited resources and budget dollars, companies often have to be selective when it comes to who can attend and who ends up on the old “waiting list”. Then there’s always the inevitable political landmines that need to be navigated, i.e., “So why was Sparky selected and not Snooky?!”.

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Leaders & Social Media: 5 Reasons to Engage

Leading in Context

Leaders and Information Overload In today's world of work, we have to keep up with an overwhelming amount of information scan trends and forecasts and incorporate the needs of multiple stakeholders into good solutions. Our job is to make sense out of all of it in order to make work life easier for those we lead. Since the world changes fast, we have to learn fast. and share it fast with our employees.and adapt to what we've learned.

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Three Ways to Escape the Rescuer Trap

Leadership Freak

Dysfunctional leaders play one of three relationship roles, persecutor, rescuer, or victim. “The victim feels helpless, the rescuer has the answer, and the persecutor tells you whose fault it is,” Marlene Chism in, Stop Workplace Drama. Depending on the situation, you could assume any role but you usually identify with one. Leaders frequently assume the [.].

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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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Is it Time To Evaluate Your Life?

Kevin Eikenberry

According to the early morning CNN show I saw in the hotel lobby this morning, it is. Why? Because it is National Evaluate Your Life Day. (Here’s more info) While anytime is a good time to reflect on and evaluate your life. To give you time to actually do it, I won’t attempt to persuade [.].

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Email management. a big deal? Maybe, maybe not

Jason Womack

If you navigate on over to Entrepreneur.com, and do a little searching, you'll find a bunch of articles on productivity, time-and-information management, and even email organization ideas! There were some great comments on this article, specifically around the great debate: A) inbox 0 B) just keep everything there, and search it when you need it Of course, I know enough to know that one can not "blanket-prescribe" a system; that is, what works for your boss may not, ultimately, work for you.

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18 Minutes: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done Peter Bregman Business Plus/Hatchette Book Group (2011) Do you need a FIND ME button for your life? Look no further. I have been following Peter Bregman’s HBR blog posts for several years and consider him one of the most thoughtful and most [.].

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Personality Differences in Dogs and Humans

Your Voice of Encouragement

Our grand-dogs, Ellie and Lilly While our daughter and her new husband were enjoying their honeymoon recently, my husband Lee and I agreed to house- and dog-sit for them. They have two sweet, well-behaved beagles who provided lots of entertainment during that time. Ellie is outgoing and eager for affection. When you walk in the door, she greets you with an enthusiastic leap in the air and plenty of licks.

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The Progress Principle @TEDxAtlanta

LDRLB

At LeaderLab, we’re big fans on the research of Teresa Amabile. With the publication of her newest book, The Progress Principle, we’re grateful to see her ideas in demand all of the globe. In this video from TEDxAtlanta, Teresa Amabile explains how companies can overcome the “crisis of disengagement” occurring in the workplace.

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Good Times Goodbye, Hello Deflation!

Coaching Tip

The plight of America’s unemployed is terrible. Yet, for the 91 percent of those in the U.S. labor force who do have a job, the numbers also tell a dark story. Take-home pay, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.3 percent in August, the third decrease in five months, the Commerce Dept. just reported. The declines followed news from the Census Bureau that median household income in 2010 fell to $49,445, the lowest in more than a decade, while the poverty rate jumped to 15.1 percent, a 17-year high.

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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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Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™ Rankings announced

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Technology Fast 500™ is an annual ranking by Deloitte of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Award winners were selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2006 to 2010. For the 14th consecutive year, there are more software companies on the Technology Fast [.].

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The Progress Principle @TEDxAtlanta

LDRLB

'At LDRLB, we’re big fans on the research of Teresa Amabile. With the publication of her newest book, The Progress Principle, we’re grateful to see her ideas in demand all of the globe. In this video from TEDxAtlanta, Teresa Amabile explains how companies can overcome the “crisis of disengagement” occurring in the workplace.

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The 2020 Workplace: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies, Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd Harper Business/An im print of HaroerCollins (2010) How and why the HR function has become so much more important than many (most?) C-level executives now realize The reference to “HR function” refers to anyone and anything [.].

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Should you be quizzing colleagues rather than leavers in your exit interviews?

Chartered Management Institute

I wrote back in January about the importance of conducting a good exit interview. It's still hard not to think however that they are the epitomy of shutting the door after the horse has bolted. After all, the person leaving has little interest in improving the situation and would seem unlikely to want to sour relations with their soon to be previous employer by providing a candid summary of their time at the company.

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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 Types of Mentoring You Should Offer

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. Companies with abundant mentoring opportunities are more likely to retain their people. To achieve this, offer a range of mentors for people at different career stages. Here are [.].

