Mon.Apr 21, 2014

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Comebacks: Lessons from the Boston Marathon

Let's Grow Leaders

'A conflicted happy-sad feeling welled up in me as I drove to church this Easter Sunday. I was listening to NPR recount comeback stories from the 2013 Boston Marathon. Thousands of human beings racing back toward the scene of one of the most horrific days in their lives. I was particularly touched by the 2013 first […]. The post Comebacks: Lessons from the Boston Marathon appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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When Faced with Ethical Dilemmas, Ask Yourself These 3 Questions

Lead Change Blog

'Acting with integrity; being honest in word and deed - 57% of more than 600 attendees in a webinar I conducted cited this as the most influential leadership behavior that builds trust. Making ethical decisions is a key component of being an honest and trusted leader, yet many of us don’t have a defined process or rubric for handling [.] Author information Randy Conley I am the Trust Practice Leader for The Ken Blanchard Companies.

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Inspiring team vitality

Persuasive Powerhouse

'We’re hard-wired to be critical, continually on the lookout for “what’s wrong” This might come from our human brains that were needed by our primitive ancestors to be aware of threats in their surroundings in order to survive. This critical thinking plays out in our organizations with leaders continually rehashing things that went wrong or speculating on what might go wrong.

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How Will You Show Up Today?

Lead Change Blog

'Following is a guest post from Becky Robinson, Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence. “Just as we all have unique ways of signing our names, we all create a unique signature as leaders. Your signature presence is the unique suite of leadership assets that make you you.” – Kathy Cramer, Lead Positive One of my favorite [.] Author information Susan Mazza Susan has worked with organizations and individuals around the world for over 25 years in developing relationships that work and producin

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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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20 Marketing Statistics that Define 2014 – Infographic

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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Mindful Mondays: Ten Reasons Smiling is More Than Lip Service

Next Level Blog

'Hi, Diane Eblin here. I’m very excited to start contributing to the Next Level Blog. As a Certified Health Coach, I have worked first hand with overworked and overwhelmed professionals, coaches, and homemakers to help them discover and make the best choices for themselves. Here I will share those simple and practical insights that helped them and could help you too.

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Ten Questions Leaders Should Ask Every Day

Kevin Eikenberry

'Questions are one of the most powerful tools we have as leaders. They can help us engage others, gather information, set the stage for coaching and feedback, and allow us the opportunity to listen rather than talk. The power of questions is undeniable. I am a big fan of collecting questions, and in a workshop […].

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Why Do We Even Have Core Values?

Nathan Magnuson

'Most organizations have core values. Somewhere anyway. They’re usually posted on the website and probably printed on a brochure somewhere. But do people talk about them individually? Does anyone know them? Are they specific and meaningful enough to make a difference? At the end of the day, the organization is going to do what it’s going to do, right?

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How to Transform a Relationship with a Bad Boss

Leadership Freak

'“Your boss may not be perfect but they are perfect for you.” Unknown Imperfect situations are perfect places to grow.

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What I've seen most successful leaders do by the time lunch rolls around

Jason Womack

'There are only a few things ( four of them , as far as I can tell) that the world’s most successful people do before lunch every day. . Successful leaders make a to-do list for tomorrow; yes, before lunch. Successful leaders maximize AutoText, Shortcuts and Signatures in their correspondence. …for the next two, click here !

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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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0508 | Orly Lobel

LDRLB

'Orly Lobel is the author of Talent Wants to Be Free: Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding. Lobel is the Herzog Professor of Law at University of San Diego. Her work has been featured in CNBC, Fortune, CNN Money and HuffPost. In this interview, we discuss how to REALLY win the talent war and why we should learn to live and work without non-compete clauses.

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Why Don’t We Ask?

Marshall Goldsmith

'Why is asking so important? In the Information Age, leaders must manage knowledge workers. Peter Drucker has defined knowledge workers as people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does. It is hard to tell people what to do and how to do it when they already know more than we do. In today’s rapidly changing world, we need to ask, listen and learn from everyone around us.

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Before You Practice the Good Suggestions in Never Eat Alone, You First Have to Decide to Actually Eat WITH Someone, and… NOT to Eat Alone!

First Friday Book Synopsis

'So, here’s the deal. I don’t play golf. (I used to – gave it up, to keep my sanity.). I don’t go to many sports events. (Used to. Not sure why I don’t anymore). And there have always been a lot of “business connections” made on golf courses and at sporting events. (Notice the word “connections“). But, I like […].

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Self-Esteem Has 6 Pillars

Your Voice of Encouragement

'My favorite author on the topic of self-esteem is Nathaniel Branden. No one holds a close second. Through his writing, I believe he’s done more than anyone else to show just how critical a healthy sense of self is to a person’s overall well-being and happiness. In his masterpiece, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem , Dr. Branden brilliantly describes 6 elements that are core to developing strong self-esteem.

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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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(Big) Data + Analysis + A Dose of Common Sense = The Path to Specific Innovations (A Lesson from Strategic Government Resources)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'A big organization buys paper by the pallet load. I buy it by the case — or less. Guess which one of us gets the best price per ream… If you looked down on cities from a satellite image, without all of that map-maker drawing of boundaries, you could not tell when you leave one […].

