Sat.May 12, 2012 - Fri.May 18, 2012

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How Leaders Complain

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Resources In my new favorite book titled Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon, one of the chapters is about complaining. The chapter “Quit Picking Fights and Go Make Something.” regards a quote his wife told him one night when he was up late on Twitter trying to [.].

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Not Just a Job: Seeing (and Accepting) The Higher Calling of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

I remember the first time I became a leader. I was in eighth grade, and we were in the middle of tryouts for the upcoming middle-school football season. The previous year I had languished as an unhappy (and very ineffective) left guard, and the team had been winless the past two years – in fact, because we were a private school going against much larger public middle schools, we hadn’t even scored a touchdown the year before.

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Real Leaders Don’t Boss

Leading Blog

Ritch Eich says that Real Leaders Don’t Boss. “Real leaders are rare in today’s fast-moving, financially driven world. In their place are fast-track wannabes and imposters, intent on instant gratification in the form of quick (and unsustainable) bottom-line results.” As Eich observes, there are far too many bosses and not enough leaders. Bosses who are too narrowly focused, see employees as tools, are respecters of position, controls rather than empowers, and sets expectations for others that th

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3 Ways to Improve Your Positive Intelligence (PQ)

Great Leadership By Dan

This week's guest post is from Shirzad Chamine: Daniel Goleman made a compelling and accurate case nearly two decades ago that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) was more important to leadership effectiveness and performance than IQ. But most attempts at increasing EQ have resulted only in temporary improvements. The reason is that a more foundational and core intelligence has been ignored, which is a pre-cursor to high EQ.

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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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Why So Many Employee Ideas Don’t Make Sense

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues [link] One of the great beliefs we have as managers is that our job is to listen to our employees’ ideas and then go implement those that we find valuable. Sounds like a great idea. But as managers we know the reality is that a good many employee ideas just don’t make business sense.

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Why Boards Should Give a Damn About Culture

In the CEO Afterlife

During my tenure as a CEO, my Board of Directors never challenged me with questions pertaining to corporate culture. I wasn’t surprised in the least. Jacobs Suchard Directors expected me to run their North American operation as an entrepreneurial enterprise, and as long as the returns were acceptable, they assumed I was doing just that. Like most Boards, their interest was profit, shareholder value, efficiencies, headcounts, labor climate and strategic initiatives.

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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Unless you are an heir to a throne, people usually don’t begin their careers leading a large organization. There’s a progression of passages, or at least there should be. Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. However, they use the terms “leadership” and “management” interchangeably.

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Taming Your Shrew

Persuasive Powerhouse

I’m a fan of healthy workplaces that appreciate that we are all human and rich emotional lives come with our humanity – so why not let our emotions show? Yet for a leader, showing your anger in a way that tears others down can be destructive to your attempts to build a solid team and other workplace relationships that are open and honest. One leader I know wondered why her team wasn’t responding to her attempts to get them involved in conversations around strategic decisions.

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Dealing with Difficult Personalities

Women on Business

Leadership is one of those jobs that no matter how good the pay, it is never enough for the amount of personality issues you deal with. Well this morning as I had the honor of dealing with a difficult personality, I managed to garner a few nuggets of wisdom. Imagerymajestic/freedigitalphoto.net. Remember they have a point. While this nugget is hard to swallow when the difficult personality has decided to engage in spiteful, project harming behavior it is still a point worth considering.

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Leading Views: The Star Follower

Leading Blog

Frequently, when you hear a leader say that they want followers they can trust, what they mean is they want followers who will do what they say and not question them. When they do this, they are letting their insecurities show. It’s not a healthy relationship for either the leader or the follower. The leader becomes isolated and the followers do not grow into their own potential.

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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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What I Learned About Power Last Weekend

Next Level Blog

This past weekend I traveled to Cambridge, Mass., for the 25th reunion of my graduating class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. (Just writing that makes me feel old.) I had the good fortune of graduating in a year that was the 350th anniversary of Harvard and the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy School (and its predecessor, the School of. Click headline to continue.

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Ethical Leadership and…a Global Society

Leading in Context

Are We Moving Toward a "Global Society"? To imagine the world as a global society we must look at the issue from a view that is many levels above our day-to-day routines and our sometimes mechanical responses to our day-to-day challenges.

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Improve Team Communication with a Style of Influence Personality Profile

Great Results Team Building

A Style of Influence personality profile can improve your team communication and provide a deeper understanding of yourself and others. No group ever complained that their team communication was too good! In fact, most of the workplace interpersonal conflicts you may have seen or been part of are likely the results of relationships between people who simply do not have an appreciation for the personality profile or strengths of their coworker.

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Innovation: A Path To Talent Development?

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest post by Lewisa Anciano and Amanda Fenton. Companies everywhere are facing increased competition and diminishing returns. We’re told “Innovate or die”. Almost every company I know would say they are trying to innovate their products, services, customer experience or even their business model. But where is innovation happening in your organization?

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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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15 Questions Employees Will Not Ask But You Should Still Answer

Modern Servant Leader

Most are serious, a few are lighthearted. All touch on potentially sensitive areas. Over time, your team may feel comfortable enough to ask these questions. In the early days though, if you don’t answer these questions, they will not ask. Therefore, it is up to you to answer these questions, even when not asked, if you don’t want to leave them guessing… 15 Questions Employees Will Not Ask… But You Should Still Answer. 1.

