Sat.Oct 29, 2011 - Fri.Nov 04, 2011

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Leadership & The Expectation Gap

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. When it comes to leadership, I can share the issue of expectations is no small matter. In fact, understanding how to come out on the right-side of the expectation curve can often be the difference between being viewed as an average leader and one held in high regard. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership.

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One Word Leaders Should Never Use

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, (@thoughtLEADERS) the author of One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership (you can get your copy by clicking here). You can learn more about Mike and his book at the end of the post. Here’s Mike: I hate the use of the word “just” [.] One Word Leaders Should Never Use.

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The Keys To Managing Millennials, Part 2: The Progress Bar Effect

Terry Starbucker

Front Line Leadership . Guest Post By Adam Tenenbaum. In my last post I introduced Part 1 of my two-part series on the the topic of Managing Millennials (the generation born roughly between 1980 and the mid 90‘s) – Treat Them Like a Celebrity. Today in Part 2, I’m presenting the other key tactic – Create The Progress Bar Effect. As I noted on my last post , each generation is a result of the dominant events, personalities and technologies that were popularized during their maturation

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Leading Views: You Can’t Do It Without Love

Leading Blog

In Up, Down, or Sideways , Mark Sanborn asks: So how are you doing with love? One method I use to assess myself in this area is to plug my name into a familiar passage from the Bible—1 Corinthians 13:4-7. It says, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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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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Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor

The Recovering Engineer

When you feel that you have been verbally attacked, it is incredibly difficult to think of the right words to calm the situation and disarm a verbal aggressor. Developing power phrases for use in various situations can help you get past this mental roadblock so that you can respond calmly and quickly in a wide range of situations. In working with workshop participants and coaching clients to find good ways to address specific, emotionally charged situations, I have learned three power phrases yo

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Leaders: Don’t just stand there, share something!

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Sharing is a kindergarten concept, isn’t it? We just don’t talk about it that much in the serious corporate world or we might sound new-agey. So I hope this post will bring it back big time, beginning with you! What if you wrote it in your schedule: “Share something?” It can mean a number of [.] Leaders: Don’t just stand there, share something!

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If You Will Lead. Well

Leading Blog

If You Will Lead by Doug Moran, is a good book for reading chapter by chapter and stopping to reflect on each one. Based on Kipling’s poem “If–,” Moran has created the “If” Sixteen Leadership Framework to help us answer four important questions: 1. Who am I, and what do I believe? 2. What do I want? 3. How will I attract and motivate others? 4. How will I earn and retrain the privilege to lead?

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The Four Leadership Lessons of Halloween

Kevin Eikenberry

Tom woke up Halloween morning and mentally previewed the day ahead. He didn’t have to think much to know it was going to be a long one. A full day of leadership training followed immediately by the costume party his wife was dragging him to. The only good thing about the day that he could [.].

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Connecting-The-Dots: TRUTH Matters

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Earlier this month I read two articles in the same week that emphasized the same ingredient in highly effective organizations. Both articles reminded me of something Winston Churchill said, “We occasionally stumble over the TRUTH but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

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10 Reasons NOT to do Succession Planning

Great Leadership By Dan

Succession planning is the systematic assessment and identification of individuals to fill key leadership positions that may or will open up sometime in the future. It’s otherwise known as “what do we do if so and so gets hit by a bus or wins the lottery”. I’ve listened to speakers and authors say that it’s imperative that every organization do succession planning.

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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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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2011

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November. Lead with Purpose : Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself by John Baldoni. Everyone Leads : Building Leadership from the Community Up by Paul Schmitz. People Follow You : The Real Secret to What Matters Most in Leadership by Jeb Blount. Creative People Must Be Stopped : 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying) by David A Owens.

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Stop Wasting Your Time Solving Problems

Leadership Freak

Many leaders and managers have a compelling; even perverse interest is fixing things. Average managers solve problems and get results. Great managers build people. A recent conversation with a new manager reminded me that it’s all about people. If you build them, they will fix problems and enhance productivity, not you. If you build them, they [.].

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13 Frightening Faces of Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development Self Leadership Have you stocked up on garlic and holy water? Is there plenty of candy prepared by your door? Got the tune of Michael Jackson’s, ‘Thriller‘ stuck in your head? It’s All-Hallow’s Eve and the ghosts and goblins will be out in force tonight! I love Halloween.

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Women Wearing the Pants and Taking Over [Infographic]

Women on Business

Women might not get equal pay or equal leadership roles, but they’re making strides in other areas. A new infographic from EducationalLeadership.com (via Mamiverse.com ) offers a great visual representation of how women’s roles have changed in recent years. You can click on the image below (after the jump) to view it at full size. Created by: Educational Leadership.

