Fri.Feb 21, 2014

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Transitions: An Inspiring Story of Meaningful Work

Let's Grow Leaders

'Today’s post is from Bill Holston, Executive Director at Human Rights Initiative of Northern Texas. Bill is a regular commenter in our LGL community. As I’ve gotten to know Bill, I’ve been inspired by his amazing career transition. The work his team is doing changes and saves lives. I invited him to share his […] The post Transitions: An Inspiring Story of Meaningful Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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7 Rock-Solid Leadership Lessons from Decades of Research on Motivation

Lead Change Blog

'The fact that you’re reading this article means that you were impelled to action. You were motivated. Perhaps it was because of an internal need to learn more about leadership or to become a better leader. Maybe your boss told you to read it or you’re doing some research for a paper. Whatever the reason, [.] Author information Joe Scherrer Founder & President at The Leadership Crucible Joe Scherrer @joseph_scherrer helps leaders solve their toughest problems, move their organizations forward,

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How to Eliminate Traditional Job Descriptions

Leadership Freak

'February 26, 2010, I wrote, “Traditional job descriptions are a relic of a past age when jobs didn’t evolve and people were more inclined to do what they were told.” Yesterday, Stan Endicott, partner at Slingshot Group, got me fired up when he said, “Job descriptions are, most of the time, not a good way […].

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Why You Should Help People

Joseph Lalonde

'H ave you ever been around someone who would move to world to help a brother out? These people seem to be rare these days. When you find them, you want to make sure the friendship lasts. You know there’s something special about them. They know you should help people. It’s the right thing to do. What about you? Image by Andreas Klinke Johannsen.

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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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Are You an Optimist or Pessimist?

Kevin Eikenberry

'Unless this is the first thing you have read from me, you will know my answer. Mckay summarizes my feelings on this issue perfectly. I believe your answer to this core question is critical to the level of influence and success you will experience in life. Questions to Ponder - Am I an optimist or […].

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The Efficient Ineffectiveness of Control

Mills Scofield

'Check out my latest on Smartbrief''s Smartblog on Leadership sponsored with LeadChangeGroup. “When we don’t give our people the space and freedom to take calculated risks, learn, apply, and iterate, we are risk our future. While there is a risk to improvising and spontaneity, there is a greater, more insidious risk to control.” When I wrote a version of this in a recent Harvard Business Review post , it prompted a great deal of discussion.

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Stick to your Guns, or Sell Your Soul – Object Lessons from WhatsApp and The Dish

First Friday Book Synopsis

'There’s a scene from the movie Chariots of Fire (some memorable quotes here)… Eric Liddell, the Flying Scotsman – Olympic Champion Runner — would not run on the Christian Sabbath (the day of the scheduled 100 meter race). The committee, including some of the Royals, are trying to get him to change his mind. But, […].

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How to Make Organizational Change Enduring

Six Disciplines

'Here''s a real shocker: In a survey of 3,300 senior managers and human resource professionals reported by Rob Lebow in his Washington CEO magazine. 75% of all organizational change programs fail. Why is change so hard ? Most organizations say their most important assets are their people, but few behave as if this were true. Change initiatives typically devote most budgets to structural issues such as technology and processes, not staff issues.

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Segregation: The Problem that Won’t Go Away – (My Takeaways from the book American Apartheid)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line. W. E. B. (William Edward […].

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What role does social business play in rising productivity?

Chartered Management Institute

'One of the principal benefits of social business is that it increases productivity in our workplaces. It allows knowledge to be found more easily and assists employees collaborative endeavours. So goes the theory anyway. Does the reality match the hype though?

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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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7 Keys For Building A Great Business

Eric Jacobson

'When you start reading Mark Thompson’s and Brian Tracy’s book, Now…Build a Great Business! , you may feel like you are reading 200 pages of Blog posts, but the bite-sized approach to providing tools, practical steps and ideas, rather than theory, is precisely the authors’ intended approach. The book thoroughly explains the seven keys for how to achieve business success : 1.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #20

Rapid BI

' ”ROTFLMAO – rolling on the floor liquidating my assets off.” This of course is just one version of what could have been going on. I would love to here what you think they were saying, add your one liner below!

