March, 2016

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The Most Powerful Note on Authenticity I’ve Ever Received

Let's Grow Leaders

I was blown away by an email I received from a woman who recently read Winning Well. I was touched on so many levels… by her brave journey toward authenticity in the workplace, by her clear sense of confident humility, by her gratitude for accepting leaders and an inclusive workplace, and quite frankly by the fact that there are Winning Well CEOs out there looking for other Winning Well leaders who have the ability to value competence and confidence over all the other crap that gets i

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Why Your Company Needs a Chief Joy Officer

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. NOTE: This article was written by Holly Michel, wife of General John E. Michel, the co-founder and CEO of GeneralLeadership.com. “ I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service.

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Whipping up a Masterpiece

Lead Change Blog

Before you even start reading, let me guess what you’ll say! Will it be “what is she thinking?”. Believe it or not, I’m thinking, “What a great theme for the month of March!” The Lead Change Group theme for March is “tell about a time when you broke the rules or did things differently.”. Well, how about now? Karin Hurt, CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders , asks “Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to remember someone’s point when they wrap a story around it?

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from March 2016 that you might have missed: Max DePree: North America’s First CEO Design Thinker by Michael Graber @southerngrowth. Do you serve your team or are you a self-serving team member? by @JesseLynStoner. John Harbaugh's Unorthodox Approach — Football as Family by Kevin Van Valkenburg via @ESPN. The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner.

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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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The Flawed “Customer First” Focus (and Other Management Practices to Question)

Michael Lee Stallard

“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” – Will Rogers. In his latest book, Under New Management , David Burkus challenges a number of conventional business practices. These practices include, but are not limited to: the “customer first” mentality, non-compete agreements, email, standard vacation policy, office design, annual performance appraisals, and even the need for managers.

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Are You Wasting Your First Impression?

Rich Gee Group

First impressions occur in the first seven seconds of meeting someone. Here’s something even scarier — a series of experiments by Princeton psychologists Willis & Todorov uncover it takes is a tenth of a second to construct an impression of a stranger from their face. Longer exposures don’t significantly alter those impressions (although they might boost your confidence in your judgments).

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Tuesday Time Machine: Honoring Those Who Have Given Their All

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. 27 April 2014. “ I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. ”. Bob Riley. [The following is an unedited transcript of the speech I shared this morning commemorating the third anniversary of the loss of nine of our teammates fighting for freedom in Afghanistan…a reminder they are go

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The Best Leaders Have the Best Systems

Lead Change Blog

Leaders are difference makers. They are catalysts who make positive things happen with available people, ideas, and resources. Which is why the world judges leaders first on what they actually accomplish, not the quality of their ideas or the strength of their vision. Strategy is important, innovation is important. But in the long run, a leader has to be somebody who knows how to get things done.

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7 Ways To Keep Your Balance On The Leadership Tightrope

Terry Starbucker

Leadership is a balancing act. Imagine the tightrope walker at the circus, precariously navigating from one side of the big top to the other. If the walker puts too much weight on one side or the other, they’ll take a big fall. And so it is for those who lead, and what’s more, it requires a deft sense of self-awareness and guile- and just a bit of schizophrenia.

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Leading with Character: Creativity

Michael Lee Stallard

Definition of Creativity. Creativity is thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things. Why Creativity Matters. Creativity is essential for innovation. Exercising creativity to continuously improve by finding new and better ways of serving clients is something we must always strive to do. An organization that settles for the status quo will never be a great organization.

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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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4 Creative Ways to Use Mobile Payments In Your Retail Business

Women on Business

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

Why do you do what you do? Understanding your purpose, what motivates you and most importantly using this knowledge to advantage is key to your success, both professionally and personally. My eldest daughter, Maddy, is currently in year 9. One of her elective subjects this year is Business and as part of the curriculum Maddy was asked to interview a business owner to better understand why, how and what was required to set up the business.

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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]. “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. “ Ralph Waldo Emerson. . 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. . … Read the rest.

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It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift

Lead Change Blog

What do your people need from you? The digital world has changed the way we interact and communicate with each other. It has exponentially increased the information that we share with each other. Every day I am surprised to learn how many leaders out there don’t invest the time they should into the development of their people. It is time for a paradigm shift!

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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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In Praise of the Fast Company

In the CEO Afterlife

Should every company be striving for the form of strategic advantage that has become the hallmarks of Amazon, Google and Facebook? For sure, in the tech world, it’s hard to imagine success without quick and continuous technology improvement. What about your world? Whether you sell information or cremation, the common thread for success is sustaining an advantage.

