Sat.Apr 02, 2011 - Fri.Apr 08, 2011

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Social Media for CEOs

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Nary a week passes where I don’t hear from a CEO who’s grappling with this social media conundrum: should I, or shouldn’t I? The inquiry usually goes something like this: “I’m interested in learning more about social media, but my board thinks it’s a bad idea, I don’t have any additional bandwidth, and I’m not even sure where to start…is social media really effective for CEOs?

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7 Ways to Jump Start Your Development

Lead Change Blog

“What did you learn today?” It’s a question that sounds familiar to most of us. You were likely asked it when you were a kid. And, if you are a parent, you’ve probably asked it of your kids too. But when was the last time you asked it of yourself? “What did I learn today?” [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Book Review: Leadership Is Dead: How Influence Is Reviving It

Michael Lee Stallard

In Leadership Is Dead: How Influence Is Reviving It , Jeremie Kubicek, CEO of the leader development company GiANT Impact, makes a clear and compelling case that “dominating leaders” who lead by coercion are on the decline and are being replaced by “liberating leaders” who lead through influence. Kubicek observes that leadership has moved from a noun to a verb.

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Leadership is about Creating Conversations

Leading Blog

Poet and Fortune 500 consultant David Whyte said that “The core act of leadership must be the act of making conversations real.” Conversations—sometimes difficult conversations—are what build relationships. Conversations that provide the opportunity for possibility. Conversations about choice. Leaders create the opportunity for conversation. By bringing people together for conversation they increase engagement, commitment and accountability.

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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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Leadership – What’s Next?

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . There is no shortage of debate surrounding leadership when it comes to philosophy, style, definitional distinctions, nuances, complex theory, etc. That said, I believe most reasonable people would agree leadership is nothing if not personal. Leadership can represent a pursuit, discipline, practice, passion, calling, skill, competency, obligation, duty, compulsion, or even an obsession.

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As A Leader, What Drives You – Passion or Ego?

Lead Change Blog

Leaders, in my mind, are defined by the strength of their values and their character. They live in integrity with themselves, and their surroundings, a character trait that develops deep trust with their followers. Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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How Talking To Yourself (& Social Media) Can Help You Change Your Life

Terry Starbucker

Recently I sat down in Portland for an interview with Greg Hartle, author of the site “ 10 Dollars and a Laptop “ It was a wide ranging discussion that hit on several topics, but the core of it dealt with change and how to make it happen, even in a down economy. My very best thanks to Greg for taking the time to do this – I really enjoyed it.

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Leading Above The Line

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. I had an email yesterday from a CEO who described himself as “constantly being sucked down into the weeds.&# In helping him walk through the logic of why and where to allocate his time, I used the the information in the video above as a baseline illustration for discussion purposes. The constructs of this video compose a visual I developed more than 20 years ago, and the interesting thing is that it’s applicationally as sound today as

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Inspiration vs Perspiration

Lead Change Blog

“Why do you work so hard?” I used to ask my dad that question. He was on the road a lot when I was a kid. I wished that he was home more often. He told me he had to work. I say that to my kids now when they want to do something and [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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How to Get the CEO to Listen to You

Next Level Blog

Last month, I did a customized webinar for about 70 managers in a client company on “How to Build Executive Presence.” To prep the content for the session, we asked about a dozen C suite and direct. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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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Over-Connected, Are You?

Michael Lee Stallard

Click here to view the embedded video. Check out this thought-provoking presentation by MIT Professor Sheery Turkle. It’s about the topic of her book entitled Alone Together. She does an outstanding job of articulating the risks of becoming addicted to virtual connections. As human beings we need to feel connected to other people during every stage of our lives in order to thrive.

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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Leading Blog

Guy Kawasaki has made a career out of enchanting people. He has summarized what he has learned so far in Enchantment. (Think How to Win Friends and Influence People 2011.) Reading his book you will clearly see that enchantment doesn’t happen by accident. It is a state of mind that can be developed and perfected. In a perfect world, if you had a better mousetrap, the world would beat a path to your door.

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Every Leader Needs to Break an Arm

Lead Change Blog

Many of my “2D” friends laugh when they first meet me because I am built like the prototypical NFL quarterback 6’5”, 235lbs. This week I met with Carrie Wilkerson (@bareboot_exec) and she gave me the typical first comment “You are much bigger than your profile picture.” As a kid growing up in Philadelphia, the best [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Leadership Development: When NOT to be GUTSY

Women on Business

While gathering definitions for the word “GUTSY&# , to be used in my new book being released soon. I had an epiphany. Maybe there are times to just be still, not show your confident, brash, exuberant, irreverent side. I sat with this for most of a day, letting it roll around in my mind like a chocolate drop that did not melt quickly. What happens if a gutsy woman stays quiet?

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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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Four Ways to Recharge Your Leadership Batteries

Persuasive Powerhouse

You are a really hard-working leader. Long hours are often required over extended periods of time. By working harder and longer, you think you are making a dent in the workload. Yet – have you noticed that there is a point of diminishing return? When you are spinning your wheels yet things aren’t getting [.

