Wed.Aug 03, 2011

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7 Ways to Increase Trust by Creating Stability

Leading Blog

This is a guest post by Marlene Chism, author of Stop Workplace Drama. Uncertain times always invite a little more drama, particularly in the workplace. One reason is because the brain craves certainty. When you feel uncertain, the amygdala, an almond shaped structure in the brain shoots out chemicals through your blood stream that make you experience feelings of fear, doubt and anxiety.

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Leadership Lessons from the Horse’s Mouth

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Some of the most powerful leadership lessons I’ve experienced have not come from my high school swim coach, my first inspirational boss or any leadership guru at all. One of the first teachers of my most powerful lessons in what makes great leaders great weighed in at just over a thousand pounds, had four legs, [.

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How To Make Your Speeches Really Count (Hint: Think About Those Last Words)

Terry Starbucker

One can make a LOT of speeches over a long leadership career. The thing about making a speech that has always fascinated me is that of all its many elements, the one thing that almost always makes it or breaks it is the very last thing you say. The very last thing. Think about that one – think about all of your speeches as a leader. A good speech needs a punctuation mark, something that “brackets&# what was said before, or reinforces it, or summarizes it, or contextualizes it –

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Tulsa Event – Defining Moments Breakfast

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Events [link] Check out this post by Teri Aulph over on the Examiner. She’s one of the organizers of the next Lead Change Tulsa breakfast, sponsored by TCC’s Department of Continuing Education. The topic of the discussion will be Defining Moments. What can you do to prepare for the defining moments in your journey as a leader? [.

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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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10 Ways to become the Leader People Follow

Leadership Freak

Yesterday I met with two new leaders in my organization. (I use “my” loosely) It was a get to know you and a where are you going pow-wow. At the end of our exchange I asked, “What did you get from our conversation?” They replied, “You helped us have purpose during our first weeks of [.].

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Questions You May Not Have Thought to Ask Your New Manager

Persuasive Powerhouse

Organizations are living, breathing things that, like us, are moving quickly. Some of the leaders I know experience new reporting relationships as much as a couple of times a year – meaning they have only have a short period of time to get to know a new a manager that they haven’t worked with [.

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Clean Energy Nation

CEO Blog

The garden is awesome right now. Fresh tomatoes, string beans, zucchini, lima beans, carrots, beets, onions, leeks, pumpkin and of course most herbs (basil, chives, parsley, thyme, rosemary etc). Even a few blueberries and a small second crop of strawberries. It is a problem of abundance. Carrots are good but carrot tops are too prolific to eat so freezing some.

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3 August 2011 - Canton, Ohio - Mastering Workplace Performance

Jason Womack

Thank you, everyone, for making today possible. I'm humbled and excited that over 50 took advantage of this day-long opportunity to look at how you work, not only at what you do during a day. What is productivity? The experience of super-using your 4 limited resources. Now, it's time to implement. Looking forward, how will you maximize your (1) time, (2) energy, (3) focus, and (4) systems and tools?

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“Good Products”: Beyond Convenience and Flavor

Leading in Context

We could define a "good product" a number of different ways. For example, tasty convenient clean colorful nutritious.

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Story - Donkey in the Well

Building Personal Strength

I came across this story on the Web, author unknown. When I got to the end, I realized I had heard it before. I also realized that I really love this story. Enjoy. One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

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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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35 Under 35: Stephanie Niven (Javelin Capital)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Stephanie Niven written by Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog, for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” [.].

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Leadership Caffeine Podcast: Dan McCarthy Interview

Management Excellence

I'm excited to announce the launch of my new podcast series: The Leadership Caffeine Podcast, and I'm thrilled that Dan McCarthy, the proprietor of the Great Leadership blog, is here as my first guest. Join us as Dan shares his thoughts and expertise on topics ranging from writing and sustaining a great blog to developing as a new leader in this fast-moving world.

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As One: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

As One: Individual Action and Collective Power Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley Portfolio/Penguin (2011) How and why “As One behavior” can accomplish almost anything There is so much to be said about what this book offers. Where to begin? Perhaps my purposes are best served by providing a series of five key points: 1. Mehrdad [.].

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Book Review: To Plant a Walnut Tree

Chartered Management Institute

The book is widely researched and sources are indicated in a bibliography drawn heavily from the pop-philosophical genre and the bible. An interesting work but one that may have little relevance to a focused manager striving to succeed in their career. Review by Andrew May FCMI.

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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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Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ted Cadsby for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Of all the headwinds we face as decision-makers, the power of [.].

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Destroying the myth that creative people aren't team players

Chartered Management Institute

The perception of creative people is one of lore. They are often regarded as renegades that are difficult to control, using their 'out of the box' mindset to buck trends and devise new ways of doing things. As such they're not team players and too many of them can be poison to any organisation.

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Reagan on Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator James M. Strock Serve to Lead Press (2011) Up front, I need to acknowledge that I do not share James Strock’s high regard for Ronald Reagan’s performance as governor of California and then as president of the United States. I certainly don’t agree with Tom Peters [.].

