Thu.Jul 24, 2014

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Being A Great Leader: How Do You Balance Career Success and Happiness?

N2Growth Blog

'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. Being great, living an extraordinary life starts with waking up. Most people don’t even know they are asleep. As the Jesuit spiritual leader, Anthony De Mello said, “They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up.

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Will this project manager make a good people manager?

Lead Change Blog

'Sam’s team just delivered a complex project on-time, on-budget, and with impeccable quality. His company is eying him for promotion, because they want him to “rub off” on other project managers, whose results aren’t as stellar. Maybe he can teach them a trick or two? In theory, a good project manager can become a good [.] Author information Leigh Steere Co-founder, Managing People Better, LLC—a management research firm/think tank.

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What it Takes to be an Entrepreneurial Leader

Leading Blog

'If success for entrepreneurial success is to get your enterprise to the point where it is self-sustainable, then most people fail. But they don’t have to. Given the proper skills and insights, most entrepreneurs can become successful or what Derek Lidow calls entrepreneurial leaders. He discusses these ideas in Startup Leadership and is based on his popular course at Princeton University.

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Leading Change – Lessons for New Leaders from Satya Nadella

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Randy Ottinger : Today’s Microsoft is not the same company we saw a year ago when Steve Ballmer was at the helm. Since Ballmer’s successor, Satya Nadella, took over the CEO role in February of this year, change at Microsoft has come swiftly. Executives have been reshuffled, organizational priorities have shifted and the culture at the very top of the company has change.

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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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Essential Habits of Successful Women

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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Seven Ways to Get Smarter

Leadership Freak

'Given my druthers, I’d choose smart over dumb. Sadly, all of us do things things that prolong dumbness. 4 qualities of smart leaders who stay dumb: Persistence: Staying dumb requires persistence. Growing smarter requires change.

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What are your morning rituals?

Jason Womack

'When the alarm clock ring/start/go off, do you think, “Oh goody, another start to the day?". Really, I’m serious! Stop laughing. What follows is a really, REALLY important question: What are your morning rituals? I believe that how we begin the day is a pretty good indicator of the kind of day we’re going to experience. Wake up tired, cranky and short-tempered, you might want to warn people.

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WHE13: How to Move Employees from Awareness to Action

Engaging Leader

'This episode is the first in a two-part series about leading a health behavioral change. Episode 13 focuses on leading a fairly straightforward change, such as influencing employees to get a biometric health screening or to take a financial wellness assessment. Episode 14 will address leading a more complex change effort, such as influencing employees […] This episode is the first in a two-part series about leading a health behavioral change.

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What to Look for When You Go to an “Event” – Content + Networking

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Content + Networking. Something to learn, someone to see. Something to learn that will help you in your career, in your business, in your life. Someone to see that will stimulate your thinking, push you forward… These are the essential ingredients of an event that is “worth your time.” You have stuff you need to learn. And, there is always that next new person to meet. […].

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Many Aren't Concerned Regarding Work/Life Balance

Coaching Tip

'Can you work long hours without sacrificing your personal life? More senior executives think that is possible. About 52% of 571 such executives worldwide are satisfied or very satisfied with their work/life balance, according to a new survey by BlueSteps.com, an online career management service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants. Meanwhile, 81% of those polled consider work/life balance a critical factor in whether they accept a new position.

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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 Power of #RCUS

Mills Scofield

'Thank you BIF for chatting with me about the power of #RCUS and BIF! Can''t wait for BIF10 !!! "The BIF Summit is the ultimate interdisciplinary happening.".

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Suit-able Leadership

CO2

'by Gary Cohen . Suit-able Leadership. Your wife says your wardrobe is handicapping you professionally. You respond by finding a wardrobe consultant. He eyes your wide-lapel suit and room-for-two pleated pants and says, “Listen, Italian would be perfect!”. What does that mean? It means he loves Italian. But do you–or could you? If you prefer to wear socks and pants that cover your ankles, and are not keen on wearing scarves, your answer is no.

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Are We Alone? The Ultimate Answer.

Building Personal Strength

'NASA image Are we alone in the universe? It''s a frequent question asked these days in excited, enthusiastic science articles about our universe. Does intelligent life exist out there somewhere? SETI would like to know. NASA would like to know. Now that thousands of planets have been discovered orbiting distant stars, scientists and engineers are working to launch bigger and better telescopes to sense evidence of life on some of these worlds.

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Treat Your Online Community’s Paid Memberships Like Amazon Treats Amazon Prime

Managing Communities

'Please Update Your ManagingCommunities.com RSS Feed Subscription This feed has moved to: [link] I apologize for the trouble. For more details, please read my post on the matter. Thank you.

