Sun.Sep 07, 2014

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Getting From Idea To Execution: 5 Lessons From a Kickstarter Video

Terry Starbucker

'Last week I told you about my latest venture, Built Oregon , and how we were launching a Kickstarter campaign on Labor Day. Today, I have great news - thanks to the help of 156 great people we hit our campaign target on Friday, only 5 days after launch. As we noted on the latest update to our backers, And now, it’s real. One hundred and fifty six people people from Oregon and outside our state lines want to hear the stories of entrepreneurship in our beautiful state.

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Leaders: Don’t Forget to Make Time for Q&A

Michael Lee Stallard

'#49 Make Time for Q&A – If you directly and indirectly lead a large number of people, set aside times for people to ask questions that you then answer. You can have people anonymously submit questions or just ask them during the meeting. Howard Behar, former President of Starbucks North America and Starbucks International, called the sessions he held “Open Forums.

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How To Launch A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

Women on Business

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Tensions Between Flexibility and Inflexibility

Leadership Freak

'Inflexibility is a security blanket for weak, fearful leaders, but too much flexibility creates instability. Flexibility feels dangers when you doubt yourself or the team. Inflexibility feels safe. The playing field stays the same.

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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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Hey Ladies: Get Confident

Women on Business

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Four Books on My Current Reading List

Kevin Eikenberry

'I decided to do something today that seems fun – at least to me. I’m going to share four books on my current reading stack, and give you the Amazon description of the book. Then I will share a sentence or two about why it is on my list. I’m doing this for three reasons: […]. The post Four Books on My Current Reading List appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Marshall Goldsmith on “The Power of Asking the Right Questions”

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Here is another brief, remarkably thoughtful article written by Marshall Goldsmith for Talent Management magazine. He suggests and I agree that mentors — and especially supervisors — should ask questions that probe for understanding to create a more insightful dialogue. To check out other resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM […].

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Leadership Caffeine—The Struggles Really Do Make Us Stronger

Management Excellence

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Do We Need a Greater Grasp of the Longer View, the Sweep of History? – I Think We Do

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Just a short reflection… In my synopsis of Business Adventures on Friday, I referred to Daniel Schorr in my introduction. I mentioned how much I gained from the decades-long experiences of Mr. Schorr when he would report on and reflect on contemporary issues on NPR.

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The Power of Persistence

Your Voice of Encouragement

'The principles in Napoleon Hill’s classic, Think and Grow Rich can certainly be applied to the accumulation of money. But they also represent an outstanding roadmap for accomplishing any worthwhile achievements in your life. Best-selling author Bob Proctor has studied and taught Hill’s 13 success principles for 40 years. The two habits he’s developed over the years are worth adopting: 1.

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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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How To Transform Yourself Into An Optimist

Eric Jacobson

'Every leader experiences periods of ups and downs. Hopefully, more up periods. If you struggle with too many down periods, it might be because you have perfectionist tendencies. Transform yourself into an optimist by: Viewing failure as an opportunity to learn and understand that failure is part of a fulfilling life. Making room for pain. Don''t deny yourself permission to feel painful emotions.

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Leaders and the Learning Organization

You're Not the Boss of Me

'It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism. ~ Peter Senge. Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. You will probably know that he has been around for a while but his message, at least for me, is as relevant to our current time as it was when he first introduced his book, The Fifth Discipline , twenty something years ago.