Tue.Jul 29, 2014

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Leadership: From Transference To Transcendence

Lead Change Blog

'We all have heard these phrases and sentiments spoken from various people in leadership positions: “I’m not here to make friends; I have a job to do” “We – can’t afford/don’t have the budget for – training” “You don’t have to like me, but you have to respect me and do what I say” Dan [.

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Top Psychological Tricks For The Office.

Rich Gee Group

'Sometimes you need an advantage at work. Not only to get ahead and get that promotion — sometimes to just survive. Many close colleagues and new clients have been written up and fired (for nothing) instead of being laid off (the rational option). Companies are getting more cutthroat, managers are getting more paranoid, and it’s everyone for themselves people.

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10 Magic Phrases That Will Make You a Better Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

'This post was recently appeared at SmartBlog on Leadership : Want to be a better leader? Then try improving your vocabulary. No, I’m not talking adding the latest management and leadership buzzwords or jargon to your repertoire. If that’s what you’re looking for, try the Wall Street Journal’s Business Buzzwords Generator. You’ll be able to walk around uttering leadership gibberish such as “ Moving forward, it''s time to act with strategic vector and transform our team bandwidth” , and “Looking

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How Vacation Time Can Make You A Better Leader

Tanveer Naseer

'When you’ve been writing a blog for 5 years as I have starting this month, one of the things you appreciate as being a key factor behind your longevity in this sphere is the importance of taking a vacation break to employ the 3 R’s – rest, review, and reflection. Of course, it’s not just the art of writing that benefits from taking time off for rest and relaxation to keep improving your craft.

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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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5 Steps to Build Your Personal Brand and Business with Public Speaking

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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The Editor of Forbes on Grit

Leadership Freak

'If you’re not pretty or smart don’t worry. Intelligence doesn’t determine success. Emotional intelligence is more important than general intelligence, but hard work is more important than both.

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Remarkable TV: Let’s Keep the Drama on the TV

Kevin Eikenberry

'A good drama on the TV or at the movies? Awesome. Drama at the workplace … not so much. Watch this short video to learn tips for reducing the drama in your workplace. Reducing workplace drama starts with trying to understand the motivation and perspectives of the “actors.” @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) You can learn more […].

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When a Servant Leader is Fired – Market Basket Demonstrates the Cost of Terminating a Servant Leader CEO

Modern Servant Leader

'Market Basket Stakeholders Rally to Support Their Servant Leader. There’s a Hollywood plot playing out in Massachusetts, as cousins battle for control over a large grocery store chain. Unfortunately, employees, suppliers and customers are paying the price. Market Basket is a multi-billion dollar, family owned, grocery chain in New England. Or at least, it was worth billions.

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Remarkable TV: Let’s Keep the Drama on the TV

Kevin Eikenberry

'A good drama on the TV or at the movies? Awesome. Drama at the workplace … not so much. Watch this short video to learn tips for reducing the drama in your workplace. Reducing workplace drama starts with trying to understand the motivation and perspectives of the “actors.” @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) You can learn more […]. The post Remarkable TV: Let’s Keep the Drama on the TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Bob Burg

Joseph Lalonde

'T he amount of money you make is proportional to the amount of people that you serve and the value you offer. The post Bob Burg appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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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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Become The Leader Worth Following

Lead from Within

'Examples of leaders are everywhere. Many are powerful, many are popular, but few are worthy of being followed. The ones that extend themselves to keep promises, act ethically, lead by example, show fairness, act out of humility, show confidence, and demonstrate trust. They are the people we count on. They are the ones we want to follow without being told.

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6 Tips to Help Employees Grow and Develop

leaderCommunicator

'Taking an active role in the development of your team demonstrates confidence and concern for the future of the organization. It also gives employees feelings of significance, community, and value. When you create a culture in which employees can reach their goals and know their thoughts and insights are appreciated, you boost productivity, morale, and engagement.

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“Multitasking” is an “Urban Legend” – You Really Can Have only One Focus at a Time

First Friday Book Synopsis

'One frustrated psychologist has argued that the case for multitasking is on a par with “urban legend”; that is, it’s a story we like the sound of but that is really nonsense. From Margaret Heffernan, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvoius at our Peril ——————– So, here’s the problem. We think we can do […].

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Spinning Your Wheels Trying to Implement Change at Work?

