Tue.Sep 22, 2015

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Why Leaders Should Focus on Mirrors and Windows

Lead Change Blog

As a leader, you should always be concerned about two things – mirrors and windows. Mirrors are about focusing on personal responsibility. That part of leadership is important, and is honestly often discussed. But windows are equally important because they allow you to see the impact your actions have on the people around you. Windows are about focusing on relationships.

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Tuesday Time Machine: Motivating, Mentoring and Measuring

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 24 Feb 2014. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” General George S. Patton, Jr.

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Learning To Focus On What Matters Most

Tanveer Naseer

One of the things that I enjoy about speaking at conferences and at various organizations is the opportunity to meet new people. In the case of the MHLC conference I spoke at last week, it was being able to meet up with friends I made from speaking at this conference for three consecutive years, as well as meeting colleagues in the leadership sphere who I had previously only connected with by email and on the phone.

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Why Customers Equate Your Brand With User Experience

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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The 13 Principles of Disagreement

Leadership Freak

Agreement hinders effective decision-making. The bobble-heads that surround leaders may soothe the leader’s ego, but they harming organizations. They’re protecting their salaries. Agreement before dissent is a pathetic waste of talent.

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Today only: Autographed Copies

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. To celebrate the release of my new novel, Crimes of Cunning, I am offering signed and personally inscribed copies via Amazon. You may purchase a copy on the Amazon website, today only, and have it delivered to you after being signed and shipped by me. Click here to reach the Amazon website. Then follow these instructions to […].

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Remarkable TV: How to Make Others Look Good

Kevin Eikenberry

When you let your team shine, empower them and support them, everyone wins. Check out today’s video for tips on helping your team to shine. RTV 87 – How to Make Others Look Good.mp4 Click here for just the audio of this episode. Click to learn more about the Remarkable Leadership Workshop. The best […]. The post Remarkable TV: How to Make Others Look Good appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Tony’s New Novel on Sale NOW!

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. Click here to order your copy on Amazon or here for Barnes & Noble. Click here to order your copy on Amazon or here for Barnes & Noble. The post Tony’s New Novel on Sale NOW! appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Hit The Pause Button Before It Hits You

Lead from Within

As a coach I meet a lot of impressive leaders. Many of them work hard and put in very long hours, always pushing themselves to the limit. At some point they fall into risk of serious health issues or find themselves not making the smartest choices. And when that happens, leadership becomes challenging. Leaders push themselves because they believe the more they give the better their leadership.

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Building a Business Culture That Works for Everyone: An Interview with Diane K. Adams

QAspire

Diane K. Adams is Chief People Officer at Qlik (NASDAQ: QLIK), one of the fastest-growing high-tech companies worldwide with nearly 2,300 employees in 30 countries. She has spent her career leading teams in Fortune 500 Human Resources organizations. Chief executives of smaller companies and international and national organizations and leaders also regularly tap her expertise as coach, consultant, and/or lecturer to help them hone their positive cultures.

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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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Know What to Do; Do it Well – If you don’t know what to do, where will you learn it from?

First Friday Book Synopsis

These are a handful of people I have known, and currently know, who are just…inherently smarter than the rest of us. I think of a Pastor I knew. In his most productive years, his church grew in attendance to be the largest church in his denomination. I met with him after he retired, and asked… Read More Know What to Do; Do it Well – If you don’t know what to do, where will you learn it from?

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REMINDER: Online Course – What Trusted Advisers do to Become Trusted Advisers – Begins September 24. Register today!

leaderCommunicator

WHO: New advisers to veteran consultants who are in an internal or external consulting role and want to improve their level of trust with executives.

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All Data is Wrong, Some is Useful

Curious Cat

From my first blog post on this blog – Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data. we often fail to explore whether changes in the numbers (which we call results) are representative of the “true results” of the system or if the data is misleading. Data is meant to provide us insight into a more complex reality. We need to understand the limitations when we look at “results” and understand data isn’t really the results but a representation we hope is close to reality s

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Should Your Consulting Company Name Include Your Own Name?

