Tue.Apr 30, 2013

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Mentoring Moments: Just in Time Support

Let's Grow Leaders

'Someone asks you to be their mentor. You’re not sure you can commit. It’s a lot of time, and you’re already overloaded. Plus you’ve mentored in several formal mentoring programs and it felt forced and awkward. Formal programs can stifle a good relationship. Even organic relationships can lose steam with too much structure.

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Character and Competency Go Together

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Team Dynamics Steven Covey once said, “Character is what we are; competence is what we can do. The reality is that character and competence drive everything else in the organization.” How is your team in your business or organization aligned for success? Do you have two key components that drive success?

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

'Here are a selection of tweets from April 2013 that you might have missed: Ariens CEO outlines Seven Skills of a Lean Leader. How Do You Show Up As A Leader In Your Organization? by @TanveerNaseer. From Fortune > Is there really such thing as a ''global CEO''? When do you need to show more support when presenting ideas ? @JohnBaldoni shares the answer with #AMAPlaybook.

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The Minimalist Guide to Motivating Your Employees

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development [link] Make It Stop! I could almost hear his anguish… A young supervisor had gone to Twitter in desperation: “How can I ever motivate my team? Please help!!!” His fatigue and frustration were palpable, but they were also causing him immense problems and his credibility and influence with his team had suffered badly.

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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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Do You Give Your Power Away At Work?

Tanveer Naseer

'Are we giving away our power when we show up at work? It’s a question that came to mind following a thought-provoking conversation I had with Kathy Caprino about a recent piece she had written about tapping into our power to achieve a sense of happiness and fulfilment. Through our discussion, I began to wonder how many of us experience moments where our knowledge, experiences, and insights tell us that the ideas and plans being put forth are missing key details, but we don’t speak u

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Is it Time to Create your own Succession Plan?

Great Leadership By Dan

'If you’re in a senior leadership role in a large organization, there’s a good chance there is a succession plan for your position in case you get promoted, win the lottery, get hit by a bus, leave to take a position at another company, or need to be replaced for poor performance. In smart companies, an orderly replacement of high level, critical positions is considered to be strategically important to the continued success of the company.

Planning 242

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The Space Between Supervising Closely and Delegating

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'Most of us know what Supervising Closely looks like. It’s doing things like: Setting goals. Telling what needs to be done. Explaining how to do it. Setting timelines. Checking progress. Providing frequent feedback. And most of us know what Delegating looks like: You leave them alone and let them do their job. If you want to be an effective leader, you need to be able to hang out in the space in the middle.

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Great Leaders Know Diverse Teams are Stronger Teams

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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When Teammates Collide

Leadership Freak

'Forward-focused teammates clash with foot-draggers. But, foot-draggers aren’t the problem. My approach to an opportunity is grab it and go. Planning isn’t high on my list. I know it’s important but can’t we plan as we go. “Just do something” is my motto. Build the airplane in the air. “Just do something people” drive planners crazy. [.].

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Are You Creating Enemies or Traitors?

Modern Servant Leader

'You have a bad guy. The villain. The antagonist. This bad guy is either inside your company or outside. As a leader , you can influence where he is. Outside it better, but if you don’t point him out to your team, they’ll create the bad guy inside your company walls. Enemies. The bad guy is whatever you fight. In for-profit companies, this should be your toughest competitor.

Politics 187
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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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When work arises during meditation

Tony Mayo

'Many of my clients have noticed that among the many thoughts intruding upon their meditation are some that appear to be genuinely useful ideas and plans. My suggestion is to treat these like any other ideas that arise and use the opportunity to direct your attention back to the chosen focus of your [.].

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GC01: 6 Steps to Effective Gamification | with Kevin Werbach

Engaging Leader

'Kevin Werbach is coauthor of For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business. He is a professor at Wharton, one of the world’s top business schools, and he created the world’s first MBA course on gamification. Kevin is the founder of the Supernova Group, a technology analysis and consulting firm. He is considered a leading expert on emerging trends in communications and technology.

Trends 138
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3 Ways to Improve Your Organization’s Culture

CO2

'by Calvin Guyer We have all heard the phrase “Culture eats strategy for lunch (or breakfast, or dinner).” But what exactly does it mean and what, as a business leader, can you do to improve your organization’s culture? Every morning when I logged onto my system at Merrill Lynch I saw their well-known “bull” logo and the words “A Performance Driven Culture.” They are driven by performance.

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Solution Finding Stimulus. How Will You Know Question

Mike Cardus

'If you accomplish what you want to have happen, what are you doing? What is happening INSTEAD of the problem? When your team and you are stuck a stimulus will get you moving again! What do you think? Share your responses and practice being Solution-Focused. michael cardus is create-learning.

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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 belt-tightening helps us with change - in the workplace and out

leaderCommunicator

'A good friend of mine is trying to lose weight. I know that’s a goal many of us have, and an ongoing challenge for just about all of us. You might even call it a weighty issue. Part of what’s most difficult is changing our habits and internalizing new behaviors (not to mention finding the right formula to shed a few pounds!). Sticking to it – whatever the plan is – can be tough because it’s so easy to get distracted and off course.

