Tue.Feb 25, 2014

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Leading Through Mistakes

Lead Change Blog

'In our Lead Change Google+ Community, we posed a question: How do you deal with mistakes that happen within your teams and organization? Mistakes Will Happen A certainty in life and work is we all will make mistakes at various points in time. When we do, the goals will be to limit the consequences, take [.] Author information Jon Mertz Jon is a vice president of marketing in the healthcare software industry.

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3 Olympic Stories That Inspire Us To Become Better Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

'With the end of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games on Sunday, many of us are now returning to our regular work routines and viewing habits, having a deeper appreciation for the world of sports and the power of the human spirit. In many ways, that’s probably the most interesting aspect about the Olympics – of how it not only draws us in on sporting events we otherwise wouldn’t follow, but how it also binds us together through that sense of camaraderie and kinship.

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Reflect for Success

Lead Change Blog

'In The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, John Maxwell illuminates the importance of learning to “pause to allow growth to catch up with you.” He refers to this as the Law of Reflection. There is another habit, however, often masquerading as reflection, that can undermine your success. That habit is processing. What I mean by “processing” [.

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3 Life Learnings that Women in Business Should Adopt from Shirley Temple

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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Navigating the Line Between Brash and Bold

Leadership Freak

'Boldness ruins fools. Boldness doesn’t answer leadership issues. It causes many. But, “Freedom lies in being bold.” Robert Frost The line between brash and bold is: Experience. Maturity. Counsel. Preparation. Perseverance. Reflection. Friendships.

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Remarkable TV: A Leadership Mistake

Kevin Eikenberry

'Are you making this costly leadership mistake? You’ve definitely seen it before and likely even made it yourself. And building your influence doesn’t happen if you are. Check out my latest Remarkable TV episode below and find out. When we are doing all of the talking, we won’t get the results that we want. If […].

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The Four Game Drives: E.A.S.I. Gamification

Engaging Leader

'Employee Gamification: the use of game-inspired tactics to engage employees. With the starting point of the Three Needs, we can identify three core game drives: Achieve, Socialize, and Impact. As I discussed in Killer Gamification: Targeting the Drives That Make People Want to Engage, while Amy Jo Kim’s Compete and Collaborate are helpful descriptions of some […].

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5 Communication Skills Every Manager Should Master

leaderCommunicator

'Effective communication lets you create shared meaning and understanding between you and your team. These 5 skills are must-haves for any manager looking to get their messages heard and create a productive work environment where employees can thrive. 1. Set the context. Every employee comes into the work place with his or her own context, a mixture of culture, memories, upbringing, and experiences.

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John D. Rockefeller

Joseph Lalonde

'I f you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. The post John D. Rockefeller appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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The Parable of the Incubator Blanket (the Embrace Infant Warmer) – as told by The Kelley Brothers, Creative Confidence)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'There are parts of the world where incubators work fine, and they have enough incubators to meet the needs — of the newborns at the hospital. But without cars, without roads, with everyone walking to wherever they go, it is simply not possible for countless babies to be born in the hospital, or to be […].

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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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New Leader Tuesday—4 Big Benefits of Coaching Your Teams

Management Excellence

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Richard S. Tedlow: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Richard Tedlow is the Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he is a specialist in the history of business. He received his BA from Yale and his MA and PhD in history from Columbia. He came to the Harvard Business School on a fellowship in 1978 and joined […]. Bob''s blog entries "inflection point" Andy Grove Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School Deni

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Self Assessment Program – Different is not Necessarily Wrong

Strategy Driven

'People naturally take pride and ownership of their work. This pride drives them to believe their approach is the right or, at least, the best method for performing the activity; often closing off any consideration of other methods. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are certainly many ways to skin a cat and more than one executive has overseen his/her company’s demise because of a failure to adopt others’ better ways of conducting business.

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13-Point Checklist To Quality Control Your Customer Service Call Center

Eric Jacobson

'Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. So, here''s a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization''s customer service via the phone: 1.

