Sat.Oct 06, 2012 - Fri.Oct 12, 2012

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Get Real: Take Your Developmental Conversations to the Next Level

Let's Grow Leaders

For a variety of reasons, many manager/employee relationships stay formal, cordial, and don’t realize their full potential. The conversation stays focused on the work at hand, and hopefully there is some discussion of strengths and development needs, along with a plan to improve on them. There is often real reluctance to go deeper. Why? Choices, [.

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5 Leadership Approaches for Knowing, Being and Doing

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Leadership Development I’ve long believed life isn’t an either/or choice but rather an array of both/and opportunities. One place where the either/or versus both/and orientation shows up in stark contrast is in working with people to produce outcomes, whether it’s at work, at home, in the community, etc. Some individuals have an intense heads-down focus on delivering [.].

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Walk the Talk: Four Tips to be an Extraordinary Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Thomas J. Walter: It’s common knowledge that there are two kinds of leaders, those who speak and those who do. Those who speak are referred to as “vocal leaders,” and those who do are referred to as “servant leaders,” though the title of the latter is frequently off-putting to business leaders of self-proclaimed high stature. While leaders with excellent communication and motivational skills are often praised for these skills, they’re not the only component to being an effective le

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Rebel Entrepreneurs Avoid Conventional Wisdom

Leading Blog

This is a guest post by Jonathan Moules author of The Rebel Entrepreneur. Moules shares lessons learned from hundreds of companies that point to a rebellious entrepreneurial approach. He describes lessons like don’t rely on others to fund your idea, imitate creatively, keep value higher than price, pivot often, and why they typically don’t get loans from big banks.

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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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A Matter of Trust: Why I Trust You, Why I Don’t

Let's Grow Leaders

Developing real trust takes time. The people we lead come to us with history, memories, and experiences–they recall times of trust inspired and trust betrayed. When we are in a new gig, our teams watch even more closely. “Can I trust you?” “Are you like the last guy?” When we have been with a [.] The post A Matter of Trust: Why I Trust You, Why I Don’t appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Protect Your Leadership from 5 Temptations with a Sandwich

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development I have a friend that loves football. He is not super passionate about leadership, and is not a person of faith. However, he is fascinated with Tim Tebow and convinced that Tim is the real deal! I am passionate about leadership and about my Christian faith but I’m not a huge football fan. So when [.].

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Qualities of a Good Business Leader

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by William Lewis. A sound education in business is just one component of being a good leader; to truly take your company to the next level, you must also possess certain qualities that come from within. Think about some of the business leaders you admire – maybe it’s someone famous who has changed the world with their product or service; maybe it’s your own father or mother, someone you’ve grown up with in close proximity and had years to study.

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Leadership from A Kid’s Point Of View (Lucky or Skillful?)

Let's Grow Leaders

A Saturday Salutation Guest Post Sebastian Hurt, Age 7 Sebastian is my son, and a First Grader. He loves Jiu Jitsu, beyblades, and climbing new mountains. After much dinner table conversation on leadership and posts… he asked to write his own. I served only as typist. What a fantastic conversation. He was troubled with [.] The post Leadership from A Kid’s Point Of View (Lucky or Skillful?

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Top 10 Reasons You Won’t Like The Character-Based Leader

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book In case you haven’t heard, 21 of the Instigators of this group recently completed The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution… One Person at a Time. We’ve received some positive press and some interesting sales numbers, but we don’t live in a wonder-land. There is a bit of dis-order and anarchy behind the idea of [.].

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10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Given that I’ve written about how to design great leadership development programs , I thought it might make for an interesting case study to share with readers how I applied a lifetime of leadership development expertise to this program.

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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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3 Things to Do Before You Hand Out Your Business Card

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you handing out business cards because it’s a habit or because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do when you meet someone new? If so, you’re wasting time, effort, and paper. Erica Nicole of YFS Magazine explains three things you should do before you hand your business card to someone so the effort benefits you and the other person: 1.

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Small Gestures of Trust Build Great Results

Let's Grow Leaders

I was attending a breakout session on social media strategy at the International Customer Service Association conference, when the presenter asked, “who allows their reps to have Facebook on their work computers?” This is not the norm in the call center space, but one guy raised his hand. I knew immediately whose table I wanted to sit at [.] The post Small Gestures of Trust Build Great Results appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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A Leadership Balancing Act – Boundaries, Risk, and Responsibilities

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development As an organisational leader you usually have a balancing act to perform especially around how well (or not) your team contributes to organisational success or not. Much depends on how well you manage to harness the commitment, efforts, skills and effectiveness of your team, and then how well you are able to let go [.].

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When Less is More

Persuasive Powerhouse

. A few years ago, my teenage daughter and I walked into a store together – me, the upset mother of a somewhat rebellious but proud-of her-new-look teenager who had just dyed her hair in stripes of red, white, and blue. I hadn’t fully decided how I should address this new look with my daughter. Imagine my surprise when an aging greeter at the store profusely proclaimed how much she loved my daughter’s new “do”!

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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 1 Billion Women Will Change the Business World

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Referred to as the “third billion,” nearly one billion women will enter the global economy for the first time during the coming decade, and they’ll change the way the world works. That’s according to DeAnne Aguirre of Fortune who explains that these women will affect the economy as significantly as the billion-plus populations of China and India have previously.

