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Innovations Best Kept Secret

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Those of you who frequent this blog know that I’m not a huge fan of either/or propositions. In most, if not all cases, decisions that are made on this basis simply constitute a lack of depth and understanding. This particularly holds true as it applies to the topic [.

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The Joy of Leadership: If Julia Child Was A Management Consultant….

Terry Starbucker

Just about everyone has the famous book “ The Joy of Cooking ” in his or her pantries. Many a novice cook (like me, for instance) has poured through its pages looking for the perfect recipe for a roasted chicken, a rack of lamb, or some other grand culinary creation. Or to just figure out how to hard-boil an egg (yes, I did that). And, every time I link “joy” and “cooking” together, I think of the late Julia Child.

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Leadership, Reward and Culture

Lead Change Blog

There is an intrinsic reward that is received by the giver. We all know this is true. When you help someone who can’t possibly repay you, an immeasurable benefit, almost a force, provides benefit back to you.

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Hay Group's 2010 Best Companies for Leadership

Leading Blog

Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies develop current and future leaders. According to Hay Group’s study, all of the Top 20 companies report that everyone at every level of the organization has the opportunity to develop and practice the capabilities needed to lead others, compared to less than 70 percent of all other

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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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Community: Often Overlooked Cause of Good Health

Michael Lee Stallard

A couple years ago I had the good fortune to meet Malcolm Gladwell at a Rotman Business School event and tell him how much I enjoyed his work. One of my favorite stories in Malcolm’s latest book entitled Outliers is about Roseto, Pennsylvania. As it turns out, residents of Roseto were outliers in terms of their good health. A curious doctor set out to understand why.

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What’s in a Name? Lessons From John Cougar Mellencamp

Terry Starbucker

As someone who came of age in the early 80′s, every now and then a certain song pops into my head from that era – “Jack and Diane “, by John Mellencamp. Yesterday was one of those days, and as I walked the streets of Portland on a great sunny morning, that steady beat and the refrain of “ hold on to sixteen as long as you can, changes come around real soon make us woman and men&# pushed me along.

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4 Building Blocks of Courage

Leading Blog

As the globe begins to shake faster and faster, the answer is not to hunker down and erect barriers, but to take action. “Our world needs leaders capable of collaborating with other cultures sand taking prudent risks to create a new range of opportunities,” says Blythe McGarvie author of Shaking the Globe. That kind of leadership requires courage. McGarvie describes courage as a firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty.

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To Achieve Excellence

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau. K. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues famously concluded that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice are required to achieve excellence and expert status. Malcolm Gladwell popularized Ericsson’s 10,000 hour rule in his book Outliers. What many forget is that Ericsson’s research also concluded the experts benefitted from coaching and mentoring by people who told them the truth, even when it was painful to hear.

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From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab

The Recovering Engineer

Subscribe to Receive Updates Home About This Blog Archives Great Reading Contact Me my business about me Communication Skills Persuasion DISC Model Family Relationships Parenting Leadership Skills Post Series Reflections Decision Making From Our Cats Personal Change Resolving Conflict Problem Solving Video Browse > Home / Leadership Skills / From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab February 3, 2011 by Guy Harris Filed under Leadership Skills Lea

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What you heard is not what I meant!

Lead Change Blog

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

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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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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2011

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February. As One by Marhdad Baghai and James Quigley. Split-Second Persuasion : The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds by Kevin Dutton. My Life in Leadership : The Journey and Lessons Learned Along the Way by Frances Hesselbein. Unusually Excellent : The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm.

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My Blog on LeadershipDigital

Michael Lee Stallard

Recently I was invited to include my blog content on LeadershipDigital, a topic hub that collects, organizes and finds the best posts and articles that provides an edge to leaders and managers. Topic Hubs are sites that aggregate content from a variety of sources, organize that content around keywords in the topic domain, and support both manual and social curation of that content.

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The Winner's Brain

CEO Blog

It is another beautiful day out. Of course I do have some worries that New York should not have this much snow. Interesting article in the NY Times on climate. I read a lot about brains. I think I must put a great value on what we can get by using them well. And I am fascinated by how they work and how they impact behavior. Perhaps it is the marketing angle also?

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Contributors Carnival February 4, 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. Their contribution enables us to create … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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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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LeadershipNow 140: January 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2011: "Civility is part of the foundation for bringing out people’s brilliance." The Degeneration of Decorum. 90% of the Best Companies expect employees to lead, regardless if they have a formal position of authority. Hay Group Report. @TalentAnalytics: “ You cannot delegate culture.” - Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO Great read from @BoozCompany.

