Thu.Apr 17, 2014

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Calling All Leaders!

Lead Change Blog

'I Don’t Care I’m sure it’s happened to you. It happens to all of us…you hear the words coming out of your mouth and before you finish the sentence, you realize you’re saying something an adult told you when you were a child. Something you haven’t uttered in decades. When I was eight-years-old, I joined [.] Author information David M.

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Torn From The Headlines Leadership Lesson: To Fire Or Not To Fire?

Terry Starbucker

'Every business makes mistakes, but then there are MISTAKES. The ones that offer a supreme challenge to a leader: To Fire or Not To Fire? One such challenge came up earlier this week over at US Airways (now part of American Airlines), when a company Tweet went way off the rails. I mean, WAY off. It inadvertently sent a (very) obscene image over the Internet (Note: the link is to a news story, not the image or Tweet).

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The fallacy and hubris of “market attractiveness”

Lead Change Blog

'How many times have you heard or even said, “Is that market attractive to us”? We look at the markets we’re in, the markets our competitors are in, maybe even some that are new and wonder if they are/could be good for our business. We may even think of creating or segmenting in a new [.] Author information Deborah Mills-Scofield Deb Mills-Scofield has her own consultancy helping organizations create and implement highly actionable, adaptable, measurable, and profitable innovation-based strategi

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Add a Little Hoopla to Your Culture

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Dean M. Schroeder: Carl Holte loves Hoopla! Not hoopla as in the form of exuberant celebration, but hoopla as in the name of an improvement technique used at the Web Industries Hartford, Connecticut unit where Carl is the plant manager. Hoopla is a simple, quick improvement technique that is used at the end of every meeting or event.

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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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Approaches to Board Succession Planning

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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Identify and Overcome Weaknesses that Matter

Leadership Freak

'Leaders often believe their relationships are more positive than they are. You feel good about relationships when results are good. But, results and relationships aren’t the same thing.

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Amazon Announces “Pay to Quit” Program for Employees

leaderCommunicator

'Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced in a letter to shareholders last week that warehouse employees wanting to quit can receive up to $5,000. Why pay your employees to leave your company? The purpose behind such an offer, according to Bezozs, is to ensure that Amazon’s employees really want to work for them. "In the long run, an employee staying somewhere they don''t want to be isn''t healthy for the employee or the company," said Bezos.

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085: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star | with Kevin Allen

Engaging Leader

'You can buy a leadership book today for about $25. Or you can get an MBA for about $30,000. But learning about leadership from a few decades of everyday experience and mentors? That’s priceless. Kevin Allen was the pitchman for the “Priceless” ad campaign for Mastercard, which launched in 1997 and continues influence people today. […]. The post 085: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star | with Kevin Allen appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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The fallacy and hubris of “market attractiveness”

Mills Scofield

'This appears on Smartbrief''s Smartblogs for Leadership! Thank you!! " How many times have you heard or even said, “Is that market attractive to us”? We look at the markets we’re in, the markets our competitors are in, maybe even some that are new and wonder if they are/could be good for our business. We may even think of creating or segmenting in a new way." read on.

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2 Communication Activities You Can Use With Your Team Today. #2 is More In-Depth.

Lead by Adventure

'Here are 2 short activities that you can use with your team to improve communication, understanding, and team morale. These communication activities can be part of a team meeting or used as a segment of leadership trainings. [ We would love to know your experience with these activities. If you use them, let us know how they go in the comments below.

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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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While We are Sleeping, the Innovation Keeps Coming – (Battery Breakthroughs Spark Some Big-Picture Reflection)

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Here’s what we mean when we say the pace of change and innovation is accelerating. This is what I read yesterday, from James Fallows, in his post on The Atlantic, A Better Battery — Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and former secretary of energy, and Yi Cui, a celebrated battery researcher who works with Chu […].

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Spending Time Away from the Internet Helps to Keep the Internet in Context

Managing Communities

'Please Update Your ManagingCommunities.com RSS Feed Subscription This feed has moved to: [link] I apologize for the trouble. For more details, please read my post on the matter. Thank you.