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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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Suit-able Leadership

CO2

. Suit-able Leadership. Your wife says your wardrobe is handicapping you professionally. You respond by finding a wardrobe consultant. He eyes your wide-lapel suit and room-for-two pleated pants and says, “Listen, Italian would be perfect!”. What does that mean? It means he loves Italian. But do you–or could you? If you prefer to wear socks and pants that cover your ankles, and are not keen on wearing scarves, your answer is no.

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3 Problems with Unspoken Expectations in Leadership

Ron Edmondson

'I was talking with a youth pastor recently. He is experiencing tremendous disappointment in his current position. He feels he is doing everything well, but his pastor never seemed pleased with his progress. As we talked, it became clear to me that he and his pastor had different expectations of what makes a healthy youth ministry, but the youth pastor was uncertain what it would take to make the pastor happy.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #130

Rapid BI

'“If we learn from our mistakes, shouldn’t I try to make as many mistakes as possible?

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The Emotional Boundaries You Need at Work

Harvard Business Review

'To develop meaningful and mature relationships at work or at home we need to develop two filters. The first filter protects you from other people. The second filter protects other people from you. Filter 1: protect yourself from others. I once worked with a manager who gave blunt feedback in perpetuity: “You’re not a grateful person!” and “You’re just not a great writer!

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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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5 Early Warning Signals for a BPI Project

Strategy Driven

'Can you recognize the early warning signals that derail a business process improvement project? Many articles have been written about what makes process improvement projects fail and usually they list critical success factors. But the real question is how do you recognize the leading indicators in a process? And once you identify those signals what action should you take to cure the ill and get the process back on track or put a halt to the project altogether?

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How Internal Entrepreneurs Can Deal with Friendly Fire

Harvard Business Review

'We know some of you find being an “internal entrepreneur” disappointingly difficult. You are frustrated by employers who thwart your entrepreneurial efforts on a routine basis. But that’s how it is supposed to be! Large organizations, with rare exceptions, are created to scale up and master repetition without error or variance. They are professional Predict, Plan & Execute (“PP&E”) machines, and as they have evolved over time, are carefully engineered to stamp out anything that induces

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Why CEOs Should Follow the Market Basket Protests

Harvard Business Review

'Somebody must have done something really right at Market Basket. Thousands of the supermarket chain’s employees have organized rallies at their local stores and at the company’s headquarters during the last week. Were these employees rallying for higher wages, better benefits, and predictable schedules — the needs so many retail employees face?

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Bigger Government Doesn’t Always Mean Less Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

'Conventional wisdom holds that there is a tradeoff between an expansive welfare state and the dynamism of a country’s economy. Bigger government gets in the way of entrepreneurship, the thinking goes, thereby holding back innovation and job creation. There is data that seems to bear this out; research has found a negative correlation between a country’s level of government spending and its rate of new business creation.

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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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Unpredictability of Work Hours Becomes a Labor Issue

Harvard Business Review

'The next big labor issue in the U.S. may be a push for greater predictability of work schedules, according to The New York Times : With companies constantly adjusting staffing to maximize efficiency, 47% of part-time hourly workers ages 26 to 32 receive a week or less of advance notice for their schedules. Unpredictable hours make it hard for workers to arrange child care and to take second jobs to make ends meet.

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The Future of Talent Is Potential

Harvard Business Review

'Linda Hill , Harvard Business School professor, and Claudio Fernández-Aráoz , senior adviser at Egon Zehnder, on the talent strategies that set up a company for long-term success. Linda is the coauthor of Collective Genius , and Claudio is the author of It’s Not the How or the What but the Who. Download this podcast.

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Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

'Ever since the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was signed in 1999, satellite companies like DMC International Imaging have had a clear protocol with which to provide valuable imagery to public actors in times of crisis. In a single week this February, DMCii tasked its fleet of satellites on flooding in the United Kingdom, fires in India, floods in Zimbabwe, and snow in South Korea.

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The Answer to Every Business Question Is “It Depends”

Harvard Business Review

'What happens when you put three business professors in a rental car and send them out to talk to owners and managers of small- and medium-sized businesses? Would they discover their MBA frameworks to be a bunch of academic mumbo-jumbo with no real applicability? For the past several years, professors Mike Mazzeo (Kellogg), Paul Oyer (Stanford) and I (Utah) have been touring the back roads of America, knocking on doors, and asking business people how they do it.

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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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Use a Brand Council to Help Steer Strategy

Harvard Business Review

'David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, once observed that “Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing people.” A more current corollary might be, “Brand-building is too important to be left to the brand people.”. The historical role brands have played – serving as symbols to guarantee a certain level of quality or as images to attract attention – is no longer relevant or useful today.

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