Tue.May 06, 2014

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Together is Better Than Alone

Lead Change Blog

'After months of hearing my friend Maria tell me about her running group, I finally got up early one Saturday morning to meet the group for a run. Leaving my house before six a.m., I asked myself: Who does this? When I pulled into the parking lot for the meet-up, several cars idled there and [.] Author information Becky Robinson Becky Robinson is the founder and CEO of Weaving Influence.

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Learning The Keys To Exceptional Execution

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by best-selling author Kevin Kelly. Launching and leading an “xceptional” business is simpler than you’ve ever imagined. Not easier. Not less time consuming. Not less gut wrenching, but simpler. Counter-intuitively, many successful entrepreneurs didn’t start with a compelling vision, a wow idea or indeed a workable business plan.

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How do you overcome an imperfect boss?

Lead Change Blog

'When it comes to developing a great relationship with a boss, most of us can use all the help we can get. You have more power than you think.–Karin Hurt This is the heart of a great new book by Lead Change instigator Karin Hurt, who recently released “Overcoming an Imperfect Boss.” Drawing on a diverse background [.] Author information Mike Henry Chief Instigator at Lead Change Group Mike is the Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group and co-author with 20 other Lead Change

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Are You A Bonus Delivery Officer?

Rich Gee Group

'You’re not a CEO. Or a CMO, COO, CIO, CTO or any other C-Level title. You’re not a GVP, AVP, MVP or VP. You’re not a Senior Director, Partner, Manager, Owner, etc. You are a Bonus Delivery Officer. Your primary role in your position is not to deliver on projects, motivate the team, present information, or hob-nob with the hoi-poloi.

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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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What Skills and Abilities Are You Over-Relying On?

Lead Change Blog

'There are probably a lot of things we all just take for granted. Perhaps it’s because we naturally assume there are just some people (or things) that will always be there. When suddenly they are not, we experience a wake-up call. It could be a customer that leaves unexpectedly, a friend that stops responding to [.] Author information Susan Mazza Susan has worked with organizations and individuals around the world for over 25 years in developing relationships that work and producing except

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10 Things Your Employees May Not be Telling You

Great Leadership By Dan

'Remember the movie " What Women Want ", with Mel Gibson as the title character (Nick Marshall) who suddenly acquires the ability to hear the inner thoughts of all of the women in his life? It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least, and it ended up improving Nick''s relationships with his employees, daughter, and the woman he ended up loving.

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How to Choose the Best Team Building Activities, Part 2

Lead by Adventure

'This post is the second in a series. To read the first post, click here. Team building activities can be a great way to increase your team’s effectiveness, motivation, communication and vision. When used the right way, many goals can be accomplished and issues worked on that can move a team from being dysfunctional to highly effective. In the first post, I defined the different types of team building activities, which will help give you a basic understanding of the different types of te

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Remarkable TV: Would Leadership Training Help Me Lead Better?

Kevin Eikenberry

'Leadership is a tough job and without this key component, you can never truly move forward and reach your full potential. The best leaders are learning leaders – continuing to learn the skills it takes to make the biggest difference @KevinEikenberry (Click to Tweet) Check out our Remarkable Leadership workshop here. You are Remarkable! […].

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Stop The Compliments and Show Me Some Gratitude

Lead from Within

'The deal closed after months and months of negotiations. Everyone was exhausted and beyond relieved. It would not only bring in a large amount of revenue in the business, but it would prevent any more layoffs. As everyone walked out of the room, he yelled out, “ Great Job , job well done! Could not have done it without you.”. As the door closed, I couldn’t help thinking What the hell was that?

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Brain Science Secrets to Increasing Leadership Willpower

The Empowered Buisness

'When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I was the queen of willpower. I have always thrived on achieving big goals. My downfall was using a “white knuckle” approach to achieving those goals. Willpower Exhaustion. Because of my exertion-exhaustion approach, my world came crashing down with life threatening illnesses that cost me everything in my life. While I wished I had learned the lesson in a less traumatic way, there was a gift in that experience.

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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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Henry Ford

Joseph Lalonde

'W hen everything seems to be going against you, remember that a plane takes off against the wind, not with it. The post Henry Ford appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Time to Engage the Employee Activists in Your Midst

leaderCommunicator

'Have you noticed and nurtured the “activists” within your office yet? If not, you may be missing one of the best and easiest ways to enhance your company’s reputation and your brand. One in five workers is an employee “activist” and another third have high potential to move into that role, according to a recent Weber Shandwick study of 2,300 employees.

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The Case for Courageous Change Agents

Change Starts Here

'Being a change agent is not for the faint of heart. You often have to deliberately step into uncomfortable situations without knowing how they will turn out. For example, you may need to: Force people to slow down and think about the impact of change, when they would rather just get it done. Provide feedback to those with whom you have no direct authority.

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How Do You Read a Business Book? – Here’s How I am Now Reading Business Books

First Friday Book Synopsis

'An executive summary, sometimes known as a management summary, is a short document or section of a document, produced for business purposes, that summarizes a longer report or proposal or a group of related reports in such a way that readers can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material without having to read […].

