Tue.Jul 19, 2016

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7 Poisonous Thoughts That Interfere With Your Success

Lead Change Blog

Whatever it is that you are trying to achieve in life, it can be extremely frustrating when you encounter roadblocks to accomplishing your goals and obtaining success. Sometimes, these roadblocks are due to circumstances beyond your control. However, in many cases, the direct or indirect cause of failure comes from within. Negative, fearful thoughts and thoughts that reflect a lack of confidence can definitely prevent your success.

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7 Steps To Foster Emotional Intelligence In Your Team

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by John Rampton on behalf of The Economist Executive Education Navigator. When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? After selling more than 5,000,000 copies and being dubbed “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea” by the Harvard Business Review, it’s clear that Goleman struck a chord with business leaders.

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Managing the Employees on the Move

Women on Business

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Q&A with Jesse Stoner on Challenges Facing Leaders Today

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I was recently on a panel looking at the future of leadership. Here are my responses to how to face today’s challenges in a way that prepares us for the future. What do you think are the biggest challenges facing leaders today? A big challenge is the speed of change and how to embrace disruption […]. The post Q&A with Jesse Stoner on Challenges Facing Leaders Today appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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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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How to Watch Out for Blind Spots in Your Leadership

Lead from Within

It’s the tricky thing about blind spots: Everybody has them, but often we don’t even know they exist until they cause a problem. All of us have blind spots, and most of us at some point have made a bad decision because of them. But when a leader has a blind spot, the repercussions spread to include the entire organization—and sometimes even its stakeholders and customers.

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Breaking Silos – Connecting People

Leadership Freak

Stepping across functional boundaries, in siloed organizations makes you the enemy. What are you doing hear? This is my turf. Disconnected organizations waste resources, squander opportunities, and duplicate effort.

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Remarkable TV: Finding New Ways to Learn

Kevin Eikenberry

It’s hard to deny the fact that to be a better leader, you must be a continual learner. In every book, video, webinar, workshop or consultation that we create or lead, we talk about the importance of learning and how it correlates to our success in leadership. And today, I’m sharing two reasons why this […]. The post Remarkable TV: Finding New Ways to Learn appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Featured on Paula Vail’s radio show, Why Am I So Happy? Topic: Pro-human workplace

ReImagine Work

[link]. (First 24 minutes). “No one wants to feel dispensable or replaceable at work. Sometimes it feels like you are treated as an interchangeable part versus a human being. What would it be like to work in an organization that remembers you are human and in fact supports it? A number of organizations have created cultures that serve both the needs of human beings who happen to be employees and serve the bottom line.

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Stop! Don’t Make the #1 Mistake in Business

Marshall Goldsmith

By Geoff Smart and Marshall Goldsmith. What’s the #1 mistake in business? Marshall: How do you define “#1 mistake?”. Geoff: Let’s define it as a mistake that is most common, most damaging, and most preventable. M: I believe the #1 mistake in business is the failure to follow up. Work is so fast and so complex these days. So much chance for distraction.

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“Someone to know; Something to do” – a formula for Engagement for Retirement Communities, and for All Organizations

First Friday Book Synopsis

I speak, many times a month, to leadership teams and business groups of different kinds. But I also do this: for over two decades, I have spoken to residents at Independent Living Retirement Communities – a number of different communities each month. I speak on “Current Events,” present book reviews, and an occasional patriotic… Read More “Someone to know; Something to do” – a formula for Engagement for Retirement Communities, and for All Organizations.

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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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Employee Engagement Isn’t Working. Now What?

Marshall Goldsmith

Every company and leader wants the answer to this “Now what?” question. Engaged employees translate into a productive and successful organization, which is the goal of most every leader and organization I know. And, engagement also translates into a great place to work, which is what employees want. As a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources, the highest award that can be given to an HR professional in the US, I’ve been to many HR conventions.

