Sat.Aug 06, 2016 - Fri.Aug 12, 2016

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A 30-60-90 Day Plan For New Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Leaders new to a team have the unenviable task of getting results, building trust and establishing credibility. All the while they are learning their new role, and possibly even a new company. For some leaders, doing one or the other is attainable, but doing all simultaneously can be a daunting task. It can be a delicate balance at times, and giving attention to everything at once can be a bit overwhelming.

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Dynamic Dozen: Step Up and Step Out

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “I may not have been the best combat commander, but I always strove to be. My men depended on me to carefully analyze every tactical situation, to maximize the resources that I had at my disposal, to think under pressure, and then to lead them by personal example.

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Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Be Distracted by Low Hanging Fruit

Women on Business

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Leap Over Your Obstacles.

Rich Gee Group

Reading this month’s Fast Company , I came upon a wonderful interview with Bozoma Saint John, Apple Music’s Head of Global Consumer Marketing. I remember Saint John from Apple’s last WWDC presentation – she’s the one part of the show that stood out for me. The reporter asked many great questions, but then asked the perfunctory question: “What can you tell me about what you have learned about race and gender in corporate America?

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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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4 Things That Will Increase Your Optimism

Lead Change Blog

Respond to the following statements with always, sometimes, and never: In uncertain times, I usually expect the best. If something can go wrong for me, it will. I hardly ever expect things to go my way. I rarely count on good things happening to me. Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad. In order to fully understand this topic, we have to get beyond the “ glass half empty/half full” definition.

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4 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn From The Olympics

Tanveer Naseer

With the latest edition of the Summer Olympic Games now well under way in Rio, there is naturally much interest in the outcomes of various sporting events. Within the leadership and management field, there is also much interest in discovering insights that can help us to better understand how to inspire the best in our employees. Of course, the typical focus on lessons we can learn from the Olympics tend to be on teamwork, communication, building confidence and the like.

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From change management to change leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

You’ve been known as the leader who pushes people hard, expects a lot, and gets results. The proof of your leadership excellence is in the results. Sure, your leadership style isn’t for everyone, but you aren’t a bad leader – just driven. You’re now leading a significant new project with a lot of moving parts that require a great deal from you and your team.

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A Roadmap for the New Leader

Lead Change Blog

A few weeks ago, I received this message from a former student: Hi Professor. I’ve been in the working world for 5 months now. I’m not yet in the position I desire, though I am pumped to continue in my journey. I’m networking more and more, mingling with professionals with much more experience than I. About a week ago I thought back to your course and reflected on what I had learned about being an effective leader.

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Why leaders need an attitude of abundance

Lead on Purpose

An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.

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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

Women on 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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20 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Suicide Squad

Joseph Lalonde

W e’ve seen Marvel Studios succeed with comic book based movies. Captain America , Thor, The Avengers , Ant-Man … They’ve all been blockbuster movies. Meanwhile, DC Comics has floundered in creating a cinematic universe that movie-goers will fall in love with. Movie flops such as Superman Returns and the recent Batman Versus Superman left fans wondering if DC could deliver a worthwhile movie experience.

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If You’re Not Uncomfortable, You’re Not Leading

Lead Change Blog

What practice makes for being an effective leader? Not avoiding actions that make you uncomfortable. To be a productive and persuasive leader, you have to do that which makes you uncomfortable. Then you do it again and again until you feel comfortable doing it. You may never come to like giving negative performance feedback or making staff reductions, but you still do it with tact and grace.

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Why leaders need an attitude of abundance

Lead on Purpose

An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.

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Successful leaders understand true power

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Thursday Thoughts: Successful leaders understand that true power comes, not from exercising control, but from empowering others. * * * * * * * * * […]. The post Successful leaders understand true power appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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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 to Complain Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

Great leaders have burning complaints. I wonder how many great endeavors began as great complaints. The United States of America, for example, began with great complaints. We know the name Martin Luther King Jr.

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Are You a Master of the Fine Art of Asking a Favor?

Lead Change Blog

This week I’m making a big ask of a long-time friend. When I talked my plan over with another friend, she asked, “What if he says no? Will it damage your relationship?”. My answer is no. I’m prepared for any answer from him. And I’m going to tell him that. The times I’ve been at peace asking for a favor have been the times when I was not attached to the outcome.

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What Are You Making?

Joseph Lalonde

W ith all the talk about vision and mission, we forget a simple truth. Through our leading, we are making something unique. Now, we’re not all creating the same thing. Yet we’re all forging a new future. Image via Creative Commons. The Mindset To Have. As leaders, our mission is to grow our organizations, our churches, or our businesses.

