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What’s Going to Happen to You in 2016

Let's Grow Leaders

If only you had a crystal ball. The planning, the decisions, the choices would be so much easier. But you don’t. And those decisions and tradeoffs aren’t easy. Should you stay? Should you go? Is that project realistic? What if they reorganize… again? Are you getting the whole story? What You Do Know About 2016. There’s much you can’t possible predict.

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Set the Example – Lead From the Front

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 don’t force people to follow, they invite them on a journey.” Charles S. Lauer. Setting the example is a primary function of every leader. We speak of this 24/7/365 activity with statements like, “lead from the front, large and in charge, out front all the time, and on the front line to name a few.” I have always bel

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January 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the January 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! 2016 has been declared the International Year of the Pulses by the United Nations General Assembly. Why would a year be dedicated to a beans? It has to do with making sure everyone worldwide gets fed. We appreciate how each of you does your share to “feed” and inspire leaders.

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How To Not Be Entitled

Joseph Lalonde

E ntitlement is an insidious disease. Slowly, it creeps in and, before you know it, you feel you deserve the world, and more. Entitlement tells us that we have a right to something. Whether that’s our leadership position, some kind of possession, or privilege. Image via Creative Commons. We struggle with this because we’ve been conditioned to want more and better.

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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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8 Ways to Refresh Your Career in the New Year

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re like me, at this point, the holiday hoopla already feels like a distant memory; you’re invigorated by the possibilities for the year ahead; and perhaps just a bit overwhelmed by the the stretch-goals in front of you. You’re neck-deep in planning and goal setting. If you’re a people manager, you’re likely meeting with your team to establish performance agreements and developmental plans.

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Dynamic Dozen: Know Yourself and Seek Self Improvement

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. ― Heraclitus.

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Your 2016 relationship goals

Persuasive Powerhouse

“The toughest and most results-oriented leaders are increasingly discovering that the answer lies in building relationships.” Doug Conant, from Leadership Resolutions for 2016. When I consider the relationships I have with those around me, I find that they are all in a different place. Some are strained or more distant than I’d like. Others need gentle nourishing and still others are exactly as they should be.

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How to Help Your Children Grow as Leaders

Let's Grow Leaders

Leadership development is not just for grown-ups. If you’ve been with me for a while you know how passionate I am about this. Most of us take a deliberate approach to developing other skills in our kids early on: we teach them to swim, to ride a bike, to read, and read music, as early as we can. Leadership development should be no different. The earlier we can ingrain these skills, the more natural they will feel.

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Tune-In Tonight – 9pm Eastern – SiriusXM Radio Ch125

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Turn your radio dials to SiriusXM Channel 125 tonight at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) for the #GeneralLeadership Hour on the David Webb Show! On the first Wednesday of every month, we strive to bring you the opportunity to engage with our team and our guests virtually and on-the-air with the radio program and live Twitter stream.

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Learn About Learning

Lead Change Blog

Scholars have long held that when we see ourselves learning and growing, it creates an increased sense of competence, which in turn provides a great sense of meaning in one’s work. What a great gift to be able to provide for your team – an ecosystem that nurtures learning and growth. But not all learning is created equal – at least not when it comes to how adults learn.

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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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12 Critical Competencies For Leadership in the Future

QAspire

The rate of change in the business world today is greater than our ability to respond. In a world that is often described as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and ambiguous), there are major tectonic shifts that demand a new mindset of leadership. First, let us look at these shifts. In recent years, we have seen disruption of market leaders like Kodak and Nokia amongst many others.

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The True Value of Leadership

Leading Blog

This is a post by Dave Ulrich and Justin Allen. Dave Ulrich is the author of The Leadership Capital Index in which he details how equity or debt investors can systematically and predictably determine the quality of leadership to make faster and more informed decisions and gain a critical information advantage over their competitors. Leadership emotional intelligence, authenticity, and charisma are not enough.

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If You Do These 5 Things, 2016 Will Be Unbelievable.

Rich Gee Group

You want a great 2016? I’m here to make it happen. If you own a business, work for an organization, or are in transition, these five things will make 2016 shine: #1 — Take small steps in 2016. Everyone wants to make big changes in their life — it’s built into our genes and personality. We all want to evolve into something better. More money, beautiful body, better health, more clients, or a big promotion.

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Waiting for a Death Sentence

Lead Change Blog

We’re all just hanging around to hear what our death sentence is. Morbid, right? Before you quickly move away to something more, hang in there for a minute. We all get on this ride as a bouncing baby, and move into the carefree years of childhood, the angst-filled era of being a teenager and finally we’re thrust against our will into the world of adulthood.

