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5 Simple Secrets To Leadership Productivity

Terry Starbucker

'I’m often asked, “How can a leader be more productive?”, which is shorthand for: “Help! I’m sinking in quicksand here – what can I do to get all this stuff I need to get done, done?” Well, the answer isn’t in the “doing”. And, it’s not about how fast, or how well. Nope, it’s none of these. The best way to leadership productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment.

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3 dueling paradoxes leaders embrace

Lead Change Blog

'If you knew a replacement part would add an extra 90¢ in costs and yield only a dime in warranty savings, would you authorize use of the more expensive part? Probably not. Managers would crunch the business case and find the spending increase unjustified. But suppose you knew the additional cost would prevent costly accidents [.] Author information Jane Perdue Jane founded Braithwaite Innovation Group, a professional development firm dedicated to redefining power, performance, and connection @

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The Obligation to Dissent

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post By Jeremy Eden and Terri Long: When corporate leaders make decisions about a new idea, something we call “executive exuberance” often plays a deceptive role. Here is what happens: analyses start to show that deciding to go forward will produce good benefits at reasonable costs and risk. Though the leader has some issues they want further analyzed, they begin to express some enthusiasm for the idea.

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Instigator Hangout April 12, 2014

Lead Change Blog

'Imagine the irony of “following” a leadership development community. Think about it. If we want to develop leaders, must we make them “follow” us? Have you ever considered how pervasive the idea seems to be that we must be taught or that we must be led? In true Lead Change style, we are setting out [.] Author information Mike Henry Chief Instigator at Lead Change Group Mike is the Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group and co-author with 20 other Lead Change Instigators, of The C

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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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Our Favorite Four-Letter Word Starts With An ‘F’.

Rich Gee Group

'Gotcha. You thought I meant that other word. I’ll save it when I hit my finger with a hammer. Today’s four-letter word starting with an ‘F’ is: FEAR. We all have some sort of fear at some level at some time in our life. It might be a very present fear staring us in the face or it might be a background fear hiding in the attic — but it’s still there doing its dirty work.

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Be the Best – Prepare for the Worst

Leadership Freak

'The thing that keeps you up at night is the crisis you can’t see coming. Successful leaders anticipate, identify, and solve crisis before it’s too late.

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084: Scaling Up Excellence: Getting To More Without Settling For Less | with Bob Sutton

Engaging Leader

'If you’ve created a great little coffeeshop, how do you expand and put your coffeeshops in cities around the world without watering down what makes your coffeeshop great? That’s a question that Starbucks certainly struggled to answer. Or, if you have a key practice or mindset — for example, lean manufacturing — how do you […]. The post 084: Scaling Up Excellence: Getting To More Without Settling For Less | with Bob Sutton appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Innovative Leaders Aren’t Scared of Customers

LDRLB

'I recently had the opportunity to meet with a major bank. The discussion involved how to create new financial services for their high net worth clients (a.k.a. people who are way richer than I’ll ever be). I offered my opinion that directly engaging their clients could provide an important stimulus for their ideas. “We can’t talk to our customers,” they replied.

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The More We Practice, The Better our Judgments – insight from Obliquity

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Here’s a question. Have you ever used bad judgment? Have you ever mis-judged a person, a situation, a circumstance? I have… And it is a painful realization when I realize that my judgment was not better. Here’s an excerpt from Obliquity (a book I am really enjoying reading): what we are describing as intuition is […].

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Those Two Extra Hours You Need? They’re Right Here

David A Fields

'Remember the ’90s, when saying you worked eighty hours a week was something you were proud of? Now you’re still working your tushola off, but telling folks about it is an admission that you don’t have your act together. Don’t worry, I won’t blab your dark secret, because I know that if you’re a solo […]. The post Those Two Extra Hours You Need?

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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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community Domain Name Enters Pre-Registration (and.forum is Coming)

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 Reasons David Is Called “A Man After God’s Own Heart”

Ron Edmondson

'Acts 13:22 says, “ After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do. ‘” Previously I posted on this truth of David being a man after God’s own heart. (You can read that post HERE.). The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings: (All verses New International Version).

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What Your Office Says About Your Company (And Why You Should Care)

Strategy Driven

'If there is one thing we have learned through the economic twists and turns of the past decade, it is that people make our companies run. Even at the depths of the economic downturn with the high unemployment rate of 9.9 percent, there were 3.8 million jobs in the US that went unfilled for more than six months and that problem only gets worse as unemployment drops.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #55

Rapid BI

' ”If you’re going to yell at me, press 1. If you’re going to ask me a lot of stupid questions, press 2. If you’re going to talk forever without getting to the point, press 3.

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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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Why Your Employees Should Be Playing With Lego Robots

Harvard Business Review

'Two years ago, Swedish communications technology giant Ericsson found itself looking for a way to explain the value it saw in the Internet of Things. Rather than publish another whitepaper on the topic, the company struck on a different communication tool: Legos. More specifically, Lego robots. Ericsson used Lego Mindstorm robots in a demonstration at the 2012 Mobile World Congress to bring to life its vision of how connected machines might change the way we live.

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Partnership Paradox

CO2

'by Gary Cohen. “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt. Going into business is a high-risk game. It is not for the faint of heart. The success rate of surviving more than five years is remarkably low, and the first year is the toughest. According to Scott Shane , A.

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How China’s Growth Imposes Costs on the Rest of the World

Harvard Business Review

'It has long been assumed that China’s economic growth creates upward pressure on the price of oil, but to what extent? A team led by John Beirne of the European Central Bank estimates that the impact was about 1% of the global oil price in 2011 and will rise to 3% to 4% by 2030. If China’s economy continues to expand at 8% or more, by 2030 its growth will cost the world more than $180 billion in higher oil prices, the researchers say.

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How Companies Can Embrace Speed

Harvard Business Review

'John Kotter , author of Accelerate , on how slow-footed organizations can get faster. Download this podcast.

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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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Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

'Most family-owned businesses— approximately 70% —last just one generation. Because an estimated 80% of businesses across the globe are family-owned, the low survival rate has alarming consequences. Consider this: In the United States alone, family-owned businesses (FOBs) are responsible for 60% of total US employment and generate 78% of all new jobs.

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The Power of Your Vote Should Not Reflect the Size of Your Wallet

Harvard Business Review

'In September 2004, I attended a reunion of my class at Harvard Business School, four years after the Supreme Court decision putting George W. Bush in office and immediately before the next Presidential election. We invited Elaine Kamarck, then at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, to discuss elections in a country in which the electorate was so evenly divided.

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