Change Starts Here

'Ready to gain some traction? People who implement change at work use common phrases to describe the frustration they feel at times: Herding cats. Swimming upstream. Banging my head against the wall. Spinning my wheels. Walking through quicksand. Pushing a boulder uphill. In other words, it seems like a lot of effort for little or no result. Sound familiar?

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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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10 Of My Biggest Leadership Mistakes

Ron Edmondson

'I’ve made a lot of mistakes in leadership. One of the primary purposes of this blog is to help others learn from my experience. So, I want to share some of the mistakes I’ve made. I hope at least one of them encourages other leaders. These are 10 of the biggest: Playing salesman more than seeking wisdom. I have had times I was so convinced I was right that I used my skills as a communicator to get people on my side.

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Management Observation Program – Observations Change Behaviors

Strategy Driven

'Admit it; you perform differently when your supervisor is watching you. Suddenly, all of the performance rules become clear and important. You feel a sudden urgency and compulsion to recall them. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #133

Rapid BI

'“Of course I will stand behind you. I can’t kick your butt if I’m standing in front of you.

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How the Internet of Things Changes Business Models

Harvard Business Review

'As the Internet of Things (IoT) spreads, the implications for business model innovation are huge. Filling out well-known frameworks and streamlining established business models won’t be enough. To take advantage of new, cloud-based opportunities, today’s companies will need to fundamentally rethink their orthodoxies about value creation and value capture.

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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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Interstellar Space Travel - Humanity's Opportunity to Get Real

Building Personal Strength

'Space travel! Astronauts, men on the moon, space stations, spacecraft that have visited all the planets - even asteroids and comets. One spacecraft has even left our solar system. It’s as if science fiction has become science fact. It almost seems that we can do anything in space if we put our minds to it. It seems so easy—I think too easy—to go from appreciating these achievements to dreams of sending explorers to the other planets and beyond.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

'In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office. While my colleagues and I vehemently agree that HR’s status quo is an inhibitor to growth, it is with the same fervor that we disagree with Ram’s

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Ace the Group Interview

Harvard Business Review

'An interview with the board of directors is standard for the CEO, CFO, and nonprofit Executive Director hiring processes, but the group interview approach is becoming more common for many other positions. If you have a group interview in your future, it probably means that you are one of the top candidates for the job, but there are challenges that are specific to these sessions that can make them a tough hurdle to cross.

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The Former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather on Personal Branding

Harvard Business Review

'Shelly Lazarus has been building brands at Ogilvy & Mather for more than 40 years. When she joined the agency in 1971, she was one of few women in the advertising field. Twenty-six years later, having steered successful branding efforts for clients such as IBM, Ford, American Express and Unilever, she was named its Chairman and CEO. What does this business trailblazer, Advertising Hall-of-Famer and current Board member of Merck, G.E. and Blackstone recommend to people who want to build th

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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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OkCupid’s Co-Founder Probably Wouldn’t Agree to the Experiments OkCupid Runs on Its Users

Harvard Business Review

'You may have heard that OkCupid sometimes lied about potential matches’ algorithmic compatibility for the sake of understanding its users. You may have also read its co-founder and president Christian Rudder’s explanation on OkCupid’s blog in which he dismisses concerns about the practice. “That’s how websites work,” he patronizingly tells us.

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Science Shows Why Marketers Are Right to Use Nostalgia

Harvard Business Review

'Nostalgia, by heightening feelings of connectedness, reduces people’s desire for money, says a team led by Jannine D. Lasaleta of the Grenoble School of Management in France. In one experiment, nostalgic feelings increased people’s willingness to pay for desired objects. In another, participants who were asked to draw pictures of coins drew them 10% smaller after writing about a nostalgic event.

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Were OkCupid’s and Facebook’s Experiments Unethical?

Harvard Business Review

'It’s been an interesting month for online social science experiments, between Facebook’s research into emotional contagion and now OkCupid’s study of perceived compatibility. The two experiments had very different objectives, but both companies learned the same lesson: People get really upset about studies like this. Problem is, that’s the wrong lesson.

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Case Study: Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?

Harvard Business Review

'Finally , Sarah thought. J.P. Offutt, the CEO, had named a time when they could meet. Sarah was a longtime director of the company that J.P. ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. But board meetings had been tense recently, and J.P. had grown distant. In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO.

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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.