Sat.Dec 10, 2011

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Playing the Game and Finishing Well

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development [link] Check out this great post by one of our fellow instigators, Angela Bisignano, Ph.D. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology and an M.S. in ministry. She works as a leadership and life consultant. Her guest post over on Michael Hyatt’s blog is titled Leaders and the Game of Life. It’s about the need for [.].

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The Hidden Power of Weakness

Leadership Freak

Image source I’ve been living on the weak side of love since my accident on November 20, 2011. I’ll be on the receiving end of compassion for weeks to come. Frankly, total dependence on others is not my preferred form of humility. Learning to be weak: It took me a few days to find the strength [.].

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Your CARs Can Get You Hired

CO2

What was your Challenge, Action, and Results? Getting hired can be difficult, even for talented leaders –not because they’re not the right for particular jobs, but because they don’t know how to tell their stories. Chris Cohen , a partner at the Chandler Group and one of the top three executive recruiters in Minneapolis working with non-profits, instructs job candidates to know their CARs ( C hallenges, A ctions, and R esults).

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Willful Blindness: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril Margaret Heffernan Walker Books (2011) How and why all of us should develop “fierce determination to see” whatever we need to understand Margaret Heffernan’s background in business is wide as well as deep. In this, her latest book, she rigorously and eloquently examines a common [.].

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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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Why Giving Praise Doesn't Work

Eric Jacobson

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, report

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Higher Ambition: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Harvard Business School Press (2011) Valuable lessons from 36 CEOs who create simultaneously value that has both economic and social impact The CEOs featured in this book agreed to participate in a four-year research [.].

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Reader Blog Survey 2011

Ron Edmondson

Would you help me improve my blog? Please consider taking my 2011 reader survey. It will take you less than 10 minutes, probably less than 5. Seriously, if you enjoy my blog, I’d appreciate your help. Click here to take survey. Thank you for reading this blog. I don’t take it lightly. My blog continues to grow and last month was again a record-setting month for me in traffic.

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Bag it Newt! You’ll Govern a Non-Fiction World

First Friday Book Synopsis

I remember the cover from Sports Illustrated a few weeks into NBA superstar Michael Jordan’s attempt in training camp to play major league baseball. The title was “Bag it Michael.” It infuriated him so much that he never gave the magazine another interview. The stimulus for my recollection was an article in the Wall Street [.].

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Scripture Memorization, Week 50

Ron Edmondson

It’s Christmas…we should know this verse: And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Luke 2:10. Bonus to this post: What’s your favorite Christmas memory? . Related posts: Scripture Memorization, Week 33 (And a video). Scripture Memorization, Week 35.

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How has the institutional world changed in the last 20 years?

Chartered Management Institute

I know this may seem an odd question, but I'll explain why I'm asking. Twice in one week I've had people approach me for help with something - one was a journalist and the other a PhD student. Their interests were slightly different but the root of their question was the same. The world is a very different place to what it was 20 or 30yrs ago. We all know some of the 'practical' ways in which it has changed.

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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