Tue.Jun 03, 2014

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Leadership Code Switching in the Innovation Sandbox

N2Growth Blog

'By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. with Susan C. Guiher. Leadership is about being able to lead out from crises before they occur (the defining meaning of Crisis Leadership). This is a talent and skill that many leaders today are simply lacking. What’s needed, is a disciplined, future-focused and intelligent “preemptive-minded cultural” approach known as Crisis Leadership.

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Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

'Here is the most recent Leadership Development Carnival, featuring blog posts from over thirty bloggers around the world. These posts explore the ever-changing face of leadership and offer a variety of perspectives. Check it out here! Author information Joanna Jones.

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9 Best Apps for Overworked Small Business Owners

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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A Little Common Sense

Great Leadership By Dan

'“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.” ? René Descartes “Common sense ain''t common.” ? Will Rogers What is “common sense”? Can it be learned, and if so, how? Read my latest post at About.com Management & Leadership to find out.

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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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How To Eliminate Your Fear Of Hard Work.

Rich Gee Group

'I work with a broad spectrum of clients. All the way from the CEO to the college graduate, I help people overcome obstacles and better understand what’s holding them back. One recurring area I encounter is the fear of ‘more work’ What do I mean by ‘more work’? It’s the belief which holds accomplished executives back from pursuing a promotion or opportunity with another company because they believe that more money or new job equals more work, increased respons

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We Are Featured: 20 Insightful Leadership and Management Sites

Michael Lee Stallard

'We are honored to have been featured on Huddle Recruit’s list of 20 insightful leadership and management sites. The list is designed to help entrepreneurs and innovators stay on top of the latest advice, and is a helpful resource for anyone hoping to refine their leadership skills. Check out the great list of blogs and prepare to be inspired.

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Remarkable TV: Bobbleheaded Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

'You’ve probably seen bobbleheads before (maybe at your last sporting event?), but did you know that there are also bobbleheaded leaders? Check out my latest Remarkable TV episode to see how to spot these cheap imitations and how to avoid the problems that come along with them! People want you to really connect and really […].

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Curated Content – just the best to get you going

Jason Womack

'Most coaching programs bury you with content. Of course, they mean well, but by giving you TOO MUCH, the Get Momentum coaching does NOT overwhelm. Click here to find out more. It’s great to have a lot to read, but often times the sheer amount of information deters us from actually digging into it. The Get Momentum monthly program is different. We distill the best information we have into a easily digestible video and text article.

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Every Business Is (Or Should Be) a Social Business

Mills Scofield

'Mali Health Clinic. I believe the distinction between social and non-social business is a false dichotomy. And yet, it’s one we continually want to make. We talk about “social businesses” — those that are mission-led and focused on creating positive social change — and “non-social businesses” — those that focus on revenue and profit.

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How to Become a Team Building Jedi Master, Saga II

Lead by Adventure

'Welcome back to Team Building Tuesday, young master! Last week you learned some of what it takes to become a team building Jedi master. We will continue your training today – are you ready? You must not lose focus. You must continue to press on and complete your training. Don’t turn back now! 4. Finding your courage in group engagement.

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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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Leadership Rituals that Make Each Day Count

Lead from Within

'In the words of Napoleon Hill, it is not what you are going to do but what you are doing today that counts. You can learn everything you need to learn in order to achieve anything, but you can never change your leadership until you change your rituals. Rituals can strengthen and spotlight the values, intentions, and experiences you have chosen to live by; they and can be useful when we are trying to figure out what is important.

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Identify Potential

Jason Womack

'Have you ever been reading and reviewing new e-mail in your inbox, and had someone stop by your desk to ask you, "Do you have a minute?" Have you ever arrived early to a meeting and started a conversation with a colleague about another project you''re working on? When a new idea comes up, be sure to capture it for later review.

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A.A. Milne

Joseph Lalonde

'Y ou’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. The post A.A. Milne appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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It’s Time to Abolish the 70% Change Failure Rate Statistic

Change Starts Here

'You don’t have to be in or near the field of change management long before you hear a daunting statistic: 70% of change initiatives fail. It’s mentioned in passing as a fact in most change management books and articles nowadays. I’ve quoted the statistic myself in presentations, and I’m sure the mention of the number has helped me (and many others) gain business over the years.

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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’s that Group Really Saying to You?

leaderCommunicator

'We’ve all been to the classic planning meeting, at a conference or in an executive’s office, to think through a compelling issue or crisis at an organization. Flip charts and sticky notes flow, ideas get jotted down, and ultimately you arrive at a consensus -- the path forward. Or do you? While such planning sessions can be great exercises for employee teams, they have clear limitations.

