Fri.Sep 26, 2014

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How to Give So They Will Receive

Let's Grow Leaders

'As the old adage goes, it’s better to give than to receive. And, the best networking advice I’ve ever given (or received) is to give first and then give some more. With all that giving going on, it’s also important to know how and when it’s time to receive. I recently asked a group of managers, “Is it more difficult for you to give or to receive?

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Leading with ICE Part II: Committment

General Leadership

'“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”. Peter F. Drucker. In Part I of this series (INSERT LINK) we discussed Integrity and the concept of being “whole” as a leader. There is more to it than one blog entry and I hope that you have wrestled with what makes you come alive! We need leaders who are alive…and making a difference for their team…not just imparting direction!

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6 Tried and True Ways to Increase the Effectiveness of Your Website

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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Why You Don’t Want To Become A Better Person

Joseph Lalonde

'T he original title for this blog post was going to be Becoming A Better Person. Then I sat and thought about the blog title and knew it wasn’t right. The direction was wrong and I felt like I’d be doing you a disservice to write that type of article. Instead, I wanted to share you don’t want to become a better person. Image via JD Hancock.

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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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Does Your Culture Engine Need a Tune-Up?

Next Level Blog

'In his new book, The Culture Engine, veteran leadership consultant Chris Edmonds makes the very valid point that many leaders focus far more on what their organizations do than how they actually do it. If you want results for the long run, the "how" matters – a lot. (Audio).

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Sponsored Video: Creating Opportunities for Others in Your Small Business

Women on Business

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Weekly Round-Up: On 5 Ways to Save Your Middle Managers From Burnout, 10 Facts Every CEO Should Know About Communication & How to Be Smarter About Employee Engagement

leaderCommunicator

'Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays I pull some of the best together here on my blog. So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts. They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network.

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It’s a Marathon. It’s a Sprint. – It’s a Marathon AND a Sprint! – It’s A Keeping At It Over the Long Haul In a Fast and Faster Pace Era

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Take a good hard look at this quote from President Obama, which I heard on this Morning Edition segment: Promised Help To Fight Ebola Arriving At ‘Speed Of A Turtle’: “There is still a significant gap between where we are and where we need to be,” Obama said. “We know from experience that the response to […].

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Present for Success

Strategy Driven

'Does this sound familiar? You have a big presentation and you practice reading your notes for several days. You work on the perfect PowerPoint slides and polish your content, but on the big day it feels like your presentation falls flat. What happened? If public speaking makes you uncomfortable or gives you anxiety, you’re not alone: public speaking is one of the most common fears in the United States.

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Obsessively Hard Work Earned Me an A in Typing

Building Personal Strength

'When I told a friend that I made an A in every course I took in high school, he asked me, "Which course did you take as a senior that turned out to be the most important to you?" Good question. I had never considered it, so I thought about the courses I took, many of which prepared me for my courses at West Point, which challenged me on another level.

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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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A Quick Thought on Planning Organizational Charts for Churches

Ron Edmondson

'Here is a quick thought when planning your organizational charts — especially for churches. Staff for needs. Don’t staff for structure. I’ve seen this in so many organizations, but probably especially in the church. We naturally assume that if a position comes open we have to fill it with the same title and function of the previous position.

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Read Fiction with Your Coworkers

Harvard Business Review

'I have to confess that I have never entirely understood the concept of “summer reading” for adults. In the Northern Hemisphere (especially the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere, where I live) the three months of summer offer a rare chance to be outside in weather that is actually enjoyable. Kids are out of school, colleagues are out of the office, and, if you’re lucky, weekends are out of a suitcase by some sort of body of water.

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How To Write A Company Policy

Eric Jacobson

'Keep these five tips in mind when you craft your next company policy: Keep the policy short and simple. Get rid of two old policies for every new policy you implement. Make sure that your organization''s policy and procedures are written to serve your employees and customers--not just your organization. Don''t write a policy in reaction to a single incident.

