Sat.Jun 21, 2014 - Fri.Jun 27, 2014

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Parents as Leadership Coaches

Let's Grow Leaders

'It’s interesting to see leaders who take their servant leadership philosophy seriously at work, but have a more hovering approach when it comes to their children. In an effort to protect and scaffold, they actually overlook natural opportunities for their children to emerge as leaders. The best way to learn the piano is to practice. The best way to learn to do a flip-turn is to get in the pool and get some water up your nose.

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Are You Heeding Life’s Warnings?

General Leadership

'“It is a dangerous position to be in when you can’t see, can’t hear and won’t listen…”. Stella Payton. As a lifelong military aviator, I’ve been afforded the opportunity to fly a host of jet aircraft. However, regardless of how different the airframes may have been, one item has always been constant. We pilot types call it the Dash-1.

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Ten Things You Will Learn from Writing on LinkedIn

Lead Change Blog

'Leaders should write, not for the sake of writing — but to influence, inform, inspire, and engage a wider audience. Writing often also forces you to maintain clarity in your thinking, and sustain your perspective. I’ve been writing on LinkedIn for a few months, with some specific goals: Create a wider audience for my thought [.] Author information briansooy Principal and Design Director at Aespire Brian Sooy is the founder and design director of Aespire , a design and marketing communications a

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Connect at Work During Lunch

Michael Lee Stallard

'#38 Make Lunch and Break Connections – In many workplace cultures today, taking lunch away from your desk may brand you as a slacker. It’s too bad this is the case since taking time to connect with someone who energizes you is a great way to boost your personal productivity by refreshing and re-energizing your brain. Try it this week. This is the thirty-eighth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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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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7 Reasons Collaboration Breaks Down

Let's Grow Leaders

'Great ideas come in halves , these are the words I hear often from my LGL en Español partner, Kay Valenzuela. I believe it. Work is enhanced by true collaboration. One of the best parts of my entrepreneurial journey has been the amazing collaborations, in writing, in business, in shared passions. I’ve got four deep collaborations in process now, including writing a children’s picture book with Alli Polin and the launch of a Parent’s Guide to Leadership (a free ebook downloa

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The Monkey in the Mirror

General Leadership

'“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”. Warren G. Bennis. It’s unlikely Wolfgang Kohler had any reason to believe that when he conducted his now famous monkey experiments on Canary Island in the early 1900’s, he was providing us, almost a century later, with a powerful symbol of what it takes to win in today’s world. Kohler, a psychologist, arranged an experimental cage in which he placed several different sized boxes and other objects.

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The Leadership ‘X’ Factor That Creates ‘It’ Companies

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt. Chairman, N2Growth. How do some companies evolve to “it company” status while others languish in relative obscurity? Whether you think of more mature companies like Google, Whole Foods, or Unilever, or early stage marvels like Warby Parker, Vendini, or RevZilla, the hottest companies on the planet understand it’s not what they do or how they do it, but why they do what they do that defines who they are as an organization.

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The Fastest Way To Better Results

Let's Grow Leaders

'It happens on teams, it happens in training classes, it happens on dates. A rush to achieve without connection will backfire. It’s tempting to rush in, get started and get stuff done. Sure the out-of-the gate progress feels great at beginning, but if you don’t take time to create genuine connections and build relationships, somewhere down the line you’re going to derail.

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Do You OODA? You Ought To!

General Leadership

'“…you have to make a decision: to be or to do.”. Colonel John Richard Boyd (1927-1997). The scene – Fighter Weapon School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada: “40-seconds and your mine,” snarled a confident Air Force Captain John Boyd to his challengers. “Meet me at 30,000 feet on my tail. I’ll reverse and get you in my guns in 40-seconds…or I’ll give you 40 dollars!

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Ignite Innovation In Your Team

Lead Change Blog

'No business will be successful unless its product, service or process is innovative on some level. Innovation is what differentiates companies within the same industry from one another. It isn’t something that can be purchased or built, but it is something that can be encouraged and fostered within a company culture. Just because an idea [.] Author information Piera Palazzolo Piera Palazzolo of Dale Carnegie Training wants to contribute to the online conversation about leadership and business

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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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Why Leaders Need To Think Like Plumbers (Minus the Wrench)

Terry Starbucker

'Sometimes a leader needs to think like a plumber. Yep, a plumber. How so? Think about pressure for a minute. A plumber deals with pressure all the time – in their case, water pressure. How it is controlled and directed is critical to the overall performance of a water circulation system, especially when heated water is involved. Consequently, plumbers know all about safety valves and their benefits when the pressure gets too high.

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Is Your Competition Waving As They Pass You?

Rich Gee Group

'On with one of my oldest clients this morning and came up with a spot-on analogy about a lot of organizational management today: Your company is a ship on the open sea and your mission is to navigate and guide it into port. Your captain (management) wants you to take it in slow and steady, so they hit their schedule perfectly. They don’t want to expend any more fuel, any more people, or take a chance by accelerating the ship to get to the port faster.

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Check Out Today’s 200-Second Soundbite™ Video Spotlight!

