Thu.Sep 25, 2014

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Why Pope Francis is the World’s Most Effective Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Jeffrey A. Krames: While I was writing my book on Pope Francis, I asked over 200 people who they felt was the most effective leader on the world stage today. I even gave many hints, such as "the person is living and doing well, does not live in the U.S., has little money, but makes news several times a week around the world." Nothing crickets!

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

General Leadership

'Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CEO, Brigadier General Michel challenges you to release your inner superhero. Each of us has the ability to find within ourselves a motivation and a drive which can compel us to face adversity and grow through an obstacle. While your courageous moment may not be taking a hill on a battlefield or breaking into the hamburger business, you face obstacles daily which provide you with the ability to test, learn and re-apply the lessons you require to stretch

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GC28: Gamification in Human Resources | with Mario Herger

Engaging Leader

'The new book Gamification in Human Resources highlights several dozen examples of how organizations are using gamification throughout the employee life cycle to recruit, develop and evaluate talent – and it gives you the tools necessary to begin or expand your own gamification programs. Mario Herger is the author of several books on gamification, including […] The new book Gamification in Human Resources highlights several dozen examples of how organizations are using gamification through

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What are Newsletters and How Should You Use Them?

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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How to Spot or Create Great Problems

Leadership Freak

'The monster around the corner is your friend. Painful problems transform good ideas into great solutions. All great leaders face and solve great problems.

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Packing List for Women Business Travelers Going to India

Women on Business

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Ramp up Video Marketing Impact

Women on Business

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FREE: Courageous, Genuine Relationships

Tony Mayo

'I am happy to make available at no charge and for a limited time the bonus chapter to my Amazon #1 best selling book, The Courage to be in Community. It is a simple, practical guide to building better relationships at work and at home. The focus of the book was the importance […].

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What Is It You Are Trying To Communicate? – This One Sentence Is Critical

First Friday Book Synopsis

'Let’s do this again… What is it you are trying to communicate? If you are giving a speech, a business presentation, sending an e-mail, writing a report, then you have something to communicate. What is it you are trying to communicate? Whatever that “it” is that you are trying to communicate, say “it” clearly, succinctly, […].

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Five Things All Great Negotiators Do

Coaching Tip

'A great negotiator, seen time and time again, does these five things well: 1. Sets the Stage. 2. Finds Common Ground. 3. Asks with Confidence. 4. Embraces the Pause. 5. Knows When to Leave. As with a top baseball player, a negotiator''s tools must become reflexive and instinctive. They have to be because in both worlds the window for action and success is narrow.

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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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I Love You, and You Can’t Do Anything About It

CO2

'by Gary Cohen. Diane Rawlings Meder (a very kind and talented business executive) died suddenly this summer. At the memorial service, I was struck by one of the solutions she and her husband employed when they got angry with one another. When one of them was on the verge of walking out of the room, the other would say, “I love you, and you can’t do anything about it.” When we get flooded with emotions, our prefrontal cortexes become inaccessible for rational discussion.

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How to Kick Start Your Forum

Managing Communities

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What A New Leader Should Do In The First 100 Days

Eric Jacobson

'There are seven major onboarding land mines that you are likely to come across as a new leader and there are specific points in the first 100 days where you are most likely to encounter them, explain authors: George Brant Jayme A. Check Jorge Pedraza.in their new third edition of, The New Leader''s 100-Day Action Plan. Ill-prepared, without a plan, and lacking proper onboarding, the land mines will get you.

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I Love You, and You Can’t Do Anything About It

CO2

Diane Rawlings Meder (a very kind and talented business executive) died suddenly this summer. At the memorial service, I was struck by one of the solutions she and her husband employed when they got angry with one another. When one of them was on the verge of walking out of the room, the other would say, “I love you, and you can’t do anything about it.” When we get flooded with emotions, our prefrontal cortexes become inaccessible for rational discussion.

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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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Women Are Today’s Brand Champions

Strategy Driven

'Women have been long known to be holding the purse strings when it comes to the majority of household purchases. According to Monique Nadeau, President and CEO of Hope Street Group, “Women overwhelmingly hold the consumer purchasing power in our country, whether we’re talking about individuals or households. Their understanding of the market allows them to start businesses with a high degree of insight about both their potential customers and competitors.”.

