Sat.Jun 15, 2013 - Fri.Jun 21, 2013

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Stupid Idea or Seeds of Brilliance?

Let's Grow Leaders

'The young leader came racing in my office, his “great idea” bursting from his heart. He had a plan and was ready to go. I listened to his enthusiastic outburst with mixed emotions. He had energy, passion, and commitment. Good start. But…it was a stupid idea. My inside voice screamed… No way This idea will [.] The post Stupid Idea or Seeds of Brilliance?

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5 Transitions Great Leaders Make That Average Leaders Don’t

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . The secret to leadership is there aren’t any real secrets. The best leaders have simply gone to school on improving their tradecraft. While the capabilities possessed by the best leaders might seem otherworldly to many, they are merely the outcome of hard work, experience, perspective, and yes, a bit of luck.

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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

'What are the secrets to entrepreneurial success? The best way to discover them is to ask those who have overcome the odds to tell their stories, and that’s what the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network (OEN) did last week here in Portland, inviting 15 Oregon entrepreneurs to speak at their first OEN Summit. I was honored to be the emcee of the event, which attracted a sell-out crowd of nearly 200 (that’s me doing the kickoff in the pic).

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Melinda Gates to Grads: Make Deep Human Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

'Click here to view the embedded video. Check out this inspiring commencement speech given by Melinda Gates. She tells Duke graduates to make deep human connections and goes on to describe connection as the purpose of a meaningful life.

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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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What Motivates You? 360 Degree Perceptions

Let's Grow Leaders

'What motivates you? What would your friends say motives you? How about your mom? Your boss? Your kids? It’s been a while since we did some real work together at Let’s Grow Leaders. Today I challenge you to a short-term experiment that I picked up reading What Keeps Leaders Up at Night. More to come on [.] The post What Motivates You?

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When in Doubt, Rehearse!

N2Growth Blog

'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Lately I’ve seen several leaders trip over the unexpected outcome of a grand plan. They failed to anticipate the mistakes and mishaps that happen in all organizations. When I see an outcome surprise a leader, I’m reminded of a lesson I learned years ago from my Dad. He had been a great football coach and when I expressed interest in playing quarterback, he agreed to teach me how.

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Phil Jackson's 11 Principle's of Mindful Leadership

Leading Blog

'Phil Jackson, considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association, has won 11 titles as a coach. The most in NBA history. Eleven Rings is a memoir that, for me, is more about leadership and relationships than basketball. Jackson''s principles are worth taking a look at. They support the idea that a leader''s job is to build leaders at all levels.

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Rejected Again: How to Handle Rejection

Let's Grow Leaders

'The game of life involves more rejections than selections. If you’re always getting chosen, you’re not shooting high enough. You get it. But, rejection still sucks. I am interviewing for a substantial and pivotal leadership position in my organization. The resumes are piling up fast with qualified candidates. I see the scurry of activity as [.

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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

'By Patricia Lenkov , Chair, Executive Search, N2growth. Dell Computer and the story of its potentially going private have occupied many a news column of late. In the most recent turn of events, Blackstone Group withdrew its bid for the company after making the determination that Dell’s future and the PC industry looks bleak. Throughout all this I cannot help but ask what seems to be a fundamental underlying question about this company, and that is, who should lead Dell going forward?

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The Mindful Heart – Leading ourselves and others mindfully

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development “Mindfulness lets us absorb the richness of the moment instead of going through life with half of our attention on the past or future or our own mental chatter.” Wisdom Commons As leaders, we are accountable for creating environments in which our teams are nurtured and energized. Our culture innovates and flourish, and our communities [.].

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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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12 Ways to Become a more Courageous Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

'"Courage is being scared to death—but saddling up anyway.". — John Wayne. Does courage matter? According to most of the research on leadership effectiveness I’ve seen, courage ranks pretty high as an important leadership characteristic. These are tough times, and tough times require courageous leaders. We all know this, right? We sure know it when we don’t see it.

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How Stress is Hurting Your Career

Let's Grow Leaders

'You know stress is bad for your health. But what about your career? When results are rough the “obvious” answer is to work longer and harder. It’s sad to watch a passionate, hard-working leader shoot themselves in the foot with a stressful reaction. Don’t let stress destroy hard work or sabotage your progress. Stress [.

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Drawing: A Life Lesson

N2Growth Blog

'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. “John, do you understand what’s going on in this class?”. My college art instructor asked me that question nearly 40 years ago and I remember his words as if they were said yesterday. I was obviously the least “talented” person in his class and he was flummoxed as how to work with me.

