Thu.Jan 09, 2014

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A Leadership Lesson from the Mother of Dragons

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development “You do not owe me your freedom. I could not give it to you. Your freedom is not mine to give. It belongs to you and you alone. If you want it back you must take it for yourselves. Each and every one of you.” - Daenerys, Stormborn of House Targaryen You can find leadership [.] Author information Mary C Schaefer President at Artemis Path, Inc.

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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Hay Group’s Rick Lash : I confess it: I love Downton Abbey. Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. But it’s not easy to turn off my daytime mind – and I recently realized that my business clients can learn important and very relevant lessons, even from that distant world.

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Telling Brand Stories that People Can Relate To

Women on Business

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3 Practices CEOs Should Adopt from this Rock Star

Michael Lee Stallard

'As seen on Fox Business : One of the great success stories of our time is the rock band U2. When the band began in 1976, its musical skills left much to be desired. More than three decades later, U2 has received a remarkable 22 Grammy awards, more than any band in history. In addition, the band surpassed the Rolling Stones’ record for the highest revenue grossing concert tour.

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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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071: Lead Like A Rock Star | with Ruth Blatt

Engaging Leader

'Ruth Blatt has a Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from the University of Michigan and taught Entrepreneurship to MBAs at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has been writing about the social science behind rock n’ roll music and interviewing dozens of bands, managers, and other industry professionals for a book about teamwork lessons […].

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Six Ways to Innovate in Rigid Organizations

Leadership Freak

'The future rides on a horse called innovation. Organizations that can’t innovate stagnate. Some organizations have innovation in their blood. But, many are mired in systems and bureaucracy. It’s easier to begin innovating within rigid cultures than it is to change them. Think skunkworks. Systematize innovation in organizations driven by systems. Evolution or revolution: Innovation […].

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Entertainment Licencing for Business Events

Women on Business

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How do we fix a morale problem? You focus on the systems within the work

Mike Cardus

'Consulting & Coaching a mid-size nonprofit agency that focused on people with developmental disabilities. In the initial meeting with the Sr. Management they told me morale was a big problem, and they had results from an employee survey that supported their beliefs. “People don’t want to come to work anymore and due to large cuts from federal and state programs everyone feels desperate and the enthusiasm for the work is dropping.” .

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Michael Bay’s CES Fail: Why Communication Strategies Can Make or Break You

leaderCommunicator

'Until a few days ago, Michael Bay made headlines for the movies he directed, mainly blockbuster, action flicks like those in the Transformers series. But now he’s making headlines and trending on Twitter for a very different reason: his embarrassing moment at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Bay was hired by Samsung to speak in front of CES participants and media to promote Samsung’s new curved HDTVs.

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Three Simple Things You Can Do Today to Boost Your Influence

Change Starts Here

'The New Year brings with it the energy to get things done and the intention to make a difference. When that difference is to implement change at work, where should you focus your energy? One area to work on is increasing your influence. Increasing your influence may seem like a long-term undertaking, but there are some simple things you can do to bolster your influence, and you can even start today.

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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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Could Microsoft's First CEO Become Its Third CEO?

Coaching Tip

'With the news that Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally won''t be riding to Microsoft''s rescue, many Microsoft investors are disappointed. However, that doesn''t mean Mulally, the favored candidate, won''t be a board member when he retires from Ford. Any new CEO of Microsoft will need Chairman Bill Gate''s blessing and the board is seeking a leader with a strong technical background along with the work ethic Gates had while he was CEO. .

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Leadership Caffeine: The Leader and Constancy of Purpose

Management Excellence

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Feature Idea for Community and Forum Software: An Admin Saw This

Managing Communities

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 2 of 6

Strategy Driven

'Leadership Role #1: Reading the World and Creating a Vision. No business is an island. Each organization exists within a rich and ever-evolving set of social, economic, political, cultural, and institutional environments. To a large degree, an organization’s success depends on how well it positions itself in the world. Therefore, one of the most important competencies of leadership is the ability to read the world.

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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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What’s the Endgame for Social Media?

Harvard Business Review

'Social media has come a long way. When my co-founder Steve and I originally pitched Hearsay Social to venture capital firms in Silicon Valley in 2009, many passed because they thought Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn were passing fads headed for the same fate as MySpace and Friendster. Today, 77% of Fortune 500 organizations now have an official social team and presence, according to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

'Herman Trend Alert: Skills Shortages Worsening. September 11, 2013. With the forecasts of doom and gloom in so many places around the world, we would expect companies to delay hiring new employees and that the skills shortages might be lessening. Fortunately for candidates, many companies worldwide are hiring and unfortunately for employers, the shortages of skilled workers are costing companies billions of dollars.

