Sun.Jun 22, 2014

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Connect at Work During Lunch

Michael Lee Stallard

'#38 Make Lunch and Break Connections – In many workplace cultures today, taking lunch away from your desk may brand you as a slacker. It’s too bad this is the case since taking time to connect with someone who energizes you is a great way to boost your personal productivity by refreshing and re-energizing your brain. Try it this week. This is the thirty-eighth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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Boardroom Knowledge and Experience Do Not Go into Perpetuity

Women on Business

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Results Aren’t the Real Issue

Leadership Freak

'Results never magically appear just because you want them. Wanting and producing are two different things. Future results aren’t real. Its easy to want to be a successful leader. Only fools want to fail.

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How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination

Kevin Eikenberry

'By Sally Hogshead In 2010 Sally Hogshead wrote a book called Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation. It focused on using her research into what she then called the Fascination Triggers and using them to market products and services. I was a fan of that book, and was one of the first to […].

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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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“No, But, However”

Marshall Goldsmith

'An easy habit for people who like to win to fall into, and a surefire shortcut for killing conversations, is to start a sentence with “no,” “but,” or “however”. It doesn’t matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you say these words, the message to your recipient is “You are wrong.” It’s not “Let’s discuss,” “I’d love to hear what you think,” it’s unequivocally, “You are wrong and I am right.

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Rich Kalgaard: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Rich Karlgaard is an angel investor, board director and Wall Street Journal best-selling author as well as the longtime publisher (since 1998) of Forbes magazine. He also writes the Forbes column, “Innovation Rules,” which is known for its witty assessment of business and technology. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX […].

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The 20 Excuses That Stifle New Business Transformation

Eric Jacobson

'In their book, How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things , co-authors Neil Smith and Patricia O''Connell list 20 excuses commonly heard in companies for reasons why new business transformation ideas are not considered. The authors recommend eliminating these 20 excuses from your company''s vocabulary : Our company is well run; there are no opportunities.

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Leadership and Courage

You're Not the Boss of Me

'Courage has many faces. It doesn’t always show up complete with epaulets and a shiny sword yelling “Charge!!” In fact, I would suggest it more often demands a much subtler approach. Either way, courage is not something we can buy or fake. It lives in the heart of our character. And, it is something we hope to have enough of when we need it most. Brave leaders go first and inspire others to find their own courage.

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Integrity In Management Means.

Eric Jacobson

'Some words of wisdom from author Thomas Teal : Integrity in management means : being responsible communicating clearly keeping promises being an honest broker avoiding hidden agendas knowing oneself Great managers serve two masters; one organizational, one moral. Managing is not a series of mechanical tasks but a set of human interactions. One reason for the scarcity of managerial greatness is that in educating and training managers, we focus too much on technical proficiency and too little on

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Psalm 51 – Sermon

Ron Edmondson

'Psalm 51 Sermon from ron edmondson on Vimeo. Related posts: Psalm 103 Sermon: Adoration of God. Psalm 86 Sermon. Are you suffering? Listen to this Message from Psalm 22. Satan and his Demons…a Sermon.

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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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Making The World A Better Place, One Juice At A Time: The Kure For The Common Business

Terry Starbucker

'Picture this: It’s 3PM. You’ve already had a long and exhausting day at work, and you have 15 precious minutes to step away for a drink or snack. You know you don’t want to hit the vending machines for a coke and some potato chips, so you step outside and hit the streets, looking for that extra something that will get you through the rest of the day, instead of adding heartburn to your list of problems.