Tue.Jan 05, 2016

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Your 2016 relationship goals

Persuasive Powerhouse

“The toughest and most results-oriented leaders are increasingly discovering that the answer lies in building relationships.” Doug Conant, from Leadership Resolutions for 2016. When I consider the relationships I have with those around me, I find that they are all in a different place. Some are strained or more distant than I’d like. Others need gentle nourishing and still others are exactly as they should be.

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12 Critical Competencies For Leadership in the Future

QAspire

The rate of change in the business world today is greater than our ability to respond. In a world that is often described as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and ambiguous), there are major tectonic shifts that demand a new mindset of leadership. First, let us look at these shifts. In recent years, we have seen disruption of market leaders like Kodak and Nokia amongst many others.

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The True Value of Leadership

Leading Blog

This is a post by Dave Ulrich and Justin Allen. Dave Ulrich is the author of The Leadership Capital Index in which he details how equity or debt investors can systematically and predictably determine the quality of leadership to make faster and more informed decisions and gain a critical information advantage over their competitors. Leadership emotional intelligence, authenticity, and charisma are not enough.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2015

Tanveer Naseer

In my penultimate article from 2015, I made the point that in answering the question “ where do we go from here? ”, we have to look back on the journey we’ve taken and what lessons and insights we’ve learned that can help us as we move forward. So for my first piece for 2016, I thought it would be a wonderful way to illustrate this idea by doing just that – of looking back at the past 52 weeks of leadership articles and leadership podcast episodes shared here on my award-winning lead

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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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3 Critical Connections You’re Missing without Internal Branding

Women on Business

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52 Leadership Promises for Every Week of the Year

Lead from Within

A new year means a new beginning, and here’s a promise a week for 2016. Following them through will end up changing your leadership and your life. There are some things every leader wants: to make an impact, to empower those we care about, professionally and personally, to be worthy of the challenges entrusted to us and to carry them out with integrity and passion.

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Remarkable TV: Your Leadership Theme

Kevin Eikenberry

When I recently asked a group of workshop participants what their expectations were for the session, one person’s response was extremely insightful and is the topic in today’s video. It will help focus you and make you more successful in 2016. Check it out below! Tweet it out: Picking a verb to be the focus […]. The post Remarkable TV: Your Leadership Theme appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Happy New Year from Modern Servant Leader

Modern Servant Leader

My thanks to each and every one of you for the incredible support in 2015. I started ModernServantLeader.com with a mission to spread servant leadership awareness, adoption, and action. With your help, it’s clear we are making progress on our mission. So as we turn the corner on another year, I want to pause, thank you and share some of our progress.

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The Right System Can Really Help; But, No Guarantees – (insight from Mark Harris)

First Friday Book Synopsis

One thing I believe is that there’s no such thing as a system that produces great movies, only a system that allows great movies to happen once every so often. Great movies—great studio movies or great Sundance movies—are always an exception. Mark Harris, The 2015 Movie Club – Entry 4: Creed honors the original Rocky… Read More The Right System Can Really Help; But, No Guarantees – (insight from Mark Harris).

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Happy New Year from Modern Servant Leader

Modern Servant Leader

My thanks to each and every one of you for the incredible support in 2015. I started ModernServantLeader.com with a mission to spread servant leadership awareness, adoption, and action. With your help, it’s clear we are making progress on our mission. So as we turn the corner on another year, I want to pause, thank you and share some of our progress.

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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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How to Break Through (or Avoid) Communication Clutter

leaderCommunicator

Communication at its best is about moving people to action. Each time you prepare to communicate internally, first think about the business outcomes you want to achieve. Then, think about what you want employees to think, feel and do as a result of your communication. This will shape the messages you develop and help you choose the vehicle you use to share those messages.

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Practices for Professionals – Meetings Best Practice 1: Limit Meeting Attendees

Strategy Driven

Meetings provide a unique environment that facilitates collaboration through the provision of robust two-way communications. While other communications mechanisms facilitate information exchange, only meetings provide for the synchronous sharing of ideas – the dynamic interaction that enables groups to rapidly build on each other’s perspectives. Hi there!

