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Riots in Baltimore: Why I Need You to Help Me Write My Next Post

Let's Grow Leaders

I don’t usually write on Tuesdays, but it would be irresponsible to not write in the midst of the chaos brewing in my hometown, Baltimore. For my international viewers, Baltimore has joined the cities featured on CNN and the morning shows due to their looting and protest-related violence as a response to the Freddie Gray tragedy. As I write this, the sun hasn’t even set.

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Character in Leadership: Part 2 of 3

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series by Colonel Albers on traits that can make or break a leader. Steadfastness During Trials. In the first part of this series we looked at humility – and how true humility is a critical trait that involves right thinking about oneself.

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Favor Guidelines Over Rules and Controls

Michael Lee Stallard

#82 Favor Guidelines Over Rules and Controls. Minimize excessive rules and controls. Being controlled feels disrespectful and impedes our ability to grow. Establish guidelines instead and make people know that you are available if they have questions or would like you to be a sounding board. This is the eighty-second post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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The Lighthouse Of Legacy

Lead Change Blog

Each and every one of you is currently in a pivotal moment. You just might not know it. Is your business languishing in the face of an unprecedented level of challenge from a particularly fierce competitor? Are you being forced to continually do more with less, pushing you beyond the brink of effectiveness? Perhaps your friends and family are quietly suffering because you are simply working too much, or you are not present enough when you are with them.

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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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5 Leadership Priorities During Times of Crises #BaltimoreRiots

Let's Grow Leaders

“It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded,” Michael Fletcher explains in his excellent Washington Post article digging a level deeper into the rioting and destruction in Baltimore this week. He stated, “Baltimore is not Ferguson and its primary problems are not racial.” There’s a huge economic divide that has been eating away the infrastructure of our city for years.

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Time Machine Tuesday: 10 Traits of General Officers that Every Leader Needs

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 3 May 2013. “ Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.” Titus Livins. The Allies just lost over 10,000 service members at the Chosin Reservoir in late 1950 and retreated back to the original positions they held before the batt

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Finding The Energy To Do More With Less

Lead Change Blog

Last week I received a cartoon by Artell, over social media. The cartoon showed a group of people sitting around a conference table with this caption: I need your sales forecasts by Monday, your updated client list by Tuesday, your expense reports by Wednesday and your budget plans by Thursday. And by the way – why aren’t your people making more sales calls?

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5 Ways to Ensure Your Voice is Heard

Let's Grow Leaders

In the Q&A after my keynote the other day, a woman (ironically after refusing to use my microphone) asked, “You know that part where you talk about Professor Lupin and facing your fears? What if your biggest fear is that you won’t be heard… how do you make that feel ridiculous?” We chatted for a moment about really considering what “the worst thing that could happen” was in this scenario.

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Champions Don’t Take Shortcuts

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi. I’ve been an athlete my entire life.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2015

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May. Connection Culture : The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work by Michael Lee Stallard with Jason Pankau and Katharine P Stallard. The Hard Hat : 21 Ways to Be a Great Teammate by Jon Gordon. People Over Profit : Break the System, Live with Purpose, Be More Successful by Dale Partridge.

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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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The Power Of A Leader

Lead Change Blog

Two years ago today, I stood in my kitchen talking to a few team members via video call on GoToMeeting. My home phone rang. I let it go, and it ended, then started again. The caller ID indicated a local number, and I had a brief flash of concern that it might be my daughters’ school, so I stepped away from the computer screen to pick up the call.

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The One Thing Leaders Cannot Alter or Change (No Matter How Hard They Try)

Terry Starbucker

Five years ago this week I released my free e-book, “Leadership From A Glass Half-Full: The 5 Lessons You Need To Learn Before You Jump Into the Pool” It sprung from a wish to pay forward what I had learned the hard way: “I wish I had some kind of guidebook that at the very least warned me about the things I just absolutely had to know before I got started (as a leader)” It’s been downloaded nearly 14,000 times, and I am truly grateful that it has been read, and hop

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.” Lt Gen Russel L. Honoré. . How did you enjoy today’s post?

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2015 that you might have missed: "The path from strategy to execution should be energizing and inherently inspirational." by Ken Favaro. Focused Or Flailing? by @CABachelder. Lead Change Group: The Power of a Leader. Are You Drowning Your Team? by @SkipPrichard. If you can't be interesting without profanity , then let's face it: you're not that interesting.

