Tue.Jan 19, 2016

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Tuesday Time Machine: Magnify Success – Choose Your Words Wisely

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 16 April 2014. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop. ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

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6 Ways to Treat Your “True” Customer Well

Women on Business

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Reality Checks Leaders Must Give Themselves in 2016 (Part One)

Lead Change Blog

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. It never has been. The essence of leadership lies within who you are and how you behave. It is character-driven. In fact, leadership and character are one and the same. Becoming a leader means embarking on a courageous journey of strength and integrity. Not everyone is qualified, but everyone is capable if given the tools.

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When brass bands won’t work for you

Persuasive Powerhouse

Many leaders don’t like promoting themselves, even as they are encouraged (or required) to do so in order to make a bigger difference in their organizations. Does the idea of self-promotion leave you with a sinking feeling? The alternative is to hide and risk your ability to have greater influence. If you remain in your shell without stepping out, you’ll continue to hold tight to the magic you have within you that isn’t being used to its full potential.

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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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Stay Focused During Meetings: Best Practices to Incorporate

Chart Your Course

Americans have more than one billion meetings per year. At around $338 in staff salaries for each meeting, this amounts to a huge amount of money spent each year on meetings. To get the most out of this substantial cost center, employees and employers need to maximize attention and retention at every meeting. Prime Your Brain Scientists define boredom as an inability to engage your mind with either internal or external processes.

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0703 | Becoming an Authentic Leader with Bill George

LDRLB

Bill George is professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. Mr. George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. He is the author of the new book, Discover Your True North , an updated version of his bestseller True North. In this interview, we discuss how to become an authentic leader. [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen on Stitcher ].

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Top 10 Tips for Successful Internal Branding Efforts

leaderCommunicator

Internal branding. It’s often maligned and misunderstood in part because it’s done poorly. Look first at who’s often driving internal branding efforts and you understand why the results are typically less than they should be.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Threat of Job Loss to Automation

First Friday Book Synopsis

If manufacturers are concerned only in their personal interests, they will pass by on the other side while thousands of working people are stripped of their jobs and left displaced on some Jericho road as a result of automation, and they will judge every move towards a better distribution of wealth and a better life… Read More Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Threat of Job Loss to Automation.

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Transform the Management System by Experimenting, Iterating and Adopting Standard Work

Curious Cat

In this short video, Dr. John Toussaint describes how ThedaCare applied leadership standard work to create a successful management transformation. The changes to the management system were tested by applying standard work for all positions in 2 parts of the organization (including all senior management positions) and learning and adapting and then spreading the new methods to the rest of the organization.

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Leadership Caffeine™—Refueling as a Leader

Management Excellence

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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 Lessons from the United States Naval Academy – Make the Decision Your Own

Strategy Driven

Nations entrust their military personnel with the responsibility of providing for the national defense and securing the rights and liberties of their people. This goal places many who serve in harms way, whether during peacetime or when at war. Hi there! This article is available to StrategyDriven Personal Business Advisor Remote Access and Dedicated Advisor clients and those who subscribe to one of the article's related categories.

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The Absolute Greatest Killer of Motivation – And 3 Suggestions

Ron Edmondson

What’s the greatest killer of motivation? We often think it is a lack of vision. But, you can have the greatest vision ever and still see motivation dwindle and momentum die. The fact is, we have an amazing ability to get bored with good things over time. In fact, time is the greatest killer of momentum. It doesn’t matter how much we love something, time can cause us to lose interest.

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5 Tips For Communicating Your Vision

My Own Coach

As leader, it’s your job to communicate a compelling vision to engage and mobilise others. Defining purpose and helping bring clarity to a vision is a critical part of any leader’s role, whether this be for the organisation as a whole, the department or team. But, how can you communicate your vision effectively, so others… The post 5 Tips For Communicating Your Vision appeared first on My Own Coach Limited.

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A 10-Year Study Reveals What Great Executives Know and Do

Harvard Business Review

Despite the huge impact executives can have on their organizations, failure rates remain high. Prescriptions for what to do continue to fall short. So we wondered: If we closely studied the executives who succeed in top jobs once appointed, could we identify distinguishing features that set them apart and defined their success? As part of our ten-year longitudinal study on executive transitions, which included more than 2,700 leadership interviews, we did a rigorous statistical analysis (includi

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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 It Takes To Be Captain Of The Change Journey

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece from Dr. Karin Stumpf. Implementing change is a vital requirement of modern business life. In my work as a change professional I have identified three leadership attributes (also described in more details in my book “Leading Business Change”) that are key to successful change: Being active in shaping the organization transformation Role modeling the required behavioral adjustments and Motivating the people involved and impacted 1.

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What You’re Hiding from When You Constantly Check Your Phone

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. Everyone agrees that Millennials are an overwhelmingly “plugged in” generation. 85% of Millennials own smartphones , and 80% sleep with their phones beside them in bed. I am one such Millennial. Other research suggests, however, that Millennials seem to find technology stressful. Surveys have shown that technology is causing us all — Millennials, Gen Xers, Boomers — more stress.

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The Perfect Message On Time Management (from a Google Manager).

Rich Gee Group

I was wondering around the web the other day and ran into this article/email on Medium (one of my favorite sites). I ran into a profound message from a Google manager who wrote a simple email to his staff on Time Management. (By Jeremiah Dillon , Head of Product Marketing, Google Apps for Work). It was so well received, he was asked to broadcast it to a larger audience, and history was made.

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Why California Is Such a Talent Magnet

Harvard Business Review

By supporting worker mobility, cities can both foster the growth of denser talent networks within their borders and increase the likelihood of technological and other productive innovation. And yet some cities seem to attract talent much more easily than others. Californian cities have proven especially good at this despite their high cost of living.

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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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5 Ways To Improve Your Delivery Service

Strategy Driven

Delivery is a core aspect of business. Whether you’re operating out of your bedroom or you’re a corporate giant, the delivery service matters. It all comes down to the final product you deliver to your customer. The delivery aspect is tricky when you’re a small business. Packaging and posting each item yourself takes time and dedication. But, it doesn’t get much easier when you start making more sales !

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Technology Is Helping Shape the Future of Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL AND INTEL®

Harvard Business Review

It is no surprise that in a new ranking created by Dell with IHS Economics, seven of the top overlap with the American Fitness Index’s list of healthiest U.S. cities. These cities are arguably some of the most connected and most educated, and their infrastructure supports recreational activity. But health is not just an outcome of development – it is a prerequisite.

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Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick

Harvard Business Review

We all have “productivity systems,” whether we design them with intent or just let them grow up around us. A productivity system is simply a collection of behaviors, repeated consistently and in a particular order, plus the tools that support them. We often hear people say something like, “I don’t have a system — it would take too much time.