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Why Individuals No Longer Rule on Sales Teams

Harvard Business Review

'Companies have long developed and managed their sales people differently from other employees, placing great emphasis on individual performance. To foster it, they often give sales its own learning and development team, recruiting specialists, compensation plan, and management and IT systems — but now they’re finding that those differences can hinder success as much as they support it.

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7 Strong, but Hopefully Helpful Words for Pastors

Ron Edmondson

'This is for all my pastor friends. It may not make as much sense to readers who haven’t served in that role. One thing that sets me apart from some pastors is that the amount of time I spent in the business world is greater than the time I have been in ministry. It has given me a unique perspective. It’s also helped me realize I didn’t understand the unique pressures of ministry completely until I was in ministry.

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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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Become an Ex-Pat and Still Get Ahead: Research on Choosing the Right Company

Harvard Business Review

'For young managers aspiring to climb the ranks, working at a big corporation within their home country can seem stifling. In the case of a Japanese or Korean business, workers may fear a slow career progression, as seniority tends to take priority over performance and potential. When it comes to a French company, not being part of the closely-knit and self-protective elite of “très grandes écoles” graduates could feel like a disadvantage.

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Chris Christie: “I am not a bully.” Not His Call to Make.

Next Level Blog

'As I write this, Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, has just finished a press conference to explain why he’s not at fault for last year’s George Washington Bridge toll lane closures that created nightmare commutes and endangered public safety for the citizens of Fort Lee, NJ. As you may have read, emails have surfaced that prove that lieutenants of Christie engineered the lane closures in retaliation for the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee not endorsing the reelection of the Republican go

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Africa’s Entrepreneurs Can’t Be Restrained by Fear of Failure

Harvard Business Review

'“ Grow my business to a million dollars? No thank you, I’d rather stick to the two stores I’ve got! ”. The spirit of entrepreneurialism, with its promise or reduced youth unemployment and economic renewal, is certainly gathering steam across Africa. But true entrepreneurship-led transformation will require a mindset shift amongst Africa’s small business owners.

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How Business Can Help Measure Education Outcomes that Matter

Harvard Business Review

'Employers the world over tell us that what truly counts in hiring decisions is not the rote knowledge that helps college students answer examination questions, but skills and competencies that are essential for, and often developed at, work. To be useful, the bricks of modern education need the straw of experience-based skills. Bricks without straw tend to crumble; they cannot support weight, as has been known from Biblical times.

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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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Red Lobster and the Brand Envy Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

'Last month the Darden Group announced the spinoff of its $2.6 billion Red Lobster chain. Darden also owns Olive Garden together with more up and coming brands such as Capital Grille and Longhorn Steakhouse. Red Lobster is in the middle of a multi-year makeover to turn it from a rather tired all-the-seafood-you-can-eat kind of place to a more hip mood and alcohol destination that can attract the better heeled set.

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The Management Style of Robert Gates

Harvard Business Review

'The former Secretary of Defense talks with HBR editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius about his new book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. Download this podcast.

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How to Have a Year That Counts

Harvard Business Review

'Happy New Year! Here’s your challenge. You—yes, you—right here, right now, have a chance, nothing more, a slim reed of a chance, at a year that counts. So I’d be willing to bet you’ve been cutting back on the sugar and vowing to get to Inbox Zero. 2014 is the year you will finally floss! And make junior vice president assistant director! But wait. Before you get carried away by your Evernote file of Paleo recipes and your elaborate new system of Outlook sub-folders — you have a bigger opp

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How Silicon Valley Became The Man

Harvard Business Review

'Silicon Valley has been taking a lot of heat lately for its power and elitism. That’s only natural for a region that has rapidly gained enormous economic and cultural clout. But it seems especially ironic that this is happening in the San Francisco Bay area, that one-time headquarters of flower power where entrepreneurs have long fashioned themselves as rebels and iconoclasts battling robotic rivals (Microsoft, IBM) and liberating workers from the hierarchical ways of corporate life.

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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.

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Blue-State Firms Are Harmed by Their Greater Spending on Social Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

'U.S. corporations that lean Democratic—that have Democratic rather than Republican founders, CEOs, and directors and are based in blue states—spend $20 million more annually than Republican-leaning companies on corporate social responsibility initiatives, a gap that represents about 10% of net income, say Alberta Di Giuli of ESCP Europe in France and Leonard Kostovetsky of the University of Rochester.