Thu.Dec 04, 2014

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Being A Courageous Leader

N2Growth Blog

'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. The Red Badge of Courage is a novel by Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a “red badge of courage,” to counteract his cowardice.

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The Civility Standard

Lead Change Blog

'What does your work environment nurture? Does it enable trust, respect, and dignity for every player and every customer, in every interaction? Or does it nurture something less? It doesn’t matter what’s happening in organizations around the globe. It doesn’t matter what the norm is in companies in your industry or of a similar size as yours.

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5 Pitfalls That Make Workplace Conflicts Worse

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post by Peter T. Coleman and Robert Ferguson : Great leaders are not afraid of conflict. They put it to work. Conflict in an organization is a lot like fire. When it sparks, it can intensify, spread and lead to pain, loss, and irreparable damage. It can distract, distance, derail, and occasionally destroy opportunities and relationships. It makes most people anxious, and as a result it is often mishandled and made worse.

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Can Listening Make You More Successful?

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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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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10 Commandments that Fix All Lousy Meetings

Leadership Freak

'The responsibility for great meetings is always the responsibility of the person leading the meeting. Great meetings create focus, clarity, decisions, and useful activity.

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Five Things to Do to Find a Great Mentor

Next Level Blog

'Over the course of my career, I’ve had the good fortune to have a number of mentors who have helped shape my life and career. I wrote about one of them in a pre-Thanksgiving post I wrote last week. I don’t think I ever set out to recruit a particular person as a mentor. The relationships just sort of naturally evolved with the people who ended up being my mentors.

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Better? Bigger? Stronger? Faster?

Jason Womack

'How do YOU want to be next year? Achieving your experiences…it’s more than just setting goals, and putting your head down to do the work. There comes a time when things need to be different. You need to change, you need to upgrade all your systems. You need to surround yourself by a different group of friends; and, distance yourself from an old set of acquaintances.

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How to Implement a Change You Don’t Even Like

Change Starts Here

'One of Enclaria’s training programs is Leading Your Team Through Change, a workshop to help leaders effectively leverage their authority to influence change within their teams. During a recent session with senior leaders of a large organization, one of the participants interjected, “What if we don’t like it ourselves?”. It’s not enough to know what you need to do to implement change.

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Backlash by Susan Faludi – Some Thoughts, and Takeaways

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I deliver book synopsis presentations for business books. And I do the same for books on social justice and poverty issues. Today, I will present my synopsis of an older book for the Urban Engagement Book Club. The book is Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi. It was first published in 1991, and […].

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The Seven Roles Of A Collaborative Leader

Eric Jacobson

'Edward M. Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Marshall says that there are seven different, important roles and responsibilities of collaborative leaders when leading teams , and those leaders should select the appropriate style to meet the team''s needs.

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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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Examples of Companies Engaging on reddit

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. How Should I Participate?

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What To Do When You Exceed Your Leadership Capacity

Ron Edmondson

'What is your leadership capacity? Have you found it? I use the term leadership capacity to describe a leader’s maximum potential to effectively lead others to accomplish the vision. A leader exceeds their leadership capacity when they no longer have the ability to effectively manage or lead the organization to reach its potential. They find themselves on a regular basis not able to handle all the demands placed upon them — and it’s beginning to show in the organization.

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10 Tips For Making Virtual Meetings Successful

Eric Jacobson

'Business leaders and employees are holding virtual meetings more than ever. Despite the cost-saving and other advantages, virtual meetings versus in-person meetings have their challenges. One of the largest is because participants cannot bond in the same way as they do when they are sitting across the table from one another. In the book, The Collaboration Imperative , co-authors Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese, recommend you follow these 10 tips for making your virtual meeting successful , particularl

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Leaders Eat Last – an #infographic

Rapid BI

'Some weeks ago I had an email asking if I would share an infographic on this blog. To be honest I was too preoccupied with moving countries to properly consider the request. Today whilst looking through some messages I tagged I found the emails, and you know what…? The graphic contained some really interesting stuff. […].

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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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Being a Good Leader Makes You More Attractive

Harvard Business Review

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #225

Rapid BI

'“If you really want to hurt somebody. sting them with criticism!” Office based cartoons, funnies or humor can help to communicate important messages or tips in a non threatening way. see more office humor Tweets by @RapidBI See some of our products to help develop your people and your business: Coach People £50.00 Add […].

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