Thu.Oct 16, 2014

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“Chip Shots” From Our Leading Voices

Lead Change Blog

'Here at Lead Change Group, we know that most problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. To use a golf analogy, not every shot is a long drive. Many times, leaders have to take a chip shot to move the ball along for a short distance, with incisive accuracy. In our Leading Voices Chip Shots we’ll be sharing one question to which several of our Leading Voices have contributed a brief thought or reaction.

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Leading Rookie Talent: Helping New Recruits Hit the Target

Leading Blog

'Are your new employees loose canons or heat-seeking missiles? In a rapidly changing world, experience can be a curse. Strategies can grow stale and innovation can stop. Being new, naïve, and even clueless, can be an asset. Rookies – people of any age who are new to a task – aren’t weighed down with old assumptions and are more likely to explore new possibilities.

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Why Mindfulness is for Leaders and Not Just Monks

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Scott Eblin - a nice follow-up to my recent post at About.com, from someone that knows more about the topic than I do! Scott is the best at what he does - coaching and advising successful but overworked executives. Buy his new book! You know a topic is hot when it makes the cover of Time. That’s what happened with mindfulness last year when the magazine ran a cover story called The Mindful Revolution.

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Networking One To One

Women on Business

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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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John Maxwell on the Three Phases of His Journey Pt. 1

Leadership Freak

'John Maxwell told me there have been three phases to his leadership journey. The first is having followers. Follower phase: A leader without followers is delusional.

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Great Business Lessons From The Movies – The Godfather.

Rich Gee Group

'There’s a lot to learn from the movies! . The Godfather is a classic ‘business’ movie. It’s ALL about business. Even when it personal, it’s business! So here goes: Listen, Listen, Listen. There are many instances when the characters are shown to either listen intently and succeed (Michael Corleone) or talk and fail (Sonny Corleone).

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The Key to Getting What You Want

leaderCommunicator

'I''ve been working with my 4-year-old, Avi, on a critical communications skill - how to ask for what she wants in a kind and caring way. She can problem-solve in a variety of situations. Avi: "If you hold (her sister) Noa, I can go with Dad.". She can be persuasive. Case in point: we bought some rainy day activities to have in thehouse. Here was the conversation the next day.

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Characteristics Of A Best Boss

Eric Jacobson

'In their book, Rapid Realignment , authors George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky, reveal the most common responses from thousands of managers and workers when they were asked to think of the best boss they ever had, and then answer the question: " What did that person do to qualify as your best boss ?" And, those most common responses were : My best boss listened!

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Online Community MetaFilter Charges $5 for New Accounts

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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If You Can Click-and-Drag, You Can Win More Projects

David A Fields

'In 1980, my Uncle Neil dove into a search for new solutions to the two most pressing problems facing many entrepreneurs: how do I get more customers, and how do I camouflage my rapidly receding hair line? The extraordinary, new product he adopted didn’t do much to hide his shiny pate, but it did invigorate sales at his retail store. Thirty-plus years later, you can use the same device to lift your consulting practice to a higher level of performance.

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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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7 Ways I Protect My Ministry and Marriage From an Affair

Ron Edmondson

'This is an updated version of a previous post. It’s needed. It seems every day we hear of another big name celebrity, politician or pastor that has fallen into the temptation of lust and had an affair. I think it is dangerous for any leader to assume this could never happen to him or her. Speaking as a man, (I have never been very good at speaking as a woman), I understand that temptation is very real these days.

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What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020

Harvard Business Review

'When PwC released its annual survey of corporate chief executives for 2014, it was immediately obvious that change is on leaders’ brains: “As CEOs plan their strategies to take advantage of transformational shifts,” the consultancy reported , “they are also assessing their current capabilities – and finding that everything is fair game for reinvention.”.

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How to Deal with a Mean Colleague

Harvard Business Review

'When a colleague is mean to you, it can be hard to know how to respond. Some people are tempted to let aggressive behavior slide in the hopes that the person will stop. Others find themselves fighting back. When you’re being treated poorly by a coworker how can you change the dynamic? And if the behavior persists or worsens, how do you know when you’re dealing with a true bully?

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Make the Internet of Things More Human-Friendly

Harvard Business Review

'In early research , McKinsey emphasized that the distinctive character of the Internet of Things — which is predicted to be a $7.1 trillion market by 2020 — lay in its ability to operate with little or no “human intervention.” The initial vision involved embedding sensors and actuators in physical objects like UPS packages and factory machinery to sense the environment, transmit “huge volumes of data,” and facilitate new kinds of automation.

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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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?Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

Harvard Business Review

'Carl Icahn is at it again. On Oct. 9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. I hope Cook doesn’t listen, because I think it would be bad for Apple, all of its employees who have contributed to its success, and the American economy.

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Disrupting TV’s Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

'Famed producer Norman Lear on developing groundbreaking sitcoms, managing creative partnerships and the lessons he wants to pass on to the next generation. Download this podcast.

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The Economics of Knowledge Sharing

Harvard Business Review

'Open-source software is, in business-world terms, weird. The people who write it and test it collaborate as volunteers. Yet corporations have built billion-dollar businesses around it. This juxtaposition has led some scholars outside of economics to theorize that a new sharing economy is dawning in which economic incentives have to cede ground to other motivations.

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Corporate Universities Should Reflect a Company’s Ideals

Harvard Business Review

'If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. While these visitors are always intrigued by the commitment and sense of mission they observe, many tend to focus on traditional metrics like the number of classes, the number of participants per year, and the cost.

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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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Banning Affirmative Action Hurts Minority Enrollment in Elite Colleges

Harvard Business Review

'Bans on affirmative-action-based admissions in certain U.S. states are associated with a decline of 15% to 30% in the proportions of blacks and Hispanics enrolled in selective colleges and universities there, says Peter Hinrichs of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Courts have upheld states’ authority to impose such bans, and Hinrich writes that nationwide, the tide appears to be turning against affirmative action.