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Three Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Making Prospecting Calls

Strategy Driven

'Feeling happy and fulfilled at work is essential to our overall success. Many sales people are required to make proactive prospecting calls, and it can be one of the most intimidating aspects of their job. However, having the fear of making the call is nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, Shannon Goodson and George Dudley reported in their book Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance that 80 percent of new salespeople fail because of call reluctance, while 40 percent of veteran sales people st

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Knowledge Versus Wisdom

Eric Jacobson

'Knowledge is the process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification -- Martin H. Fischer.

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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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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #60

Rapid BI

' ”Our substitute teacher is an app!

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All The Lessons You'll Need To Function At Work

Eric Jacobson

'A lot has happened since 1997 when Robert L. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life. That''s why, 17 years later he released a new edition of his best-seller. "The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work ," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts.

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The Two Questions Every Manager Must Ask

Harvard Business Review

'When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. And management techniques, practices, and strategies are no different. When you read a business book or attend a presentation on a particular management practice, it is a good habit to explicitly ask, “What might it not be good for?” When might it not work; what could be its drawbacks? If the presenter’s answer is “there are none,” a healthy dose of skepticism is warranted.

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Decide

Eric Jacobson

'Many years ago, I worked with a person who could not make decisions. Neither big nor small decisions. That indecisiveness paralyzed our business in many ways. Unfortunately, the book, Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress, and Lead by Example , had not been published. Had it, I would have shared it with my co-worker. Decide , published this past February, teaches readers how to make better decisions based on the real results they want to experience.

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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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Help Your Employees Find Flow

Harvard Business Review

'Holacracy. Results-Only Work Environments. These new, more flexible ways of working may be a step too far for many organizations. Still, greater employee freedom can create a better sense of “flow,” which enhances engagement, retention, and performance. This can be achieved by loosening your grip on work practices — but you don’t have to let go completely: remove obstacles, set boundaries and meaningful goals, then let work take its course.

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Why the Financial Services Industry Is Showing More Women in Its Ads

Harvard Business Review

'Financial services firms want to reach more women; so I conclude from data presented by Pamela Grossman of Getty Images at SXSW this year. According to data collected by Getty, financial firms are buying 20% more stock photos of women today than they were five years ago. At the same time, the share of men shown in their advertising has declined. Of course, we live in a wildly diverse world; we want to be inclusive and broad minded ourselves; and we therefore want our providers of financial advi

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Easing the Load of the Battery-Powered Soldier

Harvard Business Review

'Batteries account for about 30 of the 90 pounds of gear carried by U.S. soldiers and Marines, Navy official Roger M. Natsuhara tells the Wall Street Journal. That’s because a lot of their equipment, from infrared viewers to communicators, is powered. The military has now developed unrollable photovoltaic panels for recharging batteries, so that fewer batteries are required and, thus, fewer have to be thrown away—an important security issue, because a trail of dead batteries shows the enem

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Best of the IdeaCast

Harvard Business Review

'Featuring Jeff Bezos, Howard Schultz, Francis Ford Coppola, Maya Angelou, Nancy Koehn, Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones, Cathy Davidson, and Mark Blyth. Download this podcast.

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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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The Secret Ingredient in GE’s Talent-Review System

Harvard Business Review

'GE is often highlighted as an organization that develops some of the most effective leaders. Most companies have a version of the talent-review system we use at GE. But judging from what I hear from managers of companies that visit us to benchmark our system, the difference between our approach and theirs does not lie in forms, rankings, tools, or technologies.

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How to Have an Honest Data-Driven Debate

Harvard Business Review

'Malcolm Gladwell of bestselling Tipping Point and Outliers fame proposed a delightfully provocative way to begin his onstage debate with Sports Gene author David Epstein about whether practice or genetics is the better guarantor of professional success. But instead of launching directly into argument, said Gladwell, they’d start by summarizing their opponent’s best arguments.

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