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Human Performance Management – Introduction

Strategy Driven

Excellent business strategies fail to deliver superior results when not executed well. Subsequently, consistent, high-quality human performance becomes a critical component to successfully achieving the organization’s goals. Yet, being human means making errors. Even well-intentioned, hardworking employees will make 3 errors out of every 100 actions taken simply because of the human condition.

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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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Is it passion or obsession? Energy or drama? @harvardbiz

Management Craft

I like this recent article on the HBR site called, Why your passion for work could ruin your career. Check it out. The author, Scott Barry Kaufman, writes about an important distinction between passion that is harmonious and passion that turns obsessive. In the work that I do with teams, I often see obsessive passion turn into dysfunction, drama, and a fracturing of the team.

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Reflections on “Nine Leadership Behaviors” and a Bad Boss Mirror Check

The Practical Leader

A recent blog post on “ Nine Leadership Behaviors to Build Commitment &# provoked a few excellent questions/observations that got me thinking — and responding. Reader input included: How is the measurement and management of leadership effectiveness actually implemented in practice? Most managers let themselves off the hook for the poor productivity of an employee….

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If I’m Your Leader…It’s Your Business…

Ron Edmondson

“This is probably none of my business, but…&#. Do you ever hear that as a leader? Recently one of our staff had a question for me. He had observed that Cheryl and I sold our house and bought a condo downtown. He wondered if there was some hidden motive; like I was preparing to travel more, or perhaps become a full-time consultant and maybe even leave my role as pastor.

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Interview with Al Pittampalli – Read This Before Our Next Meeting

Rajesh Setty

Today is the launch of Al Pittampalli’s book “ Read This Before Our Next Meeting &# published by The Domino Project. It is a short book but don’t judge a book by its size it has “dynamite&# content related to how you look at meetings in your life. I got a chance to talk to Al about his book and here is the summary of our conversation.

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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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A Flexible Schedule is not always an Open Schedule

Ron Edmondson

How is having a flexible schedule like owning a truck? Well, when I owned a truck…which I loved by the way…I found friends easily…that I didn’t even know I had…because everyone needs a truck at some point. When you have a flexible schedule…meaning you are not tied to certain hours of the day to complete your work…everyone assumes your time is available.

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Don't Give Up

Harvard Business Review

Life is full of twists and turns and it is sometimes easy to get sick of the many gyrations that are needed to make a business thrive, a project launch, or even to get internal signoff in some bureaucratic version of the Hokey Pokey. It would be so easy to quit. But a part of you knows that many a failure turns into the big success story. In start-up land, Air B&B notably went for 4 years with scraping the barrel kind of funding and just recently received $112 million.

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Can You Find A Person at the Top – A Single Person – Who Has Truly Learned from the Mistakes that Led Up to the 2008 Crash? Even One? (Reflecting on the Movie Inside Job, and the Writing of Diane Ravitch)

First Friday Book Synopsis

“What can we believe in? There’s nothing we can trust anymore.&# (from the movie, Inside Job). ———- (Sorry about the long title on this blog post – I could not figure out how to shorten it). I watched the move Inside Job last night. (Yes, I know I’m late to this). It tells what happened [.].

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The Simple Way to Avoid Social Media Failures

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Marketing That Works. With each new technology, there are always a great many mistakes made, at least until we get the hang of it. Richard Nixon, who had great radio appeal, lost the first televised Presidential debate (and subsequently the election) in 1960 to John F. Kennedy because he looked like a train wreck on the small screen.

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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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Pepsi Steals Santa! (And the Cola Wars Go Underground)

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Marketing That Works. I was astounded recently to see a Pepsi ad that shows Santa on vacation somewhere in the Caribbean. There he is in a Hawaiian shirt, dancing in the sand, surrounded by noisy, happy sun-seekers. The tune is Montell Jordan's new jack swing staple from 1995, "This Is How We Do It.". Santa orders a Pepsi at the bar and the bartender says, "I thought you had a deal with. you know.

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In Presentations, Kill Your Darlings

Harvard Business Review

Historian Amanda Foreman, author of the bestselling Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , has written a new book, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War. In an article for the Wall Street Journal 's "Word Craft" column about her creative process, Foreman provided a valuable lesson for presenters: The fruit of my 11 years of research meant that I had more than 400 characters scattered over four regions.

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Breaking Through the Bamboo Ceiling

Harvard Business Review

This post was written with Ripa Rashid, Executive Vice President at the Center for Work-Life Policy, and Diana Forster, a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida and a fellow at the Center for Work-Life Policy. Why aren't more Asians getting to the top at U.S. companies? They ought to be: They're highly educated, graduating from top universities and graduate programs at rates exceeding those of their peers.

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Blurb My Book

Harvard Business Review

We're in the final phases of editing The Little Black Book of Innovation , and my editor had an interesting idea involving HBR blog readers. First, a bit of background. My intent in writing the book was to make innovation literature more accessible. In a perhaps too flippant moment I even termed the book a gateway drug to innovation. My real hope is that the story-driven, action-oriented approach will help readers understand why innovation is so critical, while convincing them that they too can

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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.