Thu.Mar 20, 2014

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The Biggest Leadership Gamble (and Why You Should Take It)

Terry Starbucker

'When I lived in Los Angeles back in the late ’80s, I would spend some sunny Sunday afternoons at the Santa Anita racetrack, watching great thoroughbred horses blaze around the oval course. I wasn’t that much of a gambler (I just liked the scene of it all), but once in a while I’d put some pocket money down on something called the “Trifecta” It was a high risk bet with a huge reward, because of its difficulty – you had to pick the top 3 horses in a particular

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Seven Elements of Leadership Style by Jim Collins

Lead Change Blog

'Guest Post by Jess Millis There are quite a few rules and tips that Jim Collins has churned out in his time, and where there may be students essay writing on them all right now, here is a short article on just a few of them. 1 – Work on no more than ten things Jim says you [.] Author information Jon Mertz Jon is a vice president of marketing in the healthcare software industry.

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5 Ways to Earn While Having a Regular Job

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]. Online Business Small Business Work at Home/Telecommute earn from home.

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Should executives take an oath of office?

Lead Change Blog

'Forty-four years ago, economist Milton Friedman changed the way corporations did business with his declaration that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business — to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.” Power-suited corporate executives turned their attention [.

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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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Solving Leadership Isolation with Connection

Leadership Freak

'Leaders lay awake at night wondering what’s really happening. You wonder, “Who should I touch base with? Isolation prevents you from feeling the pulse of your organization.

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Why Aspirational HR Drives Business

Lead Change Blog

'Guest post by Kevin W. Grossman Experience outcomes. We laughed as we said it, sitting together in the mothership executive conference room at Peoplefluent planning our global domination strategy. We’d been meeting all week, meeting after meeting, a gaggle of senior leadership and marketing team leads, workshopping and brainstorming and collaborating over all that we’ve been, where [.

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081: 18 More Ways to Engage Your Target Audience

Engaging Leader

'Last week, Jesse and Marty discussed that when we have an opportunity to influence or lead people, we can’t assume that sharing information is enough. That’s simply table stakes. Once you know what you want to communicate, you need to think about how to engage your audience and keep them engaged for the duration of […]. The post 081: 18 More Ways to Engage Your Target Audience appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Are You Just a Leader or a Just Leader?

Mills Scofield

'A little 1 letter ''article'' - "a" makes a huge huge difference - so what kind of leader are you ?? "There are so many important traits in making a great leader – character, integrity, honesty, authenticity, vulnerability, trustworthiness, conviction, vision, communication and others I’m sure you can name. Let’s talk about communication.

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Leadership Development via Subtraction

LDRLB

'[ This is a guest post from Lindsey Caplan. Lindsey helps companies and their people get wildly better remarkably quickly through experiential learning, most recently in Learning and Development roles at McKinsey & Co., and DreamWorks Animation. She holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. Learn more at www.lindseycaplan.com or follow her on Twitter @ Lindsey_Caplan.].

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Another Good Reason to Meditate

Tony Mayo

'Dr. Peter Suedfeld, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and an expert in human cognition. …told us that creativity is a “very mysterious thing” that “exists in pretty much everyone” — but that there are indeed ways to improve it. One method he has studied extensively is what he calls the […].

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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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Innovative Leaders

Coaching Tip

'The essence of creativity lies not in finding the right answers, but in asking the right questions. Leaders who exhibit this ability are able to integrate seemingly uncorrelated trends and events, and blending intuition with probing analysis, come up with the issues that will require a solution five or ten years down the road, long before anyone even realizes such issues exist. " OUT THINK: How to innovate Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes" by G.

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The Other America (Michael Harrington) – Still Profoundly Important 52 years After First Published

First Friday Book Synopsis

'In the latest edition of The Other America: Poverty in the United States by Michael Harrington, the 1962 classic study of poverty, Irving Howe wrote this in his introduction: John Kennedy, who had been deeply moved by the suffering he had seen in West Virginia during the 1960 primary, asked Walter Heller, the Chairman of […].

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Should the pastor know everyone in church?

Deep Imprints

'Does a good pastor know everyone in his/her congregation? In short, my answer is yes AND no. As always, I am sharing my thoughts in order to facilitate conversation, because I believe we are all richer when we can understand each other, so feel free to comment. First, why a pastor doesn’t need to know […].

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What Kind of Audience Member are You? (a semi-rant)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Call this a sort of rant, and a reminder… I speak a lot! To many audiences – to many different kinds of audiences. And I am ready to divide the world into two kinds of audience members. #1 – Those who want to hear me speak. #2 – Those who don’t. Now, this has nothing […].

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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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The Golden String: Lifeline Exercise

CO2

'by Gary Cohen. Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. According to myth, Ariadne provided Theseus with a sword and a golden string. He attached the string to the labyrinth’s door, slayed the Minotaur with the sword, and used the string to retrace his steps. The focus of today’s post is on how you can head into the labyrinth of your past, find what you’re looking for, and then retrace your steps.

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Let Me Introduce You to Some Community Management Professionals I Met at SXSW

Managing Communities

'Please Update Your ManagingCommunities.com RSS Feed Subscription This feed has moved to: [link] I apologize for the trouble. For more details, please read my post on the matter. Thank you.

