Sat.Jun 23, 2012 - Fri.Jun 29, 2012

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The Last (and Most Personal) Stop on The Road To Leadership Greatness

Terry Starbucker

You’ve framed your vision, set your strategy, built your model, hired your team, designed your processes, set expectations, and pushed confidently forward on executing your path to success. And yet, there’s one last thing that you need to do to get it all to true greatness. It’s gut check time. How do you really FEEL about this road you’re on?

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“Where There is Chaos, Seize Control”

Let's Grow Leaders

One of my early bosses and mentors, Gail Parsons, said this to me almost daily. I was young and newly promoted in an HR role in the midst of a big merger. There was much organizational realignment. Everyone had a new boss and a new team. Most leaders were in the midst of relocating their [.].

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Leadership Perspective: Five Action Steps to Consider Before You Let Someone Go

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development None of us like to terminate another’s employment. When an employee is causing harm to the organization or is just not doing the job they were hired to do, ultimately you may have to let them go. Before you take that step, though, make sure you have completed these five action steps to a solid [.].

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Innovation at Bell Labs

Leading Blog

Bill Gates once remarked, “ My first stop on any time-travel expedition would be Bell Labs in December 1947 ,” That was the year Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny invention that makes possible the technology we have today. Finding an aspect of modern life that doesn’t incorporate some strand of Bell Labs’ DNA would be difficult. Cellular communications, the laser, digitized and synthesized music, the solar battery cell, the first orbiting communications satellite, and the UNIX operating s

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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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5 Essential Skills for Contemporary Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Nan S. Russell: The great recession and economic crisis have accelerated shifts in how people view their work and their leaders. Studies confirm what many see – no longer are title and authority the driving force behind results. Leader credibility is down and the trust deficit is up. The post-recession workplace harbors a new reality for leaders.

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Don’t Get a Mentor

Let's Grow Leaders

I have developed and implemented plenty of mentoring programs over the years. I have done the match-making and developed and led the workshops. The truth is, after 2 decades of living and leading in organizations, my feeling is, these programs typically don’t work. What I do believe in is investing time, energy, and commitment [.].

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The Role Leaders Play In Developing Great Teams

Tanveer Naseer

While last week heralded the end of the current school year, it also marked the completion of my first year serving as the chairman of the Governing Board for the regional high school my oldest daughter attends. Having worked with a number of teams and committees, I can honestly say that this team was one of the most effective and collaborative teams I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with.

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How to Explain Leadership Development to a 5th Grader (A Leadership Development Glossary)

Great Leadership By Dan

All occupations will develop their own special jargon. It’s one of the ways we “professionalize” the unique work that we do in order to sound and feel important. That’s all well and good, except when: 1. You’re new in the field and don’t yet understand the jargon; 2. You’re not new in the field, but you still don’t know the jargon, and you find yourself pretending that you do; 3.

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Mentoring in Circles

Let's Grow Leaders

In my earlier post, Don’t Get a Mentor, I talked about my preference for finding a mentor organically rather than waiting for formal programs. On the other hand, throughout the years, my favorite formal programs have always been in the form of circles. These are groups with a leader as guide and a small group of [.].

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The Leader’s Five-Question Heart Check

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development [link] Leaders – and managers for that matter — need to have a heart. If it is your job to guide human beings to be their very best, you need to look at your underlying assumptions about people. In the age of Mass Production it was easy to see people as simply extensions of the machinery; [.].

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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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10 Ways to Encourage Discouraged People

Leadership Freak

Leaders who lift get further than those who push down. Performace improves when people feel encouraged and declines when they’re discouraged or hopeless. You don’t have to beat up high-performers – they do it to themselves – lift them instead. All successful leaders encourage; they fill people with hope. The added responsibility of encouraging others may [.].

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Leading For Ethical Performance

Leading in Context

Discouraging Unethical Leadership. The senior leaders in an organization need to work together to create an organization where ethical leadership is rewarded and unethical leadership is quickly corrected. To build an ethical organization over time, Chief Learning Officers can work with leaders throughout the organization to build ethical competence in areas that support effective communication and leadership.

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Nemesis Mentors

Let's Grow Leaders

The natural tendency when looking for a mentor is to turn to people who look like us, think like us, or value the same things we do. It’s easier, and often precisely how people are matched in some formal mentoring programs. That can be fantastic. On the other hand, what about seeking out a mentoring relationship [.].

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Leadership and the Moral Compass

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching As a leader, when you encounter a team member whose moral compass seems to be pointing in the wrong direction, how do you handle it? Early in my career, my compass got a little off track and I’m forever grateful to the leader who helped me regain direction. My first job out of college was [.].

