Sat.Oct 11, 2014 - Fri.Oct 17, 2014

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How to Have a Difficult Conversation

Let's Grow Leaders

'When I ask leaders why they’re not telling people what they need to know, the most consistent response I get is “ Sh e or he didn’t ask.” Quite frankly that’s a cop-out. Yeah sure–ideally everyone would be ASKING for feedback. If you’re not asking, start asking now. It may be the only thing standing between you and the truth.

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Positive Change: Because That’s The Way It’s Always Been…

General Leadership

'As leaders, we are charged with guiding our organizations to success. Whatever that mark of success may be be, it most definitely involves positive change. To be successful, we must question everything and never allow the mindset… Because That’s The Way It’s Always Been Around Here. The best way to explain this to any organization is to present the gorilla experiment.

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What Is Fueling You?

Lead Change Blog

'One of the best parts of my job is getting to read the newest leadership titles, long before they release. Sometimes it’s after I have signed a new client and sometimes it’s in the process of deciding whether it is a fit to work together. Last night, I spent some time with Popeyes CEO Cheryl Bachelder’s manuscript of Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others.

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Leading Rookie Talent: Helping New Recruits Hit the Target

Leading Blog

'Are your new employees loose canons or heat-seeking missiles? In a rapidly changing world, experience can be a curse. Strategies can grow stale and innovation can stop. Being new, naïve, and even clueless, can be an asset. Rookies – people of any age who are new to a task – aren’t weighed down with old assumptions and are more likely to explore new possibilities.

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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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Leaders Weigh in on Achieving Breakthrough Results – A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our October Festival is all about Achieving Breakthrough Results. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Culture and Teamwork. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan.

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The Timeless Allure of Leadership

General Leadership

'“The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace?”. Max DePree. Unquestionably, the rapid advances in technology and rate of change in organizations has made the challenges associated with leadership increasingly dynamic.

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Leading Rookie Talent: A Sizing Guide for Stretch Assignments

Leading Blog

'Rookies: Bumbling newbies that require copious management? Or underutilized top performers that need to be turned loose? While we often think of newcomers (be they young employees or experienced staff from another arena) as empty vessels that need to be filled up, my research shows that being a rookie – facing a new problem or a challenge for the first time – can provoke top performance.

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4 Reasons Underdogs Will Rule the World

Let's Grow Leaders

'The playing field was clearly uneven, but the “visiting team” had chosen to come and play by our rules: An underdog team at it’s finest. I was teaching executive presence and communication to MBA students, 30% for whom English is their second language. The final assignment was TEDdy talks, 5 minute speeches in the style of TED. I knew the assignment was stacked in favor of the American students.

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A Day Short of Missing History

General Leadership

'“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”. Christopher Columbus. It’s a seldom discussed fact that Christopher Columbus nearly missed his chance to make the history books in his 1492 discovery of the “New World.” Had his ship sailed on yet one day longer without sighting land, they would have turned around and headed back to Spain on the 12 th of October.

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“Chip Shots” From Our Leading Voices

Lead Change Blog

'Here at Lead Change Group, we know that most problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. To use a golf analogy, not every shot is a long drive. Many times, leaders have to take a chip shot to move the ball along for a short distance, with incisive accuracy. In our Leading Voices Chip Shots we’ll be sharing one question to which several of our Leading Voices have contributed a brief thought or reaction.

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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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Leading Past The Target

Terry Starbucker

'It was so much fun we didn’t want it to be over. We were having a great ride on this roller coaster, and the cool thing was, there were more thrilling twists and turns ahead of us. But reality had intervened, and we had to stop – and, on top of that, all the riders had to go their separate ways. It was July of 2010, and I was playing a round of golf with my core management team in Billings, Montana.

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How to Become Indispensable to Your Clients

Michael Lee Stallard

'What makes you indispensable to a client? So indispensable that she treats you as a valued partner and pays you well for a sustained period of time? The obvious answer is to have clearly demonstrable expertise in areas she values. This alone will open doors and close deals for you. It won’t ensure long-term loyalty, however. To become truly indispensable requires a human connection that nurtures trust.

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Why Mindfulness is for Leaders and Not Just Monks

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Scott Eblin - a nice follow-up to my recent post at About.com, from someone that knows more about the topic than I do! Scott is the best at what he does - coaching and advising successful but overworked executives. Buy his new book! You know a topic is hot when it makes the cover of Time. That’s what happened with mindfulness last year when the magazine ran a cover story called The Mindful Revolution.

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Are You Using The Right V.I.C.E. Grip?

Lead Change Blog

'Leaders with any size team in any size of an organization have to ensure they are using the right tools in order to achieve elite performance. If you are trying to build a house with the wrong tools you won’t ever be able to build it. If you are trying to lead a team to deliver world class results with the wrong tools you won’t even be able to lay the foundation.

