Wed.Apr 24, 2013

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Force Field Analysis as a Teambuilding Exercise

Let's Grow Leaders

'When you’re trying to fix a team… there are always factors working for you… and against you. Secret force fields undermine your efforts. Make the hidden forces known. Make the force be with you. Force Field Analysis is a well-tested change management technique developed by Kurt Lewin in the 1950s. It’s brilliant in its [.

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Leaders Show Up Even When It’s Not Fun

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development My daughter’s Little League recently held their Field Clean-Up Day. This event takes place at 9:00 AM on a Saturday in the middle of April. We live in Michigan, so the weather is usually windy, rainy and the air temp hovers near 40 degrees Fahrenheit. This year, it snowed. Ostensibly here’s what’s supposed to happen: [.].

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15 Ways to Encourage Moral Growth in Leadership

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Moral Growth Is a Lifelong Pursuit Moral education needs to start early, and it also needs to continue throughout our professional careers. Unlocking Moral Awareness How can we help leaders develop the moral thinking and awareness that they need to make good leadership choices? What specific conversations and experiences will support moral development?

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It’s Time We Develop A New Relationship With Work

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Career Development Leadership Development Self Leadership Workplace Issues [link] Have you ever noticed how when someone tells us how they’ve been really busy with work, we automatically interpret this as being a bad thing? Certainly, no one associates having a lot of work to do with sunshine, love, happiness or any other positive experience.

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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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Meetings as relationship-building opportunities

Persuasive Powerhouse

' . Meetings in many organizations have unhealthy hidden agendas, unhealthy conflict and competition, and a rush to action without appropriate dialog. It’s every person for themselves, with those who speak the loudest all too often getting their way while the rest feel like they weren’t heard. Participants leave these meetings depressed, angry, or worse, and their mood spreads throughout the organization.

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Connection Necessary to Alleviate Poverty

Michael Lee Stallard

'More astute observers who work with the poor see that “poverty is broken relationships” and a connection culture is required to restore human dignity, productivity and prosperity. Check out this insightful piece entitled “ Restoring Broken Relationships ” by Sean Dimond of Agros International. You can also hear echoes of what Sean described in Acumen’s Manifesto.

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5 Reasons You Should Subscribe to Sean’s Team Building Newsletter

Great Results Team Building

'Everyone is part of a team. Whether you are in a family, attend a church, work in an office environment, are part of a project group, or participate in athletics, you are likely always looking for ideas and tips on how your team can become more productive. Sean’s Great Results Teambuilding Newsletter is a FREE bi-weekly report delivered straight to your inbox full of fun and useful content.

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228 More Years Until the Canadian Gender Gap in Business Closes

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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Your First Day on the Job – A.J.’s Story

Kevin Eikenberry

'Once upon a time someone started a new job. It was a job where their work was visible to many, and they were naturally nervous. As they began, their nerves got the best of them, and they made a grievous error within seconds of the start of their job. It was a big error, but [.]. Accountability Developing Others Leadership Learning A.J.

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10 Frequent Misconceptions About Executive Coaching

CO2

'Despite the growing popularity of executive coaching, common misconceptions persist. These misconceptions revolve around the nature of the work executive coaches do and the results they’re expected to achieve. It’s time to uproot the most persistent and pernicious of these misconceptions. 10 Frequent Misconceptions About Executive Coaching: . “ I don’t have issues and don’t need executive coaching.

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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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Starting Thought - One principle from the Margaret Thatcher School of Leadership: Leave a Legacy

leaderCommunicator

'With the passing of Margaret Thatcher earlier this month, the world has lost one of its great leaders and communicators. In reading about her journey , and all she accomplished, I thought about the amazing legacy she left. Which leads me to the question for every leader: what will your legacy be? You’ll have a legacy whether you want t or not; will it be the one you envision?

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Beware the Untrained Intuition – One Lesson from Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Judgment Noun 1. The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions. ——————– I teach Speech (as an adjunct professor) at a local community college. I love teaching speech. I love my students. I learn a lot from my students. But, sometimes, I have a student who is … how do I say [.].

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Great Innovators Think Laterally

Mills Scofield

'The latest post , co-authored with Ian Gonsher , Associate Director of the Brown Creative Mind Initiative and on the faculty in the School of Engineering at Brown University, in Harvard Business Review.

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Crisis Management: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable Steven Fink Backinprint.com After So Many Years, Still Relevant and Invaluable I read this book when it was first published in 1989 and decided to re-read its paperbound edition (2000), curious to learn to what extent it had been update. Significantly. In fact, Steven Fink’s core insights are even [.].

