Wed.Oct 15, 2014

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How to Have a Difficult Conversation

Let's Grow Leaders

'When I ask leaders why they’re not telling people what they need to know, the most consistent response I get is “ Sh e or he didn’t ask.” Quite frankly that’s a cop-out. Yeah sure–ideally everyone would be ASKING for feedback. If you’re not asking, start asking now. It may be the only thing standing between you and the truth.

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Positive Change: Because That’s The Way It’s Always Been…

General Leadership

'As leaders, we are charged with guiding our organizations to success. Whatever that mark of success may be be, it most definitely involves positive change. To be successful, we must question everything and never allow the mindset… Because That’s The Way It’s Always Been Around Here. The best way to explain this to any organization is to present the gorilla experiment.

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Max’s Leadership Touch

Lead Change Blog

'When I sit at my office desk in my brown Aeron desk chair, I often think of Max DePree, one of my favorite leaders. Max was for many years the CEO of Herman Miller, the company that manufactured my desk chair. He also authored several books on servant leadership. My favorite book is Leadership Jazz. He used the leader of a jazz band as a metaphor for creating a work environment in which improvisations were valued yet the collection of performers created a pleasurable outcome.

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How to Become Indispensable to Your Clients

Michael Lee Stallard

'What makes you indispensable to a client? So indispensable that she treats you as a valued partner and pays you well for a sustained period of time? The obvious answer is to have clearly demonstrable expertise in areas she values. This alone will open doors and close deals for you. It won’t ensure long-term loyalty, however. To become truly indispensable requires a human connection that nurtures trust.

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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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Sponsored Video: 5 Tips to Build a Sense of Community on Your Business Blog

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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The One Thing Great Leaders Know They Must Do

Joseph Lalonde

'G reat leaders know they must do lots of things. Great leaders need to be aware of their team’s emotions. Great leaders need to be consuming and creating fresh content. Great leaders need to take people to new heights. But great leaders also know there’s one thing that is required to lead well. What is that one thing? Keep reading to find out.

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098: Overworked and Overwhelmed: 4 tools for leaders to reclaim their lives and boost productivity | with Scott Eblin

Engaging Leader

'Many leaders today are chronically overworked and overwhelmed by the seemingly non-stop demands of their time and attention. If you feel like you’re constantly outrunning burnout, resentment, and collapse, chances are you aren’t performing up to your potential as a leader. Hard work tends to go hand-in-hand with success, but over the long term, that […] Many leaders today are chronically overworked and overwhelmed by the seemingly non-stop demands of their time and attention.

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Great Business Lessons From The Movies – Zombieland.

Rich Gee Group

'In honor of one of my favorite holidays, Halloween, let’s take a good look at a new, but classic horror/comedy. Zombieland! The main character, Columbus, has a solid set of rules he abides by to stay alive in a world full of zombies. So far — they work — so let’s get them working for you! Cardio & Limber Up ( video ). Zombies are fast — you should be too.

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52 Ways to Feel Less Overworked and Overwhelmed

Next Level Blog

'Wow, it has been quite a launch week for "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative". The response to the book in terms of sales, reader reviews and responses and media coverage has been overwhelming (in a really good way). I''ll share more on Friday about what I''ve learned from talking with people about why they''re interested in the book along with some of their stories.

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How to Prevent Unnecessary Conflict

Leadership Freak

'The worst fight is the one’s that’s unnecessary. People collide over small issues and completely miss the big stuff. Agree on deeper purpose before solving surface problems.

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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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Press Release: TEDx Wilmington – Putting the Human Back Into Human Resources

ReImagine Work

'Wilmington, Delaware, October 11, 2014 : “Putting the Human Back into Human Resources” TEDx Talk Highlights Cost of Employee Disengagement, Encourages Believing in People at Work. Summary: Discussing the value of appreciating colleagues and direct reports, Mary Schaefer’s recent TEDx Wilmington talk discusses the importance of “Putting the Human Back into Human Resources.

