Thu.Jun 12, 2014

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Check Out Today’s 200-Second Soundbite™ Video Spotlight!

General Leadership

'Colonel Chris P. Levy You explains you can learn almost as much about leadership from losers as you can from heroes. The good leaders in a person’s history are usually the ones that spring to mind when considering how to lead. I ask you to break from this habit and consider the leaders you would rather forget, the ones that still give you that feeling in the pit of your stomach or cause you to have nightmares.

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Building Blocks for a Customer-Centric Culture

Lead Change Blog

'We were meeting with the CEO of a successful chemical company. Known for good service, the company’s leadership recognized that remarkable service was vital to their competitive advantage. Price and product quality have, for this industry and many others, become mere table stakes. “We know we are going to have to change many of our practices [.] Author information Chip Bell Chip R.

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Visualize Your Purpose

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Jurgen Appelo : When the young Zhang Ruimin in China was appointed as managing director of the Haier refrigerator factory in 1984, it didn’t look like the kind of job anyone else would envy. The company was in serious debt. It produced a mere eighty refrigerators per month, and the quality of those was very poor. Then, on a good day in 1985, a customer came in and brought his broken refrigerator with him.

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Raising Kids or Raising Parents?

Lead Change Blog

'In honor of Father’s Day coming up, I thought I would share a little bit about my experience as a father. The three most important things I have learned are: “If you want your relationship with your kids to works always make sure that: They experience unconditional love, There is mutual respect in the [.] Author information Gershon Mader Gershon is the founder of a consulting firm that recognizes a strong leadership that functions successfully with participation, engagement and total al

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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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Do You Work Outside The Box?

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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7 Ways to Maximize Quiet Leaders

Leadership Freak

'Quiet, slow-movers frustrate talkative, quick movers. Those who think, speak, and commit quickly, often believe they’re superior to leaders who need time.

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GC27: Gamify New Hire Onboarding | with Mohit Garg from MindTickle

Engaging Leader

'MindTickle enables businesses, trainers and individuals to transform their existing online content (presentation slides, videos, and documents) into an interactive learning experience. MindTickle engages the learner and makes learning efficient, effective and delightful through a unique combination of gamification elements and social tools. Mohit Garg is the Co-Founder of MindTickle.

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Are you ready?

Jason Womack

'Has “social” and “mobile” changed the way you do your life, and do your business? If so, there are two questions I’d recommend you ask. (You can see the second one here , the first one below…). Is the technology you’re using and the effort you’re expending is worth it? My guess, is that you could be MORE effective AND efficient? A way to find out is to learn from the people around you.

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Lessons from Bell Labs’ Heyday

Tony Mayo

'AT&T’s Bell Labs can be credited with inventing the 20th Century, having created the transistor, solar cell, trans-continental and trans-Atlantic telephone cables, and communication satellites, not to mention digital audio and information theory. How they did it is the story of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation […].

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Leadership Mindset

Coaching Tip

'Leaders learn not from classroom courses but from on-the-job experience through bosses, peers and role models. Some of the lessons are positive: we try to copy effective behavior. Some lessons are negative: we see a boss or peer explode spectacularly and decide not to copy that mistake. It is mindset and beliefs , as much as skills, which differentiate great leaders from merely good managers.

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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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Guest Blogger David Rubenstein – Banning Naughty Words: Legal Implications of Email/Social Media Work-Place Policies

leaderCommunicator

'Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.” — Eliot Spitzer , (then) Attorney General, New York State. During the work day, employees often spend time using Facebook to message their friends, Tweeting the latest updates to their followers, or just surfing the internet. Though these activities may decrease productivity, they likely will not result in any additional harm to the employer.

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Here’s One of Your Challenges – Complexity of Tasks; Simplicity of Use

First Friday Book Synopsis

'So, I read that the VA is using a computer scheduling system that goes back to 1985. 1985! That is one year after the 1984 Macintosh Super Bowl Commercial. From Jon Stewart’s “takedown”: “Our scheduling system scheduled its first appointment in April of 1985,” Philip Matkovsky, assistant deputy under-secretary of the VA, said. “It has […].

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7 Reasons Introversion Works Well for Me as a Senior Leader

Ron Edmondson

'I read an article recently that suggested the majority of senior leaders think extroversion is necessary to be an effective senior leader. Obviously — and hopeful I am correct — I disagree. In fact, I see benefits in being an introverted senior leader. I also know people who can’t believe I can pastor a large church and be introverted.

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Jeremy Eden and Terri Long: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Jeremy Eden and Terri Long are co-founders and co-CEOs of Harvest Earnings Group, Inc. Jeremy has decades of consulting and performance improvement experience in business and government including at McKinsey and Company. Terri was in the corporate banking world for eighteen years before joining Jeremy in 2000. They met in the mid-90s when Terri was […].

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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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Inactive Account Emails Are Annoying and a Wasted Opportunity

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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Macro, Micro and Global approaches to learning using the 70-20-10 model – have we got it wrong?

