Thu.Feb 13, 2014

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3 Ways To Steady Your Leadership in a Changing World

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership The headlines occur virtually every week. Another person in a leadership capacity falters and brings calamity down on those around them. It’s not only grievous to us as leaders, but also to those that are adversely impacted by their actions. Why, we often wonder, does someone fall away in their leadership role?

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(More of The) 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work: Lessons 6-10

Terry Starbucker

'Here are Lessons 6-10 of my 5-part series outlining 25 timeless leadership lessons -a primer and distillation of a lifetime of learning, and practicing, my great passion of leadership. I introduced Lessons 1-5 last week, and if you missed that post, take a look here , and then come on back. Here’s a summary of all 25, and the lessons discussed today are in bold ( p ast lessons are underlined and linked ).

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Momentum: What it is and 5 Ways to Get It

Leadership Freak

'Negative momentum punches you in the gut every step of the way. But, positive momentum makes everything easier. It is never the size of your problem that is the problem. It’s a lack of momentum. John Maxwell 5 truths about the momentum: Momentum magnifies success. Momentum shrinks problems and obstacles. Momentum energizes. Momentum enhances performance. […].

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3 Critical Areas to Focus on Before Your First Board Meeting

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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076: 5 Ways to Win Lovers and Influence Co-workers

Engaging Leader

'There are five basic ways that people feel revved up by the people they live and work with. Most of us need to receive all five to feel approved, affirmed, respected, and/or loved. But usually, one or two is most significant, and that’s different for everyone. In this episode, Jesse is joined in the studio […]. The post 076: 5 Ways to Win Lovers and Influence Co-workers appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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How to Create a Culture of Innovation

LDRLB

'When FastCompany published 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation this last Fall, within the first few days the article received over 2000 tweets from FastCo’s page alone. It became one of the Magazine’s most popular articles of 2013. Why such keen interest in this topic? Many leaders and organizations have finally recognized that real innovation isn’t about creating finely tuned processes, using new fangled methodologies, or creating 2×2 matrices.

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Beautiful machines

Tony Mayo

'Enjoy the videos online of Arthur Ganson‘s compelling kinetic sculptures. In our era of concealed, abstractly-comprehended, and practical technology we can still admire the overt and elegant application of simple gears and levers to accomplishing tasks with no end purpose, only a grace in the doing. .

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3 Sources of Reward and Punishment on the Job

Mike Cardus

'I lead a series of workshops and 1 on 1 coaching work with several managers based on the work of Ferdinand Fournies and his research on: Why Don’t Employee do what they are supposed to do? And what to do about it. BTW the top 5 reasons are: 1. They don’t know what they are supposed to do. 2. They don’t know how to do it. 3. They don’t know why they should do it. 4.

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Organizational Leadership 101 – Three Key Phrases from Melinda Gates

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Yesterday, (Februrary 12, 2014), Diane Rehm spent an hour with Melinda Gates: Melinda Gates On Philanthropy. As of this writing, the transcript is not available, but there is a video of the interview available on Diane Rehms’s site: After a brief break, as Ms. Rehm resumed the segment, she read (probably from a document supplied […].

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Effective Goal Setting - Tips From Olympian Alan Culpepper

Eric Jacobson

'If you''ve had a lapse in maintaining your New Year''s resolutions, it may be time to set a new goal for yourself. Here are seven tips for goal setting from two-time U.S. Olympian Alan Culpepper (from the November 2013 issue of Competitor magazine). Here are his seven tips for setting goals, whether are your workplace or away-from-work goals: Be clear and specific about what it is you are trying to accomplish.

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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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Intelligent Life on Earth

Building Personal Strength

'Over 10 years ago I was mentoring an at-risk teenager. We both shared an enthusiasm for science fiction, so when I read in the paper that the public library was hosting a lecture on "Alien Life on Mars," I suggested that we attend it. It turned out to be a meeting of a club whose members believed that UFO sightings were alien spacecraft, that human life came from ancient aliens, that aliens had abducted humans for painful experiments, etc.

