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How to Not Screw Up Your Career– #WinningWell in Fast Company

Let's Grow Leaders

You’re working hard to build a good reputation as a manager. So you’re taking on new projects and delegating certain tasks to others. You think you’re getting the hang of it, but then you make a remark that seems to rub someone the wrong way—and you aren’t sure why. Being decisive and knowing how to say no are important leadership skills, but handled the wrong way, they can come off as excuses that can damage your career.

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Dive Into the Universal Model of Leadership – A Mastering Leadership Excerpt

Lead Change Blog

Our Universal Model of Leadership helps explain how extraordinary leadership develops and how to accelerate its development. Many well-intentioned improvement initiatives fall short of intended results because leaders fail to account for the transformation in consciousness required to create and sustain high performance. Our Universal Model includes five stages of progressive leadership development: Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive.

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Servant Leadership Revisited

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. To me it is more of a value system. Servant leaders value the needs of followers over their own needs for recognition, being right or being in control.

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What’s Your Organization’s Weather Report?

Lead Change Blog

The weather across the US has been unusual over the past six months. Hurricane force winds hit Southern California recently. Wildfires have scorched land across the West much earlier than normal. Drought conditions have never been worse in Western states. The East Coast enjoyed a balmy December yet recent storms and even tornadoes stretched from the Gulf nearly into New England.

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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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Why Sustainable Growth Matters to Entrepreneurs

Women on Business

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When Does Something Become Contagious? – (With some encouraging news about our First Friday Book Synopsis)

First Friday Book Synopsis

But while it’s easy to find examples of social contagion, it’s much harder to actually get something to catch on.

 Jonah Berger, Contagious: Why Things Catch On read my blog post: Here are my Five Takeaways from Jonah Berger’s Contagious (& his 6 STEPPS) – You Want your Endeavor to Become Contagious, Right? ——————– What… Read More When Does Something Become Contagious?

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Register a DMCA Agent For Your Online Community, Right Now

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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Can Your Company’s Operations Cause a Black Swan Event?

Strategy Driven

According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Black Swan events are rare, catastrophic events that many retrospectively assert cold have been predicted and thus prevented. But can they? Could your company’s operational performance cause the next Black Swan tragedy? Before we answer the question of whether or not your company’s operations could cause a Black Swan event, I need you to consider your organization’s risk tolerance as we’ll be defining the Black Swan event in those terms

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7 Ways a Leader Can Invite Constructive Feedback

Ron Edmondson

I remember an especially hard year as a leader. It was so bad several members of our staff had told me where I was letting them down. So much for having an “open door policy” The next year I closed the door. Not really, but this was a year where staff members said to me, “I have a problem with you.” They may not have used those exact words, but the point was clear – I can be an idiot at times.

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Why Pitching, Persuading, Guiding, and Influencing are Largely Unsuccessful – a thought paper for sellers, coaches, leaders, parents, and managers

Strategy Driven

You recognize what someone needs and offer just the right guidance, product data, or experience to help. Yet, except for occasionally, they don’t act on your brilliance. Why? Why would they prefer to keep doing what they’re doing when it‘s obvious, even to them, they’re less-than-effective? Because making the switch to behave differently is not as simple as desiring to do something different: your information, brilliant and well-intentioned as it is, is not heard accurately, nor do people know h

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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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Online Resources for Exploring the Ideas of W. Edwards Deming

Deming Institute

There are many online resources for those looking to improve the practice of management in their organization in a way consistent with Dr. Deming’s management system. The W. Edwards Deming Institute maintains several online resources: Deming Prize medal (presented by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers). The W. Edwards Deming Institute web site , which includes a wealth of resources including over 60 articles by Dr.

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If You’re Not Collecting Productivity Data, You’ll Never Succeed at Work

Harvard Business Review

jennifer maravillas FOR HBR. Counting calories and steps may be terrific for improving personal health. But what counts most in promoting professional success? Quantifying the “business self” is an essential precursor for enterprise networks that empower people to manage their strengths and weaknesses better, faster, and cheaper. The personal productivity future is clear: Anybody and everybody who wants to succeed in tomorrow’s 21st Century organizations will have to commit to

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Good Communication Requires Experimenting with Your Language

Harvard Business Review

Consider a delinquent taxpayer who receives one of the following two letters in the mail: Letter 1: We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment of $5,000. It is imperative that you contact us. Letter 2: We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment of $5,000. By now, 9 out of 10 people in your town have paid their taxes.

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You Can Talk About Innovation Without Resorting to Cliches

Harvard Business Review

HBR STAFF. A cliché is fresh for a day. Clichés aren’t born as clichés. They come into the world as poetry, a new way of talking and thinking and seeing. The first person to say “kick the bucket” to mean “die,” for instance, was on to something big. Then a few people adopt the term. For a brief while, using it becomes an exercise in linguistic hipness.

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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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A Scorecard for Making Better Hiring Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Given that most organizations spend roughly 70% of their operating budgets on workforce expenses, it is noteworthy how rare it is for organizations to measure the success of hiring managers in their ability to select the right candidates. It is also rare for individuals to hold themselves accountable for becoming better interviewers over time. By using a quantitative interview scorecard to evaluate the qualifications and suitability of job candidates, and by comparing interview-based predictions

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How to Give Constructive Feedback

Harvard Business Review

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman have administered thousands of 360-degree assessments through their consulting firm, Zenger/Folkman. This has given them a wealth of information about who benefits from criticism, and how to deliver it. Download this podcast.

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To Fight the Zika Pandemic, Learn from Ebola

Harvard Business Review

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency. Though not yet confirmed, Zika is suspected of causing microcephaly — babies born with small heads and abnormal brain development — and paralysis in adults. The virus is “spreading explosively” throughout South and Central America with cases confirmed in more than 20 countries.

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