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Leadership Lessons from Hamburger (Yes, Hamburger)

Kevin Eikenberry

Perhaps this post will prove you can stretch a metaphor a long way (almost as far as a mother of six can stretch a pound of hamburger). The reality is that I decided to see what I could come up with because this week is National Hamburger Week. I spent some time thinking about hamburgers [.].

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The Best Use of Words

Leadership Freak

Successful leaders lift people; failures drain them. You either bring vitality or you exhaust. Recently a leader from a Fortune 500 company that I’ve worked with reminded me of something I wrote. “No Encouragement is Discouragement.” His reminder stuck. It’s still on my mind, five days later. Who have you encouraged in the last day [.].

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Dig Below Your Dreams to Discover Your Vision

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Your vision arises from your hopes and dreams. If you’re not clear about what you really want, you are likely to set goals that will not be truly satisfying once accomplished. Look below the surface to find the roots of your dreams. You might find that what you thought you wanted is actually a symbol of what you truly desire. Chris said he dreamed of owning a Porsche.

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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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In Praise of Compelling Meetings

Persuasive Powerhouse

We hear a lot about how we need to get rid of meetings in our organizations. I would argue that we need to get rid of poorly planned and executed meetings. We still need good meetings; they are a way for everyone to be involved and engaged in dialog with each other. We need more of the kind of meetings where people get together with everyone’s best interests in mind and with the intention of serving the greater good of the organization.

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Why Leaders Should Celebrate Mothers Day

Kevin Eikenberry

It’s Mother’s Day in the United States – a day to set aside to thank, honor and remember our mothers. As a leader, I hope you are doing those things for the mothers in your life, and after reading this post, I hope you do a little bit more. This post isn’t meant to [.].

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How to Face the Challenges of Leadership

Leadership Freak

The purpose of leadership is to identify and create the future. If you want to lead, go somewhere and take someone with you. The challenge of leadership is helping people keep up. You are ahead. If you aren’t ahead you aren’t leading. 10 ways to face the challenges of leadership: Embrace dissatisfaction and discontent with optimism. [.].

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3 Activities to (re)Discover Your Vision

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

In my last post, Dig Below Your Dreams to Discover Your Vision , I discussed why it is important to re-connect with your dreams. If you’re not clear about what you really want, you are likely to set goals that will not be truly satisfying once accomplished. We need to dig below the surface because as we grow older our dreams often go underground. These activities can help you re-resurface some nuggets to create a vision for what you truly desire.

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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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S.O.C.I.A.L. Media Principles

Modern Servant Leader

As social media platforms come and go, technology changes, but key principles remain. As a leader in your organization, you need to remember these key principles. A simple, relevant acronym should do the trick: S.O.C.I.A.L. – Serve, Open, Connect, Integrity, Action-oriented and Listen. While these principles are important at all times, it begins with listening, so we’ll cover the principles in reverse order.

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Thought-full Thursday: Honesty and Kindness

Persuasive Powerhouse

Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. So take five, enjoy the quote and reflect on the questions that follow. Your comments and answers to the questions are always welcome! Honesty without kindness, humor and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.

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The Secret to Adaptive Cultures

Leadership Freak

Have you noticed this hypocrisy in yourself or people in your organization? Out of one side of our mouths we say, “We love new ideas.” Out of the other we say, “We hate change.” New ideas change things. Tendency: Organizations tend to harden their methods, processes, and procedures as time passes; they resist change. New [.].

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How to Lead Massive Change: An Interview with Lockheed Martin CIO Sondra Barbour

Next Level Blog

Sondra Barbour is the chief information officer and senior vice president of enterprise business services at Lockheed Martin. She’s a company veteran and change leader who has taken on increasingly responsible positions over the course of her career. I spoke with her recently about what she’s learned along the way. Some of the highlights from our conversation include: Leading Massive.

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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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How To Use A Blog And Social Media To Make More Money!

Women on Business

Great news! You can make more money by using social media and blogging together. Warning — Typical Excuse From Busy Women: I don’t have the money and I don’t have the time! What I am about to share with you can change the scope of your life by saving you time and making you some well-deserved passive income. In fact, this post explains how women are happier working from home.

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How Far Do You See?

Kevin Eikenberry

In the middle of the NBA playoffs, I found a great quotation from one of the greatest NBA players of all time. He’s talking about basketball players, but he is really talking to all of us. Read it for yourself. Read it as a leader. Read it as a parent. Read it as a [.].

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On Unicorns and Fairy Dust

Leadership Freak

I’ve rejected the “savior-leader” model but still feel pressure to be one. Savior-leaders arrive on unicorns and solve problems by sprinkling fairy dust over people and organizations. Poof! Everything is magically fixed. Internal: Internal pressure to have answers presses me to give answers. I want to be the savior. Often I believe I have answers.

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The Great Mississippi Bike Ride - Day 4

Jason Womack

Day four of our fabulous ride along the Mississippi River. So far we've had some great days of cycling. Day 1: 68 miles. Day 2: 58 miles. Day 3: 69 miles. Day 4: 94.49 miles (yes, I'm including the.49 there as well.). We started off at the best (only) coffee shop in town: Natchez Coffee Company. Not only a full "southern-style" breakfast (grits DO go with everything), I got a soy latte that was wonderful.

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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.