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Dig Deep For Ideas

Eric Jacobson

'The next time you are looking for ideas for how to grow revenue, streamline processes and procedures and/or reduce expenses, dig deep within your organization. Don''t ask only your direct reports for their suggestions. Instead, ask everyone at all levels. Some of the best ideas will come from your lower and mid-level employees who are interacting with your vendors, customers and co-workers every day in the very areas that, if improved, could make the most dramatic impact.

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7 Ways I Stay Forward Thinking as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

'One of the responsibilities of a leader is to be consistently looking forward for the organization. A leader has to continually be asking the question: What’s next? That’s a critical key to continued growth of the organization. The problem for me comes with the immediate demands on my time. The now cliché statement goes “Sunday’s coming” is always true for a pastor.

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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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Take a Stand: 6 Benefits of Standing Up at Work

Strategy Driven

'By now you’ve heard the news: sitting will kill you. They say it’s as threatening to the body as smoking, and even if you belong to the small group of us who work out every day, you aren’t redeemed. One study done in 2012 by Shelly K. McCrady and James A. Levine revealed sitting was more common during the workday than during leisurely time so for those of us who work 40 hours a week, it’s time to stand up.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #39

Rapid BI

'> ”Our sales this quarter don’t add up to a hill of beans, which is just as well since beans cause gas and that would open us up to a whole new series of environmental regulations.” This of course is just one version of what could have been going on. I would love to here […].

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What Does Professionalism Look Like?

Harvard Business Review

'When we talk about “professionalism,” it’s easy to fall back into the “I know it when I see it” argument. For Emily Heaphy, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Boston University, and her colleagues, this isn’t a cop-out. The notion of being seen as professional may be central to how we define success in the U.S. — and, consequently, how and why certain people aren’t able to attain it, depending on how well they adhere to social no

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How Robots Will Work with Us Isn’t Only a Technological Question

Harvard Business Review

'Many questions remain unanswered about how humans and robots will interact, including in the workplace. We just know that many more of these interactions will be taking place, as robots continue to play a greater role in our lives. Missing from many of our conversations about robots is the role of human robotic interaction (HRI) – we tend to focus on what robots can do, more than how we will work with them.

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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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Malaysia Airlines Managers Had Better Data at Their Fingertips

Harvard Business Review

'Unprecedented disasters nearly always yield 20/20 hindsight, and lead to narrowly-conceived, “never again” style reforms. But sometimes the lessons are more broadly useful. In the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the most impressive fact few reporters choose to explore in any depth is that the Boeing 777’s engine was capable of communicating long after the pilots went silent.

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The Crisis Management Lesson from Toyota and GM: “It’s Our Problem the Moment We Hear About It”

Harvard Business Review

'Delay in confronting crises is deadly. Corporate leaders must have processes for learning of important safety issues. Then they must seize control immediately and lead a systematic response. Crisis management is the ultimate stress test for the CEO and other top leaders of companies. The mantra for all leaders in crisis management must be: “It is our problem the moment we hear about it.

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Algorithms Can Save Networking from Being Business Card Roulette

Harvard Business Review

'Networking can be something of a crapshoot. Though there may be someone in the room you really should meet — someone whose acquaintance might help you out professionally — it’s often impossible to determine who precisely that is. And so we go to industry conferences and share business cards like shotgun spray, hoping that with a little luck we’ll make a useful connection.

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Helping a Bipolar Leader

Harvard Business Review

'I think we all know somebody like John (not his real name), a talented executive I once coached. He had extraordinary drive and charisma. The people reporting to him all agreed that he had provided outstanding leadership in the company’s last crisis; his refusal to bow to adversity and his ability to rally people behind him had been truly remarkable. .

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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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Making the Gradual Retirement of a Co-Founder Work

Harvard Business Review

'Most people look forward to retirement. They can’t wait to play more golf with their pals, travel, hang out with the grandchildren, perhaps spend more time on non-profits, and generally pursue a more relaxed lifestyle. But some of us don’t really want to retire. Like my partner, with whom I co-founded our finance services company. David is in a very slow process of retiring.

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Identify Your Primary Customer

Harvard Business Review

'Robert Simons , Harvard Business School professor, says companies still struggle to choose the right customer. For more, read his article. Download this podcast.

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Don’t Let Patent Law Hold Back Interaction Design

Harvard Business Review

'Patent law is a powerful tool for encouraging innovation, but it’s also temperamental. As recent efforts to discourage patent trolls have shown, it’s not enough to simply enforce the rules; they must also be updated and fine-tuned to respond to the technology and economy around them. This is why the current state of patent law in interaction design is so alarming.

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Fixing a Weak Safety Culture at General Motors

Harvard Business Review

'On Monday, GM CEO Mary Barra apologized for 12 deaths and 31 accidents linked to the delayed recall of 1.6 million small cars with a defect in the ignition switches, saying the company took too long to tell owners to bring the cars in for repairs. The switches could, if bumped or weighed down by a heavy key ring, cut off engine power and disable air bags.

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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.