Tue.Jan 27, 2015

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Chip Shots – The Power of Interdisciplinary Efforts

Lead Change Blog

'Here at Lead Change Group, we know that problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. To use a golf analogy, not every shot is a long drive. Many times, golfers have to take a chip shot to move the ball along for a short distance, with incisive accuracy. If you are new to the Chip Shots green, welcome.

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How Leaders Can Cure A Toxic Workplace

Tanveer Naseer

'One of the things I enjoy about sharing my writings and insights on leadership is the opportunity it creates to interact with my readers – to hear their stories and what they’ve learned along the way, as well as some of the challenges they are trying to overcome. Recently, one challenge in particular caught my attention as it was brought forth by both a reader of my leadership blog and by an audience member at a talk I gave last week.

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5 Ways an MBA Can Shatter the Glass Ceiling for Women in Business

Women on Business

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How to Use Doubt and Belief as Motivation

Leadership Freak

'Doubt inspires fear and insecurity, usually. Belief inspires boldness. Doubt as motivation: “I’m not sure you can do it,” drives those driven to prove you wrong. Doubt fuels performance when seven things are true.

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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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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Helps the Global Economy

Women on Business

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Remarkable TV: Boosting Your Confidence as a Communicator

Kevin Eikenberry

'Here are two simple ways to improve your confidence as a communicator. There are two words that all leaders should be aware of and think about – and they both start with c. Communication and Confidence. When you have more of the later you will do the former more effectively. And as you communicate better […]. The post Remarkable TV: Boosting Your Confidence as a Communicator appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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7 Ways to Motivate Your Team Red-Carpet Style

Lead by Adventure

'There are a lot of ways to motivate your team and let them know you appreciate them. Since we are in the season of major award shows and nominations, I wanted to offer some suggestions on ways to help motivate and encourage your people “red-carpet style.” Several of these can be done with a limited budget and many of these can be tweaked or combined to create an all-out superstar event that your people will talk about for years to come. 1.

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Wilderness Deficit Disorder

CEO Blog

'Life is slowly returning to normal after the death of my father. I have a blogging rule to not blog when I am not "up". Thinking now I may be able to get back to it. Not that I am not still sad - just that I do not feel I can do anything but let grief take its course. ++ For some reason, I am thinking I need to escape to the wilderness for a few days.

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TCTC reviews

Tony Mayo

'It has been one year since I delivered the talk that became my first book, The Courage to Be in Community. I have heard from many people about the positive effect its message has made on their lives. Giving the talk and writing the book has been a true labor of love, so I am […].

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WHE19: Transitioning to Tobacco-Free Workplaces | with Laura Higginbotham from Owens Corning

Engaging Leader

'Tobacco-free workplaces have become the norm, but what if your company still has older facilities that have permitted smoking and tobacco products for years? You may face serious resistance from employees, unions, and even local management to transition the facility to a tobacco-free workplace. How do you effectively engage employees and leaders to support the […] Tobacco-free workplaces have become the norm, but what if your company still has older facilities that have permitted smoking

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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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New eBook: Our Top 14 Blog Posts of 2014—Your Favorite leadercommunicator Posts Together in One Place to Help You Lead Even Better in the New Year

leaderCommunicator

'As we begin our fifth year of the leader communicator blog, it’s a great time to reflect on the posts that resonated with you in 2014. I’ve compiled the most viewed and shared posts—each full of actionable leadership strategies— and created an eBook for them. The 14 posts found within touch on a variety of topics, including employee engagement, workplace culture and storytelling, all of which we will continue to explore in the new year.

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Wilderness Deficit Disorder

CEO Blog

Life is slowly returning to normal after the death of my father. I have a blogging rule to not blog when I am not "up". Thinking now I may be able to get back to it. Not that I am not still sad - just that I do not feel I can do anything but let grief take its course. ++ For some reason, I am thinking I need to escape to the wilderness for a few days.

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WHE19: Transitioning to Tobacco-Free Workplaces | with Laura Higginbotham from Owens Corning

Engaging Leader

'Tobacco-free workplaces have become the norm, but what if your company still has older facilities that have permitted smoking and tobacco products for years? You may face serious resistance from employees, unions, and even local management to transition the facility to a tobacco-free workplace. How do you effectively engage employees and leaders to support the […] Tobacco-free workplaces have become the norm, but what if your company still has older facilities that have permitted smoking

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When Books Went to War – 120 Million Books, Needy Soldiers and Sailors, All Remind Us Why Books Can Matter

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Whenever a soldier needed an escape, the antidote to anxiety, relief from boredom, a bit of laughter, inspiration, or hope, he cracked open book and drank int eh words that would transform him elsewhere. Every soldier and sailor abided by a strict policy of swapping and exchanging books, no matter how worn. The government supplied […].

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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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10 Suggestions to Handle Conflict in a Healthy Way

Ron Edmondson

'Where life involves people — whether among family, friends or co-workers — there will be potential for conflict. Any disagreement there? Want to fight about it? In fact, if relationships are normal, conflict is inevitable. But, conflict doesn’t have to destroy relationships. It can actually be used to make relationships better. That takes intentionality, practice — and a whole lot of grace.

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Corrective Action Program Best Practice 7 – Document Reasons for Condition Report Cancellation or Closure

Strategy Driven

'Condition reports requiring no processing past the Identification Phase are either cancelled or closed so to prevent the unnecessary expenditure of the organization’s resources. 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.

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If Your Boss Thinks You’re Awesome, You Will Become More Awesome

Harvard Business Review

'If your boss thinks you’re awesome, will that make you more awesome? This question came to us recently, when we were working with the top three levels of management in a multinational. When asked to rate their direct reports on 360 evaluations, some managers consistently rated everyone higher, and others consistently lower, than the average. We wondered if this was a result of bias, and what effect it had on the people who worked for them.

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Match Your Productivity Approach to the Way You Work

Harvard Business Review

'Within weeks of starting my first job out of college, I was sent to the in-house time management training program. I dutifully attended the class and used the planner as instructed. But as the weeks went by, I noticed that my productivity hadn’t improved. And I wasn’t the only one. As I looked around at my colleagues, I noticed that many of them were really struggling with the system.

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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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Start-ups Should Sell to Small Businesses, Not Big Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

'Business-to-business start-ups are an important segment of the entrepreneurial landscape, but many founders hamstring themselves by focusing on the wrong initial customers. They focus on large enterprises, hoping to gain legitimacy from “anchor” customers. This focus can make their path much more difficult, and dramatically reduce their chance of success.

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Get More Done During Your Commute

Harvard Business Review

'By now, we all know multitasking doesn’t work. Our brains are incapable of focusing on more than one thing at a time. We might think we’re multitasking as we scan our email while on a conference call, but we’re not. We’re actually switch-tasking – quickly shifting attention from one thing to another and then back again — diluting our focus and losing precious seconds each time we switch.

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How to Handle Losing a Major Client

Harvard Business Review

'You never want to receive an unexpected email from a very important client that reads “I need to talk to you at 2:30 today.” Particularly if he’s never sent you anything like that before. But one morning last month, that was the message that landed in my inbox. My heartbeat quickening, I replied, “Of course, I’ll be here.” In my profession, investment management, we are judged on one of two metrics: performance and professionalism.

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