January, 2010

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Top 12 Development Goals for Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

I help a lot of leaders create individual development plans using some variation of this process. This time of year (January) is always especially busy. Although every leader I work with is unique, it seems like the development goals end up being somewhat common from year to year. To help you get a head start on your 2010 leadership development plan, here’s a list of development goals that may apply to you too.

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Communicating About Change – Connect With Emotions

The Recovering Engineer

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How to say, “No”

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 Nicholas Bate is a prolific thinker, blogger and author. More than that, he is a wonderful friend. He shared some of his best work with me in 2009, in form of his books and innovatively done cards. With his book titled “Instant MBA" – Think, perform and earn like a top business-school graduate” – I can safely say that I have just completed my “Instant Do-It-y

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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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Book Review: The Right Leader

Lead on Purpose

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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0101 | Bret Simmons

LDRLB

'This inaugural episode’s guest is Bret Simmons, PhD. Dr. Simmons is a professor of organizational behavior and leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno. His interests include leadership, followership and positive organizational behavior. Additionally, Dr. Simmons runs corporate training sessions and blogs regularly at bretlsimmons.com. 0:00 Introduction. 2:05 Do you notice a difference in receptiveness to theory between university students and corporate trainees?

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Snow Drifts, Driving Lessons, and Conflict Resolution

The Recovering Engineer

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Guidelines for Writing Your Goals

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues On 8th Jan, 2010, I wrote a post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence. The post resulted in some very interesting conversations in form of comments and in-person conversations. The gist of my post was: Quality is to first ask “Why are we doing it?

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A new Leadership Development Carnival

Lead on Purpose

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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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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Trait Theory

LDRLB

'The search for the characteristics or traits of leaders has existed for centuries. History’s greatest philosophical writings from Plato’s Republic to Plutarch’s Lives have explored the question of “What qualities distinguish an individual as a leader?” Underlying this search was the early recognition of the importance of leadership and the assumption that leadership is rooted in the characteristics that certain individuals possess.

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"Safe Cognition" - Be Careful What You Let into Your Brain

Building Personal Strength

Cognition. A fancy word for thought. Metacognition. Another fancy word, meaning thinking about the way you think. Just for fun, let's do a little metacognition. Memory happens in the brain, but not in just one place. It happens all over the brain. For example, visual memory happens in the visual cortex, where input from the optic nerve is translated into visual perception - what you "see.

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Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success | Guy Harris: The Recovering.

The Recovering Engineer

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How to Write an Ad to Hire Employees

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Clark

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Clark Businesses today are plagued by people who are "installed" in leadership positions just because of their prior performance as a "worker" I have seen some excellent technical brains failing miserably as project leaders. Why so? The answer is simple - they got into a leadership position as a natural progression without any reality check on their aptitude, skills and capability to

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Why You Need Feedback from Others

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Monday, January 18, 2010 Why You Need Feedback from Others We all have blind spots about our behavior. Thats a fact, even though it can be painful to admit. Occasionally we figure out on our own that something were doing has a negative impact on others, but usually we need another person to point it out. Feedback from others helps us see what its really like to be on the receiving end of our words and actions.

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Book Review: The Peter Principle

LDRLB

'I’m going to stretch my rule on reviewing solid, researched books on leadership or organizational theory. The Peter Principle is in, fact theory. However, it hasn’t been researched because it’s also satire. The Peter Principle is both a book by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull and an organization principle similar to Parkinson’s Law.

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Thomas Edison on Personal Strength

Building Personal Strength

Five years ago, while living in Florida, my wife and I visited Thomas Edison's winter home and lab in Fort Myers, Florida. I learned that Henry Ford also had a retreat there, only a few hundred feet away. In his lab, Edison was trying to develop an artificial rubber for automobile tires. Many think of him as the inventor of the electric light bulb. Actually, several other people had already created electric light bulbs, but these prototypes were expensive and unreliable.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Using Detours To Get Where You Want to Go

The Recovering Engineer

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Evidence-based Rules for “How to Set Goals”

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010 January 2010 was a productive blogging month. In case you were busy all the month and could not catch up with this blog, here is a round-up of my writing activities in January 2010. Posts at QAspire Blog : I started 2010 blogging with a review of Nicholas Bate’s book Instant MBA.

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Your Voice of Encouragement: You Can Win the Battle but Lose the War

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Monday, January 25, 2010 You Can Win the Battle but Lose the War It’s human nature to want to be right or have our way. But there are times when you really have to evaluate whether getting what you want at the moment is going to be in the best interest of you, the other person and your relationship for the long-term.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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A Word on Theory

LDRLB

'Two Actually: useful lies. All theories are useful lies. Theories are attempts to simplify what is happening in a set of observations. They are attempts to describe reality that typically fall short (otherwise they wouldn’t be so simple). Consider the opposing theories of the earth’s shape: flat or round. At first, mankind thought the earth of flat.

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Leadership in a Nutshell - And "The Secret" of Successful Managers

Building Personal Strength

I have over 200 books on leadership on my shelves. And yes, I've read all of them. Leadership has always been one of my favorite topics. But most of these books talk about leadership in lofty terms, as if it's something only the head of an organization does. And nearly all of them are academic or philosophical treatments. They don't get down and dirty and tell managers what they have to do.

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Getting What You Want With Gentle Persistence

The Recovering Engineer

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Where did the time go? Your mind lost it.

Tony Mayo

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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Go Thinking!

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Go Thinking! Our thinking sets us apart as professionals. It determines our success and our future. Yet, I see so many people who are always in “doing” mode. Even when they have a few solitary moments, they would pull out their cell phone and start checking their text messages or worst, play games! They literally hunt to find things that can fill their time.

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Excellence - Set High Standards for What You Do

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Thursday, January 28, 2010 Excellence - Set High Standards for What You Do It’s tempting to take the easy way out and just do the minimum to get by. Most people take this approach. But when you set and meet high standards, you can take pride in what you’ve accomplished – and you’ll definitely stand out from the crowd.

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World’s Best Companies for Leaders

LDRLB

'Fortune Magazine has compiled a list of ten companies who make talent development a priority and ranked them by who does it best. IBM takes top honors but what comes as a pleasant surprise is the inclusion of GE. While they have suffered through some tumultuous times, it seems they have not abandoned Jack Welch commitment to find and develop new leaders.

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PERSEVERANCE - Rocky Balboa's Great Motivational Speech

Building Personal Strength

The video is only 45 seconds long, but this is a great motivational speech. I know you've heard the message before, and you may have even seen the movie, but we all need to hear it again from time to time! Whenever I think of perseverance, the first image that flashes in my mind is that of a boxer on his knees. Will he get up and give himself another chance to win?

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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.