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10 Positive Paradigms in Church Leadership

Ron Edmondson

I previously posted 10 dangerous paradigms in the church. Obviously, there are positive mindsets in the church also. I decided to share some from the perception of a pastor. Here are 10 positive paradigms in the church: We can do it Pastor. The “can do” attitude. Is there anyone who can’t work miracles with that? Jesus will make a way!

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2015

Curious Cat

This is a list of the 20 most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog last year (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). Stated Versus Revealed Preference (2013). The Purpose of an Organization (2005). 94% Belongs to the System (2013). How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010).

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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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Deming in Education: 2-Day Seminar in Seattle, 11 – 12 March 2016

Deming Institute

A Deming in Education 2-Day Seminar will be facilitated by David Langford in Seattle, 11 – 12 March 2016. Be a part of our first Deming In Education Initiative Seminar. The Deming Institute presents a two-day interactive seminar and hands-on introduction to the Deming Method. Led by David Langford, this seminar focuses on addressing the following questions: Why is the Deming Method relevant today?

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How Age and Gender Affect Self-Improvement

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. Why do some people react so defensively to critical feedback, while others take it on the chin? To help us answer this question, over the last year we’ve gathered data on how people react to feedback. We called the defensive tendency “proving” (as in, having something to prove) and the accepting tendency “improving” (as in, being willing to admit improvement was needed).

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Be a Positive Force

Lead Change Blog

Amidst the resolutions we make at the start of the new year are the old standbys. Lose weight. Quit smoking. Exercise more. See the world. Be kind. Our mind is made up. We make these resolutions clearly and intentionally! Yet too few of us change our behaviors to ensure those resolutions come to fruition. We don’t do the hard work, so the results we desire don’t happen.

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When You Should Worry About Failure, and When You Shouldn’t

Harvard Business Review

We all fail, all the time. We might miss a call with a client because of an emergency work meeting, or miss that meeting because another project has suddenly become urgent. And then we (or our families) get sick, and we have to shift priorities around again. These unsystematic failures are benign, though. They reflect that all of us have limited resources.

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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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New Year’s Development Goals for Leaders 2016 Edition (Added Bonus: How to Keep Them!)

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was recently published in SmartBlog on Leadership : For many of us, making and breaking promises to ourselves for the New Year has become an annual tradition. We say we’re going to lose that 10 pounds, quit smoking, change jobs, read more, be more positive, be more productive, etc… and start off all Tigger-like with energy and great intentions.

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Don’t Lose Track of High Performers Who Take a Hiatus

Harvard Business Review

When I work with employers to develop return-to-work programs for professionals re-entering the workforce after a career break, one key question always arises: “Where do we find these returning professionals?” While there are multiple sources employers can use to locate returnees–university alumni career services offices, referrals from current employees, and return-to-work conferences–there’s one source they should never overlook: Their own “regrettable losse

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Sentiment Analysis Can Do More than Prevent Fraud and Turnover

Harvard Business Review

The same algorithms serious social media marketers use to determine and sway consumer sentiment can easily be turned inward. Stressful projects? Jerk boss? Unresponsive colleagues? “ Sentiment analysis ” promises not just to identify workplace pain-points, but anticipate them. How employees use tools like Slack, Sharepoint, Yammer, email, blogs, or LinkedIn to share thoughts and coordinate actions invariably yields treasure troves of data worth mining.

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To Stay Relevant, Professional Associations Must Rebrand

Harvard Business Review

You might be surprised to learn that the Consumer Electronics Association is now called the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The organization behind the popular Consumer Electronics Show (CES) announced the rebrand last November in a move that garnered little attention. Although the CTA produces the world’s largest trade show, drawing more than 170,000 people in 2015, its new name has attracted little comment.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Your Algorithms Are Not Safe from Hackers

Harvard Business Review

Cybersecurity has become one of the CEO’s biggest worries, according to several surveys. Companies are investing billions in protecting their systems and training their employees. The worldwide cybersecurity market has been estimated at $77 billion in 2015 and will be $170 billion by 2020. However, the field has mostly focused on protecting systems from vulnerabilities in software and hardware.