General Leadership

'Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CEO, Brigadier General Michel shares that we must never forget that we are always serving as role models to others. No matter who you are, where you work, or what title, position, or rank you possess, you will leave your mark, for good or bad, on scores of people. Helping us all to understand why role modeling is the most powerful message we will ever send to those around us.… Read the rest.

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Are You Playing Enough?

Lead Change Blog

'Following is a guest post from Rich Largman. I have collaborated with Rich for 15 years of working with clients. He is also my personal coach and one of my dearest friends. It is my pleasure to share his insight with you here. We’ve all heard the familiar scoldings growing up such as… …Quit fooling around. [.] Author information Susan Mazza Susan has worked with organizations and individuals around the world for over 25 years in developing relationships that work and produci

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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 Leaders Promote Collaborative Environment

Tanveer Naseer

'When it comes to thriving in today’s fast-changing, interconnected global economy, one of the attributes of organizational success that often comes up is ensuring that we promote greater collaboration among the various teams and departments within our workplace. Indeed, the ability to foster collaboration in your organization has become a critical leadership competency as technological, process-driven differentiators give way to people-centric ones in today’s knowledge-based global

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The importance of leadership in effective management

Lead on Purpose

'There are many elements that make a good manager, however, one of the critical qualities is leadership. Leadership and management must go hand in hand, but they are not the same thing.

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5 Ways to Notice Hidden Leadership Talent

Persuasive Powerhouse

' . I once worked with a leader who completely turned around his perspective of one of his employees. This employee was skilled but was critical of the leader. When the leader had to find someone to fill in while he left the organization for several months, he saw something in this challenging individual that told him that this was the one to take care of things while he was absent.

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Writing a Leadership Wrong-Smarter Emotions Matter

Lead Change Blog

'How do you manage “emotional moments of truth”? Do you fight, flight, or flock? The way you handle these moments sets the stage for the entire conversation, and they can either lead to positive change or negative responses. Leaders must intentionally increase their own emotional triggers as well as awareness of others’ emotions in order [.

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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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Five Industries Lacking Female Workers

Women on Business

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3 Ways To Be An Extraordinary Leader

Joseph Lalonde

'I find it’s not the huge actions that create an extraordinary leader, at least from the person being lead. The big actions are the results of many smaller actions that lead to an extraordinary leader. Image by JD Hancock. To truly be a great leader, you’ve got to do work on the simple matters. Little things too many people overlook because they want to be seen as great, right away.

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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post from Christoph Lueneburger: Every leader who has ever wondered what kind of difference they could truly make in the world should hear the story of Mark Tercek, a hotshot Goldman Sachs banker who decided to become “a force for good.” Today Mark serves as President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, a non-governmental organization that has more than a million members and works in over 35 countries to protect ecologically important lands and waters.

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Is It Time To Shut Down Your Job Postings? — Zappos Did!

Lead Change Blog

'Zappos has once again stepped away from the traditional way of doing things. This time it is in regard to their hiring practices and their efforts to continue to create a more “human centric” culture. JoAnn Corley shares her interview with Zappos man Rocknee here… Author information JoAnn Corley JoAnn is the CEO & Founder of The Human Sphere, a holistic talent management consultancy.

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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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How to Deal with People Who Drive You Crazy

Leadership Freak

'Crazy people are everywhere. Changing jobs won’t help. Deal with them now, or deal with them later. You can’t escape! 12 Crazies: Dramatic Dennis thinks everything’s a crisis.

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3 Questions to Evaluate CEO and Board Relations

Women on Business

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Check Out Today’s “200-Second Soundbite™” Podcast!

General Leadership

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “Organizational Communication Tips From a Fruit Fly” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Senior Curato r and GeneralLeadership.com COO, Lt Col Matthew Fritz shares tips on handling organizational conflict. Leaders find it necessary to confront poor behavior when it happens, if only to prevent poor modeling from becoming a repeatable trend within the Team.

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21 Free Leadership & Management Video Sites

Great Leadership By Dan

'In September 2009, I wrote a post on Great Leadership called 10 Free Leadership Video Sites. It continues to be one of my most popular posts, however, given that it was written almost five years ago, I thought it was time for an update. I''ve updated the original list, and added 11 more new sites. Break out the popcorn, and read my latest article at About.com Management & Leadership to see them all.

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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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5 Reports Say Business Ethics is Improving

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton What do Deloitte, Strategy & PwC, Dow Jones, The Ethics Resource Center and LRN have to say about trends in business ethics?

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What Your Business Card Says About You

Women on Business

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What your humanity looks like to others

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Sara picked up a used set of golf clubs determined to play golf with her friends; so she just started playing. Although she enjoyed it, a year or so into golfing she recognized that she needed to some instruction on the finer points of her swing so she hired a golf pro to assist. David had been a successful CEO for several years. He was beginning to feel stale in his ability to lead.

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The 10 Essential Roles of a Manager

Great Leadership By Dan

'What exactly does a manager do? Or, perhaps a better question would be, what should a manager do? What are the uniquely essential roles of a manager? Read my latest article at About.com Management & Leadership to find out.

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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.