July, 2013

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7 Ways to Inspire Courage

Let's Grow Leaders

'You know they can do it. They’re scared. Their lack of courage is a downward spiral. Fear stops trying. Lack of trying creates doubt. Doubt affirms negative self-perceptions. It breaks my heart to watch highly qualified, talented people let scared stop them. And yet, it’s hard for those born with a few extra confidence genes [.] The post 7 Ways to Inspire Courage appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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10 Immutable Laws Of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

'There are some things about leadership that we cannot change, no matter how hard we try. They are the immutable laws of leadership, forming the backbone of any successful foray into this honorable vocation. Live by them, build on them, and lead by them, and you give yourself a fighting chance. Defy them, manipulate them, or ignore them, and the deck will be stacked against you.

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Being a Better Leader through Public Speaking

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development When holding a leadership position in an organization, it is important to be a good public speaker. Not only is this important to be able to get your points across clearly, but because it improves credibility as a leader. Situations where public speaking is required can range from simply speaking up at a meeting, to pitching a [.].

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Leaders: How do you say Hello?

N2Growth Blog

'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Hello is one of those words where a change in pitch changes definition. It can be a warm invitation to a new relationship or a cold indication that you’re too busy to talk. When you begin a leadership position, you only get one opportunity to say hello and most leaders, overwhelmed with their new responsibilities, say hello in the wrong pitch: “Nice to meet you but I’m too busy to talk.”.

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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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Attention is Oxygen for Relationships

Michael Lee Stallard

'It’s been said that attention is oxygen for relationships. When interacting with people, be present in conversations. Get in the habit of staying focused on them and giving them your full attention. Be engaged and curious by asking questions and then asking follow-up questions to clarify. Listen carefully to words and observe facial expressions and body cues.

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How Courageous Leaders Address Fear In The Workplace

Tanveer Naseer

'In the face of continual change and uncertainty in the global economy – not to mention the increasingly myopic focus on short-term gains at the expense of understanding the long-term context – fear in the workplace has become a long-term affliction as evidenced in study after study showing increasing levels of stress paired with falling engagement levels in today’s work environments.

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Pop! Why Leadership Is All About Piercing Bubbles

Terry Starbucker

'I worked for a company that had 1,200 employees. Every one of us had a job to do, all related to providing broadband cable services to residential and commercial customers. Since it was a business, it had owners that had certain expectations – a healthy return on their investment. On that high level, the objective was clear - build the company up by steadily increasing its profits, until it is attractive enough to be sold with that healthy return.

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5 Things You Don’t Really Believe About Leadership

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation I have a friend who often says, “The things we do are what we really believe. Everything else is just talk.” You would think with all our talk about leadership there would be few ideas left to explore. But the truth is, no matter how many posts you write, books you read, or conferences you [.].

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Before you start making changes…

N2Growth Blog

'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Change is part of organizational life — inevitable, unsettling and necessary. Too often when managers are pushed to improve, they make changes without taking stock of the situation and their talent. So, before you embark upon a change process, learn to ask yourself and your team five critical questions.

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The Backlash Against Female Negotiators

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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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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3 Simple Ways to Determine Hiring Fit

Nathan Magnuson

'I remember the first time I asked my supervisors if I could sit in on an interview they had scheduled with an outside candidate. I figured it would be a good learning opportunity as well as a break from crunching financial numbers. (This was during my first job out of college, before I got into [.].

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Tough on Results, Gentle on People

Let's Grow Leaders

'“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt When all that matters are numbers, eventually, people don’t matter. Great leaders consistently focus on people and performance. Be tough on results, gentle on people. Set high [.

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Chameleons With A Heart: A Portrait Of More Human Leadership

Terry Starbucker

'“Nowadays, leaders need to wear many hats. They need to be able to develop both the human side and product side of a business – if you have just one or the other, you greatly limit yourself and the success of your business.” - Ilona Jerabek, PsychTests.com. There’s no doubt great leadership is a delicate balancing act, between the two most important elements of the equation – the business, and the humans who function within it.

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Words Your Team Won’t Ask For (But Desperately Needs to Hear)

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues Serious Benefits Would you be interested in a leadership practice that would improve the quality of work for 80% of your employees? What if you could increase the productivity and job satisfaction of 93% of your staff? What would that mean for your team and your organization? Believe it or not, there is one thing [.].

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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5 Safe Decisions That Aren’t So Safe

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . I’ve found safe decisions rarely are. Great leaders possess the courage to not only seek out the right decision, but they also understand the importance of giving others permission to do the same. We need leaders who want others to do better and be better. What we don’t need is more leaders who hide in safe harbors.

