Sat.Feb 05, 2011 - Fri.Feb 11, 2011

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7 Little Words, One Big Leadership Manifesto

Terry Starbucker

Did you ever want to get up in front of your team and utter a sentence so profound, and so packed with meaning and resonance, that everybody “gets&# you immediately, and is ready to follow you up the hill? All you need are 7 little words. Start with “ We “ Right off the bat everyone knows that you are thinking “team&#. It’s not about you.

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Transactional Leadership | 4 Words to Disrupt Your Leadership Foundation | Part 1

Lead Change Blog

Have you ever thought about the words we use to describe relationships? Our entire paradigm for how we relate to one another is economic. We ‘spend’ time with family. We ‘invest’ training and resources in employees.

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Lessons from Ronald Reagan

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth There was no shortage of great material to choose from in selecting a topic for today’s post. A critique of Bill O’rielly’s network interview of President Obama would have been fun, the Super Bowl provided some great material to choose from – a plethora of bad commercials, yet another in a long list [.

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Ronald Reagan on Leadership

Leading Blog

R onald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born one hundred years ago today, February 6. In nearly every poll he is regarded, with Washington and Lincoln, as one of the three best presidents America has ever had. This is due in large part because he governed with focused self-confidence and he never considered his position to place him above those he led.

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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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Do You Have Any Time to Think Creatively?

Women on Business

I remember how wonderful I felt at first when I was hired to run a national company. I was thrilled with my new title and excited to take on the challenge of resurrecting a company that was doing poorly. I was up for the challenge. The position meant a move to Chicago from the east [.

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Ten EveryDay Leadership Decisions

Lead Change Blog

In the course of your day as a leader you are faced with many decisions. Some come in emails, some in inquiries, and some in meetings. Some you have time to consider, for some you will rely on input from … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking in Your Organization

Leading Blog

Peter Senge, founder of the Society of Organizational Learning and senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, once observed, “Most managers do not reflect carefully on their actions.” Most managers are too busy “running” to reflect. While reflection seems to have no place in a competitive business environment, it is where meaning is created, behaviors are regulated, values are refined, assumptions are challenged, intuition is accessed, and where we learn about who we are.

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Been Promoted? Five Key Conversations to Have With Your New Boss

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Been Promoted? Five Key Conversations to Have With Your New Boss by Kevin Eikenberry on February 7, 2011 in Communication , Leadership , Learning , Setting Goals If you’ve just been promoted, this is obviously for you. If you have been in your role for awhile, but your relationship and communication with your boss/supervisor/leader isn’t perfect, this will be of great

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Influence With Peers – Leadership Character Episode 4

Lead Change Blog

Sonia Di Maulo will be re-starting our Leadership Character webinar series by presenting Leading Across – Influence with Peers. This is an update to the webinar originally scheduled last November.

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Business Leadership Skills and Power Couples

Women on Business

The ads for Valentine’s Day gifts are reaching a peak this week. So what does that have to do with business leadership expertise? Well, for starts, one of the biggest issues we women struggle with daily; work life balance. How do we juggle our relationships with our spouses, our partners, let alone kids and extended [.

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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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Taking Another Look: Leading Minds on Reflection Part 4

Leading Blog

In the final part of this series, Marshall Goldsmith explains the relevancy of reflection in today’s world. It has always been a vital ingredient to success, but it becomes critical in the age of the knowledge worker. Jeremy Hunter teaches courses on The Practice of Self-Management at The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management.

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President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry on February 6, 2011 in Building Relationships , Connection , Intention , Leadership , Learning Below is a post I wrote on June 8, 2004 on the earlier version of my blog.

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Contributors Carnival February 11, 2011

Lead Change Blog

The Lead Change Group is a contributor-supported leadership development community. Contributing Members commit to help build a leadership development destination on the web. They give not only their time, but also their money and expertise as well.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

It was another great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blog posts. For your reading pleasure I have culled through many of these posts to pick out five that I found to be especially good reading. Below are five posts from the week of January 31st to February 6th, 2011 for you to check out. Enjoy! John Gibbons, I4CP Trendwatcher: Do People Drive Business?

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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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Taking Another Look: Leading Minds on Reflection Part I

Leading Blog

John Kotter begins this series on reflection by talking about the need to develop a reflective habit and why we don’t. Are we spending our time on the right issues? Are we delegating issues we should not be working on that could be better dealt with more locally in the organization? Kotter also stresses its importance as a continual learning tool. John Baldoni urges us to make the time to reflect to gain perspective.

