Thu.Oct 09, 2014

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This Time It’s Personal – Why You Can’t Separate Business From Emotions

Lead Change Blog

'These days, the business world is filled with trite clichés that have been accepted as fundamental truths about how the world functions. One of the most egregious of these clichés is the common assertion: It’s not personal, it is just business. This belief has become increasingly pervasive and has served as justification for many questionable and ineffective business practices.

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12 Courageous Acts of Leadership

Leadership Freak

'Meetings suck, problems persist, and relationships degrade because of cowardice. Mediocrity persists for lack of courage. You begin with a dream, but the real issue is courage.

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Are You too Hard on Yourself?

Women on Business

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To Teach; To Learn; To Change – Insight from Vic Braden (via James Fallows), John Wooden, and Peter Drucker, among others

First Friday Book Synopsis

'We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. The only job security is found in your own ability to keep learning! Peter Drucker Through learning, we re-create ourselves. Peter Senge What am I? Just a teacher […].

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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 Build Customer Relationships Through Phone Conversations

Eric Jacobson

'Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. So, here''s a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization''s customer service via the phone: 1.

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7 Ways I Help Ministry From Being Impacted by Introversion

Ron Edmondson

'I love people. Truly. It’s one reason I believe God called me into ministry. I love the people He loves. Even the rotten ones. But, I’m also an introvert. And, yes, that makes me an introverted pastor. Of a large church. And, it happens more often than you might think. In fact, many of the large church pastors I know are introverted. Large churches.

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Research: More Than Half of Top Female Execs Were College Athletes

Harvard Business Review

'All managers want to hire people with discipline, determination, and drive. Women executives are no different. And according to a newly-released study , women executives who once played competitive sports, in college or elsewhere, prefer to hire other people with athletics in their background. The study by EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW surveyed more than 400 female executives in five countries (20% were U.S. women).

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Stop Trying to Control How Ex-Employees Use Their Knowledge

Harvard Business Review

'The free flow of workers between companies is central to economic growth and innovation. Yet employers are increasingly taking legal action to prevent former employees from using knowledge and skills learned on the job. More and more frequently, firms are asking new hires to sign post-employment agreements, which prevent former employees from working at rival firms or starting up their own companies in the industry.

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Case Study: Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift

Harvard Business Review

'Augustín Rey, a celebrated European businessman and the new presidente of the century-old retailer Emilia, drove an SUV full of teenagers into the Spanish city of León to show them the revolution firsthand. A few hours earlier he had been visiting close friends, Camilo and María Veiga, in their home near the provincial capital, and had animatedly explained his plan to revamp the chain’s merchandising strategy and redesign some of its dowdiest stores.

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When Start-ups Should (and Shouldn’t) Partner with Industry Leaders

Harvard Business Review

'The hard work and dedication you’ve devoted to your startup has finally paid off; your industry’s largest incumbent has invited you to join it as a partner and key supplier. Should you accept? On the surface, the decision may seem straightforward, but before you sign on and cash in, there are risks to consider. A high-profile test case is unfolding before us in the space race between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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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 Freelance Economy Still Runs on Word of Mouth

Harvard Business Review

'We may well be entering a new age of work, in which tasks can be sliced into bite-sized chunks and allotted online to freelancers all over the planet. But we’re not quite there yet, according to a new survey conducted for MBO Partners, which provides back-office services to independent workers — which it dubs “solopreneurs.” Independent workers still get the vast majority of their assignments through the old-fashioned channel of word of mouth, and this is even more pronounced for the most succe

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Focus More on Value Capture

Harvard Business Review

'Stefan Michel , professor at IMD, says your business should rethink how it captures value, not just how it creates it. For more, read his article, Capture More Value. Download this podcast.

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3 Big Economic Ideas in Waiting

Harvard Business Review

'In what has now become an iconic statement about American politics, and maybe politics everywhere, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (now Chicago Mayor) declared that “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” He was making the point that it is always hard to summon the will to enact big, new policy ideas, even when they appear perfectly logical.

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Could Your Stroke Risk Have Something to Do with the Soil Beneath Your Feet?

Harvard Business Review

'Why are all 10 of the South Carolina counties with the highest rates of patients suffering from strokes located on the coastal plain, while all 10 of the state’s counties with the lowest stroke rates are in the Blue Ridge/Piedmont region? Researchers theorize that early-life exposure to the microbes in coastal soil affects the makeup of the bacteria and viruses living inside the area’s residents, with the result being an increased risk for cardiovascular problems, according to Agricultural Rese

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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.