Tue.Jul 08, 2014

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Job Security: Change Your Mind, Change Your Life

Lead Change Blog

'“…The only real security you have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” - Henry Ford Take the lead to create your own job security. My first experience in wrestling with my personal thoughts on job security happened in 1992. My employer planned to cut a few hundred people from my [.] Author information Mary C Schaefer President at Artemis Path, Inc.

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7 Best Practices to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

'As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. What separates the best leaders from the rest when it comes to employee engagement? Our research shows the best leaders communicate an inspiring vision and live it, value people and give them a voice. Here are seven of the 100+ best practices that leaders can use to engage people. 1. Set “Top Five” High Level Annual Priorities – Many leaders today are overwhelming the people they lead by trying to do too much.

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Women Hold the Power in Social Media – Infographic

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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How We Can Develop A Culture Of Learning

Tanveer Naseer

'One of the great joys I get from my work is the opportunity to connect and build relationships with some truly exceptional leaders and people. One of them is my friend, Bob Bennett, the guest writer of this piece. After seeing one of Bob’s talks two years ago, I knew this was a leader I had to connect with, and our conversations and emails since then have been inspiring, informative, and just plain fun.

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

General Leadership

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “A Leadership Tale of Strategy and Complex Change” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com COO, Col Matthew T. Fritz shares the challenges of complex change and strategy. What defines the difference between success and failure is the way leaders communicate their plan to the very teammates who will execute the moves they need made.

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40 Ways to Improve 360 Degree Assessment Discussions

Great Leadership By Dan

'Doing a 360 assessment is a great way for a leader to obtain feedback about his/her strengths and weaknesses. However, having the active involvement of the leader''s manager in discussing the results and development plan will improve the ROI of the assessment process by at least 2X - if it''s done well. Read my latest post at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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Team Building Lessons I Learned from a Family Kayak Adventure

Lead by Adventure

'Last week, I went on a kayaking trip with my family and some of my wife’s extended family. We rented kayaks and SUP’s (Stand Up Paddleboards for the newbies reading this) at a local marina in the town where we were staying. We went on a 2-hour jaunt on a lake outside of Breckenridge, Colorado. The water was a bit chilly but it was a fun trip.

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Can Underdogs Triumph? We Need More of Them To – (Reflecting on Gladwell’s David and Goliath)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'I watched the 60 Minutes segment on Malcolm Gladwell on Sunday: Malcolm Gladwell, The Power of the Underdog. It was a repeat segment – and it was the second time I watched it. This time, I had a a new thought. First, remember the name of his latest book — David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits […].

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Vincent Van Gogh

Joseph Lalonde

'G reat things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The post Vincent Van Gogh appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Se7en Deadly Sins Blog Post Series: Sin #4 Detachment

leaderCommunicator

'It sounds so simple. Employees follow leaders because of how leaders make them feel. Leadership is personal, but in their focus on business goals, leaders often detach themselves from the human element of the workplace, thereby failing to show they care about their team members. Is Detachment a sin you’re guilty of? Ask yourself how well you know your team.

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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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Five Valid Reasons People Are Mad at Your Change Initiative

Change Starts Here

'As change agents, we tend to believe our change initiatives are worthwhile and important. Any negatives we see are eclipsed by the benefits. Otherwise, why would we try to implement them? But even the best change can annoy or anger those whom it impacts. Why? From our vantage point, we don’t always see the negatives that others will experience. And all the benefits and cheer leading don’t make the negatives go away.

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Happy 125th Year Birthday WSJ!