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Business Communications – Language and Words Matter

Strategy Driven

Nowhere is it clearer than in politics that language matters. Indeed, we often hear about the ‘spin’ politicians follow-up with after using poorly chosen words or making a not so well thought-out statement. While we might criticize politicians’ use of key words and tricky phrases that we feel distort the meaning or interpretation of a set of circumstances, we should step back for a moment, consider why they do this, and learn from their example because language and words do matter.

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How To Be A Change Leader

Eric Jacobson

The Art of Change Leadership demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively, explains author of the book, Cheryl Cran. The book teaches you how to: Leverage your current technical knowledge to increase the rate of innovation.

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Innovation – Individual or team effort – “Collective Leadership”

Rapid BI

Collective Leadership - the next step in ensuring innovation in organisations? Innovation is no longer about individuals but team approaches. his piece explores innovation as a behaviour rather than just a process. The post Innovation – Individual or team effort – “Collective Leadership” appeared first on RapidBi.

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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 Family Dynamics We Grew Up with Shape How We Work

Harvard Business Review

Does your CEO remind you of your bullying older brother? Or the mother who always refolded your clothes because you didn’t do a good enough job? Or the emotionally distant father who never praised you? Watch out: Chances are your CEO is recreating the very same dynamics that shaped his early family life. The entire executive team, and its mission, may suffer unless the CEO recognizes it and takes conscious steps to change his subconscious behavior.

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Debbie Laskey's Expert Insights On Marketing and Leadership

Eric Jacobson

Debbie Laskey is one of my go-to experts when I seek advice about a number of business topics, including marketing, social media, and nonprofit marketing and leadership. So, it's my privilege to share today some of Debbie's insights on all these topics. However, before you read the answers to my questions to Debbie, we'll set the stage with her background: Debbie has an MBA Degree and 17 years of marketing experience in the high-tech industry, Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in

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How Anxiety Affects CEO Decision Making

Harvard Business Review

While top executives tend to be thought of as a confident bunch, they are no less susceptible to anxiety than the rest of us. After all, they routinely have to make important decisions, often under conditions of uncertainty, that affect countless people, organizations, and industries. It is less clear, though, what this anxiety means for how they do their jobs.

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3 Ways to Find Family Time in a Busier Than Ever World

Ron Edmondson

Finding family balance in a busier than ever world – it’s tough. It has to be one of the most frequently asked questions I get from other pastors and leaders. Frankly, I’m glad they are asking the question. I especially see this true among the newest generation of leaders. Cheryl, the boys and I were talking not long ago. They wanted to know how we did it?

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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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What We Lose When Giant Investment Funds Run All Our Companies

Harvard Business Review

The publicly traded, limited liability company is the engine of the modern western economy. Its investments support our prosperity. It is our money that funds these companies, and, through investment institutions, we reap the dividends from their profits to pay for our pensions and other costs. Put simply, public companies and investment institutions are two of the great social innovations of the last two hundred years.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

Artificial intelligence is hot, but also daunting. The latest advances — known variously as cognitive computing, machine learning, and deep learning — sound complicated and expensive. And they are , despite the enormous potential they bring to the marketplace. For many companies, the price tag and the commitment of resources are too high a hurdle.

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Public Pension Funds Perform Better When They Keep Politics at Bay

Harvard Business Review

The enormity of the challenges confronting pension funds — including substantial deficits, a tumultuous global economy, and a low-return environment — means that they need to be able to focus on maximizing investment returns without distraction. For those in the public sector, this includes being shielded from governmental politics. Interference by elected officials — from imposition of local economic development obligations to excessive constraints on head count and compensati

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Research: The Gender Gap in Startup Success Disappears When Women Fund Women

Harvard Business Review

‘The Floating Piers’ Installation By Christo. In venture capital-financed, high-growth technology startups, only 9% of entrepreneurs are women. That’s really low. Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce. They are majority owners of 36% of small businesses. Of course, VC-financed tech startups are different from the general workforce.

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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.