Thu.Jul 17, 2014

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

General Leadership

'“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” With this in mind, I challenge you to ask yourself the following questions about your leadership: “What type of seeds am I planting as a leader?

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An Effective Business Review Meeting?

N2Growth Blog

'By John R. Childress. Chair, Cultural Transformation – President, N2Growth Europe, N2Growth. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “ meetings ” ~Dave Barry. Everywhere I go I hear complaints about Business Review Meetings. Whether they are held monthly, quarterly or some other cadence, the comments from participants tend to be the same.

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What is Bossy?

Women on Business

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Is Your Business's Digital Communication Culture Working?

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Daniel Patrick Forrester : Too often leaders of companies fail to recognize the Pavlovian habits of constant connection and the opportunity cost of think time and ingenuity that it creates. Recently in Davos , Marissa Meyer, CEO of Yahoo smiled and shared that she checks her mobile device over a hundred and fifty times a day -- as though that many interruptions (within a work day) in her leadership rhythm and ability to focus were some badge of honor.

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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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3 Ways to be the One Others Love on their Team

Leadership Freak

'Frustration with people must be the number one frustration in organizational life. Wrong teammates distract, drain, and hobble. People, not work, make organizational life misery or joy.

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ESPN’s Stuart Scott Brings You the Best 15 Minutes of Your Day

Next Level Blog

'Last night at the ESPY awards, SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott took up the mantle of Jim Valvano when he accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award. Scott has battled multiple forms of cancer for seven years now. As recently as last week, he had four surgeries in seven days because of complications from his latest round of treatment. And yet, he stood on stage last night and delivered a speech on living and loving that you need to watch.

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Looking Back to Look Forward

Steve Farber

'The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership was first published in 2004 and has become the cornerstone of my body of work. In preparing for the launch of the 10th Anniversary edition (coming in September!), I found myself looking back through my original notes and scratchings from twelve years ago, when I was first giving birth to this thing.

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The Alliance: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

'The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How to cope with the “fundamental disconnect of modern employment” What is the “fundamental disconnect” to which Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh refer? They assert that the current employer-employee relationship is based on […].

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How CNN and The New York Times Moderate Comments

Managing Communities

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Today's Leadership Thought - Passion And An Open Mind

Eric Jacobson

'"You can express your own views as passionately as you want, as long as you''re equally curious about others'' views." -- Author of Smart Leaders Smarter Teams , Roger Schwarz.

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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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Treat Job Interviews on the Phone, Via Skype or Video Conference as You Would In Person

Strategy Driven

'With nearly half of all interviews for technology-related jobs being conducted remotely, job seekers should prepare for them just as they would for an in-person interview at the company’s own offices. More companies are conducting interviews with job candidates via phone, Skype or video conference, especially for first interviews where a hiring manager is simply trying to pre-screen candidates for the team or when a candidate lives too far away to justify flying in for a quick interview at this

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7 Non-Negotiable Values for Teams I Lead

Ron Edmondson

'Leader, What do you look for when you bring a person on to your team? What expectations do you have for people who serve on your team? I think it’s important to know yourself well enough that you understand the qualities in people with whom you work best. Several years ago I took time to put together my own list of non-negotiables. I pretty much have to have these characteristics if we are going to work well together long-term.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #125

Rapid BI

'“The navigator chip on your forehead is tracked by our satellite. If you stray too far from your career path, it helps you find your way back.

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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

'When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. His artillery: Advanced Big Data analytics. MasterCard had always been a data-driven organization. But the real power and full potential of data was not being fully realized by marketing. Rajamannar involved finance early.

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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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6 Traits Of A Successful Salesperson

Women on Business

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3 Reasons You Underestimate Risk

Harvard Business Review

'In hindsight, many risks seem obvious. And when we do take the time to evaluate potential risks, there is often not much that is profound about them. Yet so many of us fall prey to unforeseen risks, believing that they came out of nowhere or that they could not have been anticipated. While this may be true in some cases, most of the time risk blindness occurs due to the way our brains are wired.

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Good Service vs. Bad Service – A Parable.

Rich Gee Group

'Once upon a time there was a coach. He woke up every morning at 4:30 AM and worked until 5 PM. Some days he worked at his office in Stamford — some days he worked at his home office. Some days he coached all day long with wonderful clients — some days he was on the road connecting with old and new friends to build his business. During these wonderful times, this coach would make a small detour and pick up a few foodstuffs for his family (it’s the least he could to to help his ravishingly

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To Do Things Better, Stop Doing So Much

Harvard Business Review

'Greg McKeown , author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less , on the importance of being “absurdly selective” in how we use our time. Download this podcast.

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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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Why Do Recent Grads of For-Profit Colleges Outearn Other Graduates?

Harvard Business Review

'The 65.2% of graduates of for-profit colleges who were employed and not in school earned a full-time median salary of $54,000 in 2012, according to a Fortune report on a study by the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics. The comparable figures for graduates of private nonprofit and public universities were $47,500 and $45,000 , respectively.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

'Many employees are encouraged to “just be yourself,” only to find their authenticity — and their career ambitions — constrained by unwritten office rules about appearance, speech, and behavior. Professionals of color, women, and LGBTs find there is a much narrower band of acceptance, and the constraints bite harder than wearing more polished outfits, getting a decent haircut, or even de-emphasizing an accent.

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IBM and Apple: From Rivals to Partners in 30 Years?

Harvard Business Review

'The lynchpin of the new IBM-Apple alliance will be this simple phrase in the first sentence of their joint press release: “an exclusive partnership.” It sounds so innocent—a sentiment reflected at every human marriage. The two will become one. But business combinations are not human marriages. About ten years ago, when New Jersey Superior Court judge Margaret McVeigh settled a partnership dispute between Amazon.com and Toys-R-Us, she wrote : “Long term commitment in a world where the technology

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You Can’t Be a Great Manager If You’re Not a Good Coach

Harvard Business Review

'If you have room in your head for only one nugget of leadership wisdom, make it this one: the most powerfully motivating condition people experience at work is making progress at something that is personally meaningful. If your job involves leading others, the implications are clear: the most important thing you can do each day is to help your team members experience progress at meaningful work.

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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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How to Spread Empathy in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

'Social network scientists have shown that emotions and values can spread in a community with the same patterns as infectious diseases. They have described how the people who are most connected to others may be the first ones to get hot gossip, but they are also most likely to get the scary new virus that has just shown up in town. These observations suggest an interesting opportunity for making health care better, and even more efficient – if health care organizations can figure out how to crea