Tue.Jul 28, 2015

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Tuesday Time Machine: Leadership – The Willingness to Fight the Right Fight

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 15 February 2013. Everywhere you look today it seems as though many leaders are more intent abdicating responsibility than embracing it. The recent political wrangling’s over our countries numerous fiscal challenges certainly seems to bear this out.

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Creative Conflict?

Lead Change Blog

The two words do not seem to go together, do they? Creativity might be defined as the ability to make something come into existence that did not previously exist. It often refers to artistic endeavors, such as painting, acting, or music. We do not often think of our daily lives as creative. Many people do not think they are particuarly creative. In reality, we are all creative to varying degrees and much of our creativity is well within our individual control, if we choose to exercise that contr

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Why Vacations Are Critical For Successful Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

With the welcome arrival of the warm summer months, many of us – myself included – are eagerly making final plans for our vacation break and with it, some much needed time for rest and relaxation. Of course, taking any time off work these days can be quite challenging if not difficult for the very reasons why we need to take these much needed breaks from our everyday workday lives.

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5 Procrastination Excuses You Use and How to Crush Them

Women on Business

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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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7 Responses to Reasoned Resistance

Leadership Freak

The line between bold and foolish is often determined by success or failure. Fearful organizations are full of people who know why it’s better to stay the same.

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Top 5 Ways to Effectively Manage a Public Relations Crisis

Women on Business

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5 Ways to Face Your Fear as a Leader with Bonus Quotes. #4 Might Surprise You!

Lead by Adventure

As a leader, you are sure to face fears on a weekly, if not daily basis. Learning to overcome them and to push through can be some of the toughest obstacle to moving forward in your leadership. It is often a difficult, but necessary task to push through fear and make a decision or deal with an issue. Here are 5 surefire ways to help in getting past those fears. 1.

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Tony Mayo Reads the bonus chapter of The Courage to Be in Community

Tony Mayo

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. How to BE in Courageous, Genuine Relation […]. The post Tony Mayo Reads the bonus chapter of The Courage to Be in Community appeared first on Tony Mayo. This podcast is Tony Mayo reading the bonus chapter to his Amazon #1 best-selling book, The Courage to be in Community. Get the text for free here: tiny.cc/freecourage A simple, practical guide to building better relationships at work and at home, with answers to these reader questions. * What can I do in my day-

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Funny Business

Coaching Tip

Recent studies from Accenture Research and Deloitte Consulting find employee skill gaps and disengagement in the workplace are increasing. That is a problem not only for the companies that are experiencing increased skill gaps, but also for the employees themselves. . Nearly half of all companies surveyed (46%) report that skill gaps among their employees cause negative business outcomes.

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Your Company Needs Some Business-Book Book Clubs – Download Our White Paper

First Friday Book Synopsis

There is so much good advice, good counsel, good advice out there in so many places. But, it is tough to beat a good book for the best “where do I go to learn about” counsel. You know the old wisdom — “readers are leaders.” Maybe it is better to say that leaders do plenty of reading. And so […].

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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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New eBook: 7 Most Important Ways to Reduce Email Overload @ Work

leaderCommunicator

Few companies are immune to email overload inside their organization today, it’s costly and needs to be managed. For example: Our research has found that on average employees spend 71 hours on irrelevant email per year. For one Fortune 100 client, research showed that irrelevant emails cost them $909,000 per day and $236 million per year. Only 40% of employees at one organization say emails frequently answer their questions and that the content is relevant to them.

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Suck Your Thumb

CEO Blog

Persistence pays - except where it does not. Knowing what to persist on and what not to is the challenge. Fail Often, Fail Fast, Fail Cheap. Sometimes it is best to just move on. My grand daughter is learning to crawl. I was send the video below of her efforts. I was going to suggest that she would be faster and more efficient if she did not stop so often to suck her thumb (and of course she always takes my advice).

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Light A Fire Under Your Business

Eric Jacobson

I have a deep respect for the leadership and teamwork embodied by Navy SEALS, Olympic athletic teams, and firefighters. That's why I find the new book, Light A Fire Under Your Business: How to Build a Class 1 Corporate Culture Through Inspirational Leadership , so interesting. In the book, former Los Angeles Fire Department Captains turned business executives Tom Pandola and James W.

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5 Traits of the Aware Leader

Ron Edmondson

The longer I’m in leadership, the more I realize I don’t always fully know the real health of my team or organization at any given time — at least as much as others do. Don’t misunderstand — I want to know, but often, because of my position, I’m shielded from some issues. I’ve learned, right or wrong — agree or disagree — that some would rather complain behind a leader’s back than tell them how they really feel.

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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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How To Show Genuine Interest In Your Customers

Eric Jacobson

Author Steve Curtin , in his book, Delight Your Customers , suggests you and your employees do these 12 things to express genuine interest in your customers : Offer personalized greetings Use names Practice assertive hospitality Ask questions Cosset Anticipate needs Remember preferences Pay attention to details Display a sense of urgency Solicit feedback Offer personal farewells Follow up on service.

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Yes, Your Résumé Needs a Summary

Harvard Business Review

How long will recruiters spend on your résumé before deciding to toss it in the recycle bin? Six seconds, says online job search site The Ladders. That’s about 20 to 30 words. So how do you write those first few lines of your resume—the summary section—to compel the recruiter to keep reading? How do you make sure you get the call—and not the toss?

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How To Be A Better Listener: 10 Tips

Eric Jacobson

Being a good listener is absolutely essential to being an effective leader. When you really listen, you : Remember names and facts correctly. Hear "between the lines." Show respect. Learn more about what's going on within your workplace. Here are 10 tips on how to be a better listener : Look at the person who's speaking to you. Maintain eye contact.

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Is There a Place for Love in Leadership?

Michael Lee Stallard

“A company is stronger if bound by love than by fear.” – Herb Kelleher, cofounder of Southwest Airlines. When Kip Tindell, CEO of The Container Store, first heard Herb Kelleher’s words more than 40 years ago he was, in his own words, “completely taken by it.” In Tindell’s excellent book, Uncontainable , he describes how he and his leadership team went on to shape The Container Store’s outstanding “employee first” culture in ways that reflect love.

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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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Who Benefits from the Peer-to-Peer Economy?

Harvard Business Review

Barbara Ann Berwick drove for Uber for eight weeks in 2014. She, and two others, then brought suit against the company. On June 16, the California Labor Commission ruled that she as a driver should have been classified as an employee – not an independent contractor – and that she was due over $4 million in expenses and penalties. As expected, Uber filed its rebuttal on July 9, bolstered with written statements from more than 400 drivers supporting the company.

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Customers Like Self-Service, Unless It Undermines Customer Support

Harvard Business Review

Due to my inadvertent idiocy, I lobotomized my smartphone by accidentally deleting an essential function. After 20-plus minutes of laptop Googling, Binging and YouTubing for a quick fix, I gave up. Nothing helpful could be found. Two days and mounting frustrations later, I pop into a Sprint store and whine for support. It takes the (very helpful) sales associate four swipes and fifteen seconds to make my phone smart again.

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How Social Movements Change Minds

Harvard Business Review

Marketers tend to like big, bold actions that grab attention and spew off metrics. Yet all too often, we ignore the much more mundane work that comes before. To market a product or an idea, you have to change minds, and that takes time and a lot of careful work. That’s a lesson we’ve seen over and over in the social movements of the last century—although the outside observer may only notice the movement when the dominoes start falling, the people inside the movement worked tire

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