Mon.Oct 20, 2014

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5 Ways to Encourage Your Team Toward “Yes You Can”

Let's Grow Leaders

'28 eyes looked at me skeptically. They were convinced the task I had outlined for their strategy session was beyond their reach. “Just too hard,” they explained. “I’m not that creative,” said another. No time for second guessing. Sure this exercise had worked in other contexts, but I had never worked in this industry before.

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7 Ways to Live Life with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

'Some people measure success by the wealth they’ve accumulated, the power they’ve attained, or the status they’ve achieved. Yet, even though they’ve reached success beyond their wildest dreams, they still have an empty feeling — something is missing from their life. In order to fill that void and be completely fulfilled in life, their soul may be searching for something more.

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Leading Rookie Talent: The Tight Rope and the Safety Net

Leading Blog

'Is it possible that we are actually at our best when we are least qualified for the job? In my research studying the situations and types of leaders that bring out the best in people, I’ve noticed a counterintuitive but persistent theme: people tend to do their best work when they are out of their comfort zone, doing something important and difficult – often for the very first time.

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Great Business Lessons From The Movies – Jerry Maguire.

Rich Gee Group

'WOW – What a wonderful movie. It’s a love story, a coming of age movie, and building strong friendships, all mixed with humor and pathos. And so many business rules. So here they are: “Show me the money!” – Rod Tidwell ( video ). You work to make money. So many people forget this. I know — there’s the satisfaction, the notoriety, the use of your talents, etc.

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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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How to Create A Financial Model for Your Business

Women on Business

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5 Ways to Use Discomfort to Be More Effective as a Leader

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'I am honored to host this guest post by Marcia Reynolds, author of the new bestseller The Discomfort Zone: Mastering the Art of Turning Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs, and to offer the opportunity to win a free copy of her book. Leave a comment and winners will be randomly drawn on October 24th. As a leader, there will be times when the people you lead or coach get stuck when dealing with difficult decisions and relationship issues.

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From technically brilliant to great leader

Persuasive Powerhouse

'One thing that hasn’t changed much over the years in many technical organizations is the criteria used (sometimes unspoken) about who gets to be promoted to choice management roles. A smart and successful technical manager often has a head start on getting a promotion that will require them to lead a larger piece of the organizational pie even if enough attention isn’t paid to whether they possess the skills to lead people at this new level.

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There's No Crying in Football!

Great Leadership By Dan

'Crying at work is in the news again. The latest incident involved New York Giant’s Wide receiver Victor Cruz being driven off the field on a cart sobbing. Cruz’s unfortunate injury reignited the debate over the appropriateness of not only crying in sports (“ There''s no crying in baseball! No crying! ”), but crying at work. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for tips on how to deal with handle crying at work.

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15 Leadership Lessons From Fury With Brad Pitt

Joseph Lalonde

'T he previews for Fury looked amazing. A World War 2 war movie about the Sherman tank named Fury and her crew, Fury looked like it could compete with Saving Private Ryan. From the reactions of the Celebration Cinema staff and the chit-chat of movie goers as they left, Fury was the best movie since Saving Private Ryan. I can’t say as I don’t know if I ever watched Saving Private Ryan.

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Six Reasons Why Boundaries Help Everyone Be More Successful

Kevin Eikenberry

'There are all sorts of boundaries in our lives. Boundaries define the playing field for most sports. Fences provide boundaries for homes and farms. Walls keep people in, or out. These are obvious and clear boundaries. There are others that while we know they exist, there isn’t a physical line of demarcation. The boundaries in […]. The post Six Reasons Why Boundaries Help Everyone Be More Successful appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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 Payments to Passion

Leadership Freak

'The trouble with passion is the cost. Telling people to follow their passion is irrelevant in a world where they actually do.

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How to Tell Who the Real Leader Is

Nathan Magnuson

'I’ll admit I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years when it comes to identifying leadership ability in others. Some I’ve thought would be great weren’t – and others I didn’t give much consideration turned out to be amazing. It’d be a lot easier if there was a scientific method to show who could get the job done.

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Leadership Development — Crisis on the Horizon

Chart Your Course

'What are you doing to develop the future leaders of your organization? Fortune 1000 companies are showing a renewed interest in leadership development sparked by a shortage of rising talent who will one day fill upper management roles. The trend is examined in a recent survey, “The Rising Risk of a Double-Dip Leadership Crisis: A Pulse Survey on Exploring the Increased Focus on Leadership Development.

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Mindful Mondays: How to Feel Amazing in Five Minutes

Next Level Blog

'One of the ironic effects of the hyper-connected age we live in is that there is very little true listening going on. As I write about in my new book, there’s a lot of transient listening in which we’re so preoccupied with all the thoughts of our multi-tasking minds that we hear each other but don’t really listen. Higher up the value chain is transactional listening in which we’re listening with the goal of accomplishing something or solving a problem.

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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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Making the Best of the Worst Part of Your Day

Tony Mayo

'‘Mindful’ commuters say deep breaths, clear mind keep them calm under stress Nancy Kaplan, chief operating officer at a management consulting firm in downtown D.C., said she pays attention to her breathing and relaxes when her jaw tightens or her fingers clench the steering wheel during her hour-plus commute. She said practicing mindfulness […].