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100 Systems Thinking Resources for Leaders

Leading in Context

Systems and connections are the stuff we and organizations are made of. To begin to solve today's complex problems, systemic and connected thinking is the kind of thinking we need to use.

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Leadership Oath

Lead Change Blog

This is a popular post at our Achieved Strategies blog. We wanted to share it with all Lead Change readers. We love to hear your reaction in the comments below. Our doctors take they Hippocratic Oath swearing to ethically treat their patients, and to follow an ideal conduct as a physician. In a conversation with [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Project Management 101: The Stages of Project Management

Women on Business

I remember when I picked up my first project management book. I was working as a low-level retail manager and thought it would be helpful. I picked it up, glanced through the table of contents, got terrified and immediately put it back on the shelf. The book was full of technical jargon, extensive charts and graphs, and appeared to be designed for someone who had a Ph.D and was working on a NASA space shuttle launch.

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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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How to Create a Thanking Culture

Persuasive Powerhouse

Something on a PowerPoint slide at a presentation recently captured my attention and fancy. The point on the slide was about the “thinking culture&# of a particular company, but the word “thinking&# was misspelled to “thanking&#. Hmm (I thought)….a “thanking culture&#. What might that look like? We so often hear that a paycheck is thanks [.

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A Springtime Reminder on Leadership, Communication, and Collaboration

Tanveer Naseer

For those who live in one of the northern climates like I do, the arrival of Spring is unquestionably a welcome event on the seasonal calendar. With the anticipated return of flowering gardens and bright shiny leaves on the neighbourhood trees, I couldn’t wait to get to work on the garden, clearing away the debris left behind by the retreating snow.

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The Absolute Best Reason for Bringing Values to Leadership

Lead Change Blog

I am very blessed to have CEO Connection as one of my clients. It’s an organization connecting CEOs of companies with more than $100 million in revenues and I spend time with the CEOs early on in their membership as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee. One of the perks of the job is that I am [.] Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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A List of Things It Took Me Fifty Years to Learn

Next Level Blog

Today is my 50th birthday. It’s a little strange to write that down. When I think of 50th birthdays, I think of those films you see sometimes about the 50th birthday of Disneyland. You know the ones. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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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Leaving your Job to Follow your Passion

Women on Business

I am a big fan of people following their passion , as I believe it energizes the individual and helps our overall world when people are engaged and enthusiastic with what they do. If you are realizing that your current job is not a good fit and you’d like to try something new, I recommend you pursue some self-inventorying resources such as “What Color is My Parachute?

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Guest Post: The New Psychology of Leadership

Lead on Purpose

By Lauren Bailey. The vast majority of leadership advice — whether it’s relayed in leadership books, management conferences or discussed casually in blogs — focuses on the qualities of individual leaders. From examining the lives of different noted leaders to distilling specific personality traits that researchers think constitute sound leadership, the emphasis is always on the individual.

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Thought-full Thursday: One Thing at a Time

Persuasive Powerhouse

Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. So take five and enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow. Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome! I never could have done what I have done without [.

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Start with the Deliverables, Then Work on the Do-Ables

Next Level Blog

Back in the days when I was a corporate executive myself, I had the good fortune to work on several occasions with Professor Dave Ulrich of the University of Michigan. Dave is one of the all time. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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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Leslie A. Joy Joins the WomenOnBusiness.com Writing Team

Women on Business

I am very happy to announce that Leslie A. Joy has joined the WomenOnBusiness.com writing team. Leslie will focus primarily on project management topics, and I’m really looking forward to learning from her insight. Leslie is a marketing assistant, process manager, analytics geek, and blogger. She’s dedicated to keeping communications simple while maximizing impact, qualifying her clients’ quantitative data, along with streamlining, documenting, and customizing their processes.

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Breaking Away - Innovation

CEO Blog

It is my birthday today. So a time of reflection. Concerned I have much to do still and the clock is ticking (although I fight that also). I read a great book yesterday by Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani called Breaking Away - How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth - And Why Others Fail. I loved the title (although perhaps not the part about failing) since I think a large part of leadership is fostering innovation.

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Want to Lead? Don't Fit In

Sales Wolf Blog

Steve Roesler - www.allthingsworkplace.com writes. "Fitting in" is a big deal, and in many organizations it's seen as the way to career longevity. That's a problem. If you want to lead, be willing to raise your personal standards to exceed the common expectations of your organization or work group. "Raising" equates with "elevating." Once you raise the bar for yourself, you begin to view things from a heightened position that expands your perspective.

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The Entrepreneurial Corporation: Oxymoron? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. The Entrepreneurial Corporation: Oxymoron? by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. Recently, a business professor friend invited me to address a luncheon of university students enrolled in his class on entrepreneurship. “Your students would be better-served by a social media whiz-kid half my age,” I told him.

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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.