Tue.May 20, 2014

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How Do You Thrive in Ambiguity?

Lead Change Blog

'The question was sparked by Alli Pollin in her blog post entitled Personal Leadership: Thrive in Ambiguity. From here, we engaged our Lead Change Google+ Community to get their perspective on the following questions: How do you thrive in ambiguity? On what leadership skills do you lean? Leading Through Ambiguity Highlighted below are snapshot insights [.

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5 Keys to Instilling Confidence in Female Employees

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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Do you listen to your gut or to your logic? Which one is right?

Lead Change Blog

'We all know the feeling…that situation that gives us hesitation. That pregnant pause. The wrestling between our mind and our instinct. Gut versus logic. With which should we side? Read Chery Gegelman’s thoughts here. Author information Chery Gegelman President at Giana Consulting LLC Chery is a speaker, consultant, author and a first-time expat that is passionate about helping people and organizations grow.

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What Will Your Leadership Legacy Be?

Tanveer Naseer

'Over the past couple of weeks I’ve written about how successful leaders build thriving teams , along with what necessary steps we need to take to not only encourage organizational growth in the months and years ahead, but how we can help our employees to adapt to changes we need to make to ensure we achieve our shared purpose. As is often the case when we write about leadership, the focus tends to be on what we can do today to improve how our organization operates going forward and hopefu

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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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15 Ways to Generate Urgency Now

Leadership Freak

'Failure is the result of lack of urgency. Comfortable rhythms set-in. People wander toward fuzzy goals. Focus becomes drifting. Complacency drives real leaders crazy. Goals without urgency are fantasies.

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The Best Things in Business are Free

In the CEO Afterlife

'Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Everyone is looking for a good deal, a real bargain. I’m not taking issue with that. Bargaining is a terrific way to create and stimulate economies. Everyone has heard the saying, “the best things in life are free.

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Conquer Your Fears To Achieve Your Goals

Lead from Within

'Two boys dove into a lake one day, challenging each other to swim across, a distance of about two miles. They swam with a strong and steady stroke, and the lead swimmer, not looking back, continued swimming on toward the other shore. When he emerged on the shore after completing his swim, he looked back to see that his friend was nowhere near. When they met back up, he asked, “How was it that you did not follow me across?”.

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Seth Godin

Joseph Lalonde

'T he quest for technical best is a form of hiding. You can hide from the marketplace because you’re still practicing your technique. And you can hide from the hard work of real art and real connection because you decide that success lies in being the best technically, at getting a 99 instead of a 98 on an exam. The post Seth Godin appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Are You Coachable? – (Another Reflection on the Jill Abramson Firing)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'“How can you improve if you are never wrong? If you don’t admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you’re bound to make the same one again.” Pat Summitt, legendary basketball coach He urged Abramson to be a better manager. The Times’s human-resources department helped her find an executive coach. “When you have someone […].

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5 Reasons You Should Be Using Experiential Learning Activities with Your Team

Lead by Adventure

'I have used experiential learning activities with groups for a long time, and they are some of my favorite activities to use with groups. These do not necessarily have to be done on a ropes course; although, they can be. They can be done indoors or outdoors, with no equipment or some equipment, and are very effective at getting groups to collaborate, communicate , problem-solve, and get motivated.

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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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In this Season of Speeches, It’s Time to Inspire

leaderCommunicator

'Maybe you were too busy nursing a hangover, or worried about your flattened hair under that ugly graduation cap. But on college graduation day, some of us had the good fortune of a truly inspiring commencement speech. If that means you, do you remember how it made you feel? There’s nothing cooler than that feeling of accomplishment and promise on your college graduation day.

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One to Read Slowly – Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations”

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I received my physical copy of The Atlantic today. I knew the article was coming. It is accompanied by many stark photographs. I intend to read it slowly… Without comment, here are the “introductory words to the piece,” The opening paragraph: American prosperity was built on two and a half centuries of slavery, a deep wound […].