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Not The Same Old Garden Path – How We Can Literally Think Differently

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by William A. Donius. As we age, neuroscientists tell us, our thoughts and patterns become more ingrained. The way our brains process, sort and ultimately respond to questions is akin to taking the same path through the garden over and over. We get to know the path very well, and it becomes familiar to us. As long as the problems we face are familiar, so are our approaches to solving these problems.

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Using silence as your strategic edge

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Nature teaches us how silence allows all voices to come forth naturally and in their own time. If you’ve ever walked in a wooded area that isn’t tainted by the everyday sounds of voices, cars, booming music, and machinery, you might hear what I mean. The voices of nature come through loud and clear: the chatter of a squirrel; the wind rustling the leaves above your head; a scurrying in the litter by your feet, the sound of a woodpecker rat-a-tat-tatting on a tree; the sound of crick

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Change Your Mind, Engage Their Hearts

Let's Grow Leaders

'“If you never change your mind, why have one?” -Edward de Bono You’ve taken a strong stand, rallied people around your vision, and worked hard to engage their hearts and minds. You’ve got momentum. But life’s messy. Circumstances change. New information. Changing dynamics. Competing pressures. You can change your mind without looking foolish. [.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Leadership Development as a 5 Year Journey

Great Leadership By Dan

'A proven best practice to improve as a leader is to create and follow-through on an Individual Development Plan (IDP). An IDP usually defines what you want to get better at and why and how you’re going to get better. Studies on goal attainment prove over that over that people with written, specific plans are more likely to achieve their goals. Most IDPs are written for a one-year time horizon, sometimes even less.

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The journey to your authentic leadership

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development “We all have the capacity to inspire and empower others. But we must first be willing to devote ourselves to our personal growth and development as leaders.” Bill George Over the past several years, people have developed a deep distrust of leaders. From politicians to business executives to community leaders, people are finding it difficult [.].

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30 Outdated Leadership Practices Holding Your Company Back

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . According to the American Society of Training and Development, U.S. businesses spend more than $170 Billion dollars annually on leadership-based curriculum. My question is this; to what end? Are we producing better leaders or just more people who hold positions of leadership? What makes a leader successful?

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Leadership Profile: George Washington Carver

Nathan Magnuson

'You never should have heard about him. His story defies the odds. He was born into slavery, kidnapped by raiders as an infant, was not expected to live beyond 21 years of age because of his poor health and was a black scientist in the age of racial segregation. But after his death, the United [.].

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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Research Finds Lack of Gender Diversity in Boardrooms Causes Dysfunction

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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Real Leadership: Defining Your Personal Leadership Paradigm

Let's Grow Leaders

'“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you…It doesn’t happen all at once,’ You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. ” - Margery Wiliams, The [.

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Personal Business Maturity

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Jim DuBreuil: If you Google the term, “business maturity,” you will find lots of discussions about the emergence of social networks to drive new business. You’ll also see information about how a line of business “matures” when you implement an effective model, focus on the right priorities and execute rigorously. But I submit to you that understanding your own personal business maturity can yield significant insight into why you succeed or fail to be viewed as a leader.

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Being Leader-ish: When You’re Not Quite a Leader

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Career Development Leadership Coaching Leadership Development ish. This is the word we use when something is stuck between being and not being. Between is and is not. For example, we might say, “that shirt is red-ish.” Or, “I’m feeling sick-ish.” And sometimes, “the weather is a bit warm-ish.” Describing things as ish is handy, because it helps us avoid committing when [.].

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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Redemption Tour: Humility Matters

N2Growth Blog

'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. How a leader makes amends is a reflection of character. In my experience I have seen examples of managers who have verbally abused employees and then turn around and act as if nothing has happened. But it has. A humble leader would have apologized, asked for understanding and then made amends.

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The basics of influencing people

Persuasive Powerhouse

'The ability to influence others may be the most important thing leaders do. An organization I work with lists influence as one of its top leadership proficiencies. Their description, paraphrased: “The ability to generate support from others to achieve desired business outcomes. Leaders who exhibit this competency apply it in a planned and strategic way, never randomly.

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Ethical Leadership is a Journey

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical leadership is a journey, not a destination. Imagine walking for hours toward the distant horizon. No matter how fast or how far you walk, the horizon will always be out there, some distance away from you. The same is true for ethical leadership. No matter how far we go, we never "arrive.".

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Everyone Hates the Boss (and other opportunities)

Let's Grow Leaders

'Knowing “everyone’s in the same boat” paralyzes instincts to adjust the sails. Commiserating creates false teams. Misery with company is miserable. Solve problems instead. The more painful the situation, the easier it is to believe that everyone is right. “This can’t be fixed.” “The guy’s a jerk.” “The system is flawed….” Everyone knows it. Become [.

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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.