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Recipe for Success: What Leaders Can Learn from Pie

Kevin Eikenberry

Perhaps my favorite food is homemade pie (black raspberry or peach, to be specific). I come by this naturally, as my Dad used to famously say, “I only like two kinds of pie; hot and cold.” While I can’t quite say that, there is little doubt how much I love pie. And I’ve had lots […]. The post Recipe for Success: What Leaders Can Learn from Pie appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Psychological Swagger: Four Signs you Lead with it

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Dr. Rob Fazio: Leading is not a science, it’s an art, influenced by science. An art that when you get it right, gets things done and magnifies the best in people during tough times. In leadership, arrogance is telling people you’re awesome, and confidence is giving other people the opportunity to feel and act awesome. This brings us to psychological swagger, a learnable skill that’s part of the secret sauce of successful leadership.

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You Can’t Microwave Yourself To Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

M any years ago, Pam and I did something that seemed strange to many people. This even seemed strange to me. We got rid of our microwave. I know most people rely on their microwaves for a quick meal. They toss in leftovers or pop in a hot pocket and wait 2-3 minutes for their meal to be done. We can’t do that at our house anymore. We have to warm up the oven or heat the stove burner.

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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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36 Questions Which Lead Leaders

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire. Leadership is not about having the right answers, it is the ability to ask the correct questions. It is a compilation of lived and learned experiences, the experiential education which bounds your way of thinking and does not define a rulebook.

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About Breaking The Rules

Lead Change Blog

David Burkus is a very dangerous man … In Myths of Creativity , he punctured my long-held beliefs about creativity, including those which I had cherished because they absolved me of all responsibility for being creative. I could no longer simply relax and say “ I’m not the creative type,” even though it made life much easier for me.

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Take Down Your Corporate Ladder and Support Career Disruption

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Traditionally, career paths have been based on the idea of “moving up the ladder.” Success is measured by how high you get. A lateral move is usually not seen as a smart career move. Even when changing jobs to increase your skills, the expectation is the new position will be a step higher up the […]. The post Take Down Your Corporate Ladder and Support Career Disruption appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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When Taking Too Much Initiative Hurts You

Nathan Magnuson

One of my all-time favorite leadership values is being proactive. It’s Stephen Covey’s first habit. Taking initiative (and accepting responsible) is the characteristic that makes all the others possible. But can it be taken too far? Unfortunately, I’ve learned it can be – mostly because of the challenges I’ve noticed or inadvertently created for myself over the years.

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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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“Dealing with your Manager” and Other Work Advice for College Students

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve been asked by our Career Services office to deliver a one hour workshop in a couple weeks for our business school juniors, seniors, and MBAs. Even though I happen to work at the University of New Hampshire, most of my career has been dedicated to helping aspiring and current managers’ development. So other than having given advice to my two daughters, I’ll be way out of my element.

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15 Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Batman Versus Superman: Dawn Of Justice

Joseph Lalonde

W hen we last saw Superman on the big screen, he was learning the ropes of the superhero thing. In Man of Steel , we see Henry Cavill play the caped hero. Only he’s not yet a hero. He’s hunted by the US military. People are scared of him. And he creates a lot of chaos and damage. And that’s where Batman Versus Superman comes in. Bruce Wayne, better known as Batman, saw the mayhem poured out on the citizens of Metropolis.

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3 Ways to Build Responsibility Skills In Your Subordinates

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.” — Michael Korda.

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12 Factors To Consider When Crafting A Message

Lead Change Blog

Business leaders are communicators. Your words shape perceptions and influence opinions. Employees, customers, and shareholders look to you for information, as well as interpretation of what the facts mean for them. Your stakeholders seek clarity, completeness, and truth. Is that what you are providing? Consider these 12 points: Proximity: Are you viewing the scene from a helicopter or the ground?

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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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Thursday Thought: An intelligent mind will get you far, but…

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thought: An intelligent mind will get you far, but an open heart will get you farther. Jesse Lyn Stoner * * * * * * * * * […]. The post Thursday Thought: An intelligent mind will get you far, but… appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Detachment and Ethics Don’t Mix

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethics and detachment don't mix well. In fact, combining high ethical expectations with an aloof stance can lead to trouble.

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Remarkable TV: Success Requires This

Kevin Eikenberry

There is one critical ingredient for our success as leaders, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer people are utilizing it. What is it? Find out in the video below. Success requires concentration. What are you concentrating on? @KevinEikenberry From this Episode: Remarkable Leadership Workshop. The post Remarkable TV: Success Requires This appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The First Person You Must Lead

Joseph Lalonde

E very person is a leader. Or so I believe. We are all called to lead at least one person. That person? Ourself. The First Person You Lead. You may hear varying reports on how you become a leader. One thing is certain: The first person you lead must be yourself. It’s hard to lead others when you’re not leading yourself. This may sound odd, but it’s true.

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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.