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How Do You Remember What You Read? – A Practical Consideration For Kindle (Or Kindle App) Readers

First Friday Book Synopsis

'(This is just a personal reflection about reading to remember). All of my adult life, first in ministry, and now in this chapter of my life as a business speaker/trainer/book briefer/consultant, I have had an extensive library. I would read a book, think of a quote I needed, or a section of a book to […].

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How To Discuss Poor Performance In Six Steps

Eric Jacobson

'As a leader, the time will come when you will have to speak with an employee about his or her poor performance. Here are six steps that will guide you through that process: Tell him what performance is in need of change and be specific. Tell him how his actions negatively affect the team. Let the discussion sink in. Set expectations of performance improvement and time frame, and get his agreement on the desired outcome.

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You Can Purchase Our Synopses of Flash Boys, Talk Like TED, The Second Machine Age, And Many More, at 15minutebusinessbooks.com

First Friday Book Synopsis

'You know you’re going to get around to them soon – those books you intend to read. But, there they stand, in your “to-read-soon” list, still unread… But, there are transferable principles to learn from them now. If you knew what they said, you might think differently, work differently… better. So, here are some of […].

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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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7 of the Hardest Paradigms I Had to Learn to be an Effective Leader

Ron Edmondson

'One of the hardest parts of leading for me has been the things I’ve had to learn or do that may have been contrary to the way I would have naturally done them. For example, I like to be in control of my surroundings. I don’t like the feeling of being out of control. There have been several incidents in my personal life which have shaped that in me as a person.

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Decision-Making Warning Flag 3 – Intellectually Empty Assertions

Strategy Driven

'Intellectually empty assertions represent logical laziness or deceit on the part of the individual(s) drawing these conclusions. 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.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #93

Rapid BI

'“I’m afraid I have to let you go. You tested positive for decaf.” .

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Work-Life Balance Through Interval Training

Harvard Business Review

'At a ThirdPath Institute conference a few weeks ago, a great discussion arose around the fact that workloads tend to ebb and flow, and it’s important to know how to alternate between periods of peak effort and recovery. Before long, someone noted the analogy to high performance in sports, and used a phrase that piqued my curiosity: Corporate Athlete.

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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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5 Leadership Mantras For Building Better Partnerships

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by Fast Company contributor Faisal Hoque. It doesn’t matter what we do, where we do it, or how well we create a product or offer a service. We don’t succeed without the right people on our teams. I have come to believe that to survive and ultimately thrive we must effectively create “partnerships” with many around us, from family to colleagues to society in general.

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MOOCs Won’t Replace Business Schools — They’ll Diversify Them

Harvard Business Review

'Over the past few years, business school administrators — like other university officials — have been losing sleep over Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs), worrying that these low-cost digital alternatives will cannibalize their business model. As elite business schools have started to offer their own courses through platforms like Coursera, commentators have pointed out that it’s now possible to cobble together an elite MBA for free.

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Share Your Financials to Engage Employees

Harvard Business Review

'If you’re searching for ways to improve employee engagement, you’ll find lots of laundry lists. Fourteen tips. Seven steps. The “ Ten C’s.” Most of these sources contain good-but-basic advice, like providing mentoring, encouraging two-way communication, and recognizing people when they do great work. But the statistics suggest that following such advice, like staying on a diet, is harder than it looks—some 70% of U.S. workers say they don’t feel engaged on the job, a number that hasn’t changed

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Start with a Theory, Not a Strategy

Harvard Business Review

'Well-crafted strategies are road maps to places that yield competitive advantage and generate value for the firm. But once you’ve arrived, they don’t take you anyplace else. That’s a problem for companies under continual pressure from investors to find new sources of competitive advantage. I recently had lunch with the CEO of a large privately held corporation that illustrated this dilemma.

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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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Disrupting the Gaming Industry with the Same Old Playbook

Harvard Business Review

'With a market size of $8 billion in 2013 Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) is becoming big business. It’s not just about the players, either: people are going online just to watch the games being played, a global viewership estimated at about 71.5 million as of 2013. Welcome to the brave new world of e-Sports. Some MMOG professional teams players can command six figure salaries, thanks to the finance provided by corporate sponsorships and advertising.

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New Thinking Leads to a Decrease in Homelessness

Harvard Business Review

'Despite a housing-foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession, homelessness in America has declined 17% since 2005 because of a radical change in how states address the problem, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Officials have reversed the old logic of focusing on homeless people’s social problems first and housing needs second; once people are housed, some of their other problems turn out to be easier to resolve.

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Online Reviews Could Help Fix Medicine

Harvard Business Review

'A basic principle of health care is that everyone strongly favors transparency – for everyone but themselves. “Sunshine is the strongest disinfectant” is the oft-used expression that supports putting information out in the open for all to see. That said, every stakeholder in health care gets a bit nervous about exposing their own data. They are quick to cite the potential downsides – that patients will not be able to understand the limitations of the information, that risk adjustment will be in