Fri.Oct 10, 2014

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Because You Know Better

Let's Grow Leaders

'I was pretty shocked by the reports of how Laura had acted in that impromptu encounter. Clearly I had to address the “rude and snarky attitude” but first I had to understand it. “Can you tell me what happened?,” I asked, praying for an explanation. And there it was in all the glory– the rest of the story. Snarky didn’t come out of nowhere.

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The Eagle: Symbol of Greatness

General Leadership

'“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective…Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?”. Clement Stone. For thousands of years the eagle has served as the official seal of empires, leaders and strength. Fierce warriors have valiantly displayed the image of the eagle on their shields, on their banners, and on their uniforms.

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How To Become Awesome

Joseph Lalonde

'I ’ve seen a lot of blog posts on how to become awesome. Being awesome is something most people want yet never achieve. Awesomeness seems to evade people like people avoided the plague. Awesomeness doesn’t just happen. Why is this the case? Why does awesomeness elude so many people? And why does awesomeness tend to come to the freaks and the geeks in the end?

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5 Ways to Decide if an Alliance Will Work for You and Your Business

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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SERVANT Leadership Acronym Definition

Modern Servant Leader

'It took me too long to discover servant leadership. It’s taking too long for others to discover the concept as well. Simply put, servant leadership is authentic leadership. If you’re not serving others, you’re not leading. The problem is, most definitions of servant leadership are difficult to understand or share. Therefore, to increase awareness and advocacy I created a more simple definition, using the acronym S.E.R.V.A.N.T.

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The Wisdom of Asking Questions: A Unique Board of Directors Perspective

Women on Business

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Do I Ever Get Overworked and Overwhelmed?

Next Level Blog

'One of the interesting things that happens when you launch a book is you do a lot of interviews about the book. I’ve been doing a lot of those lately as the official publication date of Monday, October 13 approaches for my new book, "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative". In an interview for a radio show last week, the host asked me, “Do you ever get overworked and overwhelmed?

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Weekly Round-Up: On Improving Your Employees’ Soft Skills, the New Realities of Employee Engagement & Leadership Accountability

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 I 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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What do You Read Every Day? – I Start with The Atlantic and Business Insider

First Friday Book Synopsis

'What do you read every day? When I don’t have an early morning calendar obligation, I start my days with a reading ritual. In the old days, it was the daily newspaper. Now, it’s a combination of sources – a little news, a little business, a short spiritually focused daily e-mail… it’s kind of eclectic… […].

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The Importance of A Repeatable Methodology for Strategy Execution

Six Disciplines

'A methodology, or method, is another name for any step-by-step approach to getting something done. A business-building methodology must include the steps that are essential for an organization to build and sustain a healthy, growing business. It must define how the organization sets its goals and priorities and organizes its resources to best achieve these goals.

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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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Should You Say ‘Goodbye’ to AWOL Prospects?

David A Fields

'A question I was asked: Some sales programs recommend that you don’t stop reaching out without first saying some sort of goodbye. What do you think of this approach? Should you just keep calling and calling endlessly or is it better to stop calling and just go away? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below.

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Leadership Lessons From TouchPoints

Eric Jacobson

'Some of my favorite parts of Douglas Conant''s and Mette Norgaards'' 2011 book, TouchPoints , are these lessons for leaders: You need to have dual vision. You need to be able to address the most pressing need and do it in a way that makes your employees more capable and ready to take on the next issue. No leader can succeed by being only tough-minded or only tender-hearted.

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Getting People to Believe in Something They Can’t Yet Imagine

Harvard Business Review

'What would you do if you had a working prototype of a revolutionary tablet computer that was receiving rave reviews well before Apple came out with its iPad? Cancel further funding for the project in favor of developing an updated version of an existing company product? In hindsight that seems crazy, but it’s exactly what Microsoft did with its prototype “Courier” tablet.

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Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Store Shouldn’t Come as a Surprise

Harvard Business Review

'Did you do a double-take when you heard that Amazon’s opening an actual brick-and-mortar outlet ? The web’s biggest store, the one that has posed such a threat to traditional retailers, is planning to open an outlet right in the heart of New York City, just footsteps from that department store grande dame, Macy’s. Actually, it’s not as surprising as you might think.

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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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Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

Harvard Business Review

'This week, approximately 9,000 current and former female employees of KPMG were invited to join a class-action lawsuit against the firm alleging they were paid less than their male counterparts, in violation of the U.S. Equal Pay Act. Such gender discrimination appears to persist in many workplaces. Women remain underrepresented in most high-level positions: They account for less than 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs, less than 15% of executive officers, and less than 20% of full professors in the natura

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Our Misguided Obsession with the Tax Code

Harvard Business Review

'Over the past two months, three prominent columnists at The New York Times ( Andrew Ross Sorkin , Joe Nocera , and Floyd Norris , in case you’re keeping score) have given prominent play to University of Southern California law professor Edward D. Kleinbard ’s finding that U.S. corporations really don’t suffer much from this country’s comparatively high corporate tax rates and taxation of worldwide income.

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

'Leaders have always shown their mettle in times of liminality. The term comes from Arnold van Gennep, the Belgian anthropologist who first outlined the common patterns in how cultures mark transitions from one human state to another (for example, from adolescence to adulthood). In his 1909 book The Rites of Passage he described three stages of separation from one world and entry into another.

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Making Sense of Owned Media

Harvard Business Review

'Marketers often distinguish between paid, earned, and owned media. While the strategies are different, the goal is the same — to generate awareness and engagement. Paid and earned get most of the attention, but the new battleground is going to be owned media. If you want to get ahead, and stay ahead, you need to rethink your owned media strategy. At the risk of oversimplifying, paid media is advertising and sponsorships, while earned media is public relations and word-of-mouth.

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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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Shared Pain Turns into Social Glue

Harvard Business Review

'In a series of experiments, people who underwent painful experiences such as plunging their hands into ice water felt more bonded to their fellow participants than did those who hadn’t experienced pain ( 3.71 versus 3.14 on a 5-point solidarity scale); moreover, shared pain promoted cooperative behavior among the participants, says a team led by Brock Bastian of the University of New South Wales in Australia.

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How to Get Your Employees to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

'Getting candid opinions from your direct reports can be difficult. After all, no one wants to upset the boss. But hearing messages from down the ranks — including input from your company’s customers, feedback on your performance , and information from other departments or units — is critical to your organization’s success. How can you encourage your team members to have honest conversations with you — and to speak up when it’s important?

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