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How to Break the 80 20 Rule

Let's Grow Leaders

According to the 80 20 Rule, 20% of your team is carrying 80% of the load. If that’s the case, 80% could do substantially more. Have you come to except the Pareto Principle as a given? Of course, your performance management structure counts these slackers to make for a nice bell curve. So maybe it’s easier to [.] The post How to Break the 80 20 Rule appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Why Marissa Mayer Will Fail At Yahoo

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Marissa Mayer is a case study in what NOT to do as a new CEO. While she’s clearly under intense pressure to pull Yahoo out of what many see as a death spiral, making rookie mistakes is not going to help her cause. Being a new CEO of a struggling enterprise is a challenge for any leader, but it’s also not a role every leader is ready for – shame on Yahoo’s board for botching the selection process – again.

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My 15 Stickiest Leadership Lessons

Terry Starbucker

I’ve seen and heard (and written) about a lot of great leadership lessons, but there’s a short list of them that have really “stuck” with me. They’ve since become an essential part of my leadership practice, and my life. I’m pleased to share these “greatest hits” with you, and hope that you to will find them as sticky as I have. “ An ounce of demonstration is worth a pound of explanation “ - Emil Liebling.

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Why Doesn’t My Team Feel Recognized?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development You’ve served up regular recognition cocktails of programs, plaques, bonuses, and fun. In fact, you would consider a few of your creative recognition programs to be “best practices.” Perhaps you’ve even written a blog post or two about them. You’ve spent lots of money… you’ve put in heartfelt effort.

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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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Frontline Festival: A Leadership Carnival for Frontline Leaders

Let's Grow Leaders

I am delighted and humbled by the response to the Frontline Festival. I asked my friends and colleagues to share their best advice for frontline leaders. Wow! Read these posts and you will emerge stronger. Perhaps read one a day, you’ve got enough for a month. I am pleased to share their gifts with you. [.] The post Frontline Festival: A Leadership Carnival for Frontline Leaders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Facts Ma’am – Just The Facts

N2Growth Blog

Clarity Matters. While clarity and brevity may have become a lost art, understanding the importance of clear, lucid, and straight-forward communication is nonetheless critical to your success as a leader. In today’s column I’ll reveal (clearly and briefly) the tricks of those who practice what I call “the black art of confusion” propagated by the ruse of ambiguity.

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Maybe We Just Need to Stick to Basics…It Worked for Picasso!

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development In the February 19th Tuesday Science Section (one of my favorites), the New York Times ran an article titled “Picasso’s Masterpieces Made with House Paint.” Using high-tech X-rays, scientists discovered that Picasso used plain old common house paint! They analyzed the pigments on Picasso’s canvases and compared them with samples of house paint from the [.].

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In Support of the Imperfect Boss

Let's Grow Leaders

Apparently this is an attractive and dangerous fantasy. This month the Harvard Business Review LinkedIn Discussion Forum has been visualizing “the ideal boss.” The discussion has attracted over 300 comments from thought leaders around the globe. Top 10 Characteristics of an “Ideal” Boss As I read the comments, I did a rough stroke count of [.

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Leadership and the Art of Struggle: 5 Things You Can Do

Leading Blog

Struggle is a part of any human endeavor and leadership is no different. The problem is we view struggle as a negative. But struggle is how we grow. Without them we can’t reach our full potential as leaders. We like to think of our leaders as flawless. We like to be perceived as flawless—or at least we like people to think we have everything under control.

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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. Maybe it was the message or maybe it was that I had 5 hours to think about it as I hiked up Half Dome later that morning, but 25 years later I can still recall it clearly. The reverend’s message was that if you find yourself in a position where you have the opportunity to help another person recognize their own limiting behavior, and make

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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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Help Your Employees to Manage Up

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Workplace Issues I finished a training series recently. On the evaluation forms I suggested a variety of topics that we could do next. Among topics like Managing Stress and Managing Change, I added “Managing Up.” This topic provoked the most interest, far and away. I followed up with an anonymous survey to get really specific as to [.].

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The Power of Great Expectations

Let's Grow Leaders

It was March over a decade ago. I had just finished singing Amazing Grace and was headed down from the choir loft back to my pew. My Dad began the eulogy for my Grandma, who had died that week. He looked at his brothers and sisters in the first row and said, “I am thankful for expectations.” Me [.] The post The Power of Great Expectations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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quickpoint: Learning to Lead

Leading Blog

Emerging leader, Jonathan Doochin, learned from an early age the importance of reflection and optimism, the impact of mentorship, and the potential of thinking like an entrepreneur. In a book by and about emerging leaders, Passion & Purpose , he shares this on leadership: Each of us has the capacity to lead. Each of us, likely, has also shied away from leadership at times.

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Using The Power Of Acknowledgment To Engage Your Employees

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by author Judith W. Umlas. Some of you may remember and be familiar with Servant Leadership, which started in the 1980’s and is still practiced by such corporate giants as Southwest Airlines, Aflac and many others. The ground-breaking concept was that leaders should serve their people first and help meet their needs. But many people feel put off by this concept.

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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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Putting the “Cult” Back Into Corporate Culture

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Career Development The phrase “corporate culture” describes the specific and unique sense of community that is created within a company. There is a clear difference between a company that has a bad atmosphere, and one that has built a good corporate culture within its walls. When your company has a good corporate culture, employees love their work [.].

