Tue.Jul 22, 2014

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The Real Battle of Leadership

Lead Change Blog

'In a recent video post, I shared the 5 word secret to servant leadership…. “It. Is. Not. About. Me!” These five simple words are easy to add as a daily mantra or prayer to ground you in servant, other-oriented leadership; however, behind those five simple words is a fierce battle. It’s an unseen battle that [.] Author information jeffharmon Jeff Harmon is the president of Brilliance Within Coaching & Consulting which specializes in developing principled, character driven business le

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

'By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity?

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Check Out Today’s “200-Second Soundbite™” Podcast!

General Leadership

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “Refining Your Leadership OODA Loop” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Speed, as any fighter pilot will tell you, is life! . Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com COO, Col Matthew T. Fritz shares the rivoting story of Captain Boyd’s Fighter endeavors and the model that emerged and changed our decision matrix.

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Apprenticeship: A Positive Solution for America’s Future

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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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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What Makes Successful Senior Executives Tick?

Great Leadership By Dan

'Over the last few weeks I’ve been spending time with quite a few successful senior executives and have been asking them a lot of questions about what makes them tick. I’ve noticed they seem to have a lot in common in regards to the way they approach their careers and job. Read my latest article over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out the 20 Characteristics of Successful Senior Executives.

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Receiving the 12 Gifts of Problems

Leadership Freak

'Successful leaders run toward problems, not away. If you want to lead, solve a problem, the bigger the better. Problems come bearing gifts, if you can receive them.

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Are you missing out on the summer because there's so much to do at work?

Jason Womack

'Yesterday, I spent quality time with my niece and nephew who are visiting us from Los Angeles. Early in the day, I didn’t think I would be able to meet them at the aquatic center in town. . But, by using the same techniques I’m teaching this month at www.GetMomentum.co , I freed up 75 minutes, stopped working early, and enjoyed time practicing my diving board moves with the kids at the pool!

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Remarkable TV: Leadership Lessons from the Shower

Kevin Eikenberry

'When it comes to coaching others, we often make the same mistake that I made with a “backwards” shower faucet. Intrigued? Check out this episode of Remarkable TV for my leadership lessons from the shower. Successful coaching starts with understanding and empathy of the other person, not with our agenda or normal approach. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet […].

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Leadership Acceptance: Letting Go Of The Controls

Lead from Within

'In Chuck Yeager’s book The Right Stuff, he describes a time in the 1950′s when an elite group of US Air Force pilots set out to fly at altitudes beyond anything that had ever been attempted before. As they left the familiar dense atmosphere of Earth, they found that everything they knew about aerodynamics no longer applied. Nothing they could do would keep their planes under control.

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Developing a Compelling Vision Statement for Your Team

Lead by Adventure

'Creating and defining a vision statement for your team can be tough. What do you include? What do you exclude? How long or short do you make it? There are a lot of thoughts that go into defining the vision for your team or business. Here are some tried-and-true methods for not only defining your vision, but for developing a compelling vision statement for your team that will get them motivated, empower them to work, and engage them and your organization for success.

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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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A Few Lessons From My First MRI Experience

QAspire

'Recently, I had my first MRI scan to diagnose a herniated disc in my lower back area. Not a great thing to have, but fortunately , not very severe either. I just need to be extra careful with my back, do exercises and manage the stress well. MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging involves going into a narrow magnetic tube through which images of internal body structures are taken.

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Guest Blogger @David_Shindler: 5 Ways To Be An Everyday Inspiring Leader

leaderCommunicator

'Most of my clients look terrified when we talk about how they inspire others. It’s like the very word has magical powers to which they personally can’t relate. “Being inspiring is what other people do” , those endowed with another scary attribute, charisma. Usually loudly. Of course, they don’t say this to me. I can tell by the tell-tale gulp or uneasy shuffle in their seat.

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Interview: How to Avoid and Manage Change-Related Overload

Change Starts Here

'In this episode, Dr. Linda Hoopes, President at Resilience Alliance, returns to the show to discuss the impact of change-related overload. She’ll share tips on how to avoid it, and how to manage it when you can’t. She answers questions like: Why does change cause overload? How can you tell when people are overloaded? How do you avoid overload?

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Napoleon

Joseph Lalonde

'A leader is a dealer in hope. The post Napoleon appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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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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Horizontal Connections; Vertical Connections – What Good Networkers Can Learn from a Great Journalist (A Networking Lesson from Lawrence Wright)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'This is great advice for all who what to become better at “networking.” And, who doesn’t want to become better at networking? Lawrence Wright won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. His latest book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, is also an […].

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The 4 Things To Ask When An Employee Leaves

Eric Jacobson

'As a leader, it''s critical that you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan , shares in his book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews : Why did you decide to leave us?

