Fri.Jan 31, 2014

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3 Unexpected Uses for Word Clouds: Leadership Style

Let's Grow Leaders

'At the beginning of each year, I travel the country giving inspirational kickoff speeches in call centers. This year, the theme of my speech is creating “connections” with our customers and our teams. What better way to reinforce connections, than to include everyone in the speech writing? Word Cloud Crowd Sourcing While preparing the speech, I […] The post 3 Unexpected Uses for Word Clouds: Leadership Style appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Get Social – Tips to Help You Improve Your Social Skills

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development In a world that seems to be run by social media, it’s extremely important that business professionals never let their in-person social skills deteriorate. Whether you’re looking to move up the career ladder, improve your management skills, inspire growth and innovation within your company or simply build more personal relationships, utilizing social skills will always [.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

'Here are a selection of tweets from January 2014 that you might have missed: 10 Trends Change Leaders Can’t Ignore in 2014 by @PattiBJohnson. Ernest Hemingway''s Lost Manuscripts by @wallybock Old Classic! The purpose of pain by @TomAsacker. The power of gratitude – “I GET to”. 30 January 1933 | Why Leadership Matters by @jamesstrock. From @ddiworld : Are We Missing the Mark on How to Develop Leaders?

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How a Strong Female Character in Your Marketing Video Can Enhance Your Brand

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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13 Ways to Pass the Squeeze Test

Leadership Freak

'The people you serve evaluate you like a person buying bread. Do you pass the “squeeze test?” Ever have a bad boss who didn’t realize how bad they were? What if complaints about you are partially right? Experience suggests you may not realize you are a stale, lousy leader. Really lousy leaders don’t know how […].

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4 Ways Digital Tools Can Improve Your Small Business

Women on Business

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Oh My! At Look at Mayer’s Leadership

Women on Business

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Your True Potential

Kevin Eikenberry

'Sometimes a quotation stands on its own, regardless of who said it. And sometimes, when you understand or know something about the person, the quotation takes on additional weight and meaning. Today’s falls into the second category. When you think about how much Edison accomplished, it is easy to be astounded. Edison’s point is that […].

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The Seventh Circle of Conference Call Hell

Next Level Blog

'One of the theories about what makes comedy funny is when the bit does such a great job of describing everyday reality that you laugh out loud in recognition. That’s what made Jerry Seinfeld a wealthy man and it’s what makes this video on the seventh circle of Hell known as a corporate conference call from comedy duo Tripp and Tyler so hellaciously funny.

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Finding Purpose

CO2

'by Gary Cohen Finding Purpose in Life. Our days are filled with raising families and building relationships, growing a business or pursuing a career, serving others and our communities, and trying to stay mentally and physically fit. How much time is there really to give consideration to the human purpose–the big Why? The human purpose is and may always be elusive.

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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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Weekly Round-Up: On Leadership, Public Speaking & Technology

leaderCommunicator

'Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays pull some of the best together here on my blog. So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts. They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network.

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Solution Finding Stimulus–Having a system allows success to become obvious

Mike Cardus

'After having my first two children on 12/28/2013; twins – Elliott and Lillian. I have been feeling all kinds of stress, emotion, anxiety and need to be many places and things to many people. In moments of confusion and stress, with work and family, having a system to follow is useful. After a late night feeding, while Christine (my wife) was napping, I decided to use my SOLVED Solution-Focused Coaching Method Cards.

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The Benefits Of A Formal Strategy Execution Process

Six Disciplines

'Scott Cleveland reports that a managing director of the Palladium Group (think: balanced scorecard) conducted a survey that compared two groups, one with and one without a formal strategy execution process in place. A formal process in their terminology means "strategy maps, derived projects and process improvements from it, and associated key performance indicators (KPIs) with targets reported in scorecard dashboards and cascaded down into the organization.".

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Foundational Tools For First-Time Leaders

Eric Jacobson

'The forthcoming First-Time Leader book by George Bradt and Gillian Davis begins with a discussion of taking charge of your new team and then tracks through BRAVE leadership components from the outside in. BRAVE is a leadership framework that helps first-time leaders successfully build their team by uniting them around a shared purpose. The term reflects an acronym that stands for behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values and environment.