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The Tension Connection

Let's Grow Leaders

Tight shoulders. Strained relationships. Visions not yet achieved. Public disclosure of private struggle. Tension is exhausting… unless… It’s invigorating. What’s A Tension Map? After reading Steven’s Snyder’s new book, Leadership and the Art of Struggle, I wanted to know more about his theory of positive and destructive tension.

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Women on Business Ranks 28th in Top Leadership Blogs List

Women on Business

I’m happy to announce that Women on Business has received another accolade — this time as one of the Top 100 Leadership Blogs. The ranking comes from Leblin.com and is created using an intense algorithm developed by Frode Heiman. Blogs are ranked by popularity using a deep matrix of variables, including: Google, Alexa and Twitter rankings, blog design (first impression, usability, easy to read), and content freshness.

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What a Leadership Coach Won’t Do For You

Nathan Magnuson

Have you ever considered hiring a leadership coach? Do you know someone who has a coach? Contrary to popular opinion, coaches are not just a luxury service for the rich and famous (as one of my past clients once believed). Writers hire writing coaches, speakers hire speaking coaches, actors hire acting coaches, and quarterbacks hire [.].

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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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Beginning Better: 9 Tips For Successful Starts

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] “Let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” Muriel Rukeyser How you begin matters. Prepare the team. Reinforce the vision. Energize the plans. Refresh the excitement. Do you begin well? A Sweet Story of Beginning Well This Sunday, I watched [.].

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Let’s Grow Leaders as Shared In Other Growing Scenes (a Sunday Supplement)

Let's Grow Leaders

As a “growing” leader I am always inspired by the work of other leaders and thinkers. The online community stretches me beyond my own experiences and thinking. I engage in several leadership tribes … and bring their thoughts and challenges back to you and the Let’s Grow Leaders Community. It’s fun to stir [.] The post Let’s Grow Leaders as Shared In Other Growing Scenes (a Sunday Supplement) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Being the change

Persuasive Powerhouse

. I often find mid-level organizational leaders frustrated because they haven’t had the promotion they think they deserve. If you are one of those, you may understand that there may be many reasons for this dilemma that are out of your control. However, there is one common reason that you can act upon now that is overlooked: Important “others” need to see you as already performing at the next level before you get that promotion.

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Five Reasons Why You Should Help Your Frenemies

Next Level Blog

So, back in 2009, I wrote a post about how I wasn’t going to blog anymore about Tiger Woods. This post isn’t really about Tiger but he’s involved in the story behind it. Last week, Woods won the Cadillac Championship tournament at Doral. Good news for him but not the most interesting part of the story. The interesting part is that the pro Steve Stricker gave Woods a 45 minute putting lesson the night before the tournament started.

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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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Finding balance in building

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Many leaders fall into the quicksand of believing they can fix what’s wrong with other people. Some are motivated by a sincere desire to help people be their best. Other leaders have an ego-driven I can fix’em mentality. They’re motivated by an internal desire to be known as the hero who saves the day. The [.].

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Leadership and accountability

Lead on Purpose

In today’s world too many people avoid accountability for their actions. When things go wrong they find someone or something else to blame. Look around you…I’m sure you’ll see examples. Too often leaders of organizations take the credit when things go well, but they find ways to avoid responsibility when they get unexpected results. This behavior will not work in the long-term; accountability is too important for leaders avoid.

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Measuring How Happy Small Business Owners Really Are [Infographic]

Women on Business

Did you know that 70% of small business owners describe themselves as “happy” and 97% feel a sense of “pride and accomplishment “ ? On the flip side – 88% of small business owners say they never fully stop thinking about their business and 39% work more than 60 hours per week. Those statistics come from a new infographic from Bolt Insurance which examines how happy small business owners are and offers five tips to become a happier business owner.

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Succession Planning Development Plans: Skill Gaps or Experience Gaps?

Great Leadership By Dan

Let’s say you’ve had your talent review meeting , using a performance and potential (9 box) matrix , and have identified a pool of high potential employees. Or, you’ve done a position based succession plan for key positions, and identified a slate of 3-4 candidates for each position. Maybe you’re a manager, and you’re just concerned about identifying and grooming successors for you own position, so that you’ll have a replacement ready when it’s time for you to move up or on.

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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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5 Things It’s Safe to Say To An Ethical Leader

Leading in Context

You would need the 5 leaf clover pictured above to keep you out of trouble if you were to say these things to someone without strong ethical leadership. But these 5 things are pretty safe to say to an ethical leader.

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Seven Proven Strategies for Dealing with Liars

Leadership Freak

Image source by George Hodan Leaders lie because they don’t care enough to tell the truth. It’s too much trouble convincing know-it-alls, for example, so they smile and let them believe they’re right. They say, “That sounds fine.” But they’re shading the truth. Leaders lie to: Build image. Save face. Prevent turmoil. Solve conflict. Distract [.].

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Small Business – Big Savings [Infographic]

Women on Business

Did you know that one in five dollars that your business earns goes towards paying your employees? Obviously, this is an expense you can’t avoid, but what are the other ways your business can save cash and grow? Making every penny count is the key to success for most businesses, and it’s also one