Wed.Jan 28, 2015

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Are You Letting Your Team Outgrow Their Past?

Let's Grow Leaders

'Most leaders mature (and yes, that’s me on the right). And yet, often when someone has been with the company for a long time, it’s their old image that sticks. Be sure you’re helping your team outgrow their past. I’ve seen too many companies go “in search of” the ideal candidate, hire them, and then find they had the right guy all along (after the first one didn’t work out).

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Act Like You are In Charge …Then Deliver!

General Leadership

'“There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power and influence. Those who lead inspire us.”. Simon Sinek. “Act like you are in charge.” I am sure that you have heard this at some time in your career. What does it mean to you? Does it mean that you have to storm around the office using a stern, gruff tone? Does it mean that you are unreasonable and unpredictable because you can be?

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Get Off The Strategy Merry-Go-Round

N2Growth Blog

'By Mark Hefner. Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. Most organizations, and even most strategy consultants, are using strategic planning frameworks built for business models that were designed during the industrial age. These methods are antiquated in both efficiency and effectiveness. They are complex – they are costly – they are slow – they are broken.

Strategy 305
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Three Stops On The Search For Meaning

Lead Change Blog

'I wish Viktor Frankl had been my uncle or even next-door neighbor. Such a gentle and kind spirit, accomplished, yet humble, very connected to his internal being, yet realistic in his self-appraisals, and with the ability to see how we are and to hold the mirror of words up for us to see ourselves. Yep, I’m in the Frankl Fanatics Fan group, as are many others who I respect and admire. .

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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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Ending Frustration At Work

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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It’s All About The Trust

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Monday I received the wonderful news that I was in the Trust Across America-Trust Around the World 2015 Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trust. I consider this a great honor because trust is critical to successful business. Trust improves communication, culture, performance, engagement and results.

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What Leaders Can Learn From Watching the Super Bowl

Kevin Eikenberry

'Chances are, in a few days you will be watching the Super Bowl. Whether at a party, or home alone, whether you are a true fan of the game or of the Seahawks or Patriots, or are just watching for the commercials, the Super Bowl is more than a chance to relax, root, eat or […]. The post What Leaders Can Learn From Watching the Super Bowl appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Stop Pushing – Create Pull

Leadership Freak

'Would you rather push or be pulled? Coaching-leadership offers innovative approaches to talent development and results. 4 myths about coaching-leadership: #1. Traditional leaders tell and give answers; coaching-leaders don’t lead.

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Is Fear Holding You Back?

Joseph Lalonde

'T he last couple of years I’ve had a fascination with most things aviation. From planes ( I jumped out of a plane and would still like to learn how to pilot a plane) to helicopters (RC helicopters and quadcopters), I’m drawn to things that fly. These inventions that can defy gravity. They can move about in the sky unhindered. It’s absolutely fascinating.

Power 175
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Why I Bailed on My STEM Career

Change Starts Here

'There’s been a lot of talk lately in the US about building more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) capability in the workforce, and related conversations about how to increase the number of women in STEM programs, and how to keep women in those jobs once they have them. And it makes me feel a little guilty. Because I had high potential for an engineering career, and I left it.

Career 111
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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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Hard Skills are Like “Sitting Targets” – Soft Skills are More Like “Moving Targets” – Thoughts on Learning Skills…

First Friday Book Synopsis

'(This post started out as an introduction to some book recommendations. I decided to let it stand alone). There are two kinds of learning. We typically divide these into “hard skills,” and “soft skills.” To oversimplify — a “hard skill” is something you learn to “do,” and once you’ve learned it, you know how to […].

Skills 107
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Starting Thought: Awaken the Full Leader Within You

leaderCommunicator

'I was privileged to work with an amazing senior leader recently and her team, and she said something I thought was hugely profound about leadership and being a leader: “Leading is not something I do; being a leader is who I became.”. What she meant was that she can’t separate getting work done from leadership. It’s not something to be scheduled but part of how she operates every day.

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Here are Some Book Recommendations for a Number of Business Leadership Issues

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I was recently asked to recommend books for a number of different business issues, pretty much all related to leadership issues. The issues are on the left, and the book suggestions follow to the right of each issue. This was a quick response. I suspect that you could come up with other, maybe better book […].

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How to Attract Clients Without Trying

David A Fields

'Why is winning new business easy for some consultants? You have peers who know winning a few hundred grand or a few million dollars in business is as sure as the sun coming up tomorrow. And if you’re struggling to grow your consulting practice then you may shake your head and wonder, “Why isn’t that me? What am I doing wrong?” Well, unless you and I talk, I can’t say if you’d benefit from a change in course.