Rapid BI

'In the move from training activity being classroom centric to a more balanced approach, much has been written about the 70-20-10 approach to learning and development, but have we thrown out the baby with the bath water? Let’s get some common understanding: 70-20-10 70 percent of learning should happen on the job – macro – […].

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The Neurochemistry of Positive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

'Why do negative comments and conversations stick with us so much longer than positive ones? A critique from a boss, a disagreement with a colleague, a fight with a friend – the sting from any of these can make you forget a month’s worth of praise or accord. If you’ve been called lazy, careless, or a disappointment, you’re likely to remember and internalize it.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #100

Rapid BI

' “If you’re calling to criticize something I did, press 1. If you’re calling to criticize something I said, press 2. If you’re calling for any other reason, you probably dialled the wrong number.

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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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What to Do When Success Feels Empty

Harvard Business Review

'Why do career “wins” often leave people feeling empty and dissatisfied? And — more important — how can you avoid that problem? We recently asked HBR readers to share their thoughts , and several of the responses call to mind Douglas T. Hall ’s classic model of psychological success. Hall’s model suggests a number of reasons that a success might feel like a failure: Trade-offs between career and personal goals.

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5 Facilitation Techniques That Lift Outcomes

CO2

'by Gary Cohen Here are 5 specific facilitation techniques that will substantially improve outcomes of your meetings/workshops. Explain. Explain the overarching goal, its importance, and the expectations of work to be done today (and in what order). Appreciate. People work harder if they feel like their work is appreciated. Cite some examples of work this group has done in the past (individually and/or collectively).

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What Tesla Knows That Other Patent-Holders Don’t

Harvard Business Review

'Tesla made a seemingly unusual move today: it invited competitors to use its patents, for free. In a post on the company’s blog , CEO Elon Musk declared that Tesla’s “true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories every day.”. Rather than worrying about car companies copying their technology, Tesla now hopes they will do so, in order to expand the overall market for electric

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5 Facilitation Techniques That Lift Outcomes

CO2

Here are 5 specific facilitation techniques that will substantially improve outcomes of your meetings/workshops. Explain. Explain the overarching goal, its importance, and the expectations of work to be done today (and in what order). Appreciate. People work harder if they feel like their work is appreciated. Cite some examples of work this group has done in the past (individually and/or collectively).

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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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Succeeding Quietly in Our Recognition-Obsessed Culture

Harvard Business Review

'David Zweig , author of Invisibles , on employees who value good work over self-promotion. For more, read his article, Managing the “Invisibles” Download this podcast.

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Being Treated as Invisible is More Harmful than Harassment

Harvard Business Review

'Although surveys show that people consider it more psychologically harmful to be harassed than ignored, workplace ostracism turns out to have a bigger impact than harassment, doing greater harm to employees’ well-being and causing greater job turnover, says a team led by Jane O’Reilly of the University of Ottawa. Ostracism is also more common: Of more than 1,000 university staff members, 91% reported such experiences as being ignored, avoided, shut out of conversations, or treated as invisible

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Don’t Offer Employees Big Rewards for Innovation

Harvard Business Review

'It stands to reason that if you want your employees to come up with high-powered ideas, you need to offer high-powered rewards. That’s why Google created its Founders Awards to provide stock worth up to several million dollars as an incentive to innovation. But our research shows that high-powered rewards are no better than low-powered incentives at producing radical innovations.

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Are Apple’s Patent Wars a Marketing Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

'The latest battle in the three-year long Apple-Samsung patent saga concluded few weeks ago. In contrast to previous litigation between the two tech-giants—which revolved on the overall look of the phones—this case focused around autocomplete , tap-from-search and slide-to-unlock software. Despite the technical nature of these innovations, there are a few broad managerial lessons that have emerged from this prominent patent case.

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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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Adding Fees That Consumers Won’t Hate

Harvard Business Review

'TicketMaster recently settled a pricing-related class action lawsuit that provides important pricing lessons to all businesses. In addition to paying for admission to an event, the ticketing giant used to tack on additional charges such as convenience, facility, order-processing, and delivery fees to purchases. The class action plaintiffs claimed these fees were misleading; had they known TicketMaster was making profit off the order-processing and delivery fees, the suit claimed, they might not

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Business Wisdom from the Commencement Speakers of 2014

Harvard Business Review

'Commencement speakers face an impossible challenge: to inspire, advise, and entertain, without overstaying their welcome. In the age of YouTube, there’s the added pressure to craft a speech that could go viral, and perhaps even inspire a book. And this year, those invited to take the podium were no doubt aware of the student protests that forced some speakers to cancel.

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Why Smart People Struggle with Strategy

Harvard Business Review

'Strategy is often seen as something really smart people do — those head-of-the-class folks with top-notch academic credentials. But just because these are the folks attracted to strategy doesn’t mean they will naturally excel at it. The problem with smart people is that they are used to seeking and finding the right answer; unfortunately, in strategy there is no single right answer to find.