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How to say, “No”

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Book Review: The Right Leader

Lead on Purpose

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success | Guy Harris: The Recovering.

The Recovering Engineer

Subscribe to Receive Updates Home About This Blog Archives Great Reading Contact Me my business about me Communication Skills Persuasion DISC Model Family Relationships Parenting Leadership Skills Post Series Reflections Decision Making From Our Cats Personal Change Resolving Conflict Problem Solving Video Browse > Home / Personal Change , Reflections / Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success Learn From Bubble Wrap – Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success January 26, 2010 by Guy Harris Filed

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Trait Theory

LDRLB

'The search for the characteristics or traits of leaders has existed for centuries. History’s greatest philosophical writings from Plato’s Republic to Plutarch’s Lives have explored the question of “What qualities distinguish an individual as a leader?” Underlying this search was the early recognition of the importance of leadership and the assumption that leadership is rooted in the characteristics that certain individuals possess.

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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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How to Write an Ad to Hire Employees

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Your Voice of Encouragement: You Can Win the Battle but Lose the War

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Monday, January 25, 2010 You Can Win the Battle but Lose the War It’s human nature to want to be right or have our way. But there are times when you really have to evaluate whether getting what you want at the moment is going to be in the best interest of you, the other person and your relationship for the long-term.

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Book Review: The Peter Principle

LDRLB

'I’m going to stretch my rule on reviewing solid, researched books on leadership or organizational theory. The Peter Principle is in, fact theory. However, it hasn’t been researched because it’s also satire. The Peter Principle is both a book by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull and an organization principle similar to Parkinson’s Law.

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Evidence-based Rules for “How to Set Goals”

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Excellence - Set High Standards for What You Do

Your Voice of Encouragement

skip to main | skip to sidebar Thursday, January 28, 2010 Excellence - Set High Standards for What You Do It’s tempting to take the easy way out and just do the minimum to get by. Most people take this approach. But when you set and meet high standards, you can take pride in what you’ve accomplished – and you’ll definitely stand out from the crowd.

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Winnie-the-Pooh and the Power of Attitudes

Building Personal Strength

My old friend Ron retired from his career in corporate law a couple years ago. He emailed me recently that he's now a regular reader of my blog and enjoyed the recent posts about optimism. He attached a brief article about attitude that he wrote years ago and circulated among the managers in his company. It started with a reference to Eeyore, the gloomy donkey character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books.

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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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Go Thinking!

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Go Thinking! Our thinking sets us apart as professionals. It determines our success and our future. Yet, I see so many people who are always in “doing” mode. Even when they have a few solitary moments, they would pull out their cell phone and start checking their text messages or worst, play games! They literally hunt to find things that can fill their time.

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Emptyness–and filling it.

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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When Talking About What You Allow On Your Community, Don’t Say “Freedom of Speech”

Managing Communities

photo credit: ` TheDreamSky ??? ?? “Freedom of speech&# is a tricky subject. In the United States of America, where I’m from, it’s something that we as citizens take full advantage of. Sometimes, this is awesome – sometimes, it is quite ugly. But, the key is that we have the freedom to be either one [.]. Tags: Dealing with Users.

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HOPE - My Karma Bowl

Building Personal Strength

As I walk through the door to my office, on a shelf to the left sits a wicker basket over-filled with souvenirs, symbols of sentiment and remembrance, charms, amulets, power objects, and stuff that looks an awful like junk. This is my "karma bowl." I'd be amazed if you ever heard of such a thing. There's a story behind it, though. The best version is my wife Kathleen's , which she told on her blog recently.

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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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No Pain, No Gain. Life Lesson on Endurance

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer No Pain, No Gain. Life Lesson on Endurance I learned one of the most important life lessons from my gym instructor a few years ago. I had then joined the gym with an objective of shedding a few kilos. We would start our routine with some basic warm-up exercises and as the time passed, the rigor of our work-outs became more extensive.