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The October Leadership Development Carnival is up!

Great Leadership By Dan

The October Leadership Development Carnival is up! But it's not here. This month's Carnival is hosting by Robert Tanner at his Management is a Journey blog. Check it out right here: October Leadership Development Carnival. I love the way Robert organizes and presents over 20 outstanding leadership development posts from many of my favorite bloggers.

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Leaders: Are You Driving from the Back Seat?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Dusk was settling in fast as I drove along a winding road. Waves crashes on the rocky cliffs below. Why was I driving on the wrong side of the road? I couldn’t control my car and move into the correct lane. With my arms and legs outstretched from the back seat, I tried to grab [.].

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007: 5 Principles for Communicating Strategically | Featuring Helio Fred Garcia

Engaging Leader

'©2012 Helio Fred Garcia. In this episode, Jesse is joined by Helio Fred Garcia, author of three books on communication. His most recent book, The Power of Communication: Skills to Build, Trust, Inspire Loyalty, and Lead Effectively , published in spring 2012. For more than 30 years Fred has been a coach, counselor, teacher, writer, and speaker whose clients include some of the largest and best-known companies and organizations in the world.

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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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Play up your strengths

Women on Business

Focus on your strengths, hand over the rest. We all fall into the trap of thinking we can do it all, or taking on too much. This goes right along with getting help when you need it, but expands upon that thought even more… make sure you are passing over the right tasks. What are you good at? Maybe you are great at sales, but then dealing with the nitty gritty, invoicing, payment collections…you hate, or just aren’t that great at it.

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Seven Power Tips for Spotting Future Leaders

Leadership Freak

You’ll fail apart from surrounding yourself with talented people. This means: Great leaders identify and develop great leaders. One of my favorite Jack Welch quotes is, “The team with the best players wins.” But, how do you identify the best players? Look for those who are: Already active. Frustrated. They look around and don’t like [.].

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The Duty, the Dream, and the Difference

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Self Leadership There is a graveyard of dreams out there, where abandoned ambition has breached its hull on bare rocks and run aground, never to be sea-worthy again. But we aren’t going there. No, the conversation I hope to have is a little more nuanced than that. There are the doldrums of duty, in which the [.].

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What Does Ethical Consumerism Mean for Business?

Leading in Context

What is Ethical Consumerism? Ethical consumerism means that more customers are choosing to purchase goods that are ethically sourced, ethically made and ethically distributed.

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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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Career Advice from Female Tech Company Founders

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women make up half of the total workforce in the United States, but they make up only 25% of the workers in the technology industry and hold just 15% of senior management positions. Julie Kantor, co-founder of Barrel of Jobs, shared those statistics from an Inc.com report in a recent article she wrote for Venture Beat. Julie also shared advice from a number of female tech company founders to inspire, motivate, and challenge women who are considering careers in tech or s

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How the Need for Fairness Destroys People

Leadership Freak

The need for fairness prevents people in the middle from reaching the top. Every organization of any size has slackers, drifters, and fence sitters. Top management should deal with them, but sometimes they don’t. It’s not fair that you give 100% while they give 75%, or less. The need for fairness whispers in your ear, [.].

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Great Leadership: The Dynamics of Workplace Bullying

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching [link] I don’t think I have ever been in a work situation where there has not been at least some discussion about whether behaviours can be construed as bullying. I have been in some where bullying has occurred and people have experienced being bullied and it’s not pleasant. In the CIPD Employee Outlook Survey 2010, 16% of people [.].

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Go beyond first impressions to better understand others

Persuasive Powerhouse

He was a leader who had a big swagger. He was brash, with an audacity and arrogance beyond compare. I observed him from afar and disliked him immediately. One day, he reached out to me and asked me to coach him. Although I didn’t realize it then, this was a test. Could I find any goodness in him? As I opened myself to him, I learned that he was kind, funny and one of those rare people who would give someone the shirt off his back.

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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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Is Woman Owned Business Certification Worth It?

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Have you considered becoming a certified woman-owned business? It’s a time consuming and costly process, so it’s important to determine whether or not becoming WOB certified will offer enough benefits to your business before you start the certification process. Recently, a LinkedIn member posed the question, “Is woman owned business certification worth it?

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How to Make a Difference that Matters

Leadership Freak

A life that matters is not about desire; it’s about how. Leaders who make a difference develop internally and explore externally. Neglect one and you won’t make a difference that matters. Component one: High impact begins internally with who you are. From this vantage point, making a difference that matters is all about you. It [.].

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Chery Gegelman: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this interview with Author, Chery Gegelman: Chapter Title: ”Why Character Based Leadership?” Chery Gegelman President/Managing Partner at Giana Consulting, LLC Chery Gegelman is the President of Giana Consulting, an Organizational Wholeness and Growth Consulting Company that specializes in Organizational Development, Leadership Development and helping people understand and navigate Change.

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Seven Keys to More Effectively Leading Teams

Kevin Eikenberry

Maybe you find yourself in a new team environment and leading a team for the first time, or maybe you have been working with and leading teams forever. Either way, the keys in this article – whether as new information or a fresh reminder – can make a world of difference in morale, productivity, and [.].

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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.