Mon.Mar 03, 2014

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Mean It Madness Month on LGL #meanit

Let's Grow Leaders

'Welcome to Mean It Madness Month on Let’s Grow Leaders. My sister, Jill Herr, works is a healthcare executive and speech pathologist, my nephew, Jared Herr (middle school) and son, Ben Evans (college), are active student leaders. We’re all disturbed by a pattern we see across many contexts. The severe consequences of people not saying […] The post Mean It Madness Month on LGL #meanit appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Breaking Down Those Organizational Walls

Lead Change Blog

'“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!” A number of years ago I was fortunate to be on the opening team of a new theme park in California. I was one of the first brought on in my department, and in those initial months as the park was being built it was a thrill to watch [.] Author information Paul LaRue Author at The UPwards Leader Paul LaRue is the creator of the leadership blog The UPwards Leader and an account executive for a national broadline food distributor.

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Updates and an Exciting Announcement

Michael Lee Stallard

'Much is happening at E Pluribus Partners these days. Presently we are: Working with a global advertising agency to create a custom employee engagement survey. Teaching workshops on Connection Cultures at TCU and the forensic accounting firm Connolly, Inc. Teaching online training for Executive Development Partners. Teaching a 4.5 hour online course for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

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The Leadership Development Carnival: Ides of March Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

'The Leadership Development Carnival Ides of March Edition is up! This month''s edition is hosted by executive coach and blogging extraordinaire Mary Jo Asmus at her Aspire-CS blog. You can find it right here: The Leadership Development Carnival Ides of March Edition. A collection of 26 recent posts, from some of the best leadership bloggers on the planet!

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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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3 Keys For Transformational Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

'P eople are looking to you. They’re looking for answers. They’re looking for guidance. They’re looking for hope. All of these things can be found in a great leader. But your tribe is also looking for something else. They’re looking for transformation. And you’ve got to have to be skill in transformational leadership. Are you?

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Mindful Mondays: Three Simple Ways to Create Space to Think

Next Level Blog

'Last week, I took a break from working on my new book about mindful alternatives to being overworked and overwhelmed to speak to the New Jersey Human Resources Planning Group on the same topic. We had a great morning together and it was a terrific opportunity to pilot some of the ideas from the book with a roomful of smart people. One of the things we spent some time talking about is how do you create the space to step back and actually think about what really needs to be done when the input is

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Five Keys to Delegation That Works

Kevin Eikenberry

'Delegation is something that every leader has feelings about. Some feel they do it well. Some don’t even know where to start. Some have seen a good example of it. Some feel like every time someone has “delegated” to them, it felt like they’d just been dumped on. Some think it is something they should […].

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5 Ways Employees Learn

Nathan Magnuson

'Where do you send your employees to learn something new? Where do you go yourself? There a lots of options out there. The best strategy is to take a integrated approach to learning across five broad categories. Here they are. On-the-Job Experience. The majority of employee learning comes from on-the-job experience. That is where the most time is spent.

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5 Quick Ways to Build Trust with Your Team in Five Minutes or Less

Lead by Adventure

'Trust is a necessary component to any team. According to Patrick Lencioni in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team trust is the foundational attribute on which everything else must be built to form a successful team. Although building this kind of trust takes time, here are a few quick ways that you can build trust with your workers. These should not be the only ways you seek to build trust, but they are specific practices that can be used on a daily basis to build up trust over time. 1.

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12 Questions To Exponential Knowledge

Leadership Freak

'Everyone you meet knows more than you. You possess pockets of knowledge that excel others. But, when you think you know, assume you don’t.

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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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“If You Don’t Build Your Dream. Someone Else Will Hire You To Build Theirs.”

Rich Gee Group

'A number of years ago, I turned 40 and for my birthday, a good buddy from college sent me a book. I read that book in two days and it totally changed my vision, my perspective and my life. That book was “ Tuesdays With Morrie “ If you haven’t read it, pick it up TODAY. It taught me that life is fleeting and to spend each day enjoying life, your work, your family, and your friends.

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0505 | George Bradt

LDRLB

'George Bradt is the co-author of First Time Leader: Foundational Tools for Inspiring and Enabling Your New Team. George has a unique perspective on transformational leadership based on his combined senior line management and consulting experience. After his education at Harvard and Wharton, George progressed through sales, marketing and general management roles around the world at Fortune 500 companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and then J.D.

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Who Are You Arguing With?

Marshall Goldsmith

'Everyone has heard motivational speeches that exclaim “You can do it!” and “Follow your dreams!” Abandoning one job or career for another is much easier to say than do. Especially when you are, by any measure, a “winner” in life and the place you’re in is pretty good. In spite of speeches that make it sound easy, changing our lives is tough.

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No Who - No Do

CEO Blog

'I had feedback on my last post - See Do Time Management System. I was reminded that this can simply allow someone to spend their time doing busy work and never get to the important tasks. Earlier I wrote a post on Good Procrastination. See Do meshes with that. Mostly what I was trying to inspire is good habits when there were NOT other more important things to do.