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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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What are you holding on to?

Deep Imprints

'My house cleaning is, at best, done in spits and spurts. For years I transitioned the house from one phase to the next as the kids grew – every six months I went through all the clothes and stuff to make sure we were still using them. The rest of the year, I just hoped that.

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7 False Assumptions Made About Introverts

Ron Edmondson

'I am an introvert. Some people can question whether they are or not. I don’t. I’m certified in Myers Briggs, so I know the language well. I’ve studied the concept. It didn’t require much study though for me. I’m in the camp. It means Sundays I’m more tired when I go home. It means I avoid certain crowds unless I have a clear purpose for being there.

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StrategyDriven Enterprises Extends its Energy Advisory Services, Partners with NTE Solutions

Strategy Driven

'StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions have announced a partnership that will expand energy services to clients and prospects of both companies. The relationship combines StrategyDriven’s leading experience in asset lifecycle management and regulatory services with NTE Solutions’ capabilities in all a

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Genunine Leaders Mold Consensus

Eric Jacobson

'" A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

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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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#cipdhrd13 – Day 2 – CIPDs HRD Conference & Exhibition

Rapid BI

'Good Morning, We are back! Day one down… day two to go. Every year the CIPD hosts a leading Learning and Organisational Development exhibition and conference. 2013 is no different. Taking place in Olympia West London, this event attracts 1000s of L&D/ OD professionals. On this post I will attempt to maintain a live blog throughout [.].

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To Be Authentic, Look Beyond Yourself

Harvard Business Review

'Authenticity — what is it, who has it, and how do you get it? Most people associate authenticity with being true to oneself — or "walking the talk." But there''s a problem with that association; it focuses on how you feel about yourself. Authenticity is actually a relational behavior , not a self-centered one. Meaning that to be truly authentic, you must not only be comfortable with yourself, but must also comfortably connect with others.

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Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maxwell Wessel for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Big companies are really bad at innovation [.].

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Preventing Rejection at Work

Harvard Business Review

'You walk into a meeting late and people are already in huddles. Colleagues glance over ever so briefly then turn back to their conversations. You sit down in a corner and use your smartphone to check email. Once the group discussion starts, you want to offer an opinion but can''t seem to get a word in. Eventually, you give up, take a few notes, check more email and wait for the meeting to end.

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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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Answer One Question to be a Better Manager

LDRLB

'I learned a lot in my first job as a manager. In part because it wasn’t a traditional business, nor a normal management position. My first real job as a manager was being Station Manager at my college radio station. It was an interesting situation. We had about 120 people that worked at the station. We were a commercial station (one of the few commercial college stations around), so we had advertising.

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Job Titles Aren't That Important

Harvard Business Review

'Are companies creating their own skills gap? While much of the skills deficit in the U.S. is fueled by a sheer lack of high skill labor for in-demand occupations, a recent CareerBuilder study of more than 2,000 companies suggests that employers may unwittingly be playing a part. Half of hiring managers said that they were concerned about the expanding skills gap , and around the same amount say they limit their candidate pools by only looking at applicants with specific job titles.

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Broadcast TV Needs a New Business Model

Harvard Business Review

'Broadcasters have had it tough in business model terms. The rise of cable and the proliferation of content have shaken off their grip on consumers'' attention and schedules. The vastly expanding worlds of alternatives for entertainment and education have put them in a position of struggling to hang on to audiences. And all this has basically ended the dominance of "appointment TV," when you would know that a certain show was on at a certain time and clear your calendar to watch it.

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To Work with Data, You Need a Lab and a Factory

Harvard Business Review

'Companies that aim to score big over the long term with big data must do two very different things well. They must find interesting, novel, and useful insights about the real world in the data. And they must turn those insights into products and services, and deliver those products and services at a profit. While the two goals are mutually reinforcing, companies actually require two distinct departments.

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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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How to Tell a Story with Data

Harvard Business Review

'An excellent visualization, according to Edward Tufte , expresses "complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision and efficiency." I would add that an excellent visualization also tells a story through the graphical depiction of statistical information. As I discussed in an earlier post , visualization in its educational or confirmational role is really a dynamic form of persuasion.

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Why the Decline in Corporate Statesmanship?

Harvard Business Review

'After it failed to meet for nearly a year, President Obama disbanded his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at the end of January. An elite group of business leaders, the Council met only four times in the two years of its existence, and although it advocated for improvements in education, manufacturing, and energy independence, the group''s primary goal appeared to be to prevent the taxation of the foreign earnings of American firms.