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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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8 Barriers Worth Questioning

Lead Change Blog

Do you hold on to opinions like a pit bull, even when new information suggests it’s time to rethink your position? Are you quick to say no to new ideas? Do you hold tightly to corporate policies and procedures, even when it’s clear they aren’t working well? If yes, you create barriers for yourself and others that may be damaging your career, your organization’s results, and people’s job satisfaction – yours included.

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“Connection Culture” Book is Now Available!

Michael Lee Stallard

I am excited to announce that my latest book, Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work is now available! Connection Culture includes inspiring stories of great leaders who created connection cultures, scientific evidence that people and organizations need connection cultures to thrive, and descriptions of ways to connect that include attitudes, uses of language and behaviors.

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3 Key Steps When Transitioning to Full Time Entrepreneur

Women on Business

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Great Bosses Don’t Discount Others, They Validate Others

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds: I believe we are all leaders in our families, communities, and workplaces. “But wait,” you say, “I’m not a formal leader in my organization.” That may be - but it doesn’t mean that you’re not a powerful influencer. The reality is you are - we all are - in daily conversations with others. Our conversations with others might have neutral impact.

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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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All In Or All Out?

Lead Change Blog

We who would help others be more effective leaders might need to watch our language. One of my pet phrasing peeves is the currently popular business phrase all in. I am regularly asked if I am all in with regard to some project, initiative, or cause. I’ll bet you have been asked this or a similar question, or maybe you even use the phrase yourself sometimes.

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What Jazz Taught Me About Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

When you grow up in Montreal, it’s almost a given that you become a fan of Jazz music. For those you might not know this, every summer Montreal hosts the world’s largest Jazz Festival in the world (I kid you not – we even hold the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest Jazz festival). It’s an annual event that’s been held here for over 35 years and one that I’ve been attending annually since I was in high school.

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Is It Time to Change the Definition of Project Success?

Women on Business

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12 Ways to Develop Leadership Confidence

Great Leadership By Dan

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : I was in a talent review meeting recently and we were discussing the strengths and development needs of a promising young leader. When I asked what the leader’s biggest development need was, the answer was “confidence”. When faced with a development need, I can usually adlib a pretty good development plan , but I drew on a blank on this one.

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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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Three Questions – Are Our Leaders Ready For The Future?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Our future success is in the hands of our leaders. They will be the ones to notice and remove roadblocks, mentor employees and foresee future opportunities. They will be the ones to tackle the seemingly unsolvable problems of the future. Are they ready?

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Ten Things that don’t Matter Much – One that Does

Leadership Freak

Leaders who neglect what matters always fall short. 10 things that don’t matter much: Sitting at your desk. Past success. All the good reasons things can’t be done.

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Reducing Workplace Stress with Mindfulness Practice

Women on Business

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Don’t Let a Bad Apple Spoil the Bunch

Great Leadership By Dan

One of the most effective ways to manage difficult employees is using a 90-day performance improvement plan. These plans, when structured and executed properly, can help coach an employee through the steps needed to change their behavior. Read Beth Armknecht Miller ’s new guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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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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When your team is silent

Persuasive Powerhouse

You’re leading team meetings regularly and you’re frustrated. Even though you consider yourself a collaborative leader, you’ve noticed that when you invite your team to participate in discussions you’re often met with silence. They stare back at you. Not much is coming out of their mouths’ that’s helpful to the issues you want their input on.

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What To Do When Your Team Leaves

Joseph Lalonde

W hether you’re leading a Fortune 500 company or tending a small church, you’ll experience staff turnover. Sometimes it’s small. Other times it’s a major blow. One team member leaves and then another. Then another and the more. It’s like a dam broke and the water cleared out everyone you thought would always be there. Image by Pierre Guinoiseau.

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Top 50 Companies for Diversity in 2015

Women on Business

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Growing Yourself, Your Team, and Your Business

Great Leadership By Dan

Every person, every organization, and every business gets stuck. For successful people and businesses, it can be very hard to recognize that they are stuck and even harder to do what is necessary to break free of old ideas and habits to get back on the growth path. Read David Greer’s guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how!

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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.