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Recognition, Responsibility, and then Money, for a World Made up of Teams – Insight from Ken May, CEO, Topgolf

First Friday Book Synopsis

'“work and play well with others – the world is made up of teams.” Ken May, CEO, Topgolf ———————- This is what it boils down to – who do you have on your team? Every other question seems to come after this one. Ken May, CEO of Topgolf, spoke at Success North Dallas this morning. He […].

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Tree Cause Analysis!

Mills Scofield

'Thank you Irene Becker for sharing your blog with me! What if we started doing Tree Cause Analysis ! "Root Cause Analysis ( RCA ) – sounds like a blast doesn’t it? We can all agree it’s important and should be a habit we adopt in our organizations, but few of us do it. Why? It takes time, self-reflection (personal and organizational), analysis and… it’s focused on the negative, what didn’t work, what didn’t go well.

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How do you define yourself?

Deep Imprints

'How many facebook quizzes have you taken this year? For a certain age of person (think teen years) this seems to be a part-time occupation. After all: No one is more interesting to you. No one is really more of a mystery to you than yourself. Why else would we take all those quizzes? Theorists […].

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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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Karl M. Kapp: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM, is a scholar, writer and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. He is a graduate professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches courses in instructional game design and gamification and is the Director of the acclaimed Institute for Interactive […].

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Send the Book First or Call First?

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: I have a commercially published book. Should I mail a copy to a prospect ahead of time or speak with them first? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below.

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The Seven Facts Of Business Life And The Five Levels Of Business Success

Eric Jacobson

'The fact is, if you are a budding entrepreneur, future business owner, or relatively “green” business owner, you need to read, The Facts of Business Life , by Bill McBean. Because, in his book, McBean, a successful businessman with four decades of ownership experience, explains the essential Seven Facts of Business Life and the Five Levels of Business Success.

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7 Suggestions When Your Life is in Drama

Ron Edmondson

'Cheryl and I were watching a drama show on television once — I don’t even remember which show it was — but the character’s lives were filled with marriage problems, health issues and work problems. Drama. Funny how we tend to enjoy shows watching other people’s drama. Maybe that’s because we know our life is sometimes filled with drama too.

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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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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

'A number of recent headline-grabbing announcements of divestments and split-ups by companies such as HP (spinning off its PC and printer businesses), GE (the sale of its appliances business to Electrolux), Bayer (the flotation of its MaterialScience chemicals business), and Royal Philips (its separation into two autonomous companies, Lighting and HealthTech) are putting the spotlight again on the phenomenon of “core shifting”: how a company, through a sustained process of acquiring and divestin

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Gender Balance Is Hard, but It’s Not Complicated

Harvard Business Review

'Large, established organizations are finally starting to accept that gender imbalances are a business problem. Yes, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella recently lit up the blogosphere with his unfortunate suggestion that women should not ask for pay raises. (He quickly apologised.) But gaffes like his are increasingly out of step with the mainstream. This summer, Google publicized the gender balance of its workforce, and vowed to improve.

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Whatever It Is, You’ll Get Over It

Harvard Business Review

'Despite wars, famine, economic collapse, and personal tragedies, a majority of human beings feel happy a majority of the time, extensive studies have demonstrated over the past two decades. In fact, people seem to have “happiness set-points” to which they return after even the most extreme perturbations, says a team of researchers led by Ed Diener of the Gallup Organization.

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The Dark Side of Efficient Markets

Harvard Business Review

'It is generally accepted that efficiency represents the optimal, aspirational state for any market. Efficient markets, which feature many buyers and sellers and perfect information flowing between them, determine the “right price” and hence allocate society’s resources optimally. Those are indeed positive features. But every good thing is like a face caressed by the sun.

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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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Strategy Lessons From Jean Tirole

Harvard Business Review

'Why did Jean Tirole win this year’s economics Nobel ? Here’s one key reason: “Jean has a bit of magical quality of being able to take very complex situations where there are a lot of different moving parts and a lot of institutional details and structuring the essence of it in a relatively simple model,” says Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner, who has co-authored several recent papers with Tirole.