Coaching Tip

'125 years ago today, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published its first edition on July 8, 1889. Yes, sports were covered in the first Journal. Then champion John L. Sullivan took on Jake Kilrain in what would be the last world heavyweight championship bare-knuckled prize fight. The Journal predicted a Sullivan win. However, in this first WSJ edition, the Baltimore American put up a bulletin that there was a rumor to effect that Kilrain had won and Sullivan''s backer''s were holding the wire t

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Reflections on Our 2014 Family Reunion

Your Voice of Encouragement

'In 1988 my parents organized the first family reunion for me and my 5 siblings, our spouses and children. At that time there were 17 of us. Today we number 34. And yet, every 3-4 years most of us have been able to gather together at the beach, thanks to the generosity of Mom and Dad. This year was the first time we were missing the key person who made it all possible: DAD.

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7 Thoughts to the Families of Introverts

Ron Edmondson

'I was talking with a young pastor recently. It was after one of my posts about introversion and how I don’t think my introversion has to keep me from being a senior leader. Whenever I post about the subject of introversion I hear from fellow introverts. Some of these are apparently even more introverted than me. And, that’s a lot of introversion.

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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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It’s Your Career—Is It Time for You to Go?

Management Excellence

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. Career Getting Ahead It''s Your Career!

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How To Lose Respect With An Employee

Eric Jacobson

'Picture this. You call an employee into your office for a meeting. As your employee is explaining something to you, you turn to your computer monitor to check e-mail. Or, you answer your phone. Or, you look at your mobile device. Or, you engage in a conversation with someone who enters your doorway. Do any of these once and your employee will likely forgive you.

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Standards and Expectations Best Practice 1 – Provide Examples

Strategy Driven

'What is clear to one person may not be so readily understood by another. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member for only $9.95 / month or $94.95 / year !

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #118

Rapid BI

'“Suspending your keyboard from the ceiling forces you to sit up straight, thus reducing fatigue.

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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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4 Ways Leaders Can Create a Candid Culture

Harvard Business Review

'When leaders want to create an open culture where people are willing to speak up and challenge one another, they often start by listening. This is a good instinct. But listening with your ears will only take you so far. You also need to demonstrate with words that you truly want people to raise risky issues. Take the former president of a major defense company, whom I will call Phil.

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The Shortest Possible Course in Communication

Lead from Within

'Everyone is busy and pressed for time, but we all want to make an impact—so here is the shortest course in communication I can give you. The seven most important words: I am sorry I made a mistake. The six most important words: I will learn to listen better. The five most important words: I truly believe in you. The four most important words: What do you think?

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Make Sure Your Employees’ Emotional Needs Are Met

Harvard Business Review

'In the early 1940s, Abraham Maslow started asking questions about human motivation— questions I study, too. In 1943, he published his first article on a theory he called the Hierarchy of Needs. Today, the theory is usually depicted as a pyramid, although Maslow didn’t use one in his original writings; it’s a textbook creation. At the bottom are physiological needs : food and water.

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Overcompensating Someone After an Accident Can Backfire

Harvard Business Review

'Research participants who were overcompensated with a payment of €100 for a €10 textbook that had been damaged by spilled Coke were 63% less likely to attribute the gesture to true moral obligation than were participants who were compensated for the exact cost of the book, says a team led by Tessa Haesevoets of Ghent University in Belgium. Because of guilt and suspicions about the payer’s motives, recipients of overcompensation tend to be less satisfied than people whose payment better matches

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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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Use Small Wins to Build Trust Between Partner Companies

Harvard Business Review

'Douro Boys is a group of five independent wineries in the Douro River Valley in Portugal that built an alliance network after realizing that they could not compete on their own. The partners act almost as a single firm, sharing knowledge about wine making and markets. Their wines, such as “Quinta do Vallado” or “Niepoort” now routinely get over 90 points by the Wine Spectator and sales have doubled over the last ten years.

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Why Technology Won’t End the Marketing Hierarchy

Harvard Business Review

'A few years ago one of the most vexing questions for marketing executives was whether big corporations were going to have to do what Bharti Airtel had done. In 2004, Bharti Airtel , the Indian telecomm company, had outsourced its vast network and IT operations—a move that Ranjay Gulati saw as indicating “ more progressive and forward-looking ” thinking than was evident in many Western corporations.