Thu.Jan 28, 2016

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Strategic Professionalism Series: Commitment

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Commitment. As a leader, you must realize no one is as committed to success of the organization as you. Your challenge is to motivate those you lead, those who do the work and enable success of the organization, to be truly committed to success of the mission as well as their individual success.

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Anticipation

Lead Change Blog

After school I stood in our garage looking up at the rafters with just an hour of light left in the fall day. Outside the first snowfall of the season had covered the ground with a thin blanket of white goodness. Inside I was bursting with excitement to start skiing for the season. Not wanting to ruin my new skis, I took down an old pair of wooden skis with cable bindings.

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How Being a ā€˜4Dā€™ Leader Impacts Business Relationships

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Dr Alan Watkins : Organisations are collections of human beings and the success of our businesses are grounded in our relationships with each other and with our customers. Successful relationships require a multi-dimensional approach. Unfortunately too many leaders today are one-dimensional. They are so preoccupied with what they need to do (the IT dimension) that they often fail to pay sufficient attention to themselves (the I dimension) or their relationships (the WE dimension)

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Speak Up and Get Momentum

Jason Womack

What is your point of view about our point of view that Momentum is the reason we are here? Do you agree (or disagree) with our definition that Momentum is the act of creating processes to improve how you live.and.

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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 ā€“ and support your companyā€™s goals.

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Dad Let Me Suffer

Leadership Freak

Values are nurtured by those we respect. Sometimes the journey is painful.

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Time Management is Not Enough: The Time and Energy AND Mind/Focus Management Era

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Time Management Era It seemed simpler in the past. You had tasks to do, you then had more tasks to do, and you had to learn how to manage your time to get your tasks done. Iā€™m old enough that when I started my career, I had a desk, a ā€œsecretaryā€ (yes, thatā€™s what… Read More Time Management is Not Enough: The Time and Energy AND Mind/Focus Management Era.

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Four Phases of High-Quality Business Performance Assessments

Strategy Driven

Business performance assessments are conducted in a series of phases: Identify, Plan & Schedule, Execute, and Close-out. Associated with each phase is a collection of principles, best practices, and warning flags aiding the identification, communication, and acceptance of value-adding, self-critical performance improvement opportunities. Assessment Phases.

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4 Ways to Increasing Accountability (and Happiness!) at Work

Reality-Based Leadership

People who are personally accountable have an internal motivation and desire to succeed, no matter what obstacles stand in their way. Employees who exhibit this quality are naturally the happiest and most engaged. In fact, the same behaviors that drive engagement are the exact same behaviors that drive happiness. The happiest employees are the ones who realize that they directly impact their own results and circumstances.

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The Discipline of Listening

Strategy Driven

Our brains make it difficult, if not impossible, to fully or accurately comprehend what our Communication Partners wish to convey. We hear their words, of course, but we often end up interpreting them well outside the intent of the Speaker. I spent 3 years researching and writing on this topic for a book, (What?) and came away in awe of the magnitude of this issue and how deeply our unconscious choices prejudice our conversations.

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How To Turn Your Nonprofit Prospects Into Donors

Eric Jacobson

If you serve on a nonprofit Board, are the executive director for a nonprofit, or are responsible for raising funds for your nonprofit, The Nonprofit Fundraising Solution , book by Laurence A. Pagnoni is a must-read for you. Pagnoni bridges the gap between theory and practical methods and shows you (often via real-life case studies) how to: increase your access to wealthy donors raise your community profile stretch gifts operate major campaigns avoid revenue plateaus create a fundraising culture

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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 ā€” and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, theyā€™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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Driving Out Fear: Why and How by Doug Stilwell and Mark Lane

Deming Institute

This webcast shows the presentation at our 2015 annual conference, Driving Out Fear: Why and How, by Doug Stilwell and Mark Lane. Doug Stilwell provides an overview on some of the theory and science and behind stress and fear. And then Mark talked about what can be done to reduce fear in organizations. I liked the focus on PDSA at Urbandale public schools that Mark shared: You can walk into a classroom in Urbandale that is a 3-year-old pre-school classroom and you can see kids and adults engaged

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4 Things Successful Change Leaders Do Well

Harvard Business Review

We know that two-thirds of large scale transformation efforts fail. But that’s not a terribly helpful piece of information―unless we’re looking for confirmation that this is hard, really hard. What is useful is to understand what leaders can do to substantially increase the odds that their companies won’t be among the two-thirds of those that fail.