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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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How To Work At Home With Kids.

Rich Gee Group

'Fact: Working with kids at home isn’t simple – but it’s not impossible. And it’s actually rewarding and fun! Some back story: I have two offices: One is in Stamford, seven floors up (at the penthouse!), where I coach, meet clients, and brainstorm new directions for my company. The other is in Oxford, second floor, where I also coach and brainstorm.

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Connect Through Team Activities

Michael Lee Stallard

'#54 Take Time for Team Activities – Consider activities that you can do together as a team. Pixar Animation has Pixar University to help create connection among employees. Each employee has the option to attend up to four hours of classes each week. The university offers more than 90 classes from filmmaking to drawing. The motto on Pixar University’s crest is a Latin phrase meaning “alone no longer.”.

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Mindfulness in the Workplace Is More than Meditation

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'In a recent Huffington Post article, Ford Motor Company chairman Bill Ford and former Google.org director Larry Brilliant are described as business leaders who advocate mindfulness. The article then goes on to list ten executives who meditate regularly. It’s easy to assume mindfulness and meditation are the same. A recent Forbes article describes other activities being taught in the workplace, such as spending 5 minutes each day doing nothing and taking time out for reflective reading.

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Establishing Goals that Balance Stretch and Reality

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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6 Simple Leadership Don’ts and Dos

Great Leadership By Dan

'Sometimes we tend to "complexify" things. Things like leadership. That''s why I love Bill Treasurer''s guest post over at About.com Leadership and Management: 6 Simple Leadership Don’ts and Dos.

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Leadership Infrastructure – A Prerequisite To Mightiness

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by Robert Sher. As a society, our physical infrastructure consists of the structures that support us: roads, bridges, water pipes and pumps, sewers and generators, cellular towers, and the acres of servers and miles of wires that give us the Internet. These structures sustain us, delivering what we need to survive and thrive.

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How to lead when others hesitate

Persuasive Powerhouse

' . There are times when people may be reluctant to follow your lead. Maybe you recently received a promotion to a new position with new direct reports and they are holding back as they evaluate your leadership capability. Or you might be working to become a better leader and changing your behavior making people unsure of what to expect from you now.

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Networking One To One

Women on Business

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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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The One Thing Great Leaders Know They Must Do

Joseph Lalonde

'G reat leaders know they must do lots of things. Great leaders need to be aware of their team’s emotions. Great leaders need to be consuming and creating fresh content. Great leaders need to take people to new heights. But great leaders also know there’s one thing that is required to lead well. What is that one thing? Keep reading to find out.

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3 Factors That Numb Ethics Efforts (And 3 That Energize Them)

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton To build a strong ethical culture, leaders should take a positive, preventive approach to ethics. That would include communicating clear ethical values and expectations and quickly stopping any unethical behavior. But those things are not enough by themselves. There are cultural factors that either enable our prevention efforts or disable them.

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SERVANT Leaders are Selfless – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

'Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT (Selfless, Empathetic, Resolute, Virtuous, Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. The first principle in the SERVANT Leadership acronym is Selfless.

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Sponsored Video: 5 Tips to Build a Sense of Community on Your Business Blog

Women on Business

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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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30 Definitions of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

'Leadership has always been an elusive concept to define. Perhaps that’s why it’s so hard to learn and great leaders are in such short supply. There really is no one “right” definition of leadership – so instead, I''ve published a collection of my favorite definitions over at About.com Management and Leadership, from both the famous and not-so-famous.

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8 Leadership Lessons From The Walking Dead Volume 1 Comics

Joseph Lalonde

'L ast night The Walking Dead season 5 premiered on AMC. The Walking Dead has taken the world by storm with it’s griping story and zombie story lines. While I wasn’t able to catch the season premier, I have been reading through The Walking Dead comic book series. The Walking Dead comics have a different storyline than the AMC TV series. So I’m not sure where the TV series is in regards to the comic books but I’ve found myself quickly reading through the books and being dr

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098: Overworked and Overwhelmed: 4 tools for leaders to reclaim their lives and boost productivity | with Scott Eblin

Engaging Leader

'Many leaders today are chronically overworked and overwhelmed by the seemingly non-stop demands of their time and attention. If you feel like you’re constantly outrunning burnout, resentment, and collapse, chances are you aren’t performing up to your potential as a leader. Hard work tends to go hand-in-hand with success, but over the long term, that […] Many leaders today are chronically overworked and overwhelmed by the seemingly non-stop demands of their time and attention.

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Active and Reactive Approaches to Get a Board Seat

Women on Business

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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.