Sat.Sep 12, 2015 - Fri.Sep 18, 2015

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What Happens When We Really Listen

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life rhymes? Something happens to you that fits together so well with what happens next that (as my editor would say of another one of my other rhyming days) “That story is so tight no one is going to believe it.” But the truth is, our lives are full of true rhyming stories ready to knock a message into our hearts if we can listen well enough to hear them.

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If Leadership Were Easy, Everyone Would Follow You

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower. So you are a leader. After all you have the title, you tell people you are a leader, so you must be a leader.

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How Joe Torre Gained the Trust of His Players

Michael Lee Stallard

Joe Torre, Hall of Fame former manager of the New York Yankees, really knew how to build trust, commitment and loyalty with his players. When players experienced slumps in performance, Torre had their backs. His approach grew out of personal experiences with the frustration that came during disappointing times in his career as a ballplayer. “I hit.360 one season and I hit.240 another year, and I felt I played equally hard both years,” Torre once said.

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When Life Hands You Lemons…Say Thank You!

Lead Change Blog

Keith Boyd… an 11 year old boy in Oklahoma. In spite of the fact that Keith was born with Cerebral Palsy, Keith has dreams, ambitions and high hopes for the future. Refusing to allow his physical limitations to interfere, Keith had a dream to raise funds for the Little Light House, an amazing school that he and many other special needs kids attended.

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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 Secret to Holding a Meeting that Gets Results

Let's Grow Leaders

Does this sound familiar? You went to a meeting where you had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, came up with a cool plan of action, everyone left the meeting feeling motivated, and then six weeks later you get back together. As everyone enters the room and takes their seat, there are sideways glances, “Did you do that thing we talked about?”.

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Leadership Lessons on a #SunriseRun

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 my virtual friends and connections, you know one of my favorite things to do is Tweet a picture from a #SunriseRun. I think this is an overlooked pleasure in this busy world, and one of the best times to both reflect on the lessons of yesterday and strategically think about the day that lies ahead.

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PEACE: A Leadership Strategy, Not Pixie Dust!

Lead Change Blog

Last week when I sat down to review my calendar, I noticed that Monday, September 21, is The International Day of PEACE. PEACE: A little word that stirs so much inside of me. Images of the green pastures I saw in Ireland this summer and how restful they were to my sand-covered, expat soul… And the thankfulness that filled my heart until tears ran down my cheeks.

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Frontline Festival: 22 Leaders Share about Peer Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you? Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited gives an A-to-Z list of positive character traits for work. Follow Beth. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. Here’s how to get the most from their experience.

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5 Leadership Lessons from Herb Greenburg

Leading Blog

Herb Greenberg, who lost his sight at age 10, developed a test to help companies assess potential employees’ abilities. He leveraged that into the global management-consulting firm, Caliper, in 1961. From What You Aren't Seeing : The Inspiring Story of Herb Greenberg we have the following lessons: Leading starts with being clear about what you are willing to accept and what you need to fight for.

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Top 10 States for Women-Owned Small Businesses

Women on Business

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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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Partnership: A Crucible for Innovation

Lead Change Blog

Luca de Meo at Volkswagen AG did it. Ed Catmull at Pixar Animation did it. Larry Page at Google also did it. Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. and The Google Guys yields a strong confirmation that the pursuit of innovation might require a partnership approach, not a traditional teamwork style.

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Frontline Festival: 22 Leaders Share about Peer Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our August Festival is all about communication. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is a special edition! See details below. Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you?

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Leaders, It’s Time To Make Work Meaningful Again

Tanveer Naseer

Over the past couple of months, I’ve had numerous conversations with leaders in both the private and public sector, discussing some of the key issues they face today and what they see as the main challenges they’ll face going forward. In many of those conversations, a common theme inevitably surfaces – how do I get my employees to care more about the work we do?

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4 Misconceptions about Women and Leadership in Business

Women on Business

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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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One Secret Of Highly Effective Managers

Lead Change Blog

Think of a skill you highly value in others. Chances are…it’s a skill where you personally excel. Salespeople notice strong presentation and relational skills. Accountants often prize attention to detail. It is common to appreciate in others (or over-appreciate) skills you are good at and to discount the value of skills you are less good at. This tendency is problematic if you are a manager.

