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Make It, Don't Fake It

Leading Blog

To counteract this cultural condition, Make It, Don’t Fake It is about “ethics, passion, confidence, pride, resilience, commitment, and survival in a business context. Fake It ‘til You Make It It is about taking on a mindset to produce results, not playing footloose with the facts, and lying about things that aren’t as though they were.

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Colleague vs Coworker: What Do They Mean to You?

HR Digest

Colleagues refer to people who work in the same role as you do. When you attend a conference meant for other software developers, you might refer to them as colleagues who have a keen understanding of what it is you do. A coworker, on the other hand, refers to all the people you work with at your organization.

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Is give-and-take an old-fashioned notion?

Lead Change Blog

Balanced reciprocity as defined by Wikipedia “refers to direct exchange of customary equivalents without any delay.” Think bartering, exchanging notes from a business conference with a colleague, or a neighborhood boarding up each other’s windows in advance of a storm. What’s Being Pondered.

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Leadership, Employee Engagement and Innovation at BIF-6 Summit

Michael Lee Stallard

Below are brief descriptions of several presentations from the conference. Keith Yamashita inspired conference attendees to be great by seeking optimum solutions that help citizens, companies and the future generations. There were so many thoughtful presentations that I hesitate to merely highlight a few. why is everyone smiling?

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Partnership: A Crucible for Innovation

Lead Change Blog

which were solely aimed at creating a strong collaboration ethic and served as a chance for assembling people from all over the world who had deep histories of working separately or in the fashion of a linear fire brigade. Innovation is far more likely to happen when leaders create and nurture a flexible ecosystem.

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Big Data, Big Opportunity

Chartered Management Institute

As speaker Bernard Marr put it at CMI’s National Conference: “ what the hell is Big Data? Big Data poses challenges that have to be addressed by all areas of responsibility of a company: legal, ethical, marketing, personnel, risk management and financial. But there’s still a big question for a lot of people.

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Customer Reference Programs at The Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. How many are references and advocates for us?