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Change Choices: Creating Our Own Reality

The Practical Leader

The short video clip Lost Generation continues to be a big hit with keynote and workshop audiences as we discuss our choices to Lead, Follow, or Wallow when faced with challenging changes or setbacks. It features a poem written by Jonathon Reed for a “U @ 50″ contest sponsored by the American Association of Retired People (AARP) for 20 – 22 year olds on what future they see for themselves in 30 years.

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Leadership Caffeine Podcast #10: Geoffrey Moore on Escape Velocity

Management Excellence

Organizations of all sizes and types, from high tech to manufacturing and not-for-profit, struggle with a common dilemma.how to escape the pull of the past as they look forward into a fast-changing and very different world. Geoffrey A. Moore, the renowned high-tech strategist and author, perhaps best known for his book, Crossing the Chasm, a guide to helping firms move from early adopters across this fateful and often fatal canyon, is back with his latest book, Escape Velocity-Free Your Company'

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Recommended Resource – The Talent Masters: Why smart leaders put people before numbers

Strategy Driven

The Talent Masters : Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan About the Reference The Talent Masters : Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan provides unprecedented insight to the people development programs of several legendary organizations including General Electric, Proctor & Gamble, and Novartis.

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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 Random Thoughts about Following God

Ron Edmondson

For the last 25 years or so, I’ve attempted to listen to, obey and follow the voice of God. It’s been a long road, and I’m still a pilgrim in the process, but I’ve learned a few things. Based totally on my personal experience…. Here are 10 random thoughts on following God: I’ve never been able to see very far down the road.

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How Social Digital Is Your Company?

Harvard Business Review

Recently, the CEO of Edelman wrote a blog post celebrating a company milestone. In it, he referenced our efforts in the non-analog world as "social digital." To most, this may seem insignificant because the word "social" is often overused in professional circles. But the addition of "social" to the "digital" is immensely significant because it symbolizes that the current revolution is not only digital, but codependent on social behaviors and interactions from human beings.

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The Mentor Recruiter

Ron Edmondson

I think I’ve often viewed mentoring the wrong way. For years, I’ve been an advocate of having a mentor. I’ve had one since I was in my early 20′s. I’ve written about mentoring previously. I’ve written about mentoring in posts such as: Questions to Help Know What to do with a Mentor. 5 Types of Mentors. How Do I Find a Mentor?

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How to Really Listen

Harvard Business Review

One morning, my wife Eleanor woke up, turned over, and said, "I am not looking forward to this day." I asked her why. What came out is that we were at the start of the Jewish high holy day season, which means colder weather and three weeks of big social meals, long religious services, broken routines, and children out of school. Eleanor didn't grow up with these traditions, and they can be overwhelming.

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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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Creativity - The Key To The Challenge of Complexity for CEOs

Six Disciplines

In a recently released study from IBM , based on face-to-face conversations with more than 1,500 chief executive officers worldwide, “creativity” has been identified as the single most important leadership competency for enterprises seeking a path through this complexity. Key findings from the IBM study: Today’s complexity is only expected to rise, and more than half of CEOs doubt their ability to manage it.

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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

Do you have a perfectionist on your team? The good news is that your direct report has high standards and a fine attention for detail. The bad news is that he fixates on every facet of a project and can't set priorities. Can you harness these positive qualities without indulging the bad? Can you help him become less of a stickler? Yes and yes. Managing a perfectionist can be challenging but it's not impossible.

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Medieval Marketing

Harvard Business Review

Popular culture is buzzing with secret messages. I've written about the Fox TV show Fringe before: it's freighted with an especially complicated storyline. Besides the great acting, one of the things that sustains it is a series of secret messages that appear at the end of every segment: a stylized icon of a seahorse or a flower for the fan(atic) to decode.

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Three Strategies for Long-Term Value

Harvard Business Review

A recent report by the Aspen Institute [ PDF ] suggests a big part of the problem with corporations' focus on the short term is shareholders themselves. Today's shareholders are relentless in demanding that executives "maximize shareholder value." Shareholder value, in turn, is typically measure by share price — meaning share price today, not share price next week or next decade.

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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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Grieving for a Colleague: Deep, Silent, and Solitary

Harvard Business Review

I walked fast to my cube that morning, excited to see news of our latest deal, and get on to the next. Then I noticed the silence. Across the entire floor, not a keystroke fell. People sat alone, mostly. No one was crying, but they wanted to. The news had just hit that Danny Lewin — the co-founder of Akamai Technologies, its charismatic CTO, a former commando in the Israeli Special Forces, and MIT mathematics genius who led the company from a math class to an IPO and a market cap of $30 bi

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Four Ways Women Stunt Their Careers Unintentionally

Harvard Business Review

Having combed through more than a thousand 360-degree performance assessments conducted in recent years, we've found, by a wide margin, that the primary criticism men have about their female colleagues is that the women they work with seem to exhibit low self-confidence. Our gut says that this may partly be a perception issue — we've observed that men sometimes interpret (or misinterpret) an inclination in women to share credit or defer judgment as a lack of confidence.

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