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8 Ways to Get Good Sleep

CEO Blog

It is interesting how SEO is changing and becoming more mainstream. NY Times even had an article on it. One of my portfolio companies is SEO Pledge. I usually read business and self help books (since I need so much self help). Last night I read one that is slightly out of that genre although the title ( Emotional Freedom - Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life ) sounds like a regular self help book.

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The Decision to Lead

Lead Change Blog

Leadership begins with a decision to make a difference. It is a decision to act, a decision to do something.

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With a timer, and inspiration - it won't take much longer

Jason Womack

Are you reading this post at your desk? Or, on a smartphone? If you're at your desk, look around.or, switch over to your email inbox (and then come back!). Chances are there is SOMEthing around you that is gonna need a few more minutes of your attention to get it done. Want to move on more.faster? Get a timer. I know it doesn't sound or look like a sophisticated time management tool, but I have found a simply kitchen timer to be one of the best things people can add to their "Workflow Management

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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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Taking Another Look: Leading Minds on Reflection Part 3

Leading Blog

In part three of this series, James Strock talks about the importance of taking time “off” from one’s customary activities. He also gives insight into gaining perspective through reflection. Mark Sanborn talks about the essential nature of making time to think so that we might learn and gain insight from our experiences. He lists some areas we should be thinking about so that we might get the most out of our time reflecting.

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What Could Happen if You Do Nothing

CEO Blog

Everyone who knows me (or is connected to me by linkedin , facebook or Twitter ) knows I like quotations - especially motivational business quotations. There is one quote by Anthony Robbins that is often used that I do not like is "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten" I guess this could be motivational if you have not been successful.

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Gender, Leadership, & CSV

Lead Change Blog

If you haven’t read the Harvard Business Review this month, you should. Why?

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A Super Bowl Servant Leader

Next Level Blog

It’s Monday morning and time to break down the Super Bowl. My main goal in this post is to share some Steelers coach Mike Tomlin-inspired thoughts on servant leadership. Have to spend a little time. 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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Taking Another Look: Leading Minds on Reflection Part 2

Leading Blog

In part two of this series, Tom Asacker philosophizes about the nature of reflection. His insights help us to understand that until we start to see our connection to reality, core changes rarely happen. Have we given the proper consideration to the impact of what we do? Then, Brian Orchard emphasizes the need to slow down enough to absorb what we are experiencing.

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The Great Workplace

CEO Blog

I am just back from a week of travel that ended with a break for Québec Winter Carnival. A plug for some of my investee companies (I don't often make my investments public): Well.ca is having a free sample promotion. Online drugstore (not prescription stuff) made easy to buy. Hitfix continues with awesome content. And I hope RuMe saves the world with nylon bags.

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Two Books to Better Organizational Results

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Two Books to Better Organizational Results by Kevin Eikenberry on February 7, 2011 in Books , Leadership , Learning These books both showed up in my mail this week because both authors are partnering with us to promote From Bud to Boss , launching February 15.

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Winning Isn’t Everything: Business Insights from the Super Bowl

Women on Business

As many of the readers of my blog and Marketing Audibles know, I am a lifelong Packer fan (thanks to my dear Grandmother). And yes, of course I am beside-myself-thrilled that my team made it to, and won the Super Bowl! Here are a few insights I gained during this year’s Super Bowl (even If you’re not a Packer fan): Singing: Apparently knowing all the words to The Star Spangled Banner is not a prerequisite to singing it.

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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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Guest Post: Four Leadership Lessons from the Gym

Lead on Purpose

By Pam Greene. In our modern society, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for those of us in leadership positions take time out for ourselves. The innovations that allow us teleconferencing, emails, and phone conversations wherever/whenever should increase our free time, but ironically, they’ve just turned our 40-hour work week into a 140-hour work week and caused us to ignore the most innovative, powerful tool in our leadership arsenal: our bodies.

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Best Leaders Cause Fun Workplaces

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question.

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One Week Until From Bud to Boss is Released!

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Just One Week by Kevin Eikenberry on February 8, 2011 in Books , From Bud to Boss , Leadership , Learning , Personal Development , Video While I haven’t said too much about the launch of my new book From Bud to Boss – Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership (co-authored with my friend and colleague Guy Harris) on this blog, it doesn’t mean we

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Presenting with Passion

Next Level Blog

On my way to Atlanta this week for a series of meetings, I read a new book by presentation expert, Garr Reynolds called The Naked Presenter (Reynolds lives in Japan and uses the public baths where. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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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.