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Small is Powerful

Women's Leadership Exchange

After a hard day's work, I like nothing better than unwinding with a glass of wine and watching "American Idol" I love see non-celebs get their chance to courageously sing their hearts out to 10 million people on live TV, with the possibility of becoming a big star. Since it's one of the top shows, obviously others share my passion. What do I love about American Idol?

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My Epic, Unneccesarily Detailed Recap of South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009

Managing Communities

During the second week of March, I headed to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009. The conference itself ran from March 13 through March 17 and I arrived on March 12 and left on March 18. Since it is still fresh in my mind, as I did last year, I wanted to [.]. Tags: Managing Online Forums (Book) Off Topic Press.

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Epilogue to the Epilogue

Steve Farber

The epilogue at the end of Greater Than Yourself is a case study of a GTY challenge I issued to the students and staff of Up with People. (There’s a little film snippet of the experience over at greaterthanyourself.com ). If you look in the book, you’ll notice that the byline on the piece is not yours truly, but Andrew Lanham, who was a staff member at the time.

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Making Change Happen When You're Not The Boss | You're Not the.

You're Not the Boss of Me

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Are You Really A Team Player? Change & The Credibility Factor → April 20, 2009 · 6:50 am ↓ Jump to Comments Making Change Happen When You’re Not The Boss Some time ago I noticed that someone had googled this: “ How to make change happen when you’re not the boss&# I imagine this is something that rates very high on the frustration scale in a lot of organizations because hier

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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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Dare to Stay Engaged through a Positive Mindset!

Anese Cavanaugh

I was on a flight from NYC to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and sat next to a gentleman who’d worked for a large financial firm on Wall Street. He was now without a job and exploring options. As I spoke with this guy, what struck me was his attitude. He was looking at this “horrible” situation, one that was stressful and would have a large impact on his family (including a possible relocation), as an opportunity to re-assess and “start over.” He said, “I’

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Free Leadership Library

Steve Farber

What do Warren Bennis, Marcus Buckingham, Pat Lencioni, Marshall Goldsmith, Dan & Chip Heath and Don Hutson all have in common? Well, aside from the fact that each is a bestselling author and leadership guru in his own right, they’re all part of a free leadership library being offered by Growing Today as an incentive to participate in a campaign for Greater Than Yourself.

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Do What You Love, Take Care of Yourself, Embrace No and Keep Moving

Anese Cavanaugh

We talk a lot about avoiding burnout these days: “the economy”, “work/life balance”, and all sorts of topics provide us with lots to discuss and lots to “work harder” on. In my experience, the quickest way I know to prevent burnout is not to “avoid it” (after all, we create what we think about, and even more so what we avoid), but rather to make sure we’re doing stuff that has meaning and purpose for us – EVERY SINGLE DAY.