Sun.Nov 23, 2014

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Closing Your Company’s “Leadership Gap”

Michael Lee Stallard

'Historically, leaders have relied on their internal networks and intuition to assess employee engagement and strategic alignment. Tom Peters and Robert Waterman called it “management by wandering around” or “MBWA” in their classic book In Search of Excellence. Just as intuition once tricked us into believing that the world was flat and the sun rotated around the earth, it is a flaw of human nature that most leaders are mistaken in their assessment of the engagement and alignment of people they

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Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work. And What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing and Engaging

Kevin Eikenberry

'Today I am making two recommendations in one short post. One for a book, and one for an accompanying teleseminar that we were able to “motivate” the author to lead. That author, a long time consultant, trainer, and coach Susan Fowler says: “Stop trying to motivate people. They are already, but generally in superficial, short-term […].

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To Connect, Learn and Apply the Five Languages of Appreciation

Michael Lee Stallard

'#60 Learn and Apply the Five Languages of Appreciation – Ask your direct reports about memorable times when they received recognition at work. As they describe these times, ask questions to identify their primary and secondary languages of appreciation (also known as “love languages”). The five languages of appreciation in the workplace are as follows: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts, and physical touch.

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Is It Time to Stop Saying Thank You

Leadership Freak

'Gratitude, honor, and recognition are so much deeper and more powerful than just saying thanks.

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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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More Xavier Austen Pictures

CEO Blog

'Xavier and I did Google hangouts yesterday. He is a person of few words. It means anything he does say has a lot of weight. ++ I like the long time (like 20+year) bike law in Idaho that allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. Lets get that through in Guelph/Ontario. Good video on it here. ++ On Procrastination: “I like work: it fascinates me.

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What Warren Buffett would do to end the deficit in 5 minutes

First Friday Book Synopsis

'He told told CNBC he could do it. How? “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days […].

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Just an Observation – Is there a Growing Fear of Not Being Innovative Enough?

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I have read and presented synopses of many, many books dealing with creativity and innovation. I read a lot of articles and posts on innovation. I think I’m sensing a very subtle shift. I could be wrong about this, but I think I’m sensing this… It now seems that everyone agrees — we have to […].

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8 Tips For Writing An Effective Performance Appraisal

Eric Jacobson

'Today''s guest post is by: Peggy Pedwano Solutions Specialist at Halogen Software As performance appraisal time draws near, managers are all too likely to be dreading the exercise. According to a report by the Wharton School, although 91% of companies worldwide have a performance review process, only 35 to 40% do it well, often because managers lack the training to write effective performance appraisals.

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Intelligent Lifeform Exposes Himself to Deadly Radiation

Building Personal Strength

'Me, soaking in rays (photo Kathleen Scott ) Where I live, the coolest breakfasts in town (in my opinion) are hosted by Casa Garcia''s Restaurant and Cantina. Here I am on a Sunday morning after a custom-filled omelet, sitting outside on one of their benches, enjoying the warm sun. Actually, I was thinking that the solar radiation that had reached my cheeks had penetrated our planet''s magnetic field and thin atmosphere.

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What is a real missed opportunity?

Rajesh Setty

'One of my favorite quotes is actually an African proverb. It goes like this: When you want to go fast, go alone. When you want to go far, go together. It’s easy to understand and equally easy to forget, unfortunately. With that in the background, let’s get to answering the question we started with: What is a real missed opportunity? In short, the “real missed opportunity” is your inability to proactively help people in your network to accelerate the pursuit of their dreams.

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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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The Privilege of Leadership and Four Promises We Should Make Team Members

Management Craft

This is a reflective time of the year for me. We are urged to say “thanks” to give to others and then to embark on the New Year with gusto. It’s a lot to take in! And for me, this year is extra deep/important because I will be starting a new job. Many of you know that a few years ago I jumped back into an internal role so that I could set aside the stress and strain of the road warrior life.

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Philippians, Chapter 1

Ron Edmondson

'Philippians, Part 1 from ron edmondson on Vimeo. The post Philippians, Chapter 1 appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Related posts: Jonah Chapter 3: A Sermon. Jonah Chapter 4: A Sermon. Intentional Living – Write the Life Plan. Complaining and Arguing: A Sermon by Nate Edmondson.

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4 Essential Rules For Making Better Hires

Terry Starbucker

'It’s one of my 8 Principles of More Human Leadership – Finding and Teaching More Human Leaders. Finding the “right” people to build the best team has always been one of the most challenging things a leader can do, and it often can be the most frustrating, because when you get right down to it, there is a lot of risk involved– by following the right rules and being disciplined about it you can reduce your odds of failure, but in the end, you can never reduce that risk completely.