Mon.Aug 04, 2014

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How To Build a Leadership Credo

Let's Grow Leaders

'Too many leaders run through their days without taking time to consider how and why they lead as they do. Days become months and months become years. Pressures, grooming, and politics all create counter-pressures to authenticity. Articulating what you value, helps you to stay true to what you believe. Every year, I take time out to work on my leadership credo.

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Forget Big and Flashy: Go For the Little Wow!

General Leadership

'A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Disney Institute program in Orlando. One of the topics we covered concerned “wows”. There are lots of wows that we experience every day, but in the entertainment and theme park business, most people think of the big wows. They think of the big, new attraction, the super cool computer-generated imagery of a movie, or that monster roller-coaster that raises your heart rate.

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Warren Bennis 1925-2014

Leading Blog

'The father of leadership , Warren Bennis died Thursday, July 31 at the age of 89. He had served as a business professor at the University of Southern California for the last 35 years. He wrote nearly 30 books including An Invented Life, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. His leadership thinking was in many ways ahead of its time. I first met Warren Bennis through his book, The Unconscious Conspiracy: Why Leaders Can’t Lead , in 1976.

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4 Critical Management Techniques for Difficult Employees

Women on Business

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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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The August Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

'The August Leadership Development is up! This month''s Carnival is all about Motivational and Inspiring Leadership. It''s hosted by Shawn Murphy and his team over at Switch and Shift. You can find it right here.

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5 Ways to Face What You’d Like to Avoid

Leadership Freak

'The problems you’d love to avoid make your leadership relevant. While facing difficulties, successful leaders demonstrate: Emotional stability. Adding drama doubles every problem. Lower your voice and calm your spirit.

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Where the Best Coaches Focus Their Efforts

Kevin Eikenberry

'I have the good fortune of working with lots of leaders, and often have the chance to talk with, teach or consult with them on a variety of issues including their role as a coach. The vast majority of those I work with truly want to be more effective and make a difference for their […]. The post Where the Best Coaches Focus Their Efforts appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Giving space and light for others to grow

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Last winter, we had an old apple tree in the yard topple from sub-zero freezing temperatures and the weight of more snow than we’ve seen since we’ve lived here. When we lost that tree, we gained a patch of sun that we hadn’t had before. Excitement ensued when we envisioned the possibility of having our first vegetable garden in many years.

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Top Posts And Commenters For July 2014

Joseph Lalonde

'J uly is over and done with. July was a crazy busy month around here. It’s so easy to get sidetracked by the busyness of our lives that we forget to reflect. That’s why I do these monthly reviews. To reflect and review upon the previous month. To see what went right and what went wrong. With no further ado, lets get to the top posts and commenters for the month of July.

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How to Respond to a Mistake

Nathan Magnuson

'As an individual, it doesn’t take long to realize Alexander Pope’s timeless line “to err is human.” As a leader, it can be downright frustrating dealing with the errors of those we lead. But it’s how we respond to those mistakes that sets great leaders apart. If someone on your team has fouled things up, why don’t you try some of these responses?

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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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Mindful Mondays: Hit the Showers

Next Level Blog

'One of the features in my forthcoming book, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative, is a series of sidebars called Habit Hacks. The Habit Hacks are simple things that are easy to do and likely to make a difference in feeling less overworked and overwhelmed. I have a feeling that I’m going to be collecting a lot of good Habit Hacks over the next few years.

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093: The Pure-Hearted Leader: The Surprising Relevance of an Ancient Concept

Engaging Leader

'Back in 2000, Jesse was helping an executive at one of the world’s largest companies develop a communication plan. As they were working through the key messages, the executive got tripped up on one of the words Jesse was recommending. He thought the word and even the concept might be dated, old-fashioned. The word was […] Back in 2000, Jesse was helping an executive at one of the world''s largest companies develop a communication plan.

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0516 | Edward Slingerland

LDRLB

'Edward Slingerland is the author of Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity. He is Professor of Asian Studies and Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia. Educated at Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, he is an internationally renowned expert in Chinese thought, comparative religion, and cognitive science.

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Here are My Takeaways from Margaret Heffernan’s Willful Blindness – a Remarkable Book

First Friday Book Synopsis

'“I request that it be arranged that such inhuman deeds be discontinued, or else be done where one does not have to see it.” Eleanore Gusenbauer, who lived on a high point overlooking the Concentration Camp in Mauthausen, Austria, in a letter to the SS Leader at the Camp, in 1938 (Quoted in Margaret Heffernan’s […].

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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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How do I Know if I’m Called by God?

Deep Imprints

'Have you ever wondered if God called you to something more? John 1:6 “There was a man sent from God whose name was John.” This simple verse tells us a lot – it tells us that the man we know as John the Baptist somehow stood out. It was obvious to others that he was […].