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Ello Is a Wake-Up Call for Social Media Marketing

Harvard Business Review

'To understand upstart social network Ello , which burst into the spotlight this week — growing from just 90 members in August to a reported 30,000 new users per hour — let’s start with its manifesto: Your social network is owned by advertisers. Every post you share, every friend you make and every link you follow is tracked, recorded and converted into data.

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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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The Democracy Wave Recedes: Does this Chart Show a Developing Bear Market for Liberal Democracy?

Coaching Tip

'By Elliott Wave International. Editor''s note: The following article was republished here with permission from the co-editors of the September issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast , a publication of Robert Prechter''s Elliott Wave International, the world''s largest financial forecasting firm. From Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, EWI is throwing open the doors to all of its investor services 100% free.

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For a New Way to Manage Risk, Look to the Past

Harvard Business Review

'By Focusing on Resilient Risk Management Ebola Battlers Can Learn from Venice's Response to Black Death NPR Every now and then, a story comes along that makes us editors say, "Why didn''t we think of that?" This is one of those stories, which looks at the devastating Ebola crisis through the lens of both history and risk management, with lessons that go beyond what''s happening in Africa.

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Find the Best Local Markets to Drive Growth

Harvard Business Review

'As families settle back into school, parents start to worry about the viruses that naturally spread when children cluster together in classes. My colleague Tim Joyce and I have found a similar viral phenomenon with superconsumers — our term for people who buy big volumes of a product or service, but who often can be convinced to buy even more. But instead of spreading germs, superconsumers spread growth.

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Why the Fed Is So Wimpy

Harvard Business Review

'Regulatory capture — when regulators come to act mainly in the interest of the industries they regulate — is a phenomenon that economists, political scientists, and legal scholars have been writing about for decades. Bank regulators in particular have been depicted as captives for years, and have even taken to describing themselves as such. Actually witnessing capture in the wild is different, though, and the new This American Life episode with secret recordings of bank examiners at the Federa

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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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Women Negotiate Better for Themselves If They’re Told It’s OK to Do So

Harvard Business Review

'In an experiment, few women who applied for administrative-assistant jobs entered into negotiations about their wages, and of those who did, more negotiated them downward than upward , say Andreas Leibbrandt of Monash University in Australia and John A. List of the University of Chicago. For example, a typical comment from a female applicant was that the posted wage of $17.60 per hour “exceeds my expectations.

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Tell Your Team What Customers Should Say About Them

Harvard Business Review

'How do you get employees to behave in ways that differentiate your brand to the people that matter most to your business: customer prospects, clients, partners, colleagues, and recruits? Too many companies are still trying to create thick manuals that lay out every possible scenario and a corresponding brand-appropriate response — an “if they do this, you do that” kind of approach.

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Prevent Conflicting Messages from Confusing Your Team

Harvard Business Review

'We’re all a little bit crazy — and at some point, most managers have certainly felt that way about their subordinates. But maybe you’re the one driving them nuts. Are you presenting them with a “double bind”—that is, asking them to behave simultaneously in contradictory ways? Organizations today routinely tell people to “Be empowered and innovative.

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What to Do When You Can’t Predict Your Talent Needs

Harvard Business Review

Predictive analytics are often used in strategic workforce planning (SWP), to forecast and close the gap between the future talent you’ll have versus the future talent you’ll need. Now, powerful analytical tools are driving that organizational calculus. Those tools predict who will leave and when, where talent will be plentiful and scarce, and how talent will move between roles.

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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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What to Do When You Can’t Predict Your Talent Needs

Harvard Business Review

'Predictive analytics are often used in strategic workforce planning (SWP), to forecast and close the gap between the future talent you’ll have versus the future talent you’ll need. Now, powerful analytical tools are driving that organizational calculus. Those tools predict who will leave and when, where talent will be plentiful and scarce, and how talent will move between roles.