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7 Ways to Help the Introverts on Your Team Better Engage in Meetings

Ron Edmondson

I am asked frequently how to engage introverts on a team in meetings. I guess because I am an introvert, and have written extensively about the subject, people assume I know how. I try to remind them other people are different from me, even other introverts. Although it is a common perception that all introverts are reserved, constantly quiet, and unsocial, introverts are a diverse group, with varying degrees of introversion.

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How to Fire Someone Without Destroying Them

Harvard Business Review

Being let go can be one of the most painful, humiliating, and devastating experiences of one’s life — but it doesn’t have to be the worst. How a manager handles the process will have a huge impact on how a former employee moves forward and how he or she will look back on this life-altering moment in the future. Let’s explore two ways that Jack (not his real name) could be let go: Scenario 1: Jack’s manager fires him without doing the work ahead of time (giving him f

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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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Should You Give Up on Your New Dream?

Harvard Business Review

You’ve recently launched your brainchild — maybe a new business, a new career path, or a new role inside your existing company. But things aren’t off to a roaring start. Is it just the low end of the S-curve of growth, the flat line before things start to improve? Or is it just…well…a flat line? No one wants to declare their dream dead unless it is, in fact, dead.

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Why Some People Intentionally Take a Pay Cut When Resuming Their Careers

Harvard Business Review

Compensation trade-offs are typical when relaunching a career after time away for childcare, eldercare, or other reasons. Academic studies of the return-to-work population report that professionals suffer a 37% decline in compensation after a career break of three years or longer. But media attention focusing on the statistical earnings decline can miss the deeper backstory: rather than indicating a devaluation of the return-to-work population, the lower compensation can instead reflect an inten

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Being Happier at Work

Harvard Business Review

Emma Seppälä, Stanford researcher and author of The Happiness Track , explains the proven benefits of a positive outlook; simple ways to increase your sense of well-being; and why it’s not about being ecstatic or excited all the time. Download this podcast.

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How Communities, Funding, and Technology Intersect in Smart Cities - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL AND INTELĀ®

Harvard Business Review

Before a community starts down the path toward becoming a Future-Ready Economy, it needs to create a roadmap that will lead it to the highest likelihood of success. But where should companies start? Dell innovation expert Glenn Wintrich has worked for years with businesses and cities, and here he is sharing his best practices on strategy to create Smart Cities.

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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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Managing On-Demand Talent

Harvard Business Review

Dave Wheeler FOR HBR. To stay nimble and competitive, many organizations today rely on expert talent sourced from anywhere in the world, in a variety of ways that fall outside the traditional employment model. The globalization of talent and technology frees up companies to experiment with new ways of filling critical skill gaps while staying lean. We call this phenomenon agile talent.

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Making Sense of the Many Kinds of Impact Investing

Harvard Business Review

Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. But despite this growing interest, impact investing still faces a significant stumbling block that limits the flow of new capital into the field: not everyone agrees on what “impact investing” actually means.

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Why Companies Are Blind to Child Labor

Harvard Business Review

Many companies claim to adhere to strict policies about child labor. For example, Apple says that whenever it finds an underage worker in its supply chain, it sends the child home safely, continues paying his or her wages, and even finances the child’s education and offers employment once doing so is legal. Samsung has said that its contracts with any supplier found to use child labor will be terminated immediately.