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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 Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog

Marshall Goldsmith

'Dear Friends, Thinkers50, the leading authority on management ideas, launches Quick Thinking, a new knowledge-sharing resource for managers and leaders, with The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog. The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog will be posted once a week for the next 50 weeks. The series will incorporate learnings from my 38 years of experience with top executives, as well as material from my previous research, articles and books, including What Got You Here Won’t Get You T

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Becoming a Leader: Risky Business

CO2

'by Calvin Guyer. Becoming a Leader: Challenge #13–Learn to Evaluate Risk. Risk is part of business, relationships, life, change, you name it. Typically, when you operate inside of your comfort zone, you don’t experience risk nor do you develop the ability to evaluate risk when it is presented. Innovation suffers. Change ceases. The status quo is all-consuming.

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Management Observation Program Best Practice 11 – Anyone Can Write an Observation

Strategy Driven

'The name, Management Observation Program , suggest that authorship of these documented performance assessments are or should be limited to those who supervise work. Yet, in a healthy organization, workers are encouraged to provide upward feedback and report conditions adverse to quality. All organizations should embrace a safety culture within which individuals are responsible for both their safety and the safety of their coworkers.

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Goals For A Nonprofit Fundraising And Development Executive

Eric Jacobson

'If you are stumped for how to write performance appraisal goals for a particular title and role in your organization, buy Paul Falcone ''s book, 2,600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Falcone devotes about a third of the 200-page book to lists of goals for all types of titles and roles in a variety for organizations and companies -- including, this list of performance appraisal goals for a nonprofit fundraiser and development executive : Develop effective strategies for donor en

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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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Five Books For Overworked Corporate Moms

The Idolbuster

'Mother’s day is almost here. Wondering what to get that career mom who is working all the time, and wishes she could have more time with the family without quitting her job? There is no reason why a woman can’t have a career she loves and at the same time a fulfilling home life. Here are five books that can make it happen. Thrive : The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #73

Rapid BI

' ”This one holds all of your music, digital photos, movies and the entire contents of your brain.

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Create a Work Environment That Fosters Flow

Harvard Business Review

'Everywhere we look in business, timetables once measured by calendars can now be clocked by egg timers. So how can we keep up? In a word — and according to an ever-increasing pile of evidence — “flow.” Technically defined as an “optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best,” the term takes its name from the sensation it confers.

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Check Out Today’s “200-Second Soundbite” Podcast!

General Leadership

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “The Leader’s Harvest” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Nurture your fields of inclusion, commitment and selflessness towards stronger mission accomplishment anchored with deep-roots of team potential. With simple actions, you can share self-multiplying power within your team: A single thought (acted upon), a single word (spoken), a selfless deed (done).

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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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Generating Data on What Customers Really Want

Harvard Business Review

'At a fundamental level, the decisions managers make about revenue and profits fall into two categories—those related to growth and those related to cost reduction. Both types are meant to increase margins. But how data are used in each decision-making process is completely different. Cost reduction data are precise. Firms know their cost structure very well and can compute with a reasonable level of certainty the savings each alternative being considered will generate.

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7 Quandaries of Leading Creatives

Ron Edmondson

'Leading creatives can be difficult. In fact, I love having creatives on the teams I lead, but, honestly, they can make leading much messier. In case you’re wondering, here’s a definition of a creative: relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. Creatives’ minds are always wandering.

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The Commencement Speech Parents Need to Hear

Harvard Business Review

'For graduating seniors, spring marks the season of advice as predictable as the flip-flops under their caps and gowns. Throughout the May and June rituals of Class Day celebrations and graduation ceremonies, successful members of older generations will urge this year’s crop of Millennials to pursue their dreams and, by extension, travel the same path they did.

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A Social Brain Is a Smarter Brain

Harvard Business Review

'It is well established that brain games and puzzles act as calisthenics for our brains, expanding their capacity and improving their overall health. More surprising are the findings of a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. It shows that just as effective in building cognitive strength are social interactions. The design of the study was simple – the researchers took one group of participants, randomly paired people up, and instructed them to get to know each other by asking

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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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Electronic Tolls Do a Lot More Than Speed You on Your Way

Harvard Business Review

'Electronic toll collection has such a powerful effect in cutting highway traffic congestion, and therefore vehicle emissions and air pollution, that it leads to reductions in premature births and low birth weights, say Janet Currie and Reed Walker of Columbia University. Introduction of the E-ZPass system in New Jersey reduced prematurity and low birth weight among mothers within 2 kilometers of a toll plaza by 10.8% and 11.8% , respectively, in comparison with births to mothers near traditiona

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Win More Sales with an Indirect Strategy

Harvard Business Review

'For the past two decades, business-to-business selling has been conducted in basically the same way. Salespeople directly approach customers armed with facts, features, and the benefits of their products to convince customers to buy. However, customer decision making has changed and today’s buyers are smarter and more sophisticated than ever. In addition, competitors have not sat idly by.

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The Best Lecture I’ve Ever Heard

Harvard Business Review

'Mr. Frost, my superb economics teacher in England, once shared the story of two people talking about a lecture given by the late Milton Friedman, the father of Monetarism. The first said, “Twenty years ago, I went to the worst lecture I’ve ever heard! Friedman gave it and I still remember how he just muttered on and on and all I could make out was the word ‘money.