Sat.Aug 17, 2013

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How To Make Networking Fun for Women Inventors

Women on Business

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Getting Crazy

Leadership Freak

'Image source Run to crazy people. Avoid comfortable people. Teammates, who think like you, are irrelevant. They take up space and suck oxygen. Reserve chairs and air for crazies. Invite in those who see differently. Punish silent agreement and reward dissent. Strong leaders seek options, alternatives, and diversity. Weak leaders build weak teams filled with […].

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Key elements of leadership and product management

Lead on Purpose

'Most technology companies are comprised of people and teams that discover, define, design, develop and deliver products to the market. Their success depends largely on how well these teams work together to produce great products and services. The role of product manager has become increasingly important to the success of the products and the companies; it has become increasingly strategic.

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Get Things Done, One Next Action at a Time; and Watch & Replenish Your Energy – (Personal) Productivity Quick View from David Allen & Tony Schwartz

First Friday Book Synopsis

'It’s Saturday, and I’m cleaning out “stacks.” I have fewer than I used to, but still too many. I found my physical copy of a 2 year old Harvard Business Review, and re-visited this article: Being More Productive - An Interview with David Allen and Tony Schwartz by Daniel McGinn. (You can look at a preview version here). If […].

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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You Are An Open Leader If You Answer "Yes" To These 7 Questions

Eric Jacobson

'Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these " open leadership skills assessment " questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Do I make myself available to people at all levels of the organization? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? Do I encourage people to share information? Do I publicly admit when I am wrong?

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Brian Klapper: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Brian Klapper is the President and Founding Partner of The Klapper Institute. He is an internationally recognized expert in operational and cultural corporate transformation. Brian has worked with global companies in a variety of sectors including: financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, food service, utilities, retail, and healthcare.

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360 Survey On the Wall…I Hardly See Myself at All

You're Not the Boss of Me

'This post, from January 2012, challenges the 360 degree feedback process first popularized in the 1990s. Too often, rather than use such a process as a springboard to having important conversations, we make the process itself the focal point thus diminishing its usefulness. . I’m not a big fan of surveys. That includes, ( dare I say it?), the 360 degree performance assessment type survey.

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Why You Need To Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

Eric Jacobson

'Inspirational leadership wisdom came awhile back from Bahram Akradi, the CEO of Life Time Fitness. From that health club''s monthly fitness magazine, Experience Life , Akradi says: Once we get comfortable in our habitual patterns, we may fail to notice when they have outworn their useful purpose, or when new alternatives might serve us better. Once you''ve encountered a second way of seeing things, you''re more likely to entertain the possibility of a third and fourth way, too.

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Fear Devotional, Part 3

Ron Edmondson

'Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.” Genesis 18:15 NIV. Sarah couldn’t believe God’s plan for her life was to have a child. So she laughed at His plan. She was too old. It had been so long. Could God do this? Would God even use someone like her for such a plan? It was probably scary to simply trust by faith…she had been disappointed many times…she didn’t want to hurt again…so she laughed.