Sat.Jul 16, 2016

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How To Be A Leader When You’re Only A Manager

Joseph Lalonde

S ometimes it’s difficult to feel fulfilled as a leader when you are currently working as a manager. Sure, your bosses want you to be a leader (or so they tell you in your annual performance reviews), but real leadership involves having the freedom to envision the future and having the authority to make tough decisions that hopefully end up with results like “driving growth”, “reducing costs”, “streamlining operations”, or any other corporate buzz-phrase that sounds like you just stepped out of

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Solution Saturday: Liked But Ignored

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, I’ve been working with a leader, who in many regards is exceptional, but she is really struggling with getting the managers who report to her to do what she asks them.

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Ten Questions A Superboss Should Ask

Eric Jacobson

Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. These are from Sydney Finkelstein 's new book, Superbosses. Do you have a specific vision for your work that energizes you, and that you use to energize and inspire your team? How often do people leave your team to accept a bigger offer elsewhere?

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5 Ways You May Be Destroying Your Marriage

Ron Edmondson

How does a once good marriage fall apart? I get asked this question when it becomes public a marriage everyone thought was rock solid falls apart. As the song goes — It’s a slow fade. A good marriage doesn’t deteriorate overnight. It diminishes gradually. There are probably lots of reasons. There are usually a few common causes in my experience.

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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.