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Curiosity: a pillar for great relationships at work

Persuasive Powerhouse

I was a curious kid who roamed the wooded area around our house, poking at things, observing, taking notes. I collected lizards, mice, injured rabbits, bottom scum from ponds and observed the wildlife. To many people, these things would not be interesting, but to me they were (and still are) endlessly fascinating. I went on to study biology in college in a nurturing environment with amazing teachers who fostered my curiosity even more.

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Why You Need an Executive Coach

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Bonnie Marcus : I earned my certification as an executive coach in 2006. At that time most people still assumed that coaching was done primarily in sports not business. Coaching for executives was a relatively unknown field and untapped resource. When companies hired a coach for an executive then, it was primarily because that executive needed some assistance to improve their leadership and management skills; that they weren’t meeting the expectations of their position.

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How To Increase Your Focus And Get More Real Business Growth Work Done

Women on Business

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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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For Me, TV Is Dying.

Rich Gee Group

This post isn’t about business per se, but it does have long term ramifications for the marketplace in general, so bear with me. Last night, I realized I REALLY HATE commercials. Despise – Abhor – Loathe – Detest. You get my drift. I know, we all hate commercials — but they have become irrelevant to my viewing habits. They’re just a nuisance.

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Curiosity: a pillar for great relationships at work

Persuasive Powerhouse

I was a curious kid who roamed the wooded area around our house, poking at things, observing, taking notes. I collected lizards, mice, injured rabbits, bottom scum from ponds and observed the wildlife. To many people, these things would not be interesting, but to me they were (and still are) endlessly fascinating. I went on to study biology in college in a nurturing environment with amazing teachers who fostered my curiosity even more.

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Are Your Millennial Employees Turning You Into a Helicopter Manager?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Have you noticed that you’re supervising more closely, giving more direction, or spending more time with your millennial employees? It may be that in your efforts to support them, you are providing too much. You may be unconsciously continuing the kind of environment they grew up in – over-structured and over-protected, where failure is not an option – an environment that perpetuates dependency.

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7 Signs Your Culture is Sick

Leadership Freak

I don’t want to be a pessimist, but I think there’s more sickness in organizational cultures than health. Healthy organizational culture results from focused attention. Sick cultures indicate distraction and neglect. 7 signs your culture is sick: Isolation prevails. Leaders and employees work in silos. CYA dominates.

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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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12 Flavors of Feedback

Great Leadership By Dan

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” - Ken Blanchard Yes, feedback can be motivational and developmental. But it can also be a cold, harsh slap in the face. It all depends on the delivery. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for 12 positive and negative examples of how to provide employee feedback.

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8 Leadership Podcasts I Listen To

Joseph Lalonde

G reat leaders are constantly looking to increase their knowledge. They know the more they know (and apply), the more effectively they’ll lead. This thirst for knowledge is why I’m consistently asked what I’m reading and what I’m listening to. Image via Creative Commons. Today, I want to share with all of you the top leadership posts I’m listening to and why you will want to check them out. 1.

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Where Is Ethical Leadership Found?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton While it may be convenient to think about ethical leadership as a task, a program, or a rule book, that's not where it lives.

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The Secret to Solving Problems Successfully

Leadership Freak

It’s easy to make others responsible for problems in your organization. Someone else fell short. It couldn’t be you! When leaders blame, everyone blames. Blame is the reason problems persist.

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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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What are YOU Looking At?

Great Leadership By Dan

Author and consultant Bill Treasurer writes about the importance of coaching someone to focus on what they need to do, not what they should avoid. Read about it over at About.com Management and Leadership. But whatever you do, don’t go near that rock!

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The Pitfalls Of An Open Office Layout (Infographic)

Joseph Lalonde

I f you’ve been to any modern office setting, you’ve probably noticed something. Gone are the corner offices. Walls are a thing of the past. The hot thing for today’s office is the open office. There’s a lot that can be said for this kind of layout, but first let’s take a look at the downside of having an open office layout.

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How Leaders Make Hard Decisions

Kevin Eikenberry

If you are a leader, you make decisions, large and small, every day. Many are straightforward and take very little time, but if you have been a leader for very long at all, you have had to face a complex, multi-faceted and difficult problem, where the decision was far from easy or obvious. Often when […]. The post How Leaders Make Hard Decisions appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Principle of the Rope

Leadership Freak

George asked, “Do you ever feel pressure?” He was thinking about the breadth and depth of the Leadership Freak audience, as well as, the rigorous writing schedule I maintain.

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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.