Mon.Mar 24, 2014

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7 Ways to Spring Your Team into Spring

Let's Grow Leaders

'Spring is springing. The vortex is melting, and now you sense spring fever coming on… for you and your team. Embrace this season of new growth and possibilities. Making Spring a workplace celebration will help offset the “wish I was outside” blues. Spring Into Spring 1. Establish Spring growth goals Challenge your team to […].

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Becoming A Resourceful Leader: The Strong Do Survive

Lead Change Blog

'“This country can ill afford to continue to function using less than half of its human resources, brain power, and kinetic energy.” ~ Barbara Jordan, Late Texas Congresswoman Teams connect. Communities share. The tribe protects. [.] Author information Deborah L. Parker Deborah is Principal and Founder of the DPJ Training Group, which specializes in client result focused seminars on leadership, 360 assessment, diversity and communications for public and p

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Asking a More Beautiful Question

Leading Blog

'If our questions are so unimaginative and predictable that Google can guess what we’re asking before we’re even three words in, says Warren Berger, then we aren’t asking the right questions. “It’s the questions Google cannot easily anticipate or even answer that we should be asking. Asking the right questions helps us figure out what matters, where opportunity lies, and how to achieve our goals.

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Hitting A Wall In Your Career? You Need A Breakthrough.

Rich Gee Group

'It’s tough today. It’s difficult when everything is coming at you. Hard to think. Hard to act. Hard to react. As they always say — the first step is always the hardest. It’s hard when everything is coming at you. Hard to think. Hard to act. Hard to react. You’re constantly focused on getting the work done — satisfying your boss, your clients. just keeping your job!

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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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20 Things Leaders Should Say More Often

Joseph Lalonde

'W ords freely flow from our mouths. We say things we think matter and, more often than not, we say words that don’t matter. It’s messed up I tell you! Why are we saying things that don’t matter instead of things that truly matter? Let’s get into the habit of saying these 20 things leaders should say more often. Image via Creative Commons. 1.

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Leading the Future in the Present

Persuasive Powerhouse

' . I once worked with a leader who had purchased a competitor’s highly successful product and took it apart to see what all the fuss was about. His company was behind in the marketplace for this particular item, and he felt it would give him some insight. The problem is, it only gave him current state of the art information about the product.

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Mindful Mondays: Three Ways to Quiet Your Mental Chatter (aka Monkey Mind)

Next Level Blog

'Has this happened to you lately? You’re in a conversation, or a meeting or working on an important project. All of the sudden, out of nowhere, you’re thinking about what you’re going to have for dinner or the email you forgot to respond to or the March Madness game you watched over the weekend or an errand you forgot to run or someone you need to call or that crazy episode of House of Cards you watched last night.

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Your Starting Point for Trust

Kevin Eikenberry

'Pew Research recently published some research titled, Millennials in Adulthood. (You can read much more here.) I was made aware of this research from a piece in USA Today about college basketball players and trust when it quoted one small part of this research. The study used an often used survey question; “Generally speaking, would […].

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7 Ways To Battle The Complainer Inside Of You

Tim Milburn

'In his groundbreaking book, The Road Less Traveled , Dr. Scott Peck offers in the opening sentence, what he later identifies as “the greatest truth”: Life is difficult. He goes on to say, “Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”.

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The Upside of Anger

Marshall Goldsmith

'Getting angry with other people often means you’re just upset with yourself. by Marshall Goldsmith. On a flight from Zurich to New York, I sat next to a very successful investor who had paid too much for a small high-tech firm. As we talked, he told me how livid he was with the owner of the company. Despite making a powerful initial impression, the entrepreneur lacked motivation and consistently missed important business commitments.

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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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Se7en Deadly Sins Blog Post Series: Sin #1 Myopia

leaderCommunicator

'You? The company’s point person for vision, shortsighted? Sadly, it’s true. Leaders who are great at keeping the big picture in mind and tending to the minutiae of the business are often too focused on managing these pieces to lift their heads to see what the people around them—yes, those employees who are essential to achieving every company goal—are doing, thinking, and feeling.

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Open Spaces, Open Minds

LDRLB

'Give them a choice and most people vote for private offices. Put them in an open plan office and they will hide behind the dividers. Remove the dividers and they will hide behind piles of personal junk. Throw out the junk and they will mysteriously relocate to corridors, water coolers, and nearby parks. Encourage home working and they may never return.

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Doing Onboarding Right

Coaching Tip

'One of the often overlooked points to remember about the onboarding process is that the informal connections are often some of the most crucial. Folding an employee into the team in a real way, where they have people they understand and on whom they can rely, can make all the difference in a new hire''s success. Don''t overlook the importance of relationship building in this early and critical stage.

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Newspapers: Why bother?

Tony Mayo

'I have often remarked on this myself; now I learn it has an “official” name. Why Speculate? A talk by Michael Crichton International Leadership Forum La Jolla April 26, 2002 …the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In […].

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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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“What’s Will the Customer Want Tomorrow?” – Oh for the Prescience of Concierge M. Gustave of the Grand Budapest Hotel

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Wayne Gretzky M. Gustave is a didact of high-level service, schooling young Zero Moustafa in the art of understanding what a guest wants, and getting it to the guest, before the guest has even thought of it. The Grand Budapest […].