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4 Suggestions for Managing the Highs and Lows of Ministry

Ron Edmondson

'Pastoring can be an emotional roller coaster at times. You have a great Sunday and then the critics seem to come out on Monday morning. (Or Sunday walking out of church.). You have your week planned and numerous crises happen in the same week — and your “day off” is spent part of the day preparing for Sunday. (And, don’t they seem to come around often.).

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How to Develop Leadership Qualities of Courageous People

Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

Courage is one of the most important leadership qualities. It is courage that causes the leader to launch and is also what causes people to rally around the banner of the leader. The 3 Key Leadership Qualities of Courage. The leadership quality of courage, wonderfully enough can be developed. Courage is not something you are born with but it is something you can learn.

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RapidBI Daily Business Cartoon #175

Rapid BI

'“Pardon me – when I suck the enthusiasm out of a new employee too quickly, I get gas!” Office based cartoons, funnies or humor can help to communicate important messages or tips in a non threatening way. see more office humor.

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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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Long-Termism Is Just as Bad as Short-Termism

Harvard Business Review

'Those who call for fixing our financial system and reforming our capital markets often cite the “short-termism” of American companies and their lack of long-term corporate thinking. Their solution? Rein in short-term investors, replace short-sighted tools and metrics that squash innovation, regulate corporate financial policy, and replace “shareholder capitalism” with “ customer capitalism.”.

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Managing People from 5 Generations

Harvard Business Review

'For the first time in history, five generations will soon be working side by side. But whether this multi-generational workplace feels happy and productive or challenging and stressful is, in large part, up to you: the boss. How should you relate to employees of different age groups? How do you motivate someone much older or much younger than you? And finally: what can you do to encourage employees of different generations to share their knowledge?

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You Can’t Collaborate Unless You Agree on the Problem

Harvard Business Review

'To design and develop new products, it’s not uncommon today to get your research and engineering folks to collaborate with customers and other external stakeholders. In effect, you give these people the right to participate in your innovation process and influence its final outcome. This sort of collaboration has been well-documented in the B2C context (where it’s often called “crowdsourcing” or “co-creation”), but we see it in B2B companies as well.

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Back in the Day, You Only Needed to Be Smart; Now You Need a Degree

Harvard Business Review

'In the 1980s, rapid technological growth in the U.S. raised the relative importance of on-the-job training, in comparison with classroom learning, and thus increased the value of employees’ cognitive skills. But in the 2000s, technological change has slowed, and work environments have become more stable, say Gonzalo Castex of the Central Bank of Chile and Evgenia Kogan Dechter of the University of New South Wales in Australia.

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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 Google Manages Talent

Harvard Business Review

'Eric Schmidt , executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg , former SVP of products, explain how the company manages their smart, creative team. Download this podcast.

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Apple Is More Like a Band than a Company

Harvard Business Review

'You’d think by now more companies would have learned. The tech industry still churns out beige boxes. The fashion industry, misshaped sack-shaped objects it calls “clothing” that make adult humans look suspiciously like overgrown toddlers. The food industry…who knows what’s really in the preservative-flavored genetically mutated stuff that’s labeled “food”?

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

If knowledge is power, then predictive analytics promises the ultimate knowledge — that of the future. Such knowledge does not come easily, but the increasing density of digital information, deeper automated connections across companies, and increased storage and computing power create new options for enterprise leaders. For the first time in history, the predictive future — the increasing awareness and likelihood of potential future actions and outcomes — is within reach.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

'If knowledge is power, then predictive analytics promises the ultimate knowledge — that of the future. Such knowledge does not come easily, but the increasing density of digital information, deeper automated connections across companies, and increased storage and computing power create new options for enterprise leaders. For the first time in history, the predictive future — the increasing awareness and likelihood of potential future actions and outcomes — is within reach.

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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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Most Adults Don’t Mind 4 Months of Christmas Ads

Harvard Business Review

'It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Kmart has launched the season’s first holiday ad. Santas are on display at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores and Costco (where photo below was taken). Toys “R” Us, Walmart, and Target have released their lists of the hottest holiday toys. There are only 93 shopping days until Christmas. It’s September, and time for that other great tradition: Complaining about how retailers push the holiday season earlier every year.

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