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Creating Conditions that Allow for Consistency and Excellence

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Books Change Management Self Leadership Last week I signed up to write this blog post, and I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I wanted to write a book review on The Outstanding Organization by Karen Martin. Although I read the book several months ago, Karen’s work has really resonated with me and has made a lasting impression. It’s not [.].

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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 Encourage Team Members to Lead

Lead on Purpose

'Guest post by Lindsay Traiman. Leadership plays a vital role in every company. To have a successful business, it is important that every team member is prepared to step up and lead when necessary. Forbes.com defines leadership as “a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal.” By encouraging others to lead, you can more easily achieve company goals and create a nurturing, supportive work environment.

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Information Underload: What Are You Missing?

Let's Grow Leaders

'“It’s entirely possible that you can process and file more information than anyone who has come before you. And quite likely that this filing is preventing you from growing and changing and confronting the fear that’s holding you back.” -Seth Godin, “I Get It“ The higher you grow in the organization, the more you work [.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Change An Organization’s Culture

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by Jon Katzenbach and DeAnne Aguirre. It is striking to see how many chief executives see their most important responsibility as being the leader of the company’s culture. According to Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, “Culture is your company’s number one asset.” Her counterpart at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, has said, “Everything I do is a reinforcement or not of what we want to have happen culturally.

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How to Not Be “That” Manager

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Managers of people can get a bad rap. Sometimes it’s deserved. As an employee, can you relate to any of these scenarios? You receive a series of emails from your boss on the XYZ Project. If he would have read through his inbox, he might see that all his questions are eventually answered. He wouldn’t [.].

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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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Failure is always an option

Persuasive Powerhouse

'We can learn a lot from artists about failure. A ceramic artist named Tonya Rund who uses a technique called raku to create her art uses failure to her advantage. I treasure and own several of her wall pieces, which I see as abstract reflections of the outdoor environment that surrounds my home. She captures nature with dimension, light, originality, and a lot of grace*.

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What a Rock Star Taught Me About Perseverence

Nathan Magnuson

'For the record, I never wanted to be a rock star. But as a college freshman I decided I was going to make an album. I hadn’t quite grown out of my belief that I could do absolutely anything I set my mind to. It was a good sentiment from my growing up years, but [.].

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Inside the Mind of a Startup Entrepreneur [Infographic]

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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Mentor Primer: Bosses at Blackboards

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development Learning involves taking risks–experimenting with new ideas and skills. And, who’s going to deliberately look foolish in front of the “writer of the performance appraisal?” How can the “boss at the blackboard” encourage learning when simply “being the boss” puts power, control, and “play it safe” in the “classroom?

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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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Become obsessed with being human

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Leadership is the public expression of what it means to be human. People are watching you closely as you lead them. Every shortcoming and every victory is there for all to see. It’s time to step into your own humanity; to recognize that you’ll do good, you’ll make mistakes, you will be strong, you will be fearful, you will be confident, and you will doubt.

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Your Company Language- is it Driving the Results you Want?

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to hear David Marquet, author of Turn the Ship Around speak about the frameworks to creating leadership throughout an organization. And one of the questions he posed to the audience was "How do employees talk to each other? This got me thinking about the dozens of companies I have worked and currently work with and how they communicated with each other.

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One Woman’s Experience of Learning the Hard Way

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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Managers, meet with your employees to show you mean business

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development SmartBlog for Leadership [link] When you try to have meaningful conversations with your employees, the outcome can be hit-or-miss. Let’s say you are interested in what motivates them and how they like to be rewarded. This is important and well intended, but they may not be completely open with you until they have more experience with you.

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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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Cultural Competence Required

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Openness to learning about other cultures has become a necessary component of leadership. One way to help people respect cultural differences is to build what UNESCO calls "intercultural competence.".

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The Value of Vision Series – Kouzes and Posner

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'Focusing on the Future Sets Leaders Apart. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. We’ve all had a glimpse of the future. You know, that time when you imagined running your own business… or that dream of traveling to an exotic place… or that bold idea for a game-changing new product… or that burning desire to get an advanced degree… or that sense of purpose you felt when you signed up for the sustainability campaign… or that calling to join a cause and make this a bette

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Women of Innovation – Viveka von Rosen

Women on Business

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Are You an Input Junkie?

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Self Leadership [link] In 2012 the average attention span was 8 seconds according to the Associated Press. That is 3 seconds less than reported in 2000 – a 25% decline. It is now official that our attention span is LESS than the attention span of a goldfish! We are bombarded daily with a staggering amount of information. Truth [.].

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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.