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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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Be•Know•Do: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Be•Know•Do: Leadership the Army Way: Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual United States Army (Author); Frances Hesselbein and Eric K. Shinseki (Introduction), and Richard E. Cavanagh (Foreword) Jossey-Bass/Leader to Leader Institute; 1st edition (2004) How to develop leaders who have character, competence, knowledge, and results-driven initiative I recently re-read this book, curious to know to what extent […].

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Should You Pre-Package or Customize Your Offerings?

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: Do you recommend building customized solutions based on each prospect’s problem or having specific products to sell? I’m struggling with how to balance this. What is your answer to this consultant? In your experience, has it worked better to pitch pre-packaged offerings or should every project be custom-tailored to the situation?

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Foolproof Your Online Marketing Strategy

Strategy Driven

'The main reason you build a website is because you want people to see it. If your site has no visitors, developing it is a waste of time. The sad truth is many people struggle to learn the best ways of getting people going on their websites. If you’re one of those people, you can take comfort in the fact that you’re not alone. The good news is that today’s handy guide will give you examples of what you need to do to make your site popular!

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The Ideal Work Schedule, as Determined by Circadian Rhythms

Harvard Business Review

'Humans have a well-defined internal clock that shapes our energy levels throughout the day: our circadian process, which is often referred to as a circadian rhythm because it tends to be very regular. If you’ve ever had jetlag, then you know how persistent circadian rhythms can be. This natural — and hardwired — ebb and flow in our ability to feel alert or sleepy has important implications for you and your employees.

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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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Conscious Leadership

Coaching Tip

'Current research on leadership shows that over the course of our career, four competencies trump all others as the greatest predictors of sustained success: self-awareness , learning agility, communication and influence. . The last two deal with how leaders interact with their world, and the first two address leaders'' internal relationship to "reality.".

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Being Experienced Doesn’t Automatically Make You a Great Mentor

Harvard Business Review

'Coaching and mentoring is more popular than ever — and for good reason. As individuals progress in their jobs and careers, they’re constantly challenged to build their skills and act outside their comfort zones. Timid executives are called upon to learn to deliver motivational speeches; conflict-avoidant managers need to learn to deliver bad news; and mild-mannered job seekers need to pitch and promote themselves at networking events.

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9 Ways for a Leader to Lose Favor — And Some Advice to Guard Against It

Ron Edmondson

'One of the hardest losses for a leader is when they lose favor with the people they are trying to lead. It’s very hard to regain trust once it’s lost. Sadly, the longer I serve as a leader, the easier it seems to be to lose a follower’s trust. People are more skeptical — it seems to me — of leadership these days than in days past.

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The Sharing Economy Isn’t About Sharing at All

Harvard Business Review

'The sharing economy has been widely hailed as a major growth sector, by sources ranging from Fortune magazine to President Obama. It has disrupted mature industries, such as hotels and automotives, by providing consumers with convenient and cost efficient access to resources without the financial, emotional, or social burdens of ownership. But the sharing economy isn’t really a “sharing” economy at all; it’s an access economy.

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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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4 Ways to Make Conference Calls Less Terrible

Harvard Business Review

'No one wants to sit on a boring conference call, especially when they have other work to do. But that’s the reality for a lot of people, at least according to recent InterCall research on the rise of mobile conference calls and employee conferencing behavior. With 82% of employees admitting to focusing on other work while on a call (along with other, less tasteful non-work distractions), disengagement — at least during virtual meetings — has started to become standard practice

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Case Study: Can a Work-at-Home Policy Hurt Morale?

Harvard Business Review

'Amrita Trivedi couldn’t help overhearing the heated argument outside her office door. As general manager of the Noida, India, office of KGDV, a global knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) company, she had always encouraged healthy debate on her team, but she was surprised that her head of human resources, Vijay Nayak, and her top project manager, Matt Parker, were going at it in the hallway. “It’s a benefit they earned, Vijay!

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A Step-by-Step Plan to Improve CMO-COO Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

'A traveler arrives in a foreign country and attempts to use his credit card to make a purchase. It is the same card he used to buy the plane ticket and book the hotel. While this would seem sufficient to alert the bank to his impending trip abroad, “transaction denied” flashes across the terminal screen, leaving this longtime customer stranded, fuming, and no longer so loyal.

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What We Know, Now, About the Internet’s Disruptive Power

Harvard Business Review

'In 1979, before a single IBM PC was ever sold, or the first cell phone network was created, or the digital HDTV standard was even conceived, Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell had no trouble foreseeing the convergence of computers, TV, and telephones into a single system that would allow the transmission of data and the interaction of people and computers in real time.

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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.