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Employee Disengagement and the Warning Signs to Look For

leaderCommunicator

'Disengaged employees have a staggering effect on business. Studies have shown that lower productivity has an estimated economic impact of $300 billion per year, while increased workplace injury, illness, turnover, absence and fraud have an economic impact estimated at $1 trillion per year, according to The Gallup Management Journal. This is felt around the world at a global level, but it also has very personal and immediate effects on organizations, departments, teams and, as a result, individu

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Mindful Leadership

Coaching Tip

'Mindful is an ancient and natural life-enhancing and healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health. Mindfulness can also help enhance and heal our working lives. Deeply Valuable Lessons in Good Life Leadership. The great Socrates/Plato philosophical double act emerged in Athens Greece at about 2,500 years ago.

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Greed is Good; Greed is Not Good — Some Thoughts about a Pretty Big Issue

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words, will not […].

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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 box do you fit in?

Deep Imprints

'Yesterday I talked about self-identity. I’m thinking through this for a reason. I highly suspect that: Just as we tend to change careers every 7 years, we also tend to need to redefine our boxes (which means teens aren’t the only ones working on self-identity). When we are solely defined by what others think of […].

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There Are Times When a “Pull-Away” Learning Experience Can Make a Huge Difference – We’ve Got Some “Change and Innovation” Workshops for You to Consider

First Friday Book Synopsis

'How long has it been since you devoted a chunk of your time for a serious learning experience? Yesterday, I heard Ken Medema sing at church. Blind from birth, Mr. Medema has been singing to groups for decades. He is…unique. A good singer, accompanying himself on piano, what he does is write songs “on the […].

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Confirmation Email Replies Should Go to a Real Person

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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Are You at Risk of Being a Chameleon?

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: What are the warning signs that you are a Chameleon? If I expand what I do within a client, am I becoming a Chameleon? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What do you think the warning signs are for Chameleon consultant, and what does that mean about expanding your offering? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below.

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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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Leadership Blindspots

Eric Jacobson

'"A blindspot is an unrecognized weakness or threat that has the potential to undermine a leader''s success," explains author Robert Bruce Shaw. "Blindspots are tenacious and can reappear, causing problems over a leader''s entire career." These blindspots can cause great harm when leaders fail to see what is right in front of them. Compounding the challenge says Shaw is that: "People who are smart and self-assured are often very skillful at justifying their thinking and behavior--to the point of

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Stop People from Wasting Your Time

Harvard Business Review

'We’re all too busy, spending our days in back-to-back meetings and our nights feverishly responding to emails. (Adam Grant, a famously responsive Wharton professor, told me that on an “average day” he’ll spend 3-4 hours answering messages.) That’s why people who waste our time have become the scourge of modern business life, hampering our productivity and annoying us in the process.

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Stop Defining Yourself as a Jerk!

Marshall Goldsmith

'We all have that relative who is always late. She comes in and says, “Oh I am so sorry, I am always late.”. Or, we hear another relative who always makes embarrassing gaffes like Ralph Cramden. He excuses himself saying, “I always say the wrong thing.”. In reality, these people who “admit” their mistakes are setting themselves up for a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Watch: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

Harvard Business Review

'Have you mastered the five skills that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from ordinary managers? In The Innovator’s DNA , co-authors Jeffrey Dyer , Hal Gregersen , and Clayton Christensen (The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Innovator’s Solution) built on what is known about disruptive innovation to show how individuals can develop the skills necessary to move from idea to impact.

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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.

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7 Suggestions for Parenting Adult Children

Ron Edmondson

'I was talking to another dad recently. We were comparing notes. Both of us are empty nesters. We recognized — equally — that being the parent of adult children is sometimes more difficult than when the children are still at home. That’s hard for some parents with teenage children to believe — isn’t it? Or the parent with multiple children still in diapers — right?

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Computer-Based Teaching Ends Up Being Costly and Risky for the Navy

Harvard Business Review

'A decade ago, the U.S. Navy replaced instructor-led teaching with computer-based learning in entry-level training courses, in part to reduce costs, but the result has been less-well-trained sailors and an estimated $16 million in excess maintenance costs, say Robert M. McNab and Diana I. Angelis of the Defense Resources Management Institute. When such expenses as lost productivity and additional required education are factored in, computer-based training could end up costing hundreds of million

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Can We Quantify the Value of Connected Devices?

Harvard Business Review

'In the 1990s, Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Organization kicked off a major Reliability Engineering program, much like the efficiency initiatives of companies such as Toyota. They institutionalized the use of data collection systems in their manufacturing facilities to understand how products and machines would “behave” and could be optimized.

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At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

'In a few days, Amazon will report its quarterly earnings. If recent quarters are any indication, there will be a lot of worried talk before and after the announcement about the company’s minuscule or perhaps even negative profits. If its stock price continues to slide downward, the story will probably be that investors are losing patience with Amazon’s persistently low profit margins.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.