Fri.May 09, 2014

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3 genie bottle wishes for curmudgeons

Lead Change Blog

'What do you do when someone disagrees with your opinion? Do you: a) Ignore it b) Dig in and aggressively defend your position c) Work the difference through to respectful closure d) Amicably agree to disagree e) Go on the attack I hope the majority of readers selected (c) or (d). But if you selected [.] Author information Jane Perdue Jane founded Braithwaite Innovation Group, a professional development firm dedicated to redefining power, performance, and connection @ the intersection of th

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5 Key Traits for Focus for Your Next Board Director

Women on Business

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3 Ways to Bring the Dead to Life

Leadership Freak

'Life without passion is going through the motions like the walking dead. Remember your own passionless days. Not pretty! Shift your thoughts to colleagues and teammates.

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How Important are High Expectations?

Kevin Eikenberry

'The longer I live and the longer I lead, the truer I believe today’s quotation is. The lesson in it for you today may be personal or professional. Sam, “Mr. Walmart” Walton clearly believes it applies to everything. Questions to Ponder - How high are my expectations in different parts of my life? - How […].

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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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Weekly Round-Up: On Motivational Leadership, Defining Teamwork & the Science of Workplace Morale

leaderCommunicator

'Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays I pull some of the best together here on my blog. So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts. They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network.

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The Toughest Part of Strategy? Execution!

Six Disciplines

'Strategy formulation, while extremely challenging and difficult, is usually not what concerns most small business leaders. In fact, it''s not even planning that worried worries them. It''s something even bigger and more problematic. It''s the execution of strategy that keeps many small business leaders awake at night! Why is execution so hard? Because making the plan work is even bigger challenge than creating the plan: Making strategy work is more difficult than the task of strategy making.

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4 Lessons from Warby Parker’s Book Club(s)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'It’s never been easier to keep learning and get better at what you do. If you put in the work, and time. I remember when my sons were young – mid-to-late 80s. The first baseball team they played on was coached by one for the dads. A well-meaning dad, great guy. But not a super […].

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Reaching Higher in the Organization

David A Fields

'A question I was asked… I have an introduction to a sales manager at a potential client. How do I tactfully go over his head to get to the decision maker?… See my response in the Solo Consultant’s Network. The post Reaching Higher in the Organization appeared first on David A. Fields. Agreements Consultants Positioning Proposals Relationships agreements positioning positioning.

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Goal-Setting, Planning, and Testing: The Importance of Managing Your Lead-Generation Strategy

Strategy Driven

'Learning how to use lead-generation marketing to your advantage requires planning and forethought. You need to think through your management strategy before beginning efforts to improve lead generation in your company. By setting goals, creating a plan to adopt new tactics, and testing the results, you can measure how the company’s investment of budget and time helps increase the number of leads and sales.

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Darwin the Evolved Consultant’s – The Value Conversation

David A Fields

'All images and text are the copyright of David A. Fields. (c) 2014 David A. Fields. All rights reserved. The post Darwin the Evolved Consultant’s – The Value Conversation appeared first on David A. Fields. Creating Value Darwins Positioning Proposals Relationships adding value Context Discussion positioning.

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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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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #76

Rapid BI

' “I don’t know if it’s burnout, but I set of the smoke alarm six times today!

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How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions

Harvard Business Review

'Sometimes it’s relatively easy to know what your customers are doing. In e-commerce, advances in tracking and analytics have made it possible for retailers to understand what individual customers are doing before they make a purchase, and to gather and analyze hundreds and thousands of data points to identify trends. Brick-and-mortar stores haven’t had the same advantage. “Retailers are all using scanner data to track what happened at the point of sale ,” says Sam Hui, an associate

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Stop Being Good

Joseph Lalonde

'T here’s an old saying that went something like this: I don’t drink, smoke, cuss or chew and I don’t date boys that do! What’s the meaning behind this saying? I think it’s trying to tell us that by not doing these things it makes us be good. Image by Lena Vasiljeva. We’re living clean, speaking clean, and staying sober.

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Emotions Are Data, Too

Harvard Business Review

'Hardly a day goes by that I don’t meet it, the struggle with emotions at work. The misunderstood colleague, filled with frustration, attempting not to show it; the executive wondering how to confront her team’s lack of enthusiasm; the student hesitating to confess his affection to a classmate. It has been two decades since emotional intelligence became a cornerstone of managers’ self-improvement projects.

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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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3 Questions Executives Should Ask Front-Line Workers

Harvard Business Review

'The higher up you go in an organization, the harder it is to stay in touch with what’s really happening on the front lines. And the bad news—if you hear it at all—is presented only in the best possible light. How do you get the real truth about what’s happening out in the field? How do you stay connected to all corners of your organization? I have found that three simple questions, asked with the intent to learn, can help you stay in touch with reality and be a better leader: Get out of you

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To Create a Real Connection, Show Vulnerability

Harvard Business Review

'The hardest part of my business failing was not the loss of the business. It was the loss of the identity that came with being a successful entrepreneur. I had become so attached to this identity that when others asked how the non-existent business was doing, I said, “Great!” The chasm between the image of being financially set for life and owning a failed business was painful.

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Why You Need a Resilience Strategy Now

Harvard Business Review

'This past winter was a rough one for big swaths of the United States, with both unusual cold snaps and disruptive snowstorms. General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades.

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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the June 2014 Issue

Harvard Business Review

'Enjoy these cartoons from the June issue of HBR, and test your management wit in the HBR Cartoon Caption Contest at the bottom of this post. If we choose your caption as the winner, you will be featured in the next magazine issue and win a free Harvard Business Review Press book. . “Let’s hear it for technology!” S. Gross. “I’m sorry—we require at least three fake references.” Rolli.

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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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Case Study: Where to Launch in Africa

Harvard Business Review

'Benard Kenani spotted his uncle as soon as he walked into the hotel lobby. Uncle Michael was sitting at a corner table with two other men, also in suits, both of whom were laughing at one of his jokes. That was typical of Michael, a successful executive in Nigeria, whose affable disposition was widely admired. He quickly stood up when he saw his nephew.

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When the Board Agrees with the CEO’s Politics, Oversight Suffers

Harvard Business Review

'Similarity of political views between CEOs and their boards strengthens directors’ empathy for chief executives and thus weakens their monitoring of CEO performance and compensation, says a team led by Jongsub Lee of the University of Florida. A study of thousands of U.S. firms shows that this political alignment, which is common, also reduces the quality of financial reporting: A small increase in board–CEO “political homophily” leads to a 3% increase in the marginal probability of a firm’s be

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The Power of Reflection at Work

Harvard Business Review

'It Does Help to Think Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance Working Knowledge Very few companies give their employees time for reflection, especially when competitive pressures are escalating. Usually the imperative is to double down and work harder – don''t stop to think, just drive forward. But new research demonstrates the value of reflection in helping people do a better job.

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