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Art of Managing—Sometimes You Have to Slow Down to Go Faster

Management Excellence

'Today’s management literature is filled with references to speed. If we’re following the trends, we’re all growing more “agile” and likely “lean” in the process. We’re working in “sprints” and “bursts,” and of course, we’re “teaming” whenever possible. All of this motion may be helping our waistlines, dancing moves and cardio health, but I’m not convinced that speed is always the right answer.

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5 Compelling Benefits Of Having An Ethical Culture

Eric Jacobson

'In Andrew Leigh''s book, Ethical Leadership , he provides these compelling and important benefits of having an ethical culture in your business/organization: Customers prefer dealing with companies who put ethics at the center of their culture. Most employees would prefer to earn less working for an ethical company than being paid more and working for an unethical company.

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Marton’s Great Escape is Worth the Trouble to Find a Copy

First Friday Book Synopsis

'The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006). I just finished this wonderful book by Kati Marton. Marton was an NPR and ABC news correspondent, who was widowed twice. Her first marriage was to ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, with whom she had two […].

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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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Are Online Community Members Who Introduce Themselves More Likely to Become Active Contributors?

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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Losing Projects Due to Pricing

David A Fields

'A question I was asked…My proposal got turned down, it was completely out of the ballpark, what am I doing wrong?…See my response in the Solo Consultant’s Network. The post Losing Projects Due to Pricing appeared first on David A. Fields. Agreements Closing Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Fees Positioning Proposals Relationships adding value agreements closing Consultative selling consulting fees fees positioning.

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7 Ways to Attract First Chair Leaders to a Second Chair Position

Ron Edmondson

'I was asked a great question recently while visiting with a group of leadership students from a nearby Christian college. How do you attract (and keep) “first chair” type leaders into a “second chair” position? These young leaders are ambitious. They are ready to make their mark on society. Most are studying for ministerial positions within the church.

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0508 | Orly Lobel: Full Transcript

LDRLB

'This is a full transcript of LDRLB episode 0508 an interview with Orly Lobel. David: Who are you and what do you do? ORLY: I’m Orly Lobel. I’m a law professor at University of San Diego and I am the author of Talent Wants to be Free: Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding. David: When you are not riding in private jets or being picked up from the airport via limo, sorry, Orly and I follow each other on Facebook and thus, she’s got a way co

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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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It’s not failure. It’s failure to do your best.

Strategy Driven

'I’m often asked, “Why do salespeople fail?”. The answer is: They don’t fail. They fail to be their best. They fail to do their best. They fail to think their best. And they fail to take the best actions to help them succeed. There are symptoms that allow either a sales leader or the salesperson to recognize that failure is on its way. Most salespeople blame circumstances rather than take responsibility.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #62

Rapid BI

' ”My topic is ‘How To Give A Presentation Without Losing Your Audience’s Attention’ The End. Thank you for coming.

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To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

Harvard Business Review

'Aspiring junior executives dream of climbing the ladder to gain more authority. Then they can make things happen and create the change that they believe in. Senior executives, on the other hand, are often frustrated by how little power they actually have. The problem is that, while authority can compel action, it does little to inspire belief. It’s not enough to get people to do what you want, they also have to want what you want — or any change is bound to be short lived.

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20 Encouraging Bible Verses For Young Leaders. #10 Is My Favorite.

Joseph Lalonde

'L eading is never an easy proposition. Add being young to leadership and you can easily feel overwhelmed. Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, I know I can turn to the word of God for a bit of encouragement. The good book is full of encouragement for young leaders (and people in general). If you’re not a believer, I strongly believe you can still find the words of the Bible encouraging.

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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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Study: Female Executives Make Progress, But Mostly in Support Functions

Harvard Business Review

'Sixty percent of the top U.S. companies now have at least two women on their executive committees. Eight companies (including IBM, Pepsico, Lockheed Martin and General Motors) have a woman CEO. But closer inspection shows there’s a long way to go. My gender consultancy firm, 20-First, has just published its annual Gender Balance Scorecard ( pdf ) of the top 300 companies in the world across the US, Europe and Asia.

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Talent without Leadership doesn’t count for Diddly-Squat

In the CEO Afterlife

'Every company wants TALENT. But not every company is bestowed with the LEADERSHIP that unleashes talent’s power. Talent without leadership is as good as spitting into a gale-force wind. . I learned that lesson growing up in a working-class district of Toronto in the 1950s. Back then, every public primary school fed into one large junior high school after the sixth grade.

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Don’t Let Incumbents Hold Back the Future

Harvard Business Review

'Like many other people, I thought the (thankfully temporary ) decision by the French Council of State to force Uber and other app-based car summoning services to bake in a 15-minute delay, so as not to compete unfairly with taxis, was a classic example of Eurosclerosis, of Gallic dirigisme run amok, and lots of other bad and un-American things. But then I read James Surowiecki’s recent column about the regulatory barriers that geek chic car company Tesla is facing as it tries to set up it

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Even Good Employees Hoard Great Ideas

Harvard Business Review

'One of the most heated debates involving innovation revolves around how to best incentivize people to develop and implement new ideas. Research on this issue offers a wide range of conclusions. For example, one recent research report suggested that offering financial incentives only raised the number of mediocre ideas and had little impact on breakthrough innovation.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.