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Twitter Log XVI

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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Try These 6 No-Cost Leadership Tips

Eric Jacobson

I had the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Branham the other day. He's the author of the popular book called " The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave ," and he's the owner of the Overland Park, KS-based business called Keeping The People. He said that in research that he has done about the leaders of companies that have won "Best-Place-To-Work" competitions in 45 U.S. cities, that there are six things these effective leaders do that don't cost money.

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Building Personal Strength - Why You Should Consider Doing It

Building Personal Strength

I've been hearing the term "personal strength" in the media more often these days. That's a good thing. But it's important to define it well. My take on that. In a subsequent post, I illustrated by giving over 40 examples of important behavior patterns that I consider to be personal strengths. Yesterday I explained what you have to do if you want to make a personal strength even stronger.

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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 GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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I Speak at Conferences and Events

Managing Communities

photo credit: BuzzShift For what seems like forever, I’ve been working on my just launched about and speaking pages. Probably the biggest reason I did it was because I’m hoping to speak more. Since finishing “Managing Online Forums,&# I’ve done 11 engagements at 7 different events. While this doesn’t make me a veteran, it means I’m not [.].

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Read A Top Leadership Book

Eric Jacobson

During the past few months, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What Is Your Favorite?" When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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The Secret to Success Is. Failure

Building Personal Strength

Want a big boost to keep you cruising along the sometimes bumpy road leading towards your success? Watch this high-quality, high-impact Honda-produced video (8:20) all the way through. It will make a lasting impression you. Are you trying difficult things? Taking chances? Pushing the envelope? Are you willing to fail and learn the kinds of lessons that only failure can teach?

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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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70% of employers have rejected applicants based on their online information

Chartered Management Institute

That was the startling outcome of a survey by Microsoft recently to mark the 4th annual Data Privacy Day. We all know and have heard stories of people posting pictures of them in various drunken states on Facebook and this returning to bite them on the bum professionally. Or sports stars getting into hot water for tweeting things they shouldn't be about team affairs.

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ManagingCommunities.com Turns Two Years Old!

Managing Communities

photo credit: kiewic It was two years ago today that I launched ManagingCommunities.com. Once you reach a certain age, time just seems to fly by! In light of this milestone, I wanted to take a moment to thank all my loyal readers. I appreciate your support and your contributions. I hope that I’ve provided value to [.]. Tags: ManagingCommunities.com.

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Follow These Leadership Tips

Eric Jacobson

Here are a few tips for how you can improve your leadership skills: Think long-term. Too often, short-term gains, no matter how attractive, are not worth it if they could hinder your prospects for the future. Find a mentor. Better yet, find a couple different mentors. Perhaps you work with someone in your business and also someone who is in a business completely different than your business.

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Dozens of Personal Strengths

Building Personal Strength

Since I began writing for this blog, I've written hundreds of articles, all about something called "personal strength." In a previous post, I shared my definition of personal strength : Behavior patterns that involve doing hard things to deal with the challenges of life. How many personal strengths are there? In my previous post I said, "many - dozens.

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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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Three great videos by Charles Deming

Chartered Management Institute

Three great videos by Charles Deming, visionary management thinker and leader of the lean movement.

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5 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Social Media

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 5 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Social Media by Starbucker on January 24, 2010 It’s the new elephant in the room. Boardrooms and conference rooms, that is. Businesses have been wrestling with this thing called Social Media for several years now, and while some have entered the fray, it’s still an enigma to many.

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On Leadership, Opening Up and Being Prepared

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Leadership, Opening Up and Being Prepared Leaders cannot afford to be confined. Confined by constructs of an organization. Limited job descriptions. Rigid ways of handling situations. Status-Quos. Being in a leadership position is more than being a box in the organization structure, or having a fancy title.

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Rush Limbaugh and William Shatner Talk About Personal Strength

Building Personal Strength

I watched William Shatner interview Rush Limbaugh on his show "Raw Nerve" the other day. Both of them had to deal with addiction in their lives, and as Shatner shared his experience with his wife's alcoholism, he used the term "personal strength." This surprised me, because I throught it was a relatively new term. I've been researching, thinking and writing in this area for more than 15 years, but I didn't start using that term until a couple years ago.

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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.