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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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10 Tips on Writing a Good Letter…When a Letter is the Best Way to Communicate

Ron Edmondson

'I want to encourage you to write a letter today (if needed). Writing a letter is sometimes the best way to communicate effectively. When I was doing professional counseling with people who were experiencing difficulty in a relationship I often encouraged them to practice the art of letter writing. Most of the time I tried to help them improve their one-to-one communication skills, but some things are easier and better to express on paper than in person.

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Management Futures: January round-up

Chartered Management Institute

'Sales jobs are among the most stressful and least enviable. And selling door-to-door is probably most stressful and least enviable sales role. So it was fascinating to hear at January’s evidence session for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management from a young manager recalling his line manager at such an operation, who went to great lengths to keep up morale.

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Consider Negative Feedback As Generous Rather Than Critical

Eric Jacobson

'Negative feedback is part of growing as a leader -- both delivering that feedback and sometimes receiving that type of feedback. Keith Ferrazzi , CEO of Ferazzi Greenlight , a research-based consulting and training company, suggests practicing " caring criticism ," as he explained it in a past issue of the Harvard Business Review. "Negative feedback can hurt, but usually it''s a gift aimed at helping the recipient improve performance or avoid mistakes.

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RapidBI Daily Cartoon #5

Rapid BI

'I wish I could be more helpful, but when we give good customer service, it just confuses people! This of course is just one version of what could have been going on. I would love to here what you think they were saying, add your one liner below!

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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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Simplify Outdated Corporate Processes

Harvard Business Review

'Unlike suburban housing developments or modern cities, organizations don’t grow with some sort of rational, master plan. They evolve naturally over time. In urban areas, this organic development leads to a chaotic mess of narrow, twisty, confusing streets and dead-ends instead of a broad, easy to navigate grid. Just think of old European cities (or even Greenwich Village in New York).

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Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator

Harvard Business Review

'One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. “Ask a lot of questions,” Linda advised me. “You might think you are being annoying, but it’s the only way you learn. And trust me, people will tell you when you have crossed the line.”.

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How Virtual Teams Can Create Human Connections Despite Distance

Harvard Business Review

'In a recent Unify survey of knowledge workers, 79% of respondents reported working always or frequently in virtual teams, but only 44% found virtual communication as productive as face-to-face communication. The vast majority connected via email, phone, or conference calls even though 72% said video would make teamwork easier. Only 34% of people use video to collaborate with coworkers.

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The Signals that Make Tech Start-Ups So Homogeneous

Harvard Business Review

'“Startups don’t have time for diversity.”. This statement, from an entrepreneur and investor, and a self-described man of color himself, is a succinct summation of one of the core elements of misguided thinking underlying the problem of homogeneity in the tech startup world. But it also just scratches the surface. When he made this proclamation in a room full of people working diligently to diversify the technology industry, it was both alarming and sadly somewhat expected.

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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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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the March 2014 Issue

Harvard Business Review

'Enjoy these cartoons from the March issue of HBR, and test your management wit in the HBR Cartoon Caption Contest at the bottom of this post. If we choose your caption as the winner, you will be featured in the next magazine issue and win a free Harvard Business Review Press book. “It’s neither new nor improved, but we could charge more.

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People Who Join the Labor Force in Recessions Are Happier with Their Jobs

Harvard Business Review

'In a study of U.S. survey data from 1975 through 2008, Emily C. Bianchi of Emory University finds that people who entered the work force when the economy was faltering are more satisfied with their jobs in later years. For example, graduating from a university when the unemployment rate was 9.7% as opposed to 7.0% is associated with a 9% increase in one measure of job satisfaction.

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The Best “Management Lessons” Story You’ll Ever Read

Harvard Business Review

'A Roll of the Polyhedral Dice Everything I Need to Know About Management I Learned from Playing Dungeons and Dragons Quartz Such as: Often, the best candidate for a given job isn’t the person who''s most skilled at fulfilling its primary requirement, but instead is a more well-rounded individual, a lesson learned from character creation in D&D, writes Christopher Mims: "A complete set of ''perfect'' stats [in a new character] is vanishingly improbable, and most of the time you’ll have a mix

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Research Shows Which TV Ads Are Likely to Make Multitaskers Buy

Harvard Business Review

'Over the last few years, consumers have increased , not decreased, the time they spend watching television content. This might sound like good news for advertisers, save for two important caveats. First, while attention time dedicated to TV content has been rising, this is not the case for people actually paying attention to the ads on the screen. Second, when consumers are watching TV they are increasingly dividing their attention between the TV set and other devices, particularly tablets and

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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.