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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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Intangible Benefit of Networking

Mills Scofield

'So honored to co-author a post in Switch and Shift with my friend Vala Afshar - What is the benefit of networking? It may surprise you ! "We are both pretty passionate about networking. Being insatiably curious, we love meeting new people from different backgrounds with different experiences, viewpoints, and stories. Throughout our individual careers, we’ve seen how networking is a means of learning and growing, both personally and professionally.

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The Dolby Theatre, formerly the Kodak Theatre – (The Second Machine Age, and the Oscars, Point us to One of the Great Problems of our Era)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Last night, the Oscars were held at the Dolby Theatre. When the theatre was built, it was named the Kodak Theatre. Eastman Kodak paid $75 million for the naming rights. Kodak and the Oscars were a natural match. Consider (from this article): Kodak has a Hollywood history of its own: the company has won eight […].

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Leadership Caffeine—Managing and Developing the Extraordinary

Management Excellence

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

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Do you create space during Lent?

Deep Imprints

'Lent starts Wednesday. Lent is a season of the year where we prepare for Easter. Early Christians didn’t practice Lent. Instead, they held all-nighters to remember the time between Jesus’ death and resurrection. Time and tradition lengthened this time of remembrance to the 40 days before Easter. Today, Lent is a time where many people […].

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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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It’s Nice When Members of Your Community Defend You, But Don’t Let Them Walk with Roaches

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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7 Reasons Why The Introvert Is Not Talking And The Team Misses Out

Ron Edmondson

'Ever wonder why the introvert on your team isn’t talking? Introverts can be highly creative. They have original ideas. They think things through thoroughly. You need to hear from them. Chances are, if they aren’t sharing, you’re missing out on some good participation. Here are 7 reasons they may not be talking: Everyone else kept talking – Most introverts aren’t going to talk over other people.

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Coach Frank Hall: A Man of True Character

Your Voice of Encouragement

'An unforgettable episode aired recently on the CBS show, 60 minutes. Without question, it’s my favorite one to date, highlighting a man whose life will inspire you to be a better person. Coach Frank Hall was on duty in the Chardon High School cafeteria on the morning of February 27, 2012, when a 17 year-old student walked in and fired 10 rounds into the crowd of students.

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Do you do more than your job description?

Chartered Management Institute

'There are seldom more frustrating words uttered in the workplace than “sorry, it’s not in my job description”. That they’re typically used in direct response to a request for help merely adds salt to the wounds. Such rigid adherence to a particular set of tasks and responsibilities is the antithesis of social business. Not only does it limit the work you can do, but it also often fails to tap into the wide range of knowledge you contain.

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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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Online subscriptions offer amazing perks and value

Strategy Driven

'Online publications are the rage and the future. They offer amazing value for the publisher, for the advertiser, and for the reader. They also offer more than significant cost reduction for all three players. BACKGROUND: I moved to Charlotte in 1988. I brought as much of the Northeast with me as I possibly could. That included my subscription to The New Yorker magazine.

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What’s Your Radical Leap?

Steve Farber

'I shot this while I was down under for my friends at Harcourts.

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Read to Lead

Chris Brady

'[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #26

Rapid BI

'> ”What do we make where I work? We make excuses.” 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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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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Hire Slow, Fire Fast

Harvard Business Review

'A lot of start-ups hire fast and fire slow. A bias for speed combined with the pressure for high growth drives many leaders to be quick to hire (“We need to fill this role now !”) but slow to remove underperforming employees because they’re busy and would rather put off the awkward, hard conversations. It can lead to what Guy Kawasaki, when he was still at Apple, called “the bozo explosion.”.

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Boldness Should Never Stand Alone

In the CEO Afterlife

'A couple of years ago I read a book about RAF fighter pilots in World War II. One particular passage stood out. It was this: There are old fighter pilots and bold fighter pilots, but there are no old, bold fighter pilots. The author was making the point that the very best dogfight pilots were young, because of superb eyesight and lightening reflexes.

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Reduce Stress by Pursuing Four-Way Wins

Harvard Business Review

'The pendulum is finally swinging back from the apogee of complete immersion in work as the business ideal. A great hue and cry now strains to contain our out-of-control culture of overwork. We know it reduces productivity, destroys civic engagement, and produces all manner of stress-related health problems. The good news is that you can do something about it, for yourself and for your employees.

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Rising Home Equity Funds a Rising Birth Rate, but Only for Homeowners

Harvard Business Review

'A $10,000 increase in average home prices leads to a 5% increase in fertility rates among homeowners but a 2.4% decrease among nonowners, an effect that is substantially larger than the impact of jobless-rate fluctuations, say Lisa J. Dettling of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Melissa S. Kearney of the University of Maryland. When house prices rise, homeowning couples apparently use some of their increased housing wealth to “fund” their childbearing goals; but for nonowners, rising prices a

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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.