Tue.Mar 25, 2014

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What Great Leaders Do

N2Growth Blog

'By Joel Garfinkle. Chair, Executive Coaching, N2Growth. What does a leader look like? Think of two leaders, famous or not, whom you admire and respect. What do they do that is so different? What traits do they have that help them excel at a high level? Leadership is not a great mystery. Great leaders have specific traits in common. These traits can be learned and developed—by you!

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Meet Instigator Leigh Steere

Lead Change Blog

'Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. Recently we featured an interview with Leigh Steere, Co-founder, Managing People Better, LLC—a management research firm/think tank. Professional kettle-stirrer. Writer. Curriculum developer. Connect with Leigh on her LeadChange profile, website, or Twitter and check out the Managing People Better assessment where you can get some feedback on [.

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15 Ways to Set a Positive Example as a Manager

Great Leadership By Dan

'“I''m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn''t mean I should raise your kids.” - Charles Barkley When you’re a manager, like it or not, you ARE a role model. All eyes are on you. The example you set has an enormous impact on your direct report employees and those around you. If you are a newly promoted or hired manager, your employees will watch, listen, and learn about what matters to you, what’s important, what to do and what not to do.

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It’s Not About Us

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton. You may have noticed that people''s expectations of us as leaders have increased exponentially. Consumers are choosing companies that care about their well-being. Employees are choosing companies that do meaningful work and give back to the community. To survive in this new land where ethics is key to success, we must confront the situation with a clear realization that it is not all about us.

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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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The Language Of Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

'These days, we talk a lot about the benefits of embracing diversity in the workplace. Of how intermingling people of different cultures, beliefs and nationalities can allow us to tap into the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and perspectives that go with these unique demographic elements. Of course, sometimes it can be difficult to appreciate just how these differences can help us to discover new insights, particularly if we live in a fairly homogeneous population.

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5 Secrets to Owning Success for Small Businesswomen

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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One Thing That Always Defeats Confusion

Leadership Freak

'Confused people think everything matters equally. Never give all thoughts and options equal weight. The four results of confusion are: Doubt. Fear. Inaction.

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Remarkable TV: When to Get Involved in Conflict

Kevin Eikenberry

'As leaders, we will always be faced with conflict situations. After all, we are dealing with humans. But before you get involved, there are three questions that you need to answer first. Check out the video below to hear more. The best leaders know when to help resolve conflicts and when to let others resolve […].

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Insights and Lessons on Critical Thinking, HR and Leadership Development

QAspire

'In American Management Association’s critical skills survey 2012 , respondents emphasized on 4 C’s ( C ritical thinking and problem solving, Effective C ommunication, C ollaboration and team building and C reativity and innovation) as their key priorities for employee development, talent development and succession planning. I have been exploring the topic of critical thinking with respect to HR, Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development, Communication and Training via series of posts at Pearso

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A Wise Leader Does Not Think So Much

Lead from Within

'All of us are guilty of getting caught up in too much thinking, too much analysis, too much data. By nature leaders tend to be overthinkers, and we can become victims of staying too much in our head. A wise leader brings to bear not only knowledge but wisdom, and sometimes wisdom tells us not to think too much. Thinking is good, but when does too much mind become a hurdle?

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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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Would you know success if you saw it?

Jason Womack

'In the middle of the 1990''s a mentor of mine asked me a question that changed.Everything. He said, "Would you know a good day if you saw one?". Well, I write about what I did to ensure the chances that what I wanted, what I got, and what I can look back on and talk about now are much more "Ideal." Want to read about it? Click here.

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Brian Tracy

Joseph Lalonde

'D evelop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. The post Brian Tracy appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Decision Making Scenarios

Coaching Tip

'Before making an important decision, prudent managers evaluate the situations confronting them — and often fall into one of the eight traps of faulty thinking. Researchers have identified a series of flaws in the way we think when making decisions. They are hardwired into our thinking process, so we often fail to recognize them. . While we cannot entirely rid ourselves of them, we can learn to understand the traps and compensate for them.

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Starting Thought: Leaders take note! Stories matter more than you might think

leaderCommunicator

'This was an Oprah-like Ah-ha! Moment. One of those times where a light bulb clearly goes on. Two senior leaders I’ve been working with recently have realized the power of storytelling, and especially with those stories that help others get to know them better. One CEO was self-admittedly against sharing details about himself and his family. “What does that have to do with business?

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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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You Don’t Need to be Crazy to be an Entrepreneur…

Tony Mayo

'…but being hypomanic seems to help, according to John D. Gartner, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and author of The Hypomanic Edge In his article for The American Enterprise Institute, America’s Manic Entrepreneurs Dr. Gartner writes, “Successful entrepreneurs are … are highly creative people who quickly generate a tremendous number of ideas—some clever, others […].