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To Create Healthy Urgency, Focus on a Big Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

'There are two basic kinds of energy in organizations. One, triggered by a big opportunity, can create momentum in the right direction and sustain it over time. The other, based on fear or anxiety, might overcome complacency for a time, but it does not build any momentum or maintain it. Instead it can create a panic, with all the obvious negative consequences — stressing people out and eventually draining an organization of the very energy leaders wanted to generate.

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Who Do You Say That I Am?

Ron Edmondson

'This is a guest post by Jason Clark. Jason is a singer/songwriter, author, speaker, and pastor. Jason’s passion is to know the love of God more each day. He lives to see a generation step into their identity as sons and daughters of the King and establish His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. He and his wife, Karen, live in North Carolina with their three children.

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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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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

'With a majority of its population living in villages, rural poverty is a major problem in India. The disparity between the urban and rural incomes is also on the rise. This leads to migration to urban areas resulting in urban blight as well. Therefore addressing the problem of rural poverty assumes urgency. On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem.

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The Logic Behind Facebook’s Recent Moves

Harvard Business Review

'Recently, two Princeton graduate students released a study predicting the demise of Facebook by 2017, using concepts from epidemiology. No quicker had the media reported the results of the study than numerous rebuttals were posted. A few Facebook data scientists had great fun by posting their analyses showing that Princeton University would run out of students by 2021 and that the Earth would run out of air by 2060.

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Engage a Mentor with a Short-Term Project

Harvard Business Review

'Last summer my friend Rick hosted his nephew, a recent graduate from university, for two weeks as an intern in his consulting business. Under Rick’s guidance, his nephew prepared presentations, assisted in customer engagement projects, built a scheduling spreadsheet, suggested marketing recommendations, and formalized a development plan post-internship.

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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

'A recent HBR blog proposed to deliver “ The Cure for the Common Corporate Wellness Program.” But as with any prescription, you really shouldn’t swallow this one unless all your questions about it have been answered. As a physician, a patient, and a businessman, I see plenty to question in Al Lewis and Vik Khanna’s critique of workplace wellness initiatives.

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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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The Outsized Benefits of Simply Introducing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

'Beyond "My Name Is" The Smartest Thing Jimmy Fallon Did on His First Tonight Show Time While I''m not usually a fan of "leadership lessons you can learn from [insert pretty much anything here, including pets and inanimate objects]," this well-written piece from television writer James Poniewozik smartly frames an important decision made by new Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon: He introduced himself to his audience.

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Will Your Entrepreneurial Personality Sink Your Start-Up?

Harvard Business Review

'Some of the personality traits that draw people into starting their own companies can lead to negative workplace behaviors that cause the start-ups to fail, according to a study of more than 2,000 managers by Adrian Furnham of University College London and two colleagues. Among the traits that are the most predictive of managers’ being attracted to entrepreneurism are an inflated view of self-worth, perfectionism, and attention-seeking; under pressure, these can result in overbearing behavior,

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Why Rational People Can’t Succeed as Economic Forecasters

Harvard Business Review

'We’re all used to economic forecasts. We’re also used to them being wrong. But there was a time when forecasts were new and exciting, and people were genuinely surprised when they didn’t pan out. This was during the first decades of the previous century, an era that Harvard Business School historian Walter Friedman chronicles in his new book Fortune Tellers: The Story of America’s First Economic Forecasters.

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In a New Culture, Wait to Cut to the Chase

Harvard Business Review

'Xavier Frei wanted to get down to business. A Zurich-born manager with 10 years’ experience working in Germany and Switzerland, Xavier had just landed a few days ago in Monterrey, Mexico, at a small pharmaceutical company that was recently purchased by Xavier’s company, a major European pharmaceutical firm. Xavier’s new role, at least for the next year, was to lead a product development team in Monterrey.

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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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The Strategic Mistake Almost Everybody Makes

Harvard Business Review

'“It is simple math,” the strategist said in a tone that sounded suspiciously similar to how I explain things to my six-year-old daughter. “Decreasing churn by a percent — a single percent! — creates tens of millions of dollars of value. A point of market share creates five times that amount. Our growth investments are years from providing that kind of return.”.