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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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You Can’t Structure A Win, But You Can Structure The Road To Get There

Ron Edmondson

'You can’t structure a win. You can’t guarantee success. In fact, you can do everything right and still not produce the results you’re looking for. People get sick. People disappoint you. Circumstances happen beyond your control. Stuff happens. You can’t structure a win, but you can structure the scenarios that often allow results to happen.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #22

Rapid BI

' ”No, Bob is not hearing impaired. Bob is listening impaired.” This of course is just one version of what could have been going on. I would love to here what you think they were saying, add your one liner below!

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How To Say “This Is Crap” In Different Cultures

Harvard Business Review

'I had been holed up for six hours in a dark conference room with 12 managers. It was a group-coaching day and each executive had 30 minutes to describe in detail a cross-cultural challenge she was experiencing at work and to get feedback and suggestions from the others at the table. It was Willem’s turn, one of the Dutch participants, who recounted an uncomfortable snafu when working with Asian clients.

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An Appetite For Leadership

Lead from Within

'A man was walking through the forest and saw a fox that had lost its legs. He couldn’t help wondering how it was able to survive. A few minutes later he saw a tiger come by with some game in its mouth. The tiger sat down to eat his game. Then, when he was full, he left the rest of his game for the fox. The next day, and the day after, the same thing happened.

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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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What Does Success Mean to You?

Harvard Business Review

'How do you know if you’re successful? Do you rely heavily on objective metrics such as your job title, the size of your bank account, or the colleges your children are getting into? Or do you focus more on the subjective, such as the satisfaction of solving thorny problems at work, the joy of collaborating with clever colleagues, or how happy you are at home?

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What Data-Obsessed Marketers Don’t Understand

Harvard Business Review

'Big data has become the X factor of modern marketing, the hero of every marketer’s story. But it’s a promise at risk of letting you down. You may be thinking that data will magically turn bush-league marketing into a winning “Moneyball” performance. But that’s an artifact of our big data obsession. Data, alone, isn’t what makes marketing move the needle for business.

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Can a Volunteer-Based Company Grow?

Harvard Business Review

'The map projected on the screen had a dot for every location where a BrainGame volunteer lived. Lena Klug, the CEO, was proud of the company’s global reach. There was even a dot in Samoa—a long way from the company’s Berlin office. Now four years old, BrainGame had started small. Its founder, Hans Faust, couldn’t afford to hire developers at the outset, so he’d enlisted volunteers to help design, build, test, and debug the new kind of online game he wanted to bring to the world.

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Office Politics: A Skill Women Should Lean Into

Harvard Business Review

'Who says women don’t like office politics? Just about everyone: My clients. My colleagues. My mother. The sommelier at the French restaurant I ate lunch at last weekend. They’ve all complained about office politics. Some women claim they are not good at it, while others simply avoid certain hot-button business situations because they think playing politics is “sleazy.”.

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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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Founding a Company Doesn’t Have to be a Big Career Risk

Harvard Business Review

'“I’m so glad we read that case — I’m NEVER going to start a company.”. That was the general consensus after one of my favorite HBS classes: an entrepreneurship case on a company called Tickle. After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties.

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What Do People Have Against Retirement Income?

Harvard Business Review

'Over the past few years, economists have expended a lot of time and energy attempting to explain what they call “ the annuity puzzle.” The puzzle is this: A guaranteed lifetime income is a valuable thing (especially if it comes with regular cost-of-living adjustments), and people who receive one through a traditional state or corporate pension are generally very happy with it.

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Workers Would Lose Serious Money if Employers Paid 401(k) Contributions Once a Year

Harvard Business Review

'A worker who started out earning $40,000 and switched jobs seven times over the course of a 40-year career would lose $47,000 in lifetime retirement savings if all of her employers followed IBM’s example and paid 401(k) retirement contributions as lump sums on the last day of each year, according to a simulation performed for The New York Times. The reason: She would lose significant employer contributions to her retirement savings in the years when she switched jobs.

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The Surprising Power of Impulse Control

Harvard Business Review

'Against the backdrop of a declining and temptation-filled Roman Empire, Augustine hesitantly prayed for impulse control: “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” More recently, against the backdrop of marshmallow tests and America’s “culture of entitlement and instant gratification,” Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld reexamine impulse control in a new best-selling book and in The New York Times.

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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.