Sat.Aug 20, 2011 - Fri.Aug 26, 2011

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Leadership & Perception

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Does perception matter? We’ve all heard the saying “perception is reality,” but is it true? Does perception never, rarely, sometimes, or always equal reality? While I long ago reached the conclusion that perception does in fact matter, it may not be for the reasons that you might think. I have found that the majority of people tend to be myopic with regard to perception…they understand their own perceptions, but are quite often either ignorant o

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The 4 Keys To Creating The Beautiful Music Of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Before you start reading this post, I’d like you to listen to one of your favorite uplifting songs, one that, in your estimation, was a great marriage of lyric, melody, tone, and rhythm. (Go ahead, I’ll wait… ). Let’s think about what you just heard for a second or two – how did it make you feel uplifted? Were you, like I do so often, mouthing or singing the words out loud, especially the chorus?

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How Character Erodes

Leading Blog

Character is built choice by choice, decision by decision. And it is eroded the same way. We often don’t stop to think about how each choice builds on the last until it’s too late. It is a worthwhile practice to think about your choices and where they are leading you on a daily basis. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it well: “The force of character is cumulative.

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In Search of Happiness

Michael Lee Stallard

Happiness is much sought after these days. Book stores and magazine stands are full of titles that promise to unlock the secrets of happiness. Positive psychology courses are all the rage on college campuses across America. Recognizing that happiness gets attention, I recently decided to title a chapter I’m writing “Should Leaders Care About Employee Happiness?

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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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Today’s Quote

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development "Leaders help people see that what they are doing is bigger than themselves and bigger, even than the business." Kouzes & Pozner ~ Today’s Quote.

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Eat Your Peas, And Do 10 Of These (Some Leadership Castor Oil)

Terry Starbucker

We all remember those times when our parents made us eat something on our plates that just didn’t appeal to us. “ Go on, eat your peas, they’re good for you !&# we’d hear from Mom. Eventually, so we could finally leave the table, we’d take a deep breath, and eat them. Yuck! But at least we were doing something “good for us&# , right?

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What I Learned on a Coast Guard Cutter

Next Level Blog

For the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity each Fall to talk leadership with the newly promoted admirals of the U.S. Coast Guard and their Senior Executive Service counterparts from the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Ethical Grey Areas: Our Choices Define Us

Leading in Context

Grey Areas in Leading Ethically We see plenty of information about lying, cheating, stealing and other obvious ethical violations. It is more difficult to know what to do when we encounter behaviors that fall into ethical grey areas, particularly in term of relationships with other people.

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Steve Jobs’ Announcement: Reminder of Need to Make Cancer History

Michael Lee Stallard

Apple’s announcement yesterday that Steve Jobs is stepping down as its CEO, is a poignant reminder of just how important it is to make cancer history. I learned of Jobs’ announcement yesterday while in Houston to share our work with leaders at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The combination of learning the news about Jobs and being at M.D.

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Leaders Enlarge Purpose

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Leaders help people see that what they are doing is bigger than themselves and bigger, even than the business. ~ Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner Leaders Enlarge Purpose.

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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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Learning is More Than a Spectator Sport

Persuasive Powerhouse

Years of attending training programs where I sat in a chair and listened to PowerPoint presentations had made me weary of such events. After the training was finished, I’d head back to the office and the material I was given in the program would sit on my desk for a week or two as I got involved in the day to day craziness. I might tell the staff about what I’d learned but eventually, the books would go up on the shelf and gather dust.

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How Honest Leaders Destroy Their Leadership

Leadership Freak

Image source No trust – - no leadership. You can coerce without trust but positive influence thrives on the foundation of trust. Losing influence is easy because losing trust is incredibly easy. Trust and respect: It takes more than honesty to preserve trust; you must show respect. People stop trusting you when you disrespect them, [.].

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Seven Ways The Best Leaders Set an Example By Going First

Kevin Eikenberry

To lead someone or something means, literally, to be in front, so that others can see and follow in that direction. Stated another way, if you think you are leading, but no one is following, you are just taking a walk. In yet other words, leaders are leaders because of what they do, not because [.].

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Mistakes and Learning by Harold J. Smith

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them. ~ Harold J. Smith Mistakes and Learning by Harold J. Smith.

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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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The Ten Commandments of Business Success

Women on Business

Guest Post by Jane Plitt. She was long dead when I first discovered Martha Matilda Harper and her amazing feat of launching modern franchising even though she had been a servant for nearly a quarter of a century. History buried its memory of the 500+ franchises she sprouted and staffed with other poor women. But, fortunately, they saved the records and here are her ten commandments of business success. 1.

