Fri.May 22, 2015

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5 Ways to Help a Decision Maker Decide

Let's Grow Leaders

My client, Laura, had invited me in to observe the spectacle. I watched as she carefully articulated her research findings and presented her “no brainer” suggestions to Mark. Each time Laura’s ideas were met with a similar response, “thanks so much,” followed by a bogus reason of why the idea wouldn’t work. The conversation was the equivalent of Laura saying, “I’d like to give you 100 bucks.

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Social Media: A Professional’s Best Tool Used Wisely!

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever. ”. Daniel Goleman. They say, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks!” If the “new tricks” are related to social media, “they” are wrong!

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How Many of Your Organization’s Strategic Initiatives Succeed?

N2Growth Blog

My guess is that your answer is less than half or at least “not enough of them.”. Delivering on strategic initiatives on time, every time, is the hallmark of organizations that are best in the world at executing strategy, and they’re rewarded with a premium put on the value of their company. Organizations that can’t deliver on their strategic initiatives fail at executing their strategy, and organizations that fail at executing strategy will not survive.

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After Knowledge Flow Sessions, Follow Up in Writing

Michael Lee Stallard

#86 Follow Up in Writing. After a Group or Individual Knowledge Flow Session , follow up in writing to summarize what you heard, what actions are necessary, who is responsible for each action and when each action should be completed. Great communication shows people you value them and also encourages further sharing of information and ideas. This is the eighty-sixth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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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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Chip Shots – Leading Independent Contractors

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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I’ve Fallen! Now What?

Joseph Lalonde

N o one is perfect. Every person, even leaders, will make mistakes. We can all shout “ I’ve fallen! ” Image via Creative Commons. Can you relate to that cry? The one where you know you’ve done something un-leader like? Whether it’s a poor choice that cost your company a big deal or a slip-up in your marriage where you hurt your wife’s feelings, mistakes are made on a daily basis.

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Giving Teenagers the Lowdown on Smarter Saving

Women on Business

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Executive Coaching Makes an Impact

Tony Mayo

Coaching is widely regarded as a potent development force. 96% of organizations saw individual performances improve after they introduced coaching. 92% reported improvements in leadership and management effectiveness 77% of the respondents indicated that coaching had a significant or very significant impact on at least one of nine business measures. 60% improved productivity […].

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Where Will My Next Customer Come From? – “You have to Sell, Every Day” – (Reflections on the Challenges of the Independent Worker)

First Friday Book Synopsis

The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is, you’re a salesman, and you don’t know that. — ARTHUR MILLER, Death of a Salesman (1949) Takeaway #1 – Accept/Embrace your role in sales – (Market yourself; get out there and sell!) (from my ten takeaways in […].

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Weekly Round-Up: 4 Steps to Leverage Your Strengths at Work, How to Earn Respect as a Leader & Creating a Culture of Forgiveness

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll see articles on developing your leadership “X-Factor,” how vision requires action and 4 steps to effectively leverage your strengths at work.

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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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Knowledge Transfer Is Key To Sustaining Business Excellence

Six Disciplines

As baby boomers retire, companies are failing - in a big way - to transfer knowledge to the next generation of workers. According to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), only 29% of responding organizations report that they incorporate retirement forecasts into their knowledge transfer practices, and only a third add "skills gap analysis" into those forecasts.

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Executive Coaching Makes an Impact

Tony Mayo

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Philip Kotler: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics. He did post-doctoral work in mathematics at Harvard University and in behavioral science at […].

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How To Reduce Employee Turnover

Eric Jacobson

Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. That's because you can use the reasons a departing employee provides to gather information about processes, people and departments that might need some redirection to correct situations that may have contributed to the employee's reasons for leaving. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee.

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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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Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #274 #ff

Rapid BI

Some office fun for a Friday afternoon Office Cartoon 273 “We have a surplus of solutions, so I need you to create a bunch of new problems.” Office cartoons Office based cartoons, funnies and humor can help to communicate important messages or tips in a non threatening way. See more office humor Take a […]. The post Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #274 #ff appeared first on.

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How To Maximize Employee Engagement

Eric Jacobson

Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, awhile back completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. What Branham and Hirschfeld discovered is that the best companies use six "universal drivers" that maximize employee engagement : Caring, Competent, and Engaging Senior Leaders Effective Managers Who Keep Employees Aligned and Engaged Effective Teamwork at All Levels

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3 Rules for Experts Who Want More Influence

Harvard Business Review

In these days of social media chest-thumping, it seems like everyone is calling themselves an expert. This declaration is often in inverse proportion to how well-known the person is; back in the early days of my consulting career, I, too, clamored to label myself an “expert,” as though that would assuage potential clients who had never heard of me.

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Data Scientists Don’t Scale

Harvard Business Review

Big data is about to get a big reality check. Our ongoing obsession with data and analytics technology, and our reverence for the rare data scientist who reigns supreme over this world, has disillusioned many of us. Executives are taking a hard look at their depleted budgets — drained by a mess of disparate tools they’ve acquired and elusive “big insights” they’ve been promised — and are wondering: “Where is the return on this enormous investment?

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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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Lilly Pulitzer’s Target Disaster Was Actually a Success

Harvard Business Review

At first blush, the recent rapid sell-out of the new “Lilly Pulitzer for Target” line — and the backlash it generated from disappointed customers — seems like a major screw-up by both companies. But it actually contains the keys to successful expansion for other high-end brands and designer labels and to improved brand perceptions for other mass retailers.

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How to Get a New Employee Up to Speed

Harvard Business Review

From a manager’s perspective, a new hire can’t come up to speed fast enough. Balancing the newcomer’s need to learn the ropes and your desire to have her quickly produce is a challenge for any time-strapped boss. What’s the best way to bring your new employee on board? Who do you enlist in the training? And how long should you expect it to take?

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The Factors That Lead to High CEO Pay

Harvard Business Review

No matter where you live, the difference between how much CEOs are paid and how much the average worker takes home is, well, big. Probably even bigger than most people think. The reasons why the disparities vary country-to-country are complex, according to a recently accepted paper for the Strategic Management Journal by LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business professor Thomas Greckhamer.

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