June, 2015

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Jack, Jill and a Slippery Hill

Let's Grow Leaders

Antoine was an accomplished millennial retail sales professional considered “a bit rough around the edges.”. His no BS approach created a natural bond with entrepreneurs and mom and pop companies, that left some managers scratching their heads. But, heck it worked. Antoine was maxing out his compensation and winning the big recognition trips year after year, but he wanted more.

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Time Machine Tuesday: Be the First Penguin – 5 Questions To Ask About Taking Risks

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 30 January 2013. Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity. Patti Wilson. Not long ago I had the opportunity to don a penguin costume and jump into a pool of icy-cold water, all in the name of supporting a good cause.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2015 that you might have missed: Reconsidering the Charismatic CEO by Eric McNulty. Leadership is Not Something We Accomplish by @StrategicMonk. From @WallyBock Becoming a great boss: where to start. From @JohnBaldoni LeBron James: Confidence Does Not Negate Humility. The Inner Game of Leading by @artpetty. Leadership Success: Think Balance Beam Not Mountain Top by @KateNasser.

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Fathers Who Lead

Lead Change Blog

We recently celebrated Father’s Day. As we look back on that day of celebration, let’s hear it for our Father and salute those Fathers who are not only fathers but leaders. Yes, leaders of the pack. I see more and more as an adult the importance of a father who leads. You have heard the saying, “It takes a real man to…… [insert choice of responsibilities here].” It takes a real man to be a father who is also a leader.

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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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To Restore Connection, Say You’re Sorry

Michael Lee Stallard

#91 Say You’re Sorry. When you make a mistake, say you’re sorry. This important step will help rebuild connection. This is the ninety-first post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” The series highlights language, attitudes and behaviors that help you connect with others. Although the language, attitudes and behaviors focus on application in the workplace, you will see that they also apply to your relationships at home and in the community.

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So You Want To Be A Leader? How To Unlock Your Leadership Destiny

Terry Starbucker

I remember the day I knew I really wanted to be a leader. Funny thing was, it was 5 years after I “accidentally” became one. I started my career as an accountant, right out of college. I obtained my CPA certificate, rose quickly through the ranks and within 5 years I was a Manager on the fast track to partner. Then, I got a phone call that would change my life.

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. “ John Quincy Adams. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Rea

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A “Survival of the Fittest” Approach to Leadership Development Produces Cockroach Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Read my latest post about the dangers of using a survival of the fittest approach to grooming emerging leaders over at About.com Management and Leadership: How to Groom Rising Leaders and not Burn Them Out.

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Leadership and Faith

Lead Change Blog

A leader is a person who inspires others to act and encourages others to move forward, especially during challenging times. They serve as a role model and a rock to enable others to work through tough times. While they have a burden to shoulder, they need not be the smartest one in the organization to make things happen. They need to be there for their people and show their support for them.

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Expect the Best of People

Michael Lee Stallard

#90 Expect the Best of People. Frances Hesselbein, the amazing woman who led the turnaround of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and whom we wrote about in Fired Up or Burned Out , once told me that her mindset was to always expect the best in others. A mindset or attitude of expecting the best in others helps you connect with them. This is the ninetieth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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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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How to Set the Right Goals and Make Them Work for You

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Are you starting to lose focus on your goals? If so, you’re not alone. This is the time of year a lot of people lose their focus. The problem is that annual goal-setting doesn’t work. You can’t plan an entire year and know in advance all the goals you will need to achieve. It’s likely that many of your goals are no longer motivating and many no longer make sense.

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What I Learned From Marshall Goldsmith: A Simple and Effective Technique

Let's Grow Leaders

When Marshall Goldsmith sent me his new book, Triggers, I read it cover to cover on my flight to Vegas. Great read. But what makes a good book a great book is when it leads you to action. This one did. The Power of Daily Questions. It’s so simple. Goldsmith recommends asking yourself a few “easy” questions each day. Of course, I say easy because they should be straightforward.

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Expanding Professional Development

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” Harvey S. Firestone. Professional development is one of the most critical areas for an organizational leader to remain focused on.

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7 Ways To Let People Know You Care About Them

Joseph Lalonde

T heodore Roosevelt once said. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. The more I’ve led, the more I’ve discovered this truth. When we were leading young students, this especially came into play. With troubles at home, issues at school, and a general disdain for authority, they struggled with listening to those in a position of power.

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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 Ways To Reduce Employee Turnover

Lead Change Blog

Employee turnover costs businesses a lot of money. It is costly, disruptive and ultimately it hurts the company’s bottom line. Some estimates suggest that it could cost as high as twice the employee’s salary to find and train a replacement. In addition, there are recruiting expenses, training expenses and your own time as you interview new candidates.

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The Marathon Effect of Leading Change

Great Leadership By Dan

When senior managers announce a significant change, their goal is to get employees on board in the hope that they will embrace and support the change. When employees react with confusion, fear, uncertainty, or question the change, managers mistakenly see this behavior as “resisting change”. They forget that they went through the exact same process. They had more time to deal with it and are now ready to move on.