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Are you honoring the wrong things?

Leadership Freak

Some think giving too much praise makes people lazy and indulgent. They’ll settle into the notion your organization is lucky to have them. Choose praise points carefully. Praise creates culture. You get what you praise. Saying, “great job,” celebrates a completion and allows recipients to define “great.” Praising completions makes people feel they’ve arrived.

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The Three Most Important Words

Kevin Eikenberry

After many gifts and the pleanty of trips to the library, one of the first inspirational, self improvement authors I spent my money to invest in was Denis Waitley. Since then I’ve read many of his books, listened to his audio programs and met him. If you aren’t familiar with his work, click on his name [.].

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Serving Beyond Self

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?" ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Serving Beyond Self.

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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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You Are What You Say You Are….

Women on Business

Leadership is an elusive quality and few people ever really get it, but as the figurehead of a company you are supposed to know what it means to be a leader and a motivator even if it wasn’t taught to you. In my industry I see a lot of individuals who were really good at their chosen profession and that skill got them thrust into the management arena.

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A Campbell’s Soup CEO on Office Politics

Leadership Freak

Office politicians make themselves look good while making others look bad. “Create environments where people believe they will be honored,” Doug Conant. I recall a meeting where an office politician made a member of the team look incompetent. They subtly pointed out a Director’s mistake – who wasn’t present – while demonstrating their own competence. [.].

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How Leaders Can Take Advantage of the Summer Downtime

Tanveer Naseer

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the importance of leaders taking time off work and going on vacation, a piece which I’m happy to share has been picked up by the American Management Association (AMA) and is now featured on their website. Since publishing that piece, I’ve received a number of emails from my readers and had conversations with various friends and acquaintances where they shared how vacation time is viewed by their bosses and their organizations.

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Leadership Partners

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ~ John F. Kennedy Leadership Partners.

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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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Four Ways to Learn More Than You Ever Have Before

Kevin Eikenberry

Tom stepped into the meeting room, but from his perspective it might as well have been a jail cell. He was a prisoner in his own work day. Why? The PowerPoint slide projected on the screen said it all. “Welcome to our Refresher Training.” Refresher training might be needed for some people but Tom already [.].

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A CEO of Campbell’s Explains the Power of “AND”

Leadership Freak

Image source Leadership principles that work the best change us the most. Trouble is leadership is situational. That’s why many principles work in one context but not another. I ask Doug Conant, retired CEO of Campbell’s Soup, to share the universal leadership principle that most changed him. The genius of “and”: Doug said moving from [.].

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What Happens After a Legend Leaves?

Next Level Blog

There’s been so much written about Steve Jobs stepping down as Apple CEO this week. As an Apple fan and a student of business leaders, it’s hard to disagree with the many, many tribute articles that. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Living your vision

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. ~ Warren Bennis Living your vision.

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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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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Hello everyone! Hope your having a good start to your week thus far. Last week I came across so many great blog posts, and it was not easy selecting just five of my favorites. Enjoy the five I chose to share with you and feel free to comment. Paul Castain, Sales Playbook: 3 Ways To A Better "But" - No, I did not misspell the word "but," and this is not a post about shaping up your rear end.

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15 Techniques that Create Upward Mobility

Leadership Freak

Image source It’s not unusual for emerging leaders to seek advice on how to ask for a promotion. It’s not enough to ask for a promotion. You must build a platform. 5 techniques you should never employ: Avoid being a threat to insecure bosses. If possible, help them get what they want. Never say you [.].

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August Leadership Development Challenge Results Are In!

Persuasive Powerhouse

The results are in from this month’s Leadership Development Challenge votes. Dan McCarthy and Scott Eblin were in a dead heat for top vote-getters. However, it was a very close race with Art Petty , Sharlyn Lauby , Jennifer Miller , and our gracious guest, Gwyn Teatro close behind. We’ll continue to appreciate your comments and ideas on the post and encourage you to provide them.

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I’ll Pay You To Go Away- Leadership Lessons From Jersey Shore

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership What does Leadership have to do with Reality TV? A LOT… From “Survivor&# to “The Apprentice&# , these shows are impacting our leadership culture. This genre of television leads the networks as having one of the most loyal of all fan bases, and I must admit I have my own favorites. I’ve always been a fan [.

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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.