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Leaders Can Learn From College RAs

Michael Lee Stallard

Most leaders can learn an important lesson from the RAs at TCU who are creating a sense of community in the residence halls on campus. You can read about it in this excellent article entitled “ Culture of Caring.&# The article makes an important point that creating a sense of community requires intentionality. Daniel Terry, TCU’s director of Community Renewal, puts it this way: “We’re trying to create whole people here at TCU.

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Women and Leadership – A Look From Inside The Boardroom

Tanveer Naseer

Perhaps no issue has been stirring as much discussion in the leadership field as the continual lack of balanced representation of women in senior management. Faced with the discouraging reality that only 3% of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, despite their growing numbers in the lower management positions, it’s not surprising why this topic is getting a lot attention, if not concern given the growing rate at which women now represent current graduates coming out of universities.

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Authentic Leadership – Is This Your Leadership Style?

Lead Change Blog

Authentic leaders are people of extraordinary integrity, with a profound sense of purpose and willingness to live by their core 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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Deep Factors Shaping the Global Economy

Leading Blog

Outrageous Fortunes is a book about what in economic terms, could be. It is a provocative guide to global trends. Instead of focusing on moment–by-moment market predictions, author Daniel Altman, looks at deeper, underlying economic factors that we frequently overlook in the short-term view. Fundamentally, he states that “ over long periods of time, countries with similar deep factors tend to reach similar limits of growth and prosperity.”.

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Alter+Care: Happiness at Work Podcast

Michael Lee Stallard

Jason Pankau and I recently recorded a podcast interview on happiness at work for Alter+Care, the healthcare real estate company. You can hear the podcast at this link.

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Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil by Kevin Eikenberry on February 2, 2011 in Leadership , Learning Picture of Phil, complements of [link] Groundhog Day is a strange tradition. It know the basics about the day, aided in part by the Bill Murray classic movie Groundhog Day.

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Are you a good boss?

Women on Business

Are you a good boss? Really? I know when I ask myself that question, I come to the conclusion that I could be better. So what makes a good boss, and how can we get better? In the January/February issue of Harvard Business Review an article on becoming a great boss offers research and some key tips for improving as a boss. A good boss is typically influential.

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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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My Interview With Mike Phillips on Lead the Team

The Recovering Engineer

Subscribe to Receive Updates Home About This Blog Archives Great Reading Contact Me my business about me Communication Skills Persuasion DISC Model Family Relationships Parenting Leadership Skills Post Series Reflections Decision Making From Our Cats Personal Change Resolving Conflict Problem Solving Video Browse > Home / Leadership Skills / My Interview With Mike Phillips on Lead the Team My Interview With Mike Phillips on Lead the Team February 2, 2011 by Guy Harris Filed under Leadership Skil

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and are energized for a promising week of Maximizing Possibility in your organization! I like to start off each week by highlighting five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be especially good reading during the past week. Below are my picks for January 24th - 30th, 2011.

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9 Steps to Work Less and Do More

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More by Kevin Eikenberry on January 31, 2011 in Books , Leadership , Learning This week’s Resource Recommendation is 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More By Stever Robbins People ask me all the time, “what is the best new time management book out there?

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Women Leadership and Reshaping

Women on Business

There is a scene in the film “The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio” starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson that struck me like a bolt of lightning. They are the parents of ten children just living their lives in a small town. She is a housewife and he is a machinist. The era is the [.

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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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Denial, It’s Not Just a River in Egypt

Next Level Blog

It looks like the end game for Hosni Mubarak may be nigh. At the end of the day when a million countrymen flooded the streets of Cairo to call for his immediate resignation, the Egyptian president. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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The Muslim Brotherhood – The Hostility Goes Way Back (with insight from The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s some serious background reading to recommend. Shortly after it came out, I read the book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. He won the Pulitzer Prize for this book (for General Nonfiction – 2007). As the Egypt situation unfolds, this might be a good book to put in [.].

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3 Lessons On Using Social Media For Your Business – Guest post at The thoughtLEADERS Blog

Tanveer Naseer

The start of a new year often fosters discussions over what will be the key events to occur over the next 12 months. So far, many pundits are pointing out how 2011 will be the year of mass adoption by businesses of social media platforms as part of their marketing, management, and employee retention efforts. Given the fact that Facebook has surpassed Google as the most visited site on the internet in 2010, as well as the deepening integration of social media platforms into people’s everyda

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How to Handle Poor Performance in the Workplace

Women on Business

In every business in every part of the world there is one situation that baffles even the most gifted professionals: poor performance. Most supervisors view poor performance as an issue of the employee; but I believe that poor performance is an all inclusive situation. Everyone in Executive Leadership should bear some responsibility in creating [.

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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.