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Finding Meaning Requires Growth

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton When Nicolae Tanase at ExcellenceReporter.com asked me to submit an entry for his Meaning of Life project, I hesitated. It was a question I had often thought about. But it was a big one, and I wasn't sure I was ready to tackle it publicly. After thinking it over, I decided that the question was related to my work in human development and leadership, and that a clear answer could be valuable to readers.

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5 Ways to Ignite Your Summer Leadership Fitness

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re like me, you think more about getting fit when the days start to require less clothes. What if you also used summertime as a time to pay a bit more attention to your leadership fitness? Similar strategies apply. In fact, they work all year round (I put that in for my many Aussie subscribers in the midst of Winter). 5 Ways To Ignite Your Leadership Fitness.

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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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Top Gun Leadership: Increased Performance through Candid Debriefings

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ Gutsiest move I ever saw, Mav!” Hollywood. Remember the scene in “Top Gun” when Charlie is reviewing previous dogfights and is debriefing Maverick’s latest engagement with the bogies? Charlie says, “The F-14 is defensive, he has a chance to bug out right here…better to retire and save your aircraft than push a bad position….

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Why God Will Never Fulfill Your Dreams

Joseph Lalonde

O nce upon a boy, Jack, wanted to win a million dollars from the lottery. He prayed every day for that God will help him to win the million. So as time went by, the boy grew up and got old, but he still didn’t win the million. But he didn’t stop believing in God. In the end, he died and never won the million. When he arrived in Heaven, he asked God: “ God, why I have never won the million in the lottery?

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5 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover

Lead Change Blog

Employee turnover costs businesses a lot of money. It is costly, disruptive and ultimately it hurts the company’s bottom line. Some estimates suggest that it could cost as high as twice the employee’s salary to find and train a replacement. In addition, there are recruiting expenses, training expenses and your own time as you interview new candidates.

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The Power of One Minute Goal Setting

Great Leadership By Dan

You learned it in Leadership 101: goal setting is the most powerful motivational tool in a leader’s toolkit. But is your goal setting up-to-date? Read a guest post from management and leadership guru Ken Blanchard, author of the One Minute Manager over at About.com Management and Leadership: The Power of One Minute Goal Setting.

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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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An Open Letter From a Closet Extrovert – Seeking a Champion

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Dear Introverts, It’s nice that people are appreciating you so much more these days and showing how to build on your quiet strengths. But we extroverts are also often misunderstood, and we need a champion, too – someone who will stand up for us and challenge these common misperceptions. Ready, Fire, Aim. It’s not necessary to take everything we say literally.

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11 Quick Tips to Increase Sales

Women on Business

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Time Machine Tuesday: Leading with Moral Courage

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 10 Oct 2013. “Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”. Theodore Roosevelt. When I think of the term, “Moral Courage,” I recall a presentation I heard many years ago by a former Commandant of the Marine Corp, Gen Charles Krulak.

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Embrace The Leadership Pain: Sam Chand Interview

Joseph Lalonde

S o many people run from their pain, even in leadership. We don’t like feeling pain. We think pain sucks (and it can). We want to get as far away from pain as possible. But former pastor Sam Chand has a different take on pain. He believes that we need to embrace pain rather than push it away. Sam Chand recently released his book, Leadership Pain: The Classroom For Growth , where he talks in depth about the issues of pain in leadership and what we should do with the pain.

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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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The Unexpected Realities of Being an Entrepreneur

Lead Change Blog

How interesting is it to start your own business? Many people say they wish to own their own businesses. Sometimes people tell me, “You must be so lucky,” or “it must be a relief to be out of the rat race.” The truth is that none of these statements are true. As for the “rat race,” while entrepreneurship is very different, it’s a competition like no other.

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How to Make Better, Faster Decisions

Great Leadership By Dan

Bad decisions can ruin an organization and kill careers. Have you been given feedback that you need to improve your decision making? If so, you are not alone. Managers often get poor grades from 360 degree feedback assessments in the areas of quality and timeliness of decisions. Decision making, like any other managerial or leadership skill, can be improved.

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Remarkable TV: The Doing More with Less Syndrome

Kevin Eikenberry

This “syndrome” is the new reality, and as leaders, we need to find a way to overcome it. Here are three ways to help you do this. RTV 75 – the Doing More with Less Syndrome Click here for just the audio of this episode. Learn more about our Remarkable Leadership Workshop click here. One […]. The post Remarkable TV: The Doing More with Less Syndrome appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Bringing Out The Best In Those You Lead

Tanveer Naseer

Image © Wharton Magazine Of all the seasons of the year, summer is without question my favourite. From attending the various outdoor festivals that Montreal has become renowned for, to the annual summer vacation breaks with my family, there’s no question that summer is a time for renewal and rejuvenation. Of course, renewal and rejuvenation is something that summer has also brought to my garden which, after several years of trying to grow various flowers and shrubs, is finally the kind of

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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.