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Four Reasons the Great Commission Becomes the Great Omission in a Church

Ron Edmondson

'This is a Guest Post by Thom S. Rainer. Dr. Rainer is president of Lifeway Christian Resources. His blog is fast becoming a “go to” resource for church leaders. I respect him as a leader, pastor, father and fellow introverted friend. Four Reasons the Great Commission Becomes the Great Omission in a Church. In my latest book, Autopsy of a Deceased Church , I highlight several symptoms that can lead to the death of a church.

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Denise Lee Yohn: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Blending a fresh perspective, twenty-five years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands. She initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and client-side marketing. She served as lead strategist at advertising agencies for Burger King and Land […].

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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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Self Assessment Program Best Practice 12 – Define Issue Materiality

Strategy Driven

'Self assessments seek to identify meaningful improvement opportunities for an organization, typically in the areas of safety, performance reliability, and operational efficiency. Meaningful or material opportunities are those representing a performance improvement that satisfies a regulatory requirement, exceeds the organization’s financial return on investment threshold, and/or provides a not easily replicable advantage over competitors.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #83

Rapid BI

'“My life has gotten much better sine I started writing my own horoscopes!

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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

'Conflict happens everywhere, including in the workplace. When it does, it’s tempting to blame it on personalities. But more often than not, the real underlying cause of workplace strife is the situation itself, rather than the people involved. So, why do we automatically blame our coworkers? Chalk it up to psychology and organizational politics, which cause us to oversimplify and to draw incorrect or incomplete conclusions.

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In 100 Words: The Formula for Success

QAspire

'A man approached JP Morgan with an envelope and said, “Sir, in my hand I hold a guaranteed formula for success, which I will gladly sell you for $25,000.”. JP Morgan replied, “I don’t know what is in the envelope, however if I like it, I will pay you what you asked for.”. JP Morgan opened the envelope, and extracted a single sheet of paper. He gave it one look, a mere glance and paid him the agreed-upon $25,000.

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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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Why America Is Losing Its Entrepreneurial Edge

Harvard Business Review

'The U.S. is one of the few nations on earth where private, for-profit business formation is seen as a quasi-heroic act. The resulting entrepreneurial culture has captured the world’s imagination and driven the nation to great prosperity. Yet now it is clearly faltering. In a new paper that’s already generated much discussion, economists Ian Hathaway of Ennsyte Economics and Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution document four decades of “ Declining Business Dynamism in the United Stat

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Leadership Quotes From The Book, Manager 3.0

Eric Jacobson

'These five quotes from the book, Manager 3.0 , really impress and inspire me: "The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment." -- Denise Morrison "The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already." -- John Buchan "The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do." -- Apple Inc.

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The Peril of Untrained Entry-Level Employees

Harvard Business Review

'Just-released findings of the Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey offer good news and bad news for employers of entry-level talent. First the bad news: most of those employers aren’t doing much to provide their new hires with the training and support they need to get their careers off to a strong start. More than half (52 percent) of respondents who graduated in 2012 and 2013 and managed to find jobs tell us they did not receive any formal training in those positions.

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Strategy’s No Good Unless You End Up Somewhere New

Harvard Business Review

'Innovation isn’t always strategic, but strategy making sure as heck better be innovative. By definition, strategy is about allocating resources today to secure a better tomorrow. It is important, however, to understand the nuances and complexities of innovation as they relate to strategy. Here is my list of the four most important: Not every industry is equally dynamic.

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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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Wheat and Rice Cultivation Have Deep Cultural Impacts

Harvard Business Review

'When research subjects were asked to draw diagrams depicting their social networks, people from rice-growing and wheat-growing regions tended to respond differently: Those from rice areas drew themselves as smaller (in relation to their friends) than wheat-area people did, according to research conducted by Thomas Talhelm of the University of Virginia and reported in The Atlantic.

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What Data Journalists Need to Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

'The role of the data journalist has increased dramatically over the last decade.The past few months have seen the launch of several high-profile “data journalism” or “explanatory journalism” websites in the U.S. and the UK – such as Nate Silver’s recently relaunched and somewhat controversial FiveThirtyEight ; Trinity Mirror’s ampp3d , a mobile-first site that publishes snappy viral infographics; The Upshot from The New York Times , which aims to put news into context with data; and Vox , where