Tue.Sep 30, 2014

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Vince Lombardi’s Success Formula: “Task + Relationship Excellence = Results”

Michael Lee Stallard

'I once attended a meeting where it seemed that everyone was focused on the people or relationships in a business and believed that doing so would bring success. Don’t believe it. Great leaders focus on achieving BOTH task excellence and relationship excellence. This dual focus produces sustainable superior performance. Managers who are solely task focused eventually burn people out.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

'Here are a selection of tweets from September 2014 that you might have missed: How Do Trustworthy Leaders Behave? by Roderick Kramer from @stanfordbiz. Do Workplace Hierarchies Still Matter? by Jeffrey Pfeffer from @stanfordbiz. What to Look For In Future Leaders by @KevinEikenberry. 10 Great Leadership Quotes (And How To Use Them To Inspire Your Team) by @Starbucker. 7 Commandments of Leadership by @RonEdmondson.

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Diversity: The Key Ingredient to Building a High Performance Team

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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Leadership Biz Cafe Podcast #15 – Tanveer Naseer On Overcoming Leadership Vertigo

Tanveer Naseer

'With so many books, articles, and studies on how leaders can be more effective guiding their teams in today’s faster-paced, global environment, why do leaders still struggle to help their organizations to succeed? That’s the basis of the conversation in this VERY special episode of Leadership Biz Cafe which wraps up the month-long celebration of the release of my first leadership book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”.

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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 “Do You Lead From the Trenches?” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CEO, Brigadier General John E. Michel tells us four simple actions to be the superhero we know you can be, no cape required.

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Remarkable TV: Resolving Conflict with Your Boss

Kevin Eikenberry

'Conflict with your boss doesn’t have to be scary! Check out the latest episode of Remarkable TV for tips on approaching the next conflict situation with your boss. Conflict is easier to resolve when trust is higher – even if the conflict is with your boss. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It!) You can learn more about the […]. The post Remarkable TV: Resolving Conflict with Your Boss appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Culture Engine

Leadership Freak

'Leaders build culture by intent or neglect. Culture building begins with who you are.

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Andy Stanley

Joseph Lalonde

'I t’s much easier to educate a doer than it is to activate a thinker. The post Andy Stanley appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Wait. Millennials and Gen Z Prefer to Meet with Their Boss Face-to-Face?

leaderCommunicator

'If you’re tired of feeling like you have to communicate via email and instant messenger to get the attention of your employees, the problem – and the solution – might just lie with you. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of Millennials prefer communicating with their manager face-to-face, according to a recent study by Millennial Branding and American Express.

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Do You Know (Clearly) What You Want?

Jason Womack

'At the start of each day, you have a choice. You can work on the noise that shows up, as it shows up. Or, work on the signal, gaining momentum toward what you and the team has decided is the next goal. There’s no secret to being productive. If there was, your search would have uncovered it by now. No…In order to get things done, you have to sit down and, well, do them.

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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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The Leadership Team Book Briefing Flow Chart – For Help Looking at Big-Picture Issues

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Time is precious. Calendars are full. But, not so full, not so precious, that you should not carve out some corners in your schedules for some content-driven thought. If your leadership team is only meeting about “what are our problems this week?,” then you will never take a bigger-picture look at what you should be focusing on. […].

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How to Motivate a Leader — 7 Suggestions

Ron Edmondson

'Have you ever wondered how to motivate a leader? It actually may not be as difficult as we make it out to be. Most leader-types share some common traits. They may lead entirely different — they may have different causes and interests — but most leaders are motivated by similar influences. Here are 7 suggestions to motivate a leader: Challenge – If there’s a task that would be a huge accomplishment, you’ll likely grab a leader’s interest.

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Do Academically Marginal Students Benefit from College? The Data Says Yes.

Harvard Business Review

'A study of Florida high-schoolers whose grades were just good enough for admission to a public university shows that higher education provided significant financial benefits for these students: 8 to 14 years after high school, their earnings were 22% higher than those of peers who hadn’t gone to college, with male students showing the largest gains, says Seth D.

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7 Elements of a Compelling Leadership Vision for Change

Great Leadership By Dan

'This post was recently published at Smartblog on Leadership : Leading change starts with a compelling leadership vision for change. According to leadership expert John Kotter , a lack of leadership vision is one of the most common reasons why transformational change efforts fail. A leadership vision isn’t just for large, CEO led, company-wide transformational changes.

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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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Twisted Leadership

N2Growth Blog

'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. Never in the history of mankind has there been a greater need for leadership and yet there is a massive shortage. The reason is simple. Leadership is taught in universities and courses by intellectual ‘fu – k – wits’ who talk a good game, but don’t play. Today’s model by and large teaches about leadership with fancy theories.

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We Need Better Managers, Not More Technocrats

Harvard Business Review

'Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. And digital innovations will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Technology has tremendous potential to be the engine of increasing human, organizational, and economic prosperity.

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Be Like Jack LaLanne.

Rich Gee Group

'One of my favorite posts, loved by my readers — I thought I would re-post it for all to read. I grew up with Jack LaLanne. I used to watch him, his wife Elaine (yes, Elaine LaLanne), and his german shepherd Happy every morning on TV. Jack taught me a lot of things about life — especially to stay positive all the time. Why be like Jack? You might know him from his juicer — but he was so much more. 1.

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Xbox Polling and the Future of Election Prediction

Harvard Business Review

'For generations, pollsters have used probability polling (think of the Gallup polls quoted on the nightly news) as their go-to method to forecast the outcomes of elections. But cost increases and concerns about accuracy have called the method into question. A new form of polling called non-probability sampling — opt-in surveys on the internet, prediction markets, and even polls on gaming systems — has emerged as an improvement, and a viable replacement.

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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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How to Deal with Bullies at Work

Harvard Business Review

'You’ve got a difficult, manipulative boss or maybe an intensely competitive and rude colleague. Is it bullying, bad manners, or merely the normal competition of a workplace? Healthy competition and even some aggression can make for a creative work environment where people push one another to better performance. But a bully can destroy a victim’s core sense of self, and limit their ability to be productive.

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When Talent Started Driving Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

'I came out of a standard Keynesian economics education at Harvard College in 1979. It was remarkably closed: from what I could tell, we read Chicago economists , from whom the supply-side movement arose, exclusively to mock them. But I graduated into an economy that was couldn’t be explained by applying the tools I had been taught. And within three years of my graduation, unemployment hit 10.8%, inflation 13.5%, and the prime rate 21.5%.

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Xbox Polling and the Future of Election Prediction

Harvard Business Review

For generations, pollsters have used probability polling (think of the Gallup polls quoted on the nightly news) as their go-to method to forecast the outcomes of elections. But cost increases and concerns about accuracy have called the method into question. A new form of polling called non-probability sampling — opt-in surveys on the internet, prediction markets, and even polls on gaming systems — has emerged as an improvement, and a viable replacement.

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Each Employee’s Retirement Is Unique

Harvard Business Review

'When people have been around a long time, you tend to take what they bring to the table for granted and you don’t realize what you lose until they go. I remember the havoc raised by the retirement of our family company’s store manager in Piraeus. He was intimately familiar with every single one of our customers all over Greece, their distinctive preferences and whims.

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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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Scotland’s Future Is Bright; the UK’s Might Not Be

Harvard Business Review

'In the run up to the Scottish independence referendum, the large-country voices that dominated the international discussion converged on a near consensus that small countries are inferior to larger ones, with worse prospects and higher risks; that the pro-independence movement’s motivation was cultural nationalism and an angry defensiveness against the world; and that independence would do significant damage to an open, liberal international order.