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7 Simple Ideas to Strengthen Your Marriage

Ron Edmondson

'I’ve shared recently about ways we injure our spouse without even knowing it. You can read the husband’s post HERE and the wife’s post HERE. A common request after those posts is that I should share ways to strengthen the marriage. I should note that I’m hesitant to offer what appears to be therapy by list, because a good marriage is far more than a formula.

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Conference Sponsorship Offers Online Communities a Way to Reach New Members and Connect with Existing Ones

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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RapidBI Daily Cartoon #14

Rapid BI

' I’ve always been impatient. Sometimes I get nostalgic about things that haven’t happened yet. 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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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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A Successful International Assignment Depends on These Factors

Harvard Business Review

'What are your thoughts on international assignments? Take our survey and let us know. The prospect of an international assignment can be equal parts thrilling and alarming: Will it make or break your career? What will it do to your life at home and the people you love? When you’re thinking about relocating, you start viewing questions of work and family — difficult enough under ordinary circumstances — through a kind of high-contrast, maximum-drama filter.

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Why Amazon Should Unbundle Prime

Harvard Business Review

'In 2005, Amazon introduced its Prime service, which provides members with unlimited “free” two-day delivery (as well as discounted overnight delivery) on eligible products for $79 a year. In the vein of famed pitchman Ron Popeil , over the years Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has “stuffed the bundle” by including extras such as movie/television streaming and Kindle book borrowing.

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Entrepreneurs Don’t Have an Optimism Bias — You Have a Pessimism Bias

Harvard Business Review

'It comes as no surprise that entrepreneurs are an optimistic bunch. Research has confirmed as much, suggesting that entrepreneurs suffer from an “optimism bias,” one that is linked to both advantages and disadvantages. Optimism can help entrepreneurs persist in the face of a challenge , but it can also lead them to take imprudent risks.

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Brands Aren’t Dead, But Traditional Branding Tools Are Dying

Harvard Business Review

'Back in the days when the internet was young, many believed that as it grew brands would become a thing of the past. Leading information economy thinkers propagated this view, including Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian, who published the highly influential book, Information Rules, in 1999 (Varian is now chief economist at Google). The book predicted that the power of brands would shrink as people had access to more and more free information.

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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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Develop the Leaders You’ve Been Overlooking

Harvard Business Review

'Say the word leader and most people immediately think of those with business cards that says “manager,” “director,” or other such lofty title. That is, the people who hold positions of stature within a company’s hierarchy, to whom several individuals report, and whose influence comes in great measure from the positions they hold. But anyone who has worked in organizations knows that there are also people without managerial titles, and who have no direct reports, and yet wield great influence an

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How the U.S. Can Regain its Edge

Harvard Business Review

'Richard Haass , president of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the U.S. can remain a global leader only if it addresses issues at home. For more, read his latest book. Download this podcast.

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All Work Has Meaning (Almost)

Harvard Business Review

'Mitch Barns, the new Nielsen CEO, recently recounted a story of how a young leader who was asked two pointed questions at a Q&A session. “Do you think the work we do has any redeeming social value? And more specifically, do you think our work does any good in the world?”. I’m sure this is a question that has emerged from the mouth of many a millennial–and, if we’re being honest, from ours as well.

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Company Culture Is Part of Your Business Model

Harvard Business Review

'A few years back, I was waiting for the light to change at 51 st Street and Fifth Avenue in NYC. As I stood there, an elderly south Asian man came up next to me with a cart loaded with breakfast food that he was delivering to a meeting. When the light changed we both moved forward. As he pushed the cart, he did not see a small gap at the edge of the sidewalk.

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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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A Partial Confession Makes You Feel Worse Than Full Disclosure (or No Disclosure)

Harvard Business Review

'A partial confession to a misdeed may appear to be a low-emotional-cost alternative to a full confession, for the obvious reason that it wouldn’t require you to fully reveal what you’ve done. But in an experiment, people who partially confessed to cheating felt worse afterward than those who had fully confessed, as well as worse than people who hadn’t confessed at all (about 2.2 on a five-point negative-affect scale, versus about 1.8 for full confessors and nonconfessors), says a team led by Ey

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