Mon.Nov 03, 2014

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An Easy Way to Discuss Dysfunctional Behavior at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

'Whether your team is just starting up, or has the battle scars of a team fighting for results, they need to find a way to talk about the behaviors getting in their way. Great leaders look for ways to make this conversation easier. Dysfunctional behavior can be hard to talk about because it feels so personal. Many times people wait to have important difficult conversations until the issue has escalated.

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Solve One Of The Most Common Leadership Frustrations

Lead Change Blog

'One of the most common frustrations of leaders is expectations not being met. Leaders are busy folks and as a result we assume a lot in the process of doing our jobs. One of the common assumptions and therefore a source of frustration is that our people know what we expect of them. If you left your desk or picked up the phone right now and asked one of your team members, “Do you know what is expected of you?

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Lead Like a U.S. Marine

Michael Lee Stallard

'Great leaders know that task excellence alone is not sufficient to achieve sustainable superior performance. They also know that relationship excellence alone is not sufficient in the end. Instead, truly great leaders realize the vital importance of both elements. The dual focus of task and relationship excellence can be difficult for many leaders to grasp.

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Monday Quote:

General Leadership

'“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”. Colin Powell. by … Read the rest. The post Monday Quote: appeared first on General Leadership.

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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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Queen Bees in the Workplace

Women on Business

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Happiness is an inside job

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Do you get weary and irritated at all of the attention paid to happiness these days? Research studies, blog posts, TED talks, and even entire nations studying “gross national happiness” Bah, humbug. What does happiness have to do with leadership anyway? A lot it seems, despite my feeling peeved when yet another psychologist throws their hat in the happiness ring.

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How Positive Thinking Really Works

Leadership Freak

'I start feeling negative when I hear, “Stop thinking negative thoughts.” Positive thinking is important. Successful leaders are optimistic about success. But, positive thinking that results in fantasies about easy success are ridiculous.

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Five Powers of Encouragement

Kevin Eikenberry

'I spent most of last week coaching leaders on their skills, abilities and results through the use of 360 assessments. While the experience, scope and overall skill of these leaders varied widely, one of the lessons I received from this process was a reminder of and deepening appreciation for the power of encouragement. By the […]. The post Five Powers of Encouragement appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Is Leadership Easy or Difficult?

Nathan Magnuson

'One of the things that disappoints me the most is hearing someone tell me they don’t want to be a leader. It’s unfortunate because I believe that everyone not only has the ability to be leader but also the responsibility to make a leadership contribution in the role they are in. But in this context, they usually associate leadership with a management-type position.

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Darwin P. Kingsley

Joseph Lalonde

'Y ou have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind. The post Darwin P. Kingsley appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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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: What You Can Learn About Focus from the World Series MVP

Next Level Blog

'If I ever write another book, I want to interview Madison Bumgarner for it. That dude knows how to focus and I’d love to know more about how he does it. As you may have seen last week, the San Francisco Giants starting pitcher came on the mound in the 5th inning of game seven of the World Series and pitched for the rest of the game. The scene was set in Kansas City and the Giants had a 3-2 lead over the Royals when Bumgarner took over.

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Top Blogs Posts And Commenters For October 2014

Joseph Lalonde

'W e’re really starting to close in on the end of the year now. The books have closed on October and we’ve moved into November. That means it’s time for the monthly blog review. In this post you’ll find out which blog posts received the most traffic, who commented the most (was it you?), and other exciting things happening on JMLalonde.com.

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

'Kris Ansin is the executive director of Mali Health Organizing Proje ct - an amazing company increasing access to primary maternal and child healthcare in Mali. This past year, Mali repelled an Islamic coup and had it''s first case of Ebola, hopefully contained. To say Kris lives in a complex and complicated world is an understatement. This is his story of what he''s learned living and working at the edge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Learning to See the World through Someone Else’s Eyes – a Challenge from Richard Hughes, Myths America Lives By

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Every now and then, I pull out one of already read, or not yet read, “serious” books. You know, books written by academicians, filled with footnotes, and not having all that wide an audience. I wish I read more of these. But, as always, so many books, so little time… One book that I occasionally […].

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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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Reality Check

Deep Imprints

'Sometimes God is kind to us and gives us a serious reality check. Today was one of those days. I came out of the restroom, and saw a beautiful woman with perfect hair standing there. Next to her, I felt dowdy. It is not uncommon for me to blurt what is on my mind, and […].

