Sat.Jul 23, 2016

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Solution Saturday: My Leader Screwed Up

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, Our leader made a really bad decision. Now he isn’t making it right because he’s afraid of losing face.

Planning 115
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Does Soft Skill Training Work? Of course it does; for a few – (Remember the bell curve!)

First Friday Book Synopsis

The term ‘management development’ means the same general thing is ‘management training.’ It’s the idea of making managers better at their jobs. We already know from research that this doesn’t happen very much. Ted Bauer, Management development is hot garbage ——————– So, for a Saturday morning, let’s ask again a question that is often asked: “Does… Read More Does Soft Skill Training Work?

Course 76
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John C. Maxwell Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobson

Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Maxwell's book, The 5 Levels of Leadership -- a book I believe should be a must-read for any workplace/organizational leader : Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

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Markel Debuts Pivot on Best-Selling Business List

First Friday Book Synopsis

Only one book debuted on the Wall Street Journal business best-seller list this week (July 23-24, p. C14). The book is entitled Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life (Atria Books, 2016). It entered the list at #7, and has been available since mid-April of this year. The author is Adam Markel. … Read More Markel Debuts Pivot on Best-Selling Business List.

Career 70
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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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Innovation creating an organizational wide culture of executive innovation

Rapid BI

Executive innovation – creating the culture Ever heard your people say… “What we need in this organization is innovation” or “Creativity will give us the edge”. Executives and leaders often utter these words with little realisation of the difficulties of bringing about a fundamental shift in the behaviour necessary to create an innovation culture across […].