Tue.Jul 01, 2014

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What Keeps a Bounce in Your Step?

Lead Change Blog

'Age doesn’t matter. Experience doesn’t matter. What happens is time begins to wear on us. It isn’t time itself necessarily. What matters are the events and people that begin to wear us down. No offense to anyone, except maybe the ones who erode us intentionally or with a complete lack of any empathy. What wears [.] Author information Jon Mertz Jon is a vice president of marketing in the healthcare software industry and named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business by Tr

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New Approach to Reduce Dysfunctional Behavior at Work

Michael Lee Stallard

'As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. Is your boss or a co-worker increasingly irritable, angry, withdrawn or acting in a predatory manner? Or are you noticing that behavior in yourself? With rising demands in today’s workplace, emotional and behavioral disorders have soared. In Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do , Ted George, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington School of Medicine and neuroscientist at the National Institutes of Health, helps us understand

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2014

Leading Blog

'Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July. How the World Sees You : Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination by Sally Hogshead. Fierce Patriot : The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman by Robert L. O''Connell. The Alliance : Managing Talent in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh.

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Bad Leadership & Management Advice You Should Run Away From

Great Leadership By Dan

'This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : There’s a LOT of advice out there on leadership and management – almost as much as you’ll find on dating, careers, and how to raise your kids. Actually, most of its pretty good, or at least not bad. I rarely come across an article in my daily Smartbrief on Leadership newsletter and say to myself “Well, that sure is a crock full of hooey!

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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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Check Out Today’s “200-Second Soundbite™” Podcast!

General Leadership

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “The Tyranny of a Ninth-Letter Leader” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Associate Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CGO, Col Chris R. Stricklin shares the challenges of working with a Ninth-Letter Leader. As a leader, every meeting is an opportunity: a unique moment that can bring a team closer together or shred the fabric that binds.

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7 Reasons Female Entrepreneurs Are Happier

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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Facebook Leadership: We Don’t Need Trust

Modern Servant Leader

'Facebook leadership recently decided to conduct a psychology experiment , with you as the test subject. They didn’t tell you this, but in essence, they tried to manipulate your emotions. It’s okay though, because buried in the 9,000 words of their legal agreements, contracts and use policies, it said somewhere they may use the information they receive from you, for “research” ( UPDATE: Forbes discovered this term was added months after the study.

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Remarkable TV: What It Takes to Lead Remotely

Kevin Eikenberry

'Remote teams are changing how we lead. Here are 3 competencies to help you adapt your leadership style to lead your remote team more effectively. Leading remotely makes the complex role of leading even more complex. It takes new skills to get better results. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) For more resources on leading remotely and to […].

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Ask

Marshall Goldsmith

'“Soliciting feedback” is just what the words imply. It is when we solicit opinions from people about what we are doing wrong. As simple as it sounds, it is not always so simple. Most people have two problems dealing with negative feedback. This may not sound like many, but they are big problems. The first is we don’t want to hear it and the second is we don’t want to give it.

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Remarkable TV: What It Takes to Lead Remotely

Kevin Eikenberry

'Remote teams are changing how we lead. Here are 3 competencies to help you adapt your leadership style to lead your remote team more effectively. Leading remotely makes the complex role of leading even more complex. It takes new skills to get better results. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) For more resources on leading remotely and to […]. The post Remarkable TV: What It Takes to Lead Remotely appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Top Professors 2014 Nominations Are Open

LDRLB

'Every year as part of the LDRLB podcast, we assemble a list of the top professors on twitter in leadership, innovation, and strategy. The list recognizes some amazing thinkers and has garnered some outstanding attention from media outlets like BusinessWeek and The Globe and Mail. If you want to see last year’s list, you can check it out here.

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Courage Is The Key To Fearless Leadership

Lead from Within

'Wu Feng was a Manchurian diplomat in the 1700s who was posted with an aboriginal tribe in the outskirts of Taiwan. He befriended the aboriginal chief, whose tribe beheaded one of its members every year as a form of sacrifice. Each year Wu Feng pleaded, with all his compassion and reverence for life, for the chief to put to an end to this custom. The chief would listen respectfully, then summon the chosen tribe member and without hesitation behead him.

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Sam Rayburn

Joseph Lalonde

'Y ou cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. The post Sam Rayburn appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Here’s Proof that Bad Working Relationships Truly Impact Women’s Health

leaderCommunicator

'If you think that dispute with a coworker can easily be brushed off, it may be time to reconsider. For women especially, such negative interactions can seriously impact overall health, according to recent work from a Carnegie Mellon University research team. Specifically, bad relationships are linked to higher blood pressure levels, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers Rodlescia Sneed and Sheldon Cohen.

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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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20 Creative Icebreaker Questions to Get Your Team Communicating

Lead by Adventure

'Here are some icebreaker questions I’ve used before (and some that are brand new). Use these to get your group interacting. You can learn a lot about people from listening and observing them talk about topics that do not normally come up at work (or other places.). People love to talk about themselves , so here are some questions that will get them chatting about things that they enjoy. 1.