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10 Indications a Church is Making Disciples

Ron Edmondson

'I’ve often heard people say you can’t measure discipleship. I don’t know if that’s true. It is true that you can’t necessarily put a number or percentage on discipleship growth, but you can tell — over time — if it has happened or is happening. Here are 10 indications a church is making disciples: Those who have been in the church the longest complain the least. - Do everything without complaining or arguing.

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The New Beta Way To Lead

Eric Jacobson

'It''s these chapter headings in the book, The Fall of the Alphas , that first grabbed my interest: Corporate Anthropology Plows and Primates Boomers and Bonobos Information Changes Everything The Top of a Different Pyramid Eliminating Elitism Managing Ego It Takes Two to Beta Next, it was author Dana Ardi''s premise that convinced me to read her book: “Today’s American corporate world is a tale of two cultures.

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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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Self Assessment Program Best Practice 14 – Separate Fact from Opinion

Strategy Driven

'Self Assessment findings drive organizational actions. Consequently, a great deal of care must be taken when deciding what to include within a self assessment report. The text above is only a small portion of this article. Become a StrategyDriven Premium Member to gain access to the entire article and the over 100 other StrategyDriven members-only articles, whitepapers, models, and tools and templates.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #128

Rapid BI

'“There’s always room for improvement. It’s a small room with no windows and no distractions. We already moved your things.

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Understanding The Value Of Charisma In Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

'Last week, I had the pleasure of giving the keynote speech at the 2014 NAED LEAD Conference held in Chicago. Given how the focus of my speech was examining the role of charisma in leadership and how we can develop this trait to inspire and engage our employees, it would seem almost natural that the locale for this keynote was this elegant, almost regal ballroom located in one of the illustrious hotels found along Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile”.

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When Fighting with Your Boss, Protect Yourself First

Harvard Business Review

'Have you ever felt like your boss is out to get you? Maybe you’re paranoid. But then again, maybe not. There are a lot of bad bosses out there, leaders who aren’t stupid but lack emotional intelligence. Their self-awareness is strikingly low, they’re clueless when it comes to reading people, they can’t control their emotions, and their values seem to be on a permanent leave of absence.

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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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Time Management and Customer Service

Coaching Tip

'When it comes to time , people in power believe they have more of it at their disposal than others. But positions of authority give people a sense they are better able to control time than subordinates, even though both groups are equally at the mercy of the clock. In an era of day planners, deadlines and billable hours, there are far more clocks than people.

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Marketing’s New Digital Role Is Shortchanging IT

Harvard Business Review

'Every revolution has its vanguard. Throughout technology’s history, that vanguard has been the part of an organization willing to invest for one or both of two reasons: it is having significant trouble with the status quo or it has a compelling vision that things could be done in a new, better way. When computerization first became widespread decades ago, in the vanguard were accountants, who desperately needed to automate number crunching and reporting.

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Expressing Your Vulnerability Makes You Stronger

Harvard Business Review

'Can vulnerability fuel growth and success? Consider the landmark research of psychologist Brené Brown as described in her book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. It shows that we thrive in our relationships and careers when we engage deeply in complex, stressful scenarios. Success is about participating proactively in life—not about winning a game or profiting monetarily.

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People Were More Religious Before Education Became Compulsory

Harvard Business Review

'Compulsory education has been shown to broaden people’s occupational choices and improve their earnings, but each additional year of schooling also leads to a 4-percentage-point increase in an individual’s likelihood of reporting no religious affiliation, according to a study of Canadian data by Daniel M. Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame. Education’s impact on earnings might be part of the reason for the decline in religiosity, as might exposure to science and other cultures, Hungerman

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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To Fix Health Care, Leaders Need to Let Go of the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

'In health care, the Hippocratic Oath — “first, do no harm” — can hold as much sway in the board room as it does in the exam room. Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. As a result, U.S. health care has become akin to a smothered child—stifled and arrested. If we actually gave it some room to breathe, if we metaphorically opened the doors to let it run around outside, take chances, and fall down occasionally, it could gr

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Why You Lead Determines How Well You Lead

Harvard Business Review

'One of the most telling questions you can ask someone in any kind of leadership role is what motivates them to be a better leader. Some will say it’s to enhance their personal effectiveness, or that leading is an expected part of their professional development. Others may say that they lead because of a sense of leader identity, purpose, or personal obligation to serve their organization and the people with whom they work.

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4 Things You Thought Were True About Time Management

Harvard Business Review

'I don’t know anyone who doesn’t struggle with how to make the most of their time at work. How do you stay on top of an overflowing inbox? How do you get work done when your day is taken up by meetings? How can you get through a continually expanding to-do list? How do you even find time to make a list in the first place? To make matters worse, there are lots of misconceptions about what time management really comes down to and how to achieve it.