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We Are All Called to Serve

Lead from Within

We know that life shouldn’t be just about making more money, buying a bigger home, or having a selection of cars in the garage. It may include those things, but it has to be about more. But what? I believe life is about a calling—a calling to serve. People think that to be a leader you have to be promoted upward and have a high-level title. But it’s not about that, either.

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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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When You Just Aren’t Feeling It in Your Coaching Relationship

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Judy Nelson : What happens when you no longer feel the enthusiasm you once had for your coaching sessions? You know the signs of problems: ü Sighing when you realize it’s time for another call or meeting ü Thinking about all the other things you could be doing instead of the session ü Wondering whether it was a good use of your time when the call ends Or worse… ü Dreading the call ü Saying you need to sign off early when you don’t ü Considering rescheduling even though you don’t

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Building Trust: Paradoxical Qualities to Cultivate

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton As we progress on the learning journey toward positive leadership, some of the qualities we seek seem to be paradoxical. For example, as leaders we need to be CRYSTAL CLEAR in outwardly communicating what we expect and also OPEN to hearing input from others that might change our plans. We need to be FULLY PRESENT in this moment, and still able to THINK AHEAD to prepare for the future.

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15 Ways to Leverage the #1 Contributor to Job Satisfaction for Leadership Success

Leadership Freak

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reports, for two years running, that respectful treatment of all employees at all levels is the #1 contributor to job satisfaction.

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How to Prepare for Your Meetings Like Olympians Prepare to Compete

Next Level Blog

Last night, Diane and I were watching the U.S. women’s gymnastics team compete in the opening round of competition in the Rio Olympics. The floor exercises were the most astounding thing I saw. Tiny young women like Simone Biles, Laura Hernandez, and Aly Raisman stand at one corner of a springy floor, gather themselves, seemingly go from zero to 60 in about half a second and then launch themselves 8 or 9 feet in the air to do a couple of flips while they lay their bodies out flat in the ai

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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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It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It!

Marshall Goldsmith

And, it’s not what you ask but how you ask it! In my work as an executive coach, I teach people about the importance of self-reflection as a daily practice to changing behavior and becoming more successful. This daily practice that I teach, as you may know, comes in the form of the Daily Questions. I do this process myself every day and it has made a world of difference in my behavior!

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Building Trust: Paradoxical Qualities to Cultivate

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton As we progress on the learning journey toward positive leadership, some of the qualities we seek seem to be paradoxical. For example, as leaders we need to be CRYSTAL CLEAR in outwardly communicating what we expect and also OPEN to hearing input from others that might change our plans. We need to be FULLY PRESENT in this moment, and still able to THINK AHEAD to prepare for the future.

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How Teams Win and Individuals Lose

Leadership Freak

Olympic Cyclist Mara Abbott suffered a heartbreaking loss in Rio last Sunday. With only seconds to go in the race, Abbott fell from Gold to nothing.

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The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs

Kevin Eikenberry

By Marcia Reynolds There are plenty of good books about crucial and fierce and difficult conversations – and I recommend you read them. All of them come at the conversation from the personal perspective – what can you do to get your point across in an effective way. As important as this is, there is […]. The post The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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How I set myself up to Get Lucky

Jason Womack

Travel Day. A car. A bus. Two plans. A rental car. And a hotel. All in the span of 14 hours. The intention, 14 cups of water. Yup, on travel days I go for a cup an hour. Does it.

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Viral Coefficient in Social Media

CEO Blog

I was approached by an entrepreneur who wanted to know how to make things go viral. Actually he asked what are early signs that things might go viral. The following is my reply. I have occasionally experimented in how to make things go viral. These same ideas apply to promoting a product like a book. The obvious - develop a product with a viral co-efficient greater than 1 - meaning if you tell 100 people, you get more than 100 views or users.

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The Three Focal Points of Leadership

Leadership Freak

Unfocused leaders live frantic shallow frustrated lives. Worse yet, they lead unfocused teams. Hopping from one shiny object to the next drains energy and dilutes impact.

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Performance Management in Your (the Real) World

Kevin Eikenberry

On July 26, 2016, Susan Peters, the Vice President of Human Resources at GE announced a shift in how performance management will be done for the 300,000 employees at GE. Her is part of what she announced: “Today we’re announcing our latest update to Performance Development. Bottom line: after running pilots with 30,000 employees and […]. The post Performance Management in Your (the Real) World appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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.