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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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LeadershipNow 140: October 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2011 that you might have missed: @mikemyatt: The biggest leadership blind-spot and what to do about it: Leadership & The Expectation Gap. @RonEdmondson: The Encouragement Folder : Every Leader Needs One. From @MJAsmus: Letting Go of Your Need to be Right. Servant Leader Quiz: Servant Leadership Assessment.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Last week’s blog post bemoaned the lack of strategic discipline in today’s world of business. I posed three simple strategic questions that on the surface appear easy to answer. 1.

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7 Responses to the Future of Leadership Development

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development We recently wrote about 3 changing trends and 3 continuing trends in leadership development in a post titled 6 Future Trends of Leadership Development. In light of those trends, I’d now like to suggest several actions we should take (or stop taking) in light of these trends. Personal and Individual Trends 1 and 2 were [.] 7 Responses to the Future of Leadership Development.

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The Top Ten Lies Leaders Believe

Leadership Freak

The truth is we tell ourselves lies. Lies seem to make life better, they make us feel more useful and in control. I can always tell when I touch the lies people believe about themselves. They deny the obvious and defend the ridiculous. It reminds me of the time one of our children denied stomping up [.].

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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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Actions Speak Louder

Persuasive Powerhouse

I was interviewing one of the managers who reported to my seasoned middle-manager client (“Susan”), who was also relatively new to her current position. This was one of several interviews on her behalf that had included my client’s manager, peers, and direct reports. I had asked the current interviewee the usual questions about my [.

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GUTSY WOMEN RELATE RADICALLY at WORK

Women on Business

Knowing the difference between men and women is easy when we look at body parts. It is not so easy when we think about how our brains operate differently, yet they sure do. Let’s just take the example of men and women in meetings. Now, we all know meetings are most likely to have some stress components. Knowing the differences in ways that we respond to stimuli can make the time together to problem solve better or bitter.

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Sequel: How Engaged Employees Create Engaged Clients

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Every passenger wants to be treated like a first class passenger and that is exactly what Porter does – their moto… Flying Refined. Porter’s Success I was deep into my work as I noticed the snack and beverage cart from the corner of my eye. I was aware of it but not ready to disengage [.] Sequel: How Engaged Employees Create Engaged Clients.

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The Top 25 Temptations of Leadership

Leadership Freak

Using position to intimidate or manipulate. Believing talent, experience, or skills compensate for preparation. Choosing the easy way for you rather than the best way for them. Overlooking the destructive behaviors of high performers. Withholding benefits or resources as punishment. Avoiding tough issues. Staying the same. Pretending you know when you don’t.

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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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When Are You At Your Best?

Kevin Eikenberry

One of the first and most influential inspirational speakers I learned of and learned from was Earl Nightingale. Today I reread one of his profound quotations. “We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve [.].

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Do You Need a Leadership Storm?

Modern Servant Leader

Storms that may seem destructive, often bring positive results. A leadership storm can have the same impact. A good leader that enters a bad situation (drought), needs to make tough decisions (storm), but the positive results are undeniable (growth). The Drought. Preceding storming leadership is often a drought. This drought is a time of difficult challenges and may include any of the following symptoms: 1.

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Effective leadership begins with professional intimacy

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Today’s SmartBlog for Leadership post is by Christina Haxton, who combines psychology with humor and brain science to enable newly promoted executives to harness the power of their potential to become authentic and sustainable leaders. “Effective Leadership Begins with Professional Intimacy” discusses three-step process in which you can become a more sustainable, resilient leader while building [.

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15 Potent Strategies for Fighting Confusion

Leadership Freak

Confusion is common. Clarity is rare. Confusion and chaos inevitably rule unless someone intervenes. Any fool can create confusing complexity. Successful leaders always fight confusion and find clarity. Clarity is leadership’s secret and most powerful weapon. Clarity allows followers to know where they’re going and how to get there. Without it everyone flounders.

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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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Great by Choice

Kevin Eikenberry

Today’s Resource Recommendation is Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen If you have read Jim’s previous mega-bestsellers, Built to Last and Good to Great, you know the formula. If haven’t, know that the premise for this book was reached through extensive research. The research in this book is so extensive (a [.].

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Discovering Your Leadership Development Needs

Persuasive Powerhouse

No leader is perfect. Some of them know exactly what leadership development areas they want to work on with their coach. Others struggle to figure out what they need or want to work on. I get it – it’s hard. A coach can help them to figure it out with early coaching conversations, but – [.

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Interview with Mike Figliuolo of thoughtLEADERS LLC

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Today, I have the opportunity to interview Mike Figliuolo (@thoughtLEADERS) Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS LLC. Mike was recently named the Columbus, Ohio Small Business Leader of the Year for 2010 and just released One Piece of Paper, The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership. Henry – Mike, thanks for doing this interview.

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Embracing the Joys of Fear and Pain

Leadership Freak

Fear and pain motivate you to stop, run, avoid, or stubbornly dig in. They don’t move you forward, they move you away. Fear and pain may, however, ignite passion to change. Politicians create fear that galvanize constituents around a cause and garners votes. The problem, fear only works for the short-term. It creates a huddling [.].

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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.