Fri.Feb 05, 2016

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Passionate Leadership

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” Ferdinand Foch. This post was co-written by Col Albers and his friend/mentor, Joe Scrivner. For more on Joe Scrivner, please see the bio posted at the bottom of this article.

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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

This post is a part of our 2016 Lead Change Group Guest Blogger Series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to Joshua Lee Henry from Advancing the Kingdom to Transform Society. Go from Sinking to Succeeding in Creating Significant Change for Your Life and Work. Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater.

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Go Waste Your Day

Joseph Lalonde

O ur time is valuable. We all get that. We also know we have a limited amount of time every day. We all get 24 hours or 1,440 minutes or 86,600 seconds. Once those are gone, the day is done, never to be repeated again. Image by JD Hancock. Because of this, we’re often told we need to make the most of each day. We’ve got to pack it with as much activity as we can muster.

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When to Bring it Up – When to Let it Go

Leadership Freak

Leaders who bring up every little failure, issue, or shortcoming are irritating nags. They can’t let it go. When you blab on about trivialities, talented people want to pull their hair out. Or they want to grab yours. Let it go: Leaders who dig into small issues waste their talent on trivialities. Mind your 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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What Is A Better Investment Now: Gold or Silver?

Women on Business

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Leadership and Corporate Reinvention

Coaching Tip

“We’ve found that there are two big reasons that strategies don’t work. The first is a lack of appreciation for the role that culture plays in creating transformation programs that stick. The second is poor leadership,” explains co-authors John Mattone and Nick Vaidya in their new book “CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS: Lessons of Leadership and Corporate Reinvention.”.

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Weekly Round-Up: The Power of Personal Communication, Maintaining Integrity, Empowering Your Workers and Top Quotes to Build a Winning Team

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog.

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Here’s the February, 2016 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List – The Big Short by Michael Lewis is again at #1

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s the February, 2016 New York Times business books best sellers list. The Big Short by Michael Lewis is again at #1 There are a couple of newcomers to this month’s list. #2, The Power of Broke, is the work of Shark Tank’s Daymond John. He has quite a following. The newcomer that most interests… Read More Here’s the February, 2016 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List – The Big Short by Michael Lewis is again at #1.

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Winning Well – Three Questions That Guarantee Results

Strategy Driven

Six weeks ago you met with your colleagues, had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, and came up with an impressive plan. Everyone left the meeting feeling motivated, but then today as everyone entered the room and took their seat, you’re met with sideways glances. “Did you follow up on that plan?”. “No, how about you?”. A quick shake of the head and you realized that the great idea everyone talked about has languished.

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George E.L. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

George E. L. Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years to over 500 MBA students and senior executives. Barbee’s 45-year business career has taken… Read More George E.L.

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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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How To Win At Work. Ten Important Questions

Eric Jacobson

Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees?

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4 Ways a Team Grows Together 

Ron Edmondson

This is a requested guest post from Ministry Library. I don’t do these for profit. I only do then when I believe in the oppportunity. 4 Ways a Team Grows Together. Some people hate those personality tests but they have made a huge difference for our team. There are tons out there but we require each person on our team to take 2 different personality tests and each one tells us some very unique attributes about that person.

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How to Hire for Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

We know from research (and common sense) that people who understand and manage their own and others’ emotions make better leaders. They are able to deal with stress, overcome obstacles, and inspire others to work toward collective goals. They manage conflict with less fallout and build stronger teams. And they are generally happier at work , too.

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The Soft Skills of Great Digital Organizations

Harvard Business Review

Smart organizations have recognized that introducing new technology into the workplace isn’t about hardware or software: it’s about wetware , also known as human beings. If you want to be the kind of nimble business that can make the most of successive waves of tech innovation, you need human beings who can adapt to change. That means equipping each person in your enterprise with the skills and mindset that will help them successfully adapt whenever you introduce new tools like Slack

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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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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Dramatic currency fluctuations, depressed prices on commodities such as oil and copper, and sluggish demand from China and Europe (Africa’s largest trade partners) have put pressure on the region’s economies. While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year.

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Assessment: What Kind of Negotiator Are You?

Harvard Business Review

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The Right Way to Fire Someone

Harvard Business Review

You’ve decided it’s time to let the low performer on your team go. You’ve covered your bases in terms of documentation, and you’ve coordinated with HR. But now you have to have the dreaded conversation. What’s the best way to deliver the news? Who should be in the room with you? What do you say and not say? And how do you tell the rest of the team?