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Excellence Is An Attainable Goal

Tim Milburn

'I’d like to talk to all of the student leaders in the room for a moment. (Everyone else can listen in if you’d like). As a student leader, you bring a unique set of strengths, abilities, and weaknesses to the table. You may or may not feel like you possess the “leadership” gene. But the one quality each and every student leader can demonstrate is excellence. photo credit: anjan58 via photopin cc.

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A Declaration of Independence from the Status Quo

Change Starts Here

'I originally published this post on July 4, 2010. I think you’ll find it bears reposting. Have you ever read the U.S. Declaration of Independence? It is as much an official document to the King of England as it is a case for change to the rest of the fledgling country it created. (Click the image to the right to read the full text.). It’s a great model and anyone who would like to compel people to break away from the current state of things.

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Preventive Care, then Ongoing Problem Solving – Thoughts Prompted by Think Like a Freak

First Friday Book Synopsis

'The most intense pain that leaders experience, the pain that keeps them awake at night, is caused by not being able to solve problems… Every profession has become a dangerous profession – every leader is at risk, and the range of risk is growing. Dilemmas are problems that cannot be solved, problems that won’t go […].

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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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More Clients and More Free Time – the Old School Way

David A Fields

'Let’s go old school. There’s a choice consultants make every day, and I am convinced that consultants who choose correctly will experience huge gains in their productivity and business-development efforts. Before I reveal the details of this game-changing choice, let me quickly review the problems it addresses. (I could reveal the surprise immediately, but then you’d mutter something like, “I already knew I should choose the blue pill.

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Use Storytelling As A Key Leadership Tool

Eric Jacobson

'Paul Smith , author of the best-seller book, Lead With A Story , is a true believer in telling stories. “ Today, many of the most successful organizations on the planet intentionally use storytelling as a key leadership tool ,” explains Smith. Several companies, such as Kimberly-Clark , actively teach storytelling skills to their leaders. And, some forward-thinking business schools such as Notre Dame and De Paul University have even added storytelling courses to their management curriculum.

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More Clients and More Free Time – the Old School Way

David A Fields

'Let’s go old school. There’s a choice consultants make every day, and I am convinced that consultants who choose correctly will experience huge gains in their productivity and business-development efforts. Before I reveal the details of this game-changing choice, let me quickly review the problems it addresses. (I could reveal the surprise immediately, but then you’d mutter something like, “I already knew I should choose the blue pill.

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Self Assessment Program – Yellow Sticky Analysis

Strategy Driven

'Self assessments represent a second tier aggregation of organizational data, benchmarking references, and industry experience. As such, assessment team members are challenged to combine the often disparate data they collect in a way that allows them to draw meaningful conclusions upon which the organization can act to improve performance. The text above is only a small portion of this article.

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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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Going Old School: A Proven Method to Improve Your Sales Productivity

David A Fields

'Let’s go old school. There’s a choice consultants make every day, and I am convinced that consultants who choose correctly will experience huge gains in their productivity and business-development efforts. Before I reveal the details of this game-changing choice, let me quickly review the problems it addresses. (I could reveal the surprise immediately, but then you’d mutter something like, “I already knew I should choose the blue pill.

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Standards and Expectations Best Practice 1 – Provide Examples

Strategy Driven

'What is clear to one person may not be so readily understood by another. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member for only $9.95 / month or $94.95 / year !

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5 Times You May Need to Micromanage Your Team

Ron Edmondson

'I prefer to be a macro-manager. I like to lead leaders. That means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing each team member to do his or her work in their own individual way. There are times, however, where more micro-management may be needed by senior leadership. More coaching, encouraging or correction may be needed for a season.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #113

Rapid BI

'“This is a major project of utmost importance, but it has no budget, no guidelines, no support staff, and it’s due in 15 minutes. At last, here’s your chance to really impress everyone!

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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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A Lesson In Innovation From The Red Planet

Tanveer Naseer

'In the past week or so, there’s been much discussion and debate over the merits of disruption and with it, how we view and understand what it means to innovate. There’s one organization that’s familiar with dealing with the unknown and consequently, upending our understanding of what’s possible and what’s not – NASA, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration.

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Leading Across Borders Takes More than a Multicultural Background

Harvard Business Review

'I recently had a phone conversation with Cosimo Turroturro, who runs a speakers’ association based in London. Simply on the basis of his name, my assumption before the call was that he was Italian. But as soon as he spoke, starting sentences with the German “ja”, it was clear from his accent that he was not. Turroturro explained, “My mother was Serbian, my father was Italian, I was born in Italy and raised largely in Germany, although I have spent most of my adult life in the UK.

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How to Delegate Your Email to an Assistant

Harvard Business Review

'In the early days of the internet, email natives loved to trade tales of executives who asked their assistants to print out emails so they could read and respond to them on paper. Now we all use email, and assistants are a seemingly rare commodity. But they can still play a useful role in managing your messages. That kind of support is no longer limited to the lucky few who have administrative help on staff, either.

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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

'Employees used to know just your name, your face, your business reputation. Now they know your salary, your hometown, your connections on LinkedIn, how much your house is worth. They know more than ever, and you’re under pressure to share more than ever, too – 76% of global executives think it’s a good idea for their CEO to be on social media. And along with this increased transparency, you’re held accountable for areas you know less about: new technologies, new markets, new cultures and geogra

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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.