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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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2015 in Review – My Top 10 Blog Posts

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

My year-end review has become one of my favorite posts to write. I get to take my own advice – to reflect on the big picture, look for patterns, and see what I can learn. Here’s what I found: ➤ A record number of page views – over a half-million during 2015! ➤ A record number of awards and recognition this year! ➤ My blog is especially popular in: The USA, The UK, Canada, India, Australia, South Africa, and Germany. ➤ 53% of my readers are below the age of 35. ➤ 54% are male; 46% are

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2015

Tanveer Naseer

In my penultimate article from 2015, I made the point that in answering the question “ where do we go from here? ”, we have to look back on the journey we’ve taken and what lessons and insights we’ve learned that can help us as we move forward. So for my first piece for 2016, I thought it would be a wonderful way to illustrate this idea by doing just that – of looking back at the past 52 weeks of leadership articles and leadership podcast episodes shared here on my award-winning lead

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Five Questions that Release the Power of Humble Leadership

Leadership Freak

Overconfidence provides courage to begin, but blocks effective leadership. If overconfident leaders were half as talented as they believed, they would be twice as successful as they are.

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Turn your Blogging Website into a Business

Women on Business

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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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Did You Know The Best Conversations Are Dangerous?

Joseph Lalonde

Y ou’ve probably noticed a sad trend in the world. And it revolves around conversation. Or the lack thereof. Walking into a restaurant, you see it. Husband and wife, both have heads buried in their phones. Frantically texting back and forth. But not with each other. Or a high school party. Boys and girls are on their phones. Texting away. Just not with anyone attending the party.

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52 Leadership Promises for Every Week of the Year

Lead from Within

A new year means a new beginning, and here’s a promise a week for 2016. Following them through will end up changing your leadership and your life. There are some things every leader wants: to make an impact, to empower those we care about, professionally and personally, to be worthy of the challenges entrusted to us and to carry them out with integrity and passion.

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Yapping Dogs Make Lousy Leaders

Leadership Freak

Yapping dogs make irritating leaders. Successful leaders don’t run around barking. Don’t aspire to lead because you want to tell people what to do. Seek to release, not control. Talented people don’t enjoy being barked at. Downside: Yapping leaders end up with de-energized teams. People stand around waiting for the latest round of barking.

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3 Critical Connections You’re Missing without Internal Branding

Women on Business

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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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Vision is about serving.

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thought: Vision is about serving something greater than yourself. If not in service of a vision, your leadership can become self-serving. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. In addition to my regular leadership blog, I offer “Thursday Thoughts” – simple truths for reflection and food for thought. The post Vision is about serving. appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Will You Take My 2016 Reader Survey?

Joseph Lalonde

E very year I make an ask of my readers. That ask? Would you take my yearly reader survey. I want to make this blog a great resource for you and those you know. I can only do that if you help me. That’s where the survey comes in. By answering the questions in the survey, you help me to know you better. Knowing you better, helps me to create content and resources that will serve you.

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How to Energize Your Organization with One-on-One Conversations

Leadership Freak

You can’t lead and neglect people at the same time. Busyness that distracts from people is deadly to organizational energy. Don’t let paperwork and meetings prevent you from quarterly one-on-ones with your team.

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What to Look for in Employee Wellness Apps

Women on Business

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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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9 Leadership Themes for the New Year

Nathan Magnuson

I don’t know what last year brought your way, but as the saying goes: all new beginnings are hopeful. I believe that’s true when it comes to leadership effectiveness as well. Wouldn’t this be a great year for some meaningful strides? If you haven’t thought much about it, I’d like to share some of my leadership themes for the new year. “Think Grey” Steven Sample shared this concept in his landmark book The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership as an enco

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Why Leaders Need to be Abundance Thinkers

Kevin Eikenberry

What we believe about ourselves, our situation and our world drives our thoughts and actions, and therefore has a huge impact on the results we achieve. While this is a profound fact for us as individuals, as a leader, those beliefs (and the resulting thoughts actions and results) have a significant impact on many others […]. The post Why Leaders Need to be Abundance Thinkers appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leaders, Flies, and Manure

Leadership Freak

A leader without a problem to fix is like a fly searching for stink. If you aren’t fixing something, you’re buzzing around looking for something that’s broken.

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4 Ways to Improve Meetings

Jason Womack

This month at Get Momentum, we'll coach you to improve your skills in managing meetings. But, not just "managing" them, you'll learn the MOST important factors in: Planning Attending Leading and Following Up the meetings you're a part of. Want.

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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.