Sat.Jul 04, 2015 - Fri.Jul 10, 2015

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5 Big Rules For Productive Conference Calls

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s easy to fool ourselves into the illusion that “just having a conference call,” instead of a face-to-face meeting or one-on-one, will save time. In fact, it’s that kind of thinking that leaves many managers moving from call to call with little time to connect with their team. In an attempt to salvage some productivity in their day, they put the phone on mute and try to get real work done at the same time—and don’t pay close attention to much as a result.

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About Saying “I Love You”

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. “ Mother Theresa. I think the story goes like this: Wife chides husband, “You never tell me you love me; you never say “I love you.” Husband replies, “What are you talking about?

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5 Surefire Ways to Make Conflict Worse

Lead Change Blog

There are opportunities every day to engage in some form of conflict. Someone cuts you off while driving. The customer service rep on the phone gives you the runaround. Your coworker undermines you in a meeting. A friend lets you down on a promise made. Want to de-escalate conflict? Don’t do these things. For some reason it is easier for me to describe what to avoid, rather than how to creatively deal with conflict.

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Why Great Leadership Can Always Use More Cowbell

Terry Starbucker

Note: This is the 3rd installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership” The first installment is here , and the second here. . It’s a story about how a fun employee recognition program pulled a team closer together in their quest to go from good to great, building and cementing a solid foundation of pride, respect, trust and goodwill.

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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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Effective Delegation: An Easy to Use Tool

Let's Grow Leaders

When you’re overwhelmed, stressed, and busy, you know the natural answer is to delegate more. But there’s a risk. When you’re moving fast it’s wasy to get sloppy or overbearing in your delegation: ( see 3 delegation mistakes you don’t have to make). That’s why I’ve created this easy checklist for you to use the next time your delegating an important task.

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Tripod of Success Series: Wealth From A Craftsman

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. In today’s world of mass production and one-stop shopping, the artistry of being a craftsman is harder to find than ever. Recently, I met a craftsman who taught me more than how to build tables. It was a quaint little shop in Ulus Turkey.

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The Benefits of Putting Yourself Where the Action Is

Leading Blog

The Front-Line Leader by Chris Van Gorder is about leading with not over employees. To be effective as a leader you have to connect with people. You must get to know them—really know them. Van Gorder has carried with him lessons he learned as a security guard and a police officer to lead Scripps Health from near bankruptcy to a dominate market position.

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6 Secrets to a Successful Mentoring Program

Let's Grow Leaders

Mentoring, at it’s best, is a magical elixir which shaves years off your learning curve through mistakes unmade. Thank God, I’ve experienced the transformational spirit of amazing mentors. Please God, let my mentoring have made a difference for others. Ask anyone who’s ever had an amazing mentor where that experience ranks in their growth as a leader, and I’d bet money they’d put their mentor ahead of any keynote, consulting program, book they’ve read, and pot

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Time Machine Tuesday: Simulated Leadership

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 28 Nov 2013. “No enemy bombs will ever land on Berlin, or my name is not. Hermann Goering.” the leader formerly known as. Hermann Goering. In most organizations, leaders live in an environment of respect, rules, professionalism, and obedience.

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Make Meaningful Work as Important as Results

Lead Change Blog

How well do you and your leaders balance performance and meaning in your workplace? If the only things that leaders demand are results and performance, players in your organization will do their best to deliver those things. This singular emphasis on results can, however, cause players to operate from an “I win, you lose” philosophy – and act to inhibit others’ performance while they maximize their own.

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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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Are You Running at Full Power?

Leading Blog

Only about 10% of us are running at full power! Power Score is designed to help you determine why you might not be performing at your best. Your Power Score (P x W x R) is based on three questions you should be asking yourself and your team: Do we have the right priorities ? Do we have the right who ? Do we have the right relationships ? “The key to great leadership is to have the right priorities, the right people on your team, and the right relationships that achieve results.

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Using the Billboard Effect to Develop and Obtain Employee Buy In on the Leader’s Vision

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Jeff Wolf: Warren Bennis, acclaimed scholar, author and advisor to corporation presidents said "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." Well expressed, but it's easier said than done. What's needed are practical steps to develop a communicable vision coupled with practical steps to achieve employee buy in. Notice that I emphasized the word practical, because unless the leader's vision is easy to understand, believable and clearly stated, even the most imagin

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand. “ John C. Maxwell. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Read the rest.

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8 Ways to Decisively End Indecision

Lead Change Blog

In this increasingly “more with less” business world, we can’t afford to let our employees be more or less checked out. And yet an astonishing 70% are just that, disengaged at work, according to Gallup polls. It’s almost impossible not to disengage when toiling in the paralysis of indecision. It’s hard to imagine anything more meaning and motivation draining, more bereft of a sense of significance, or anything simply more frustrating.