David A Fields

A consultant just emailed me this question: I feel like large companies want to hire large, established, consulting firms and since the name of my firm–Smith Consulting Group– has my name in it, it seems too obvious I’m a “lone ranger.” Should I change the name of my firm? What do you think? Should he change the name of his firm? Why or why not?

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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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4 Reasons Why I Hate Policies and Rules and 4 Suggestions for Improvement

Ron Edmondson

I’ll be honest. I’m not a huge fan of policies. It may be because I’m not a very good rule follower, but I honestly don’t think they work as well as they are intended. Policies are defined as a course, plan or principle of action. They are designed to offer a sense of control. In theory, policies are to make things better. I will admit they are a necessary part of dealing with people in an organizational setting.

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What Does the Way You Look Say About Your Influence?

My Own Coach

The way that you look and act has an influence on how you are perceived and treated by others. Like it or loathe it, we are in a 'looks' dominated society. Therefore, when you're seeking to influence it's important to focus on the image that you would like to portray for maximum impact. We live in an… The post What Does the Way You Look Say About Your Influence?

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Teamkultur lässt sich gestalten. Sechs Handlungsempfehlungen.

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

Der Begriff Teamkultur ist mittlerweile allgemein akzeptiert und wird als eine wichtige Einflussgröße auf die Leistungsfähigkeit des Teams gesehen. Auf die Frage wie sich diese aktiv beeinflussen und gestalten lässt gibt es jedoch nach wie vor eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Antworten. Wir haben die Erfahrung gemacht, dass sich Kultur nicht aktiv beeinflussen lässt, sondern nur indirekt über Führungs- und Moderationsverhalten sowie die Nutzung bestimmter Strukturen (von der Büroausstattung bis z

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Are You Sure You Want to Be a Manager?

Harvard Business Review

Renowned restaurateur Danny Meyer likes to tell newly promoted supervisors that they have just been given the “gift of fire.” As a boss they now have a new and potent power, but Meyer wants to ensure they understand the appropriate — and inappropriate — uses of this gift. Fire, Meyer explains, can be used to warm and comfort.

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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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To Reduce Stress, Embrace Your Inner Type-B

Harvard Business Review

Overtly, most of us say we dislike stress. But often we unconsciously hold on to it, thinking: This is the way real leaders act. Stress and I have had a long, complicated relationship. Early in my career, it often felt like my naturally lower-stress, quiet management style was an impediment to advancement. Many years ago, as a young man being considered for executive ranks at a Fortune 500 company, I found myself having the same odd conversation, with only minor changes in phrasing, with several

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Why Cleveland Clinic Shares Its Outcomes Data with the World

Harvard Business Review

Cleveland Clinic has a long history of measuring and reporting data on health outcomes, most famously in our Outcomes Books, the yearly reports on how patients treated in our different departments fare. We’ve realized that you cannot improve something if you don’t measure it and share what you find — so in that vein, I’d like to share some of our experiences in building this system at Cleveland Clinic.

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Who’s Benefiting from MOOCs, and Why

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. In the last three years, over 25 million people from around the world have enrolled in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by Coursera, EdX, and other platforms. Initially heralded as a revolution in higher education access, expectations have been tempered as research revealed that only a small percentage of these millions were completing the courses , approximately 80% already had at least a bachelor’s degree, nearly 60% were employed full-time, and 60% came from develo

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What’s Europe’s Long-Term Plan for Integrating Refugees?

Harvard Business Review

Suppose you are a Syrian doctor who has entered Belgium with your family after a perilous and long journey, having left everything behind. You may have spent most of any money you had making an illegal and dangerous crossing — some refugees have gone as far as the Arctic circle to enter Europe. You have had to dodge border control and police in two or three countries before reaching Belgium.

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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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It’s Time to Rein in Exorbitant Pharmaceutical Prices

Harvard Business Review

As the ire over high prescription drug prices in the United States escalates , it’s easy to blame pharmaceutical companies. But pharmaceutical companies aren’t to blame. They’ve executed well on the rules set by the U.S. government as well as the “make the most money” dictum set by their stockholders. Over the last five years, returns for the S&P Pharmaceuticals Select Industry Index have been virtually double that of the S&P 500 (roughly 24% vs. 12% annuall