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Creating leaders

Lead on Purpose

Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay

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GTY In Action: The Fulfillment Fund

Steve Farber

I’ve just learned about an extraordinary organization in Los Angeles called The Fulfillment Fund , whose mission is “to mentor, counsel and guide disadvantaged high school students to achieve a college education.&# Their focus is the LA area where the high school graduation rate is only around 50%. According to their website, the students in their program “defy this statistic by graduating from high school and going on to college.

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LEADERSHIP - Best Ever Advice

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy Powerful, Focused, Highly Intentional Living WOMEN: The Art of Great Presentations Inner Life, Outer Success WOMEN: See Your Own POTENTIAL Rumi Tells Us Archives January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2

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Do You Care About Your Community? Believe in Yourself

Managing Communities

photo credit: Daquella manera Part of being a good community administrator is believing in yourself. It’s always easy for an outsider, someone who doesn’t know what it means to manage your community, to say “look in the mirror&# and consider how you could do better – without actually thinking of actual situations or moments. That’s [.].

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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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Executive Coaching Workshops

Tony Mayo

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Share Compliments

Eric Jacobson

Paying a team member a compliment is powerful. Even more powerful is repeating a compliment to your team member that you heard from someone else about your team member. So, if a co-worker, fellow manager, customer or vendor compliments one of your employees, be sure to share that praise with your employee. Then watch him/her smile.

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I’m at IZEAFest in Orlando, Florida!

Managing Communities

From October 1-4, I’ll be at IZEAFest in Orlando, Florida. The conference has a lot of great speakers, like Chris Brogan, Lucretia Pruitt, Wayne Sutton, Wendy Piersall and more. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone and if you’re attending and would like to meet up, please drop me a note on Twitter. Tags: ManagingCommunities.com.

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LEADERSHIP - Best Ever Advice

Women in the LEAD

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Be A Good Role Model

Eric Jacobson

The first day of each month I like to remind us to be good role models. Successful leaders lead by setting a good example. So, as you start October, don't forget to incorporate these behaviors and actions in your daily/weekly/monthly activities: * Praise when compliments are earned. * Be decisive. * Say "Thank You" and sincerely mean it. * Show and demonstrate trust. * Communicate clearly. * Listen carefully. * Teach something new. * Work hard and lend a hand when deadlines are tight. * Show res

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The 85% Solution for Happiness at Work

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 85% Solution for Happiness at Work by Starbucker on September 27, 2009 Columnist Alina Tugend is tired of hearing about “ finding our passion &# in the workplace. She wonders if we are falling into a “ trap of believing that our work, and indeed our lives, should always be fascinating and all consuming&#.

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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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Explain Each Person's Relevance

Eric Jacobson

Your employees appreciate clearly knowing how what they do each day specifically contributes to your company's or organization's success. So, it's important that you explain the relevance of each person's job. Help each employee or team member to understand how what they do makes a difference. Answer their questions about the significance of their work.

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Explain Decisions

Eric Jacobson

Making a decision is one of the most important actions you'll take as a leader. When communicating your decisions to your team, be sure to explain both the process (how you came to the decision) and the reason for making your decision. Sometimes, unfortunately, managers announce a decision without clarifying the process and the reason for the decision.

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Let It Sit

Eric Jacobson

As a leader a time will come when you have to write an email, memo or letter to address an issue of great importance or concern to you. Or, perhaps in response to something that displeased you, disappointed you, frustrated you, or upset you. Write that document. Then, let it sit. Preferably, let it sit for 24 hours. Then, re-read it. It's almost guaranteed you'll end up tweaking the document.