Sun.Jun 08, 2014

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10 Leadership Lessons from 10 Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

'Photo by Mike Shur. Yesterday I was honored to once again be the emcee at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) 2nd Annual Summit , featuring 15 successful Oregon entrepreneurs sharing their stories in 12-minute “TED-style” speeches. The theme was the “School of Hard Knocks” – apt because the event was held in Portland’s cool and unique Kennedy School hotel and event center.

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Connect Through Skip Level Meetings

Michael Lee Stallard

'#36 Hold “Skip Level” Meetings – Hold “skip level” meetings where you meet with the people who report to one of your direct reports. In the skip level meeting, the leader should encourage attendees to share their ideas and opinions about how to improve the business. This is the thirty-sixth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” The series highlights language, attitudes and behaviors that help you connect with others.

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12 Ways to Become Extraordinary

Leadership Freak

'Some leaders become extraordinary. But, average is normal. You climb and struggle toward extraordinary. Mediocrity is a comfortable slide. Extraordinary leadership is rare because it requires: Fierce focus. Finely honed skills. Fanatical commitment.

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Edgy Conversations: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Outrageous Success

Kevin Eikenberry

'By Dan Waldschmidt You know this book is different (OK, the author would say edgy) when you open the cover and instead of seeing testimonials from famous or influential people, you see this: This is where you would normally find opinions and quotes from a bunch of people who say they read the book and […].

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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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Think Like a Freak: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2014) How and why mastering the economic approach will produce better answers to questions and better solutions to problems In their latest book, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner cite […].

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5 Questions Every Nonprofit Organization Must Ask Itself

Eric Jacobson

'If you are leading a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Drucker''s book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. The 100-plus page book, co-written with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. Kasturi Rangan and Frances Hesselbein, encourages readers to ask these five critical questions about their organizations: What is our Mission?

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Business Techniques for Growth – Book Review

Rapid BI

'Written by Thomas H Gray, this book aims to give tools and techniques for smaller business owners. Book Structure: Motivation – self and others Compensation – for the owner and their team, Incentive plans and non financial rewards Improving Employee performance – a series of tools and techniques to improve the productivity and engagement of […].

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Feeding Your Community

Management Craft

Oh, golly, I have not been doing a very good job for my blog community. It has been far too long since I posted. Or better said, it has been far too long since I contributed (there is a difference - I could post every day with something that sounds like "buy my new book" but that would not contribute to you at all.). I am a lax blogger. I have not shared a new post in FOREVER!

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Psalm 103 Sermon: Adoration of God

Ron Edmondson

'Psalm 103 Sermon from ron edmondson on Vimeo. Related posts: Psalm 86 Sermon. Are you suffering? Listen to this Message from Psalm 22. Satan and his Demons…a Sermon. Rahab: A Sermon.

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For The New Leader: Some Truths About Being a Boss

You're Not the Boss of Me

'I wrote this post originally in July of 2012. However, based on suggestions made by some of my very astute readers, I have added a few truths that weren’t included then. While the additions made do not complete the list necessarily, they do round it out nicely. So, with thanks to Jamie , Terry and Alex, I offer you a newer version of ‘that which went before’ =.

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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