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6 No-Cost Things Leaders Can Do To Retain Employees

Eric Jacobson

'I had the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Branham over the past few years. He''s the author of the popular book called, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave , and he''s the owner of the Overland Park, KS-based business called Keeping The People. He told me that in research that he has done about the leaders of companies that have won " Best-Place-To-Work " competitions in 45 U.S. cities, that there are six things these effective leaders do that don''t cost money.

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12 Global Human Capital Trends, 2014 (from Deloitte) – Lead & Develop; Attract & Engage; Transform & Reinvent

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Here’s your heavy lifting reading for the day/week… As most of us do these days, I get multiple daily e-mails, with reading suggestions for the day. This morning, my LinkedIn Pulse e-mail started off with a link to this Forbes article, Successful Organizations Need Leaders At All Levels by Roger Trapp. It was prompted by the […].

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Sheryl Sandberg and a Pivotal Question

Your Voice of Encouragement

'As I was reading Sheryl Sandberg ’s thought-provoking book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead , I encountered a passage that popped out at me. As the sub-title implies, Sandberg addresses this book to women. But it’s an excellent read for men as well. She peels back the curtain on what goes on in women’s heads and in organizations to prevent women from advancing their careers and taking on more leadership positions.

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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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Cutting In Line at SXSW and One Way to Know You Might Be a Good Community Manager

Managing Communities

'Please Update Your ManagingCommunities.com RSS Feed Subscription This feed has moved to: [link] I apologize for the trouble. For more details, please read my post on the matter. Thank you.

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0506 | Shawn Hunter: Full Transcript

LDRLB

'This is a full transcript from LDRLB episode 0506, an interview with Shawn Hunter. DAVID: So who are you and what do you do? SHAWN: I’m Shawn Hunter, and well, what I do, my day job is I’m an executive producer for Leadership Solutions, for Skillsoft, and so to that end, I travel around the world with colleagues, and we track down really interesting people.

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What can crowdsourcing do for you?

Chartered Management Institute

'When selling the Connect & Develop program within Proctor & Gamble, A.G Lafley reinforced repeatedly how important tapping into external knowledge was to the company. For every one expert inside P&G, there would be dozens more of equal ability outside of the company.

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I know you love your business. Do your customers?

Strategy Driven

'What’s the ‘RAP’ on you and your business? What do you mean you don’t know ? YOU CREATED IT! Just ask Mother Google. She is standing by with millions of info-bits and info-bites about you and your business that you (or anyone) can have in a nanosecond. For free. What is posted about you (not what you have posted about yourself) on Google, or on any social media, is a reflection of how others perceive you.

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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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The Downside of NOT Being a Controlling Leader

Ron Edmondson

'I have a pet peeve about leadership. Actually lots. But, this one is especially strong. I have a pet peeve against controlling leadership. I hate it. It’s so counter-productive to progress. It holds the team back from reaching it’s full potential. It stifles leaders. It never builds healthy teams. And, the fact is if I allowed myself I could easily be a controlling leader.

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Experience is not the same as on-the-job learning (or training)

Rapid BI

'We often hear of managers using “on-the-job training” as a preferred training approach. But what does it really mean? We do learn from experiences, but is the “learning” that the individual gets and interprets what the manager or leader wants? Doing a new task or activity without direct support, training or guidance can be painful […].

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The Heretic’s Guide to Getting More Done

Harvard Business Review

'Are you working endlessly but not accomplishing all you want? Mystified that continuous attention to work is not resulting in satisfactory progress toward your goals? So focused on work that you’re not thinking about or doing much else? If so, you may not be giving your brain the benefit of adequate downtime. A recent article in Scientific American, Why Your Brain Needs More Downtime , summarizes the evidence that “mental breaks increase productivity, replenish attention, solidify memorie

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #41

Rapid BI

'>”If an invoice is due in 30 days we pay it in 60 days. If it’s due in 60 days, we pay it in 90 days. If it’s due in 90 days, then they probably don’t need the money anyway.” This of course is just one version of what could have been going on. […].

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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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College Grads Are Taking High School Grads’ Jobs and Delivering Better Results

Harvard Business Review

'A new CareerBuilder survey found that a college degree is more valuable than ever — both for job applicants and the employers who hire them. According to the research, three in 10 American companies say they’re hiring college-educated workers for jobs that used to be held by high school grads, a trend that cuts across industries. Companies are also more interested in hiring people with advanced degrees.

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State of Women-Owned Businesses 2014 – Infographic

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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What Military Service Could Teach MBAs

Harvard Business Review

'In 1980, almost 60% of large, public companies in America were headed up by a male military veteran. By 2006, a mere 6.2% of these businesses had a CEO with military experience. These numbers, from a January National Bureau of Economic Research working paper by Efraim Benmelech and Carola Frydman , aren’t necessarily surprising. As the duo explained to me over email, “the decline in military CEOs is a reflection of broader trends in the U.S. population.” Indeed, by the end of

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Insurance Companies’ Untapped Digital Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

'Consumers fumed over the rollout of Healthcare.gov and the state health insurance exchanges last fall. First, they couldn’t get online. Then, once they did, the information was hard to understand. For consumers accustomed to easy shopping on Amazon or eBay, choosing a health insurance plan online was an exercise in frustration. That frustration highlights how important it is for insurers – not only health insurers, but also property and casualty and, increasingly, life insurers – to master digi

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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.