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An "A" Made it to #1

Mills Scofield

'Whoa!! I can''t believe it. The Switch and Shift post " Are You Just a Leader or a Just Leader" beat the record for number of views, previously held by the wonderful Ted Coiné (and he''s not even upset with me!). I hope it makes a difference for you, your teams, your people. because the difference can be positively profound. Thank you! "There are so many important traits in making a great leader – character, integrity, honesty, authenticity, vulnerability, trustworthiness, convicti

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“We are Not Prepared for This Pace of Change” – Insight from John Kotter, XLR8 (Accelerate)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'What do we mean when we say that everything is changing? And, that everything is changing faster than before… maybe, much, much faster than before.? And, maybe most importantly, what do we do about it? I am now fully immersed in reading (XLR8) Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. Kotter, my selection […].

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The Church Afraid of Leadership

Ron Edmondson

'Leadership and the Bible. The more I write about leadership and the church the more my critics say I shouldn’t. You knew I has critics, right? I get push back for focusing so much on leadership on this blog. It’s like I’m being blasphemous. Like pastor and leader shouldn’t go together. Like I should discount the years of leadership experience and schooling God has blessed me with — and guided my life into — and just focus on being 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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Shawn Hunter: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Shawn Hunter is Executive Producer & Vice President for Leadership Solutions at Skillsoft. For over a decade Hunter has interviewed, collaborated with, and filmed, hundreds of leading business authors, executives, and business school faculty in an effort to assemble video learning solutions, as both an entrepreneur and later as a product developer for Skillsoft.

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Self Assessment Program Best Practice 11 – Identify Risk-based Self Assessments

Strategy Driven

'Organizations expend significant personnel and financial resources on well-performed self assessments and the implementation of follow-up performance improvement actions. To reap the appropriate return on their investment, executives and managers must carefully select the self assessments to be performed such that they directly support achievement of organizational goals and values while mitigating its most significant risks.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #42

Rapid BI

' ”Larry accidentally drank some decaf! Does anyone know how to use a defibrillator?

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Why You Should Stop Brainstorming

Harvard Business Review

'How many times have you been in a brainstorming session this week? Chances are the answer is, “More than I can count.” But no study has proven that brainstorming works well, even though it has been the go-to method for idea generation since 1953. But there is an alternative. After researching why brainstorming inhibits creativity and innovation, my colleagues and I came up with a new process we call Brainswarming.

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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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Leader Profile: Clayton Daniels

Eric Jacobson

'Clayton (Clay) Daniels is VP of Operations , Midwest Service & Solutions at Kansas City-based U.S. Engineering Company. He''s also one of the Kansas City area''s most inspiring leaders. The company was established in 1893 and is now one of the most experienced, diversified and respected mechanical constructors in the United States. It has three locations and annual sales of $270 million.

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Know What Kind of Careerist You Are

Harvard Business Review

'Executives who combine work and family emphasize the importance of defining success for themselves. In our last blog post , we talked about objective versus subjective success — the difference between your quantifiable, Wikipediable list of accomplishments and your day-to-day emotional and intellectual pursuits. Like everyone else on the planet, you have only 168 hours per week to spend.

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An MBA Holds its Perceived Value, Even in Lean Times

Harvard Business Review

'Just as the Great Recession sent investors retreating to value positions in the stock market, it also heightened questions for anyone investing in higher education. In general, concerns with high tuitions, student debt loads, and student outcomes are fueling debates about whether the returns are attractive. The value of a higher degree can seem even more dubious when the timing of it lands a graduating student directly into a tight labor market.

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Google Flu Trends’ Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data

Harvard Business Review

'In their best-selling 2013 book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think , authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier selected Google Flu Trends (GFT) as the lede of chapter one. They explained how Google’s algorithm mined five years of web logs, containing hundreds of billions of searches, and created a predictive model utilizing 45 search terms that “proved to be a more useful and timely indicator [of flu] than government statistics with their natural re

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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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Nike’s Forum Shows the Promise and Peril of Community

Harvard Business Review

'A New Year’s Eve tweet announced the launch of the Nike Community Forum. You could be forgiven for not noticing. Today, promotion of the forum has been removed from the site’s navigation bar, and social media conversations regarding the forum are next to none. Yet the Nike Community Forum is one of Nike’s greatest opportunities — a way to bring its Nike+ mobile users to their website (an e-commerce conversion opportunity) and create a truly active and engaging ecosystem of athletes.

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Feeling Fear in the Presence of a Brand Makes You More Attached to It

Harvard Business Review

'People who were scared by clips from the movies The Ring and Salem’s Lot felt more emotionally attached to a brand of sparkling water that had been placed on their desks than did others who watched clips from exciting or sad movies or happiness-inducing scenes from the series Friends ( 3.70 versus 2.11 , 2.54 , and 2.28 , respectively, on a 7-point emotional-attachment scale), say Lea Dunn of the University of Washington and JoAndrea Hoegg of the University of British Columbia.

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