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Leadership Caffeine—Ideas to Help You Adjust Your Attitude and Improve Performance

Management Excellence

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5 Open-ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobson

'I really like author Paul R. Timm''s advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. Here''s what Timm recommends: Don''t Ask : How was everything? Can I get you something else? Did you find everything you need? Will that be all? Was everything satisfactory? Instead Ask : What else can I do for you?

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The Losada Ratio: Praise (5) vs. Criticism (1)

CO2

'by Gary Cohen. Losada Ratio. The Losada ratio is the ratio of positive to negative comments you convey to others. As you might imagine, people prefer to hear praise. They also tend to be more productive when they do. Losada and Heaphy found that the most effective work teams praised five times or more than they criticized. Filling the Emotional Bank Account.

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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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Gary Vaynerchuk Uses This Data to Convince Companies to Invest in Community Management

Managing Communities

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Success Indicators

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: I am meeting with a potential client and need some great question about how they measure success. What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below. Agreements Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Fees Positioning Proposals Relationships scorecards adding value agreements benefits Consultative selling consulting fees Marketing positioning.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

'Questions from salespeople: Jeffrey, As you suggest, my company is going to start filming client video testimonials. There will be some clients we would not invite to give a testimonial due to their less than stellar reputation in our community. What is the diplomatic response to such clients if they ask, “How come you didn’t ask me to do a testimonial?

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7 Examples of Tough, But Smart Leadership Decisions

Ron Edmondson

'Leadership is tough. It’s especially tough when it involves people. It is interesting, however, in my experience, how often the toughest decision is the smartest decision. It’s the one we know we need to make but it’s the hardest one to make. Every leader I know wants to be liked. They want to limit frustration among the people trying to follow.

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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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The Losada Ratio: Praise (5) vs. Criticism (1)

CO2

Losada Ratio. The Losada ratio is the ratio of positive to negative comments you convey to others. As you might imagine, people prefer to hear praise. They also tend to be more productive when they do. Losada and Heaphy found that the most effective work teams praised five times or more than they criticized. Filling the Emotional Bank Account. Stephen Covey said that we are either making deposits in or withdrawals from others’ emotional bank account.

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How to Improve Leadership Skills in 4 Steps

Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

Leaders never stop growing and developing. They have the capacity to keep themselves from falling into a comfort zone. They are lifelong students. Do you have a drive and goal to become a great leader? All leadership qualities can be learned. The hard part is identifying the qualities that you must learn to succeed as an effective leader. Follow these steps today to find out how to improve your leadership skills.

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Aren't We Pretty Much All The Same?

Eric Jacobson

'When I think about all my colleagues, co-workers and employees, former co-workers, friends, and teammates, I content that we are pretty much all the same. Even though I read nearly daily articles about all the various generations in the workforce and how "different" we all are. I content that despite who you are, we pretty much all have the following in common.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #137

Rapid BI

'“Great leaders are not born, they are made. Which explains why so many have a screw loose.

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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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Schedule a 15-Minute Break Before You Burn Out

Harvard Business Review

'When you’re racing 90 miles an hour, the last thing you want to do is slow down. That’s how it feels on those exhilarating days when you’re completely focused, tearing through your to-do list, racking up accomplishments. You just want to keep going. You might also worry that if you take a break, you’ll lose momentum and find it impossible to regain your stride.

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Don’t Trust Your Company’s Reputation to the Quants

Harvard Business Review

'Inversion is all the rage – and it’s sparking rage, too. Companies are employing or considering the complex and controversial tax maneuver to relocate their headquarters to countries more tax-friendly than the U.S. and save bundles. Pfizer is perhaps the largest corporation to attempt inversion. ( The deal fell through.) Walgreen’s and as many as 30 other deals reportedly are in the pipeline.

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Lafley’s P&G Brand Cull and the 80/20 Rule

Harvard Business Review

'Declaring he’d cull up to 100 brands — many of which he’d acquired and developed — P&G CEO A.G. Lafley launches a “game changer” profoundly different than what he championed in his eponymous 2008 bestseller. P&G is cutting its global brand portfolio by more than half. Instead of focusing on innovation, as he did during his first tour as CEO of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods firm, Lafley is now innovating on focus.

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Morality and Competence Are Universal Concepts Among Humans

Harvard Business Review

'A team of researchers looking for ubiquitous human concepts in a dozen languages as diverse as the Afro-Asiatic tongue Afar and the Australian language Wik-mungkan discovered that ideas of morality — reflected in words that translate as “good,” “bad,” “disobedient,” and “ashamed” — occur in all 12. Also common are concepts of competence, or lack thereof: “strong,” “weak,” “useless,” and “stupid,” says the team, led by Gerard Saucier of the University of Oregon.

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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.