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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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Could Embracing Ignorance Improve Your Leadership?

Leading Blog

Orchestral conductor Itay Talgam writes in The Ignorant Maestro , that “the greatest leaders not only embrace ignorance but are convinced it is an essential choice on their part, allowing their people to reach upper floors that haven’t even been built yet.”. In short, your willingness to let go of knowing—the conscious decision to be ignorant, to not know the answers, not even try to predict them—and embrace the unknown will be the crucial tipping point in making you the best leader you can be.

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Create and Implement a Connection Culture Survey

Michael Lee Stallard

#92 Create and Implement a Connection Culture Survey. Many organizations implement employee engagement surveys and these surveys are mostly about connection. We recommend that organizations develop a customized employee engagement or connection culture survey to identify those individuals who excel in creating connection cultures so that you can celebrate them and identify their best practices to share with others.

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Are You Creating Purpose Through Your Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

Over the past few months, I’ve been noticing a common thread in my work with various leaders and organizations, as well through my various speaking engagements with audiences in Canada and the US. Regardless of whether it’s the private or public sector, there’s a clear desire out there among many leaders to understand how to better engage their employees in the work they do.

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July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

The Lead Change Group is grateful to Jane Perdue of Braithwaite Innovation Group for hosting the July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival. Contributions that incorporated themes of freedom, independence, and pushing boundaries were encouraged. In addition to freedom, independence, and pushing boundaries, we also noted several entries that happened to coincide with the Lead Change July theme of “ creatively resolving conflict.” Here are a few examples: Moral Values.

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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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5 Ways to Sell Your Brand

Women on Business

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Self-awareness (plus action) Translates to the Bottom-line

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was recently published in SmartBlog on Leadership : According to a new study by the Korn-Ferry Institute, “knowing thyself” isn’t just a nice-to-to; self-awareness flows directly to a firm’s bottom-line I’ve been sharing this information with my network and it’s generating a lot of interest. While we’ve all know that awareness of strengths and weaknesses and how we are perceived by others is essential to being an effective leader, it’s interesting to see a connection made to a firm’s f

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You’ve Got It Wrong On Influence

Joseph Lalonde

O ur good friend John Maxwell has always said that leadership is influence. I firmly believe that. Leading requires us to have a certain amount of influence on others. Yet we’ve also mistaken what influence truly is. Image by Marco. What Influence Isn’t. Influence isn’t getting others to do what you want them to do. Influence isn’t controlling others.

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Seven Ways Smart Leaders Get Even Smarter

Leadership Freak

Brilliant leaders end up saying, “Doh!” sometimes. Talent doesn’t exempt you from doing dumb things, neither does intelligence. The fool who “knows” is dangerous and destructive.

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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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5 Steps to Create a Successful Email Marketing Campaign

Women on Business

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Why We Hate Performance Reviews and How to Improve Them

Great Leadership By Dan

Everyone hates performance reviews for three reasons that we just need to accept. However, there are three relatively simple fixes that can make the process a lot less painful. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out why and how: Why We Hate Performance Reviews and How to Improve Them.

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How To Have More Energy Throughout Your Day

Joseph Lalonde

L eading is tough enough as it is without a lack of energy. Dragging through your day and feeling worn out will make you an ineffective leader. You’ve got to have energy to lead well. Image via Creative Commons. Halfway through your day, you may be feeling like the guy above. Crashed and burned. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can feel energized throughout the day.

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Manage Your Polarities or They Will Manage You

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Do you ever hear a little voice in the back of your head saying things like: look before you leap … or … two wrongs don’t make a right … or … if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? We all have tapes running in the background that guide our actions. If you pay attention, you might notice you’re often listening to sayings you learned as a child.

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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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4 Tips to Strategize a PR Plan

Women on Business

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10 Ways for Leaders to Build Collaborative Work Relationships

Great Leadership By Dan

In order to lead effectively in an increasingly VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) business environment, today’s leaders need to develop the ability to build collaborative relationships. The ability to build coalitions and work collaboratively becomes even more important as a leader takes on more and more responsibility and the organization grows.

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13 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Terminator: Genisys

Joseph Lalonde

L ooking at this crop of summer movies, my mind wanders back to the Bible scripture in Ecclesiastes. In this book of the Bible, Soloman laments. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. This scripture sums up this summer’s movies. And I’m okay with that. We’ve seen this in recent movies Mad Max: Fury Road and Jurassic World.

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Forbes Business Article: “So You’d Like To Work in a More Ethical Culture?”

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Forbes Business Leaders published an article by Victor Lipman last week responding to my post 40 Ways To Build an Ethical Culture. In the article, he discusses how leaders can use the practical list to build a better workplace.

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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.