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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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Stand up

Persuasive Powerhouse

Leaders lead and that’s the obvious truth. What this means for you is that you must be ahead of others – often the first to say, try or do something in order to live into the title of “leader”; even when it’s risky. Leading sounds particularly simple when you put it in these terms. However, you and I know it’s not that easy; and we know that there are certain opportunities to stand up as a leader that we let pass us by either because we lack courage, we aren’t

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Secrets to Leading Without Position or Authority

Leadership Freak

Yesterday, I asked an upper-level manager at one of the world’s largest organization how he’d risen through the ranks so rapidly – he lit up and talked collaboration. He’s succeeding because he influences people he can’t boss. Leaders influence without position, title, or rank; they invite loyalty, passion, and commitment. They don’t coerce, pressure, or [.].

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Won’t You Be My Mentor?

Let's Grow Leaders

So… you want a mentor. Now what? Where? Who? How to approach? First, let me say this. I have NEVER been offended by anyone who has asked me for career advice , or wanting to know me better. I love to help. I have always said yes to anyone who approached me with the [.].

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Leadership and Diversity Tulsa June 28

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues TCC Department of Continuing Education and Lead Change Tulsa are hosting another breakfast leadership discussion, Effectively Leading a Diverse Organization this Thursday, June 28, at the TCC Center For Creativity, 910 S. Boston. Cost is $15, continental breakfast is included. Our Panelists Haley Buzzard Graduate Candidate at DePaul University Jesse Guardiola Career Development and Hispanic [.].

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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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The value of failing a little every day

Persuasive Powerhouse

Colin Powell was recently asked if he feared failing. He responded that he failed a little bit each day. Not only did this respected leader make failure accessible (because now we know that he’s not perfect), but he went on to say that it’s not the failure that’s important, but what you do about it that will set you apart. We can learn from our small daily failures as much as from the big ones.

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Chin Up Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

While facilitating a Bud to Boss Workshop this week, one of the participants (thanks, Margaret) used the phrase “chin up” to describe the leader’s need to look further out and keep a broader perspective of a situation. The phrase got repeated within the class a few times, and now I can’t get it out of [.].

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Saturday Salutation: Joyful Movement at the TSA

Let's Grow Leaders

I was clearing security this week at the Denver airport, particularly annoyed since the TSA agent had just dumped the entire contents of my purse out and then walked away. Turns out “too many pennies,” can leave you racing for your gate. When I looked up to see an attractive, poised, and confident woman walking [.].

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The Tangled Path | A Look at Government Regulation

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] This is a video by Instigator John M Bernard about the problems caused by the growth of government regulation. In this video, John tells the tale of two typical Americans, Tom and Irene, as they attempt to tangle their way through bureaucracy. John asserts that unless we refocus on citizen outcomes, and clean up the mess, our American [.].

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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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Relate to Your Opponent – A Lesson in Tact

The Recovering Engineer

Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778. In a conflict, it is often tempting to go on the attack in an effort to make your point. In fact, it’s a natural response to a situation you perceive as physically or emotionally threatening in some way. In most workplace situations, none of us will be in an imminent physical threat situation when we are in conflict.

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A Business Case for Forgiveness

Kevin Eikenberry

Forgiveness. We all want it. And sometimes it is hard to grant to others. While there are psychological and spiritual reasons why forgiveness is important, that isn’t the focus here. Make no mistake; I am going to try to convince you why forgiveness is important for you and your business though. While I believe the [.].

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Can Customers Visualize Your Brand?

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Tara Hornor (Learn more about Tara at the end of this post). It is the recognition of a brand that makes the company, service, or product what it is. In our increasingly visual society, it’s difficult to build brand recognition because of the plethora of competition. Without the consumer’s ability to visualize a brand, however, it is destined to fail.

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The Thoughtless Often Speak the Most

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] A friend of mine sent me an article the other day that included a link to another article, and one thing led to another. The second article was entitled “ Empty Vessels Make the Most Noise “. Of course, this is an idiom, or phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by speakers [.].

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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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Five Ways to Get Good at Mistake Making

Leadership Freak

** The fear of making mistakes doesn’t prevent mistakes it destroys progress and growth. John Wooden said, “I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” Challenge: Too many mistakes and you lose credibility. Too few mistakes and you’re dead in the water, you can’t lead. 5 ways to get good at mistake making Don’t make the mistake [.].

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What Do You Say?

Kevin Eikenberry

In the training work that I do, regardless of the subject matter, communication is always part of it in some way or another. I recently read the quotation that follows, and it elegantly states a very important communication principle. (Leave it to a poet to be elegant!) “Saying nothing sometimes says the most.” - Emily [.].

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Where’ the help?

Women on Business

Stuart Miles/freedigitalphoto.net. In every city across the country scores of small businesses are encouraged to seek help at small business development centers, with SCORE counselors and attend small business workshops put on by their local economic development office, but where is the help? Routinely I’ve heard that the advice given was generic and general and really didn’t help them run their business once they’ve started it.

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Listening in the Age of Attention Deficit: Part I

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Community Involvement Leadership Development [link] This time in history has been referred to as the attention deficit age. And it is no wonder. Everything moves fast and seems to keep moving faster. There are often so many things we need to do and so many more activities going on at once around us. It can be quite hard to create the mental space [.].

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.