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Business Combustion: How The 1% Spark Lights The 100% Flame

Terry Starbucker

'“A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark” – Dante Alighieri. It’s amazing what a spark can do. That concept was reinforced with me on 3 different occasions in the past week – in 3 different business situations. When something is banged up against your head that many times in a week, it stands to reason that the universe is trying to tell me something.

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How to Develop Unstoppable Tenacity

Leadership Freak

'Leaders slip into insignificance for lack of tenacity. Everything meaningful requires tenacity. The more meaningful the objective the more tenacity required. Willpower isn’t essential to tenacity, but, terror, hope, and joy are. Terror drives tenacity. Hope invites tenacity. Joy fuels tenacity. Terror Tenacity is a function of fear. I’m often asked how I write every […].

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The Tone of Business

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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The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Kevin Eikenberry

'By Sharon Armstrong Most all managers and leaders do performance reviews, and most don’t look forward to them. This practical and broad ranging book may help. About the final third of the book is a compilation of sample forms that an organization could adopt or adapt, but the first 130 pages applies to all leaders [.].

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Leave It at the Stream

Marshall Goldsmith

'Instead of being a Monday-morning quarterback, focus on next week’s game. by Marshall Goldsmith. “Feedforward” sounds like some eating technique you’d see advertised on late-night TV, guaranteeing weight loss with a faster metabolism. Sorry, folks: Feedforward won’t make you thinner, but it may make you happier. Instead of feedback – rehashing a past that cannot be changed – Jon Katzenbach (author of The Wisdom of Teams) and I coined feedforward to enc

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Marry a Good Woman; or, Have a Daughter – You Will Do Our World More Good – (Insight from Adam Grant)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” —Martin Luther King Jr. As Samuel Johnson purportedly wrote, “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” Quoted in Give and Take by Adam […].

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/15/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling Michael Dirda Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders David Kantor Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff […]. Bob''s blog entries "How to Become More Likeable" "How to Deliver Negative Feedback with Care" "The Bombmaker’s Burden" "The Importance of Scheduling Nothing" "To Follo

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Complimentary Resource – The Essential Guide to Developing a Social Recruiting Strategy

Strategy Driven

'The Essential Guide to Developing a Social Recruiting Strategy. by Jobvite, Inc. Social media is instrumental to finding and reaching quality talent today. Are you making the most of networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter? You should be. These powerful hubs can be competitive game-changers when it comes to boosting candidate quantity and quality.

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Three Examples of Practical Innovation

Rajesh Setty

'Having an insight is to see what everyone else is seeing but notice only what a few will notice. | Tweet This. [ Poster available at Sparktastic ]. Here are three examples of practical innovations where you will see “insight in action.” 1. Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store. This is where Tesco a supermarket in South Korea brings a shopping mall to train stations.

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Esther Sermon: Radical Obedience

Ron Edmondson

'Esther – 6.23.13 from ron edmondson on Vimeo. The post Esther Sermon: Radical Obedience appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Related posts: Abraham and Isaac: Radical Obedience. Trust God in Finances: Sermon. Fear of the Unknown: A Sermon. Hope: A Sermon Message.

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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