Thu.Sep 03, 2015

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Does Marissa Mayer’s Choice Limit Yours?

Let's Grow Leaders

I wasn’t going to weigh in on Marissa Mayer’s choice to take a 2 week maternity leave, because quite frankly, I’m conflicted. I know the choices I’ve made (and continue to make) as a working mom leave some of my friends scratching their heads. “Why would she want to travel like that?” “All this time working on that book can’t be good for her kids.” Sometimes they say it, sometimes I just see it in their eyes, or hear it as subtext to their q

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Why You May Not Be Connecting with Others

Michael Lee Stallard

We connect with some people and not with others. Great leaders master how to connect with just about everyone and that’s one reason why people want to follow them. There are many facets to connection. Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram have written an excellent book titled 5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time that provides insight into an important aspect of connection.

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Our September Theme – When Life is Messy

Lead Change Blog

For September, we are gleaning our theme from Co-Active Leadership , the new book from Karen and Henry Kimsey-House , which is being launched on September 21. Karen and Henry believe: “ People aren’t compartmentalized.” They employ concepts such as: A life purpose statement, another way of capturing the essence of what it means to be fully alive—living life intentionally, making choices that increase the value of life to one’s self and to others.

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3 Tips to Match Your Message to Your Market

Women on Business

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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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Are You an Engaging Leader, or Just a Smooth Talker?

Engaging Leader

If communication is a tool for cultivating and influencing, then communication is power … the power to make a difference in people’s lives, for better or worse. Unfortunately, the history of the world is full of leaders who use their power of communication for selfish reasons. For example, Adolf Hitler had a magnetic charisma but […].

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If your vision is about only yourself

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thought: If your vision is about only yourself, you are too narrowly focused. Jesse Lyn Stoner. The post If your vision is about only yourself appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. .

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Barriers Communicators Face #5 —Little or No Planning

leaderCommunicator

Research shows that a typical leader spends 70-80% of his or her week communicating. Yet only spends 10-15% of that time planning communication. How can you tell if your leader has this line of thinking?

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“No, I Haven’t Read that Book Yet” – “Yes, I feel Guilty that I Haven’t”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Every now and again, I run into the writings of Ryan Holiday. (Here’s his web site). Ryan is not a good writer. He is a very good writer. And, he is pretty eclectic. He writes about a lot of subjects. One of the things he writes about is reading books. And I read books.

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Six Questions To Ask After You've Completed A Project

Eric Jacobson

Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work. Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? What actually happened? Why did this happen? What will we do next time? What should we continue to do? What should we do differently?

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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 Genius of Starbucks’ “You Are Here” Mugs

Managing Communities

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Bro. Laida: My Interview with a 92 Year Old Pastor, Part 2

Ron Edmondson

This is part two of my interview with Dr. John David Laida — or as I call him — Brother Laida. He has “supposedly” retired once, but never quit working. He’s still serving a church full-time today. In this segment, Dr. Laida addresses: Where he learned to lead a church. Delegation. How he handles church conflict. What do you think of Bro.

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The ADDIE Instructional Design Model #HRBlog

Rapid BI

You are expecting this piece to say how to use the ADDIE Instructional Design Model, but ADDIE is not a model – it is a conceptual framework. What does this mean for its use and validity? ADDIE Training Design Model ADDIE is often used as a model in the design of training. It is believed […]. The post The ADDIE Instructional Design Model #HRBlog appeared first on.

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Bro. Laida: My Interview with a 92 Year Old Pastor, Part 3

Ron Edmondson

This is part three of a five part interview with Dr. John David Laida. Brother Laida, as we called him. At the time of this filming, he is a 92 year old pastor (about to turn 93), who was still doing interim pastorate positions in area churches — preaching every Sunday. If you missed the first two segments, click HERE and HERE. In this segment you’ll hear Bro.

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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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5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For

Harvard Business Review

Have you ever noticed that when you ask someone in your company, “How are you?” they are more likely to answer “Busy!” than “Very well, thank you”? That is because the norm in most companies is that you are supposed to be very busy – or otherwise at least pretend to be – because otherwise you can’t be all that important.

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Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It

Harvard Business Review

With all the media and medical attention on stress and its negative health impacts, it is easy to reach the conclusion that stress is irredeemably bad—something to be avoided as much as possible. We have a different perspective. We believe that pursuing a “stress-free” life often causes more stress down the line—problems compound, and by failing to face our most intense challenges we never overcome them.

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The U.S. Government Needs to Hire More Geeks

Harvard Business Review

Randy Watson is choking back tears. He is a proud and grizzled Vietnam veteran, standing in front of an audience of hundreds. With the help of his daughter, Randy has just driven 1,100 miles from his home in Joplin, Missouri to Washington, DC to tell the story of how he almost died. But as he stands on stage overcome with emotion, Randy is very much alive.

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A New Way to Rate Retailers on Providing Good Jobs

Harvard Business Review

Executives have a choice in how they run their operations. They can run them in a way that uses people as interchangeable parts. Or they can run them in a way that leverages a skilled, capable, motivated workforce. Both ways can be profitable. But the employee-centered way is a better way — even in low-cost retail. In my research, I’ve found that retailers using an employee-centered operations strategy, which I call the good jobs strategy , have two strategic advantages.

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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.