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Let’s Hear it for the Invisibles – Insight from David Zweig (and Barbara Ehrenreich)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. David Foster Wallace, The Pale King If you come to […].

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Leadership Caffeine—Is that Employee Not Right or Not Ready?

Management Excellence

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10 Signs You Are Ready For A New Challenge

Eric Jacobson

'Liz Wiseman ''s new book, Rookie Smarts , jumped onto the Best-Selling Books Hardcover Business List at No. 7 (week ended October 19), as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Her book is all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve. She contends that we do our best work when we are new to something. And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts.

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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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Examples of Companies Engaging in Online Forums They Don’t Own

Managing Communities

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7 Reasons People Are Not Leading Who Could Be

Ron Edmondson

'We need leaders. When Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few…” — I’m convinced — some of those workers should be leaders of other workers. Throughout the Scriptures God used men and women to lead others to accomplish great things — all to His glory. But, I’m equally convinced, that just as their are not enough people working who should be working — some of the workers who should be leading are not leading.

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The Prospect Turned Me Down… Do I Ask, “Why?”

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: Should I go into ‘inquiry mode’ when I get bad news from a prospect? What about when the prospect is trying to do it themselves even though the problem is urgent and they clearly lack the ability to solve the problem? What would you suggest to this consultant? Would you go into inquiry mode or take a different approach?

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The Rise of the Rude Hiring Manager

Harvard Business Review

'When his three-hour board interview ended with an offer to join the executives for a beer, 35-year-old Martin* figured he’d nailed the job. He had spent the last two months interviewing for a position as director of operations at a sporting goods company. His resume was spot-on — he’d spent five years as a sporting goods sales rep and several years as an operations manager doing “everything from ordering for shops, to speaking with dealers, to sales.

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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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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

'Once upon a time, executive coaching was viewed as a remedial intervention for executives and managers who needed to be “fixed” in some way. Managers were not expected to be particularly involved in the coachee’s exploration or journey. Coaching was even sometimes viewed as “outsourcing” the management of a difficult employee. But today, executive coaching is often viewed as a strategic investment in human capital – a perk reserved for employees with high potential — and managers have rea

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

'Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. The overwhelming majority of commerce, investment, and other interactions still occur within — not between — nations. That’s the message from the just-released DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014, which combines measures of trade, capital, people, and information flows to give a picture of how entwined we citizens of the wor

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

'Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. The overwhelming majority of commerce, investment, and other interactions still occur within — not between — nations. That’s the message from the just-released DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014 , which combines measures of trade, capital, people, and information flows to give a picture of how entwined we citizens of the wo

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

'Once upon a time, executive coaching was viewed as a remedial intervention for executives and managers who needed to be “fixed” in some way. Managers were not expected to be particularly involved in the coachee’s exploration or journey. Coaching was even sometimes viewed as “outsourcing” the management of a difficult employee. But today, executive coaching is often viewed as a strategic investment in human capital – a perk reserved for employees with high potential — and managers have rea

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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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Help Your Employees Be Themselves at Work

Harvard Business Review

'How can managers create workplace environments where people feel comfortable being themselves? Research has shown that hiding our true identities can cripple professional performance. For instance, closeted LGBT employees feel much more isolated at work than their openly gay peers, and 52% of closeted employees feel their careers have stagnated, compared to just over a third of their out colleagues.

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The Boundaries Around Your Industry Are About to Change

Harvard Business Review

'Most obviously, the Internet of Things has the power to profoundly change operations — that’s where much of the coverage of this burgeoning network has focused. But companies should also be preparing for profound shifts in their competitive strategies as the IoT takes off. It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire.

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The Boundaries Around Your Industry Are About to Change

Harvard Business Review

'Most obviously, the Internet of Things has the power to profoundly change operations — that’s where much of the coverage of this burgeoning network has focused. But companies should also be preparing for profound shifts in their competitive strategies as the IoT takes off. It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire.

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7 Marketing Technologies Every Company Must Use

Harvard Business Review

'With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” Indeed, according to my research into 351 mid-market B2B companies , except for companies in software, the adoption rate of marketing technology is very low: companies in other industries are using a median of just 2 out of 9 major marketing technology programs that I identified.

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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.