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AND (The Art of the Both)

Chris Brady

'The word "the" is the most common in the English langauge. Hot on its heels in terms of amount of usage is the word "and." "And" is also a very important word when it comes to high achievement. We. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Bangladesh Fire, and Maybe the Only Question to Ask – What Kind of People are We?

First Friday Book Synopsis

'…a person picking tomatoes receives the same basic rate of pay he received thirty years ago. Adjusted for inflation, a harvester’s wages have actually dropped by half over the same period. Florida tomato workers, mostly Hispanic migrants, toil without union protection and get neither overtime, benefits, nor medical insurance. They are denied basic legal rights [.].

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New Leader Tuesday: Dealing with the Personal Problems of Your Team Members

Management Excellence

'One of the occupational challenges of your role as a manager or supervisor is learning how to navigate the personal issues of your team members that seep (or rush) into the workplace.

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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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Zig Zag: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity Keith Sawyer Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) Cutting edge thinking and practical advice on how to follow a path less traveled to breakthrough creativity After introducing eight “powerful, surprisingly simple” steps to creativity, Keith Sawyer observes, “Exceptional creators often zig zag through all eight steps, in varying order, [.].

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Resource Management Warning Flag 3 – Marginalizing Employee Contributions

Strategy Driven

'All employees need to feel their work contributes to and is valued by the organization. While leaders may express appreciation for an individual or group’s work effort, resource management programs sometimes unintentionally marginalize employee contributions. Doing so causes employee dissatisfaction, burnout, and unwanted attrition. Resource management and strategic planning programs must therefore be carefully constructed so as to not unintentionally marginalize employee effort.

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Dennis Perkins: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Dennis Perkins is Chief Executive Officer of The Syncretics Group, a consulting firm devoted to effective leadership in demanding environments—especially those characterized by uncertainty, ambiguity, and rapid change. Perkins has worked for over twenty-five years as an advisor to senior leaders in organizations ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to nonprofit associations.

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Can Online Forums Damage My Small Business?

Rapid BI

'The fact that word on the Internet travels so quickly can be beneficial to small businesses regarding advertising and word of mouth recommendations, but unfortunately, it can also be detrimental if the wrong this is said. With all the different social media sites and forums online, any business needs to stay abreast of what is [.].

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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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Sometimes Boring is Better

Ron Edmondson

'If I’m attending a church for the first time, I want to know who you are. What are you trying to accomplish? What is your DNA? What drives the church? What’s your vision? If you’ve heard your vision before, then it’s probably not “news” to you. In fact, it may even be boring if you have heard it so many times. Repeating vision can be “boring” to those who know the vision well.

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A Smart Approach to Fixing Cities' Problems

Harvard Business Review

'It used to be that when a heavy storm hit South Bend, Indiana, waste water spilled into the St. Joseph River and backed up in basements. That''s because, like some 800 other cities in the United States with combined storm and sanitary sewers, South Bend''s pipes and treatment plants were easily overwhelmed. The city was faced with the prospect of a major infrastructure overhaul that could have cost $120 million.

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Lessens From Jason Collins: Coming Out As a Parent in the Office

The Idolbuster

'Mother With Child by Mzacha via rgbphoto Face hidden to protect her career? Jason Collins article is the first active professional male athlete to come out. Collins wrote a first person account of his life before coming out, and how he feels now. He stayed in the closet for fear of consequences to his professional life, and as a result “endured years of misery.

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When Visualizing Data, You Have to Fail to Succeed

Harvard Business Review

'At 4:26 a.m. one morning last December, an email from our COO arrived in our inboxes. "Literally can''t sleep — thinking about [your data presentation]." As a data scientist, if your data causes co-workers to lose sleep, you''ve done your job, perhaps too well. The rest of the email outlined new strategies for member acquisition and engagement that will save our organization over $200,000.

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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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Overcome the Complexity Within You

Harvard Business Review

'Although it doesn''t show up explicitly in any personality test, some people seem to be more prone to creating complexity than others. Instead of cutting to the heart of an issue, they tangle it further; rather than narrowing down projects, they allow the scope to keep expanding; and instead of making decisions, they defer until there is more data and better analysis.

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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

Harvard Business Review

'One of my young clients, let''s call her Julie, is on a mission. Julie has an idea, one that has been gestating in her mind for quite some time, but now she realizes that for her idea to have any impact at all she will have to "go public" with it. Julie believes there are countless intelligent, talented but disadvantaged kids who, for a variety of reasons, have been shut out of traditional educational pathways and are therefore at risk of never achieving their full potential.

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Don't Blame Your Company's Poor Performance on Its Industry

Harvard Business Review

'Between 2002 and 2012, the shareholder return of the average airline company rose an uninspiring 5.6% a year. Diversified consumer services were a notch lower, gaining just 4.2% a year. Worst of all were computers and peripherals companies, with a 3% average annual return — barely the rate of inflation in many parts of the world. It was just lousy timing if you happened to be in one of these industries, which were all in the bottom quartile of total shareholder returns (share price change

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Escape from Brainstorm Island

Harvard Business Review

'Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg , coauthor of Innovation as Usual , explains how to drive innovation on a daily basis.

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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.