Wed.Feb 03, 2016

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Special Feature Pt2of2: One More Day

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The following short story is part 2 of a special 2-part series sponsored by General John E. Michel related to veteran’s stories and others-centered leadership. This particular story was written by USMC Sgt John Preston, who will be a guest on our Wednesday evening radio program tonight at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific.

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What Millennials Need in a Leader

Lead Change Blog

I will be honest—it took me a while to catch on to the fact that the title “millennial” was referring to me and my peers. Until I really took the time to step back and consider how differently (and why) my generation worked and related to leadership, I saw my steps into the professional world as just more cogs turning in the business machine. But after a few years of working in a variety of environments, I am beginning to understand how different we twenty/early thirty somethings really are.

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Ethical Failures: What Causes Them?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher ThorntonMSJ-160130-08 This week Leaderonomics.com published "Understanding and Preventing Ethical Leadership Failures" as its Hard Talk Leadership Pick of the Week. This article explores ethical failures and their individual and organizational causes. It answers these leadership questions: What are the intentional and unintentional causes of ethical failures?

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Shahara Wright, Esq. Joins the Women on Business Writers Team

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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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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Top Posts And Commenters For January 2016

Joseph Lalonde

A nyone else amazed at how quickly the new year started off? It seems like yesterday I was ringing in the new year with my wife, my parents, and a couple of my siblings. Now, we’re off and into February. And, for me, this month is only going to increase momentum. I’ve got a lot planned and hope you do as well. Top Posts. 1. 10 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From The Intern. 2. 20 Encouraging Bible Verses For Young Leaders. 3. 25 Leadership Quotes From Martin Luther King Jr. 4.

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Three Words. One Big Idea

In the CEO Afterlife

3 WORDS. 1 BIG IDEA. The word “DO” represents resolve and action. It is an expectation placed upon us at a very young age. “LESS” is the noun that contradicts everything we see and hear in this busy world. “BETTER” is the adjective that expresses our desire to do well at whatever we undertake. Do Less Better is the name of my business book. In it I draw on my CMO, CEO and consulting business experience to illustrate why ‘doing less, better’ is the surprising secret to success.

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Everyone Is A Leader

leaderCommunicator

DON'T: THINK YOU'RE NOT A LEADER. It’s easy to shy away from leadership responsibility by turning to any number of excuses. Someone else above you needs to make the final call. You don’t manage people; you’re an individual contributor. You’re a subject matter expert, not a leader. Your team knows exactly what to do and doesn’t need you. You might even simply state: “I’m not the big boss.

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“The Immediately Relevant” is Quite a Danger to the Pursuit of the Longer-Term Relevant – (Insight from Douglas Rushkoff, Present Shock)

First Friday Book Synopsis

This morning, in the midst of a helpful, thought-provoking presentation by business consultant Peter Sorenson, my mind took off on a tangent or two. (So did the “group mind” – we had a pretty wide-ranging discussion prompted by Pete’s presentation at this morning’s session of IMC DFW). Here’s one tangent. If we are living in… Read More “The Immediately Relevant” is Quite a Danger to the Pursuit of the Longer-Term Relevant – (Insight from Douglas Rushkoff, Present Shock).

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15 Negotiation Best Practices for Consultants

David A Fields

Once in a blue moon a consulting prospect will sign a proposal without asking for any changes or concessions. When the moon is white, yellow, green or invisible to the eye, you’ll probably have to negotiate to win the project. Below, in their barest form, are 15 best practices that will help you close more projects at higher values with more clients. 15 Negotiation Best Practices for Consultants I had a few more best practices in mind, but I want to hear from you to fill out the list.

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Change Reboot: How to Recover When Your Project Gets Off to a False Start

Change Starts Here

Ever get through part or all of a change implementation and discover that it didn’t quite take? You thought you were done, but people are still doing things the old way and the benefits have not been fully realized? If so, it’s likely your change got off to a false start. The initiative has run down the track, but the organization was left behind. Initiatives get off to a false start when you only take into account what is being implemented and ignore that people must also be moving away from so

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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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Zombie Hunter Extraordinaire

Strategy Driven

On my business cards, I’ve often thought the titles under my name should read: Owner. CEO. Zombie Hunter. Handing them out and watching for the inevitable eye roll would be kind of fun. But make no mistake; I’m dead serious about zombie hunting. This is a skill that – if Owner or CEO is a title on your business card – you need to master.

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7 Disciplines Needed for a Spiritual Leader

Ron Edmondson

A spiritual leader, in my opinion, is called to lead well. All leaders should lead well, but when one claims to be a follower of Christ their leadership reflects on his or her walk with Christ. I have learned personally that leading well requires discipline. It doesn’t happen naturally. Here are 7 disciplines needed for a spiritual leader: Dreaming.

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Are You a Leader, or Just Pretending to Be One?

Harvard Business Review

We’ve rarely needed leaders more — but wanted the leaders we have less. It’s as if we’ve forgotten what leadership really is, and confused it with what it isn’t. What’s not leadership? For one thing, performing. Leadership is not making the right faces, memorizing the right lines, pumping your fist in precisely the right way at exactly the right moment.

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How to Avoid Hiring a Toxic Employee

Harvard Business Review

Nothing is more costly to an organization’s culture than a toxic employee. Research shows that rudeness is like the common cold — it’s contagious, spreads quickly, and anyone can be a carrier. Dylan Minor, a visiting assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Michael Housman, chief analytics officer at Cornerstone OnDemand, studied just how costly toxic employees are using a large dataset of nearly 60,000 workers across 11 firms in various industries, including communi

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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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Before a Meeting, Tell Your Team That Silence Denotes Agreement

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. The meeting seemed to go smoothly. Bill, the executive vice president of sales at a global company, had gathered his extended leadership team — a group of more than 20 people — and outlined his latest plan to reconfigure the sales organization. When he asked if anyone had concerns, there were a few questions, but no one raised any significant obstacles or issues, and a few of the more senior team members spoke up in support of the plan.

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The 5 Things IBM Needs to Do to Win at AI

Harvard Business Review

Can the elephant dance again? Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. Today, as the wave of digitization continues to grow and envelope all the world’s enterprises, IBM is at a crucial juncture once again. CEO Ginni Rometty is leading the company into new areas, betting big on its Watson software and cloud computing.

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The Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making Is Real but Uneven

Harvard Business Review

Growing opportunities to collect and leverage digital information have led many managers to change how they make decisions – relying less on intuition and more on data. As Jim Barksdale, the former CEO of Netscape quipped, “If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” Following pathbreakers such as Caesar’s CEO Gary Loveman – who attributes his firm’s success to the use of databases and cutting-edge analyti

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How the Rise of the Post Office Explains American Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Wherever government extends its tentacles, innovation follows. To some contemporary technologists, that might sound like a joke without a punch line. But it’s a reasonable description of 19 th century America, according to a new working paper by Daron Acemoglu of MIT, James Robinson of the University of Chicago, and Jacob Moscona of Harvard. The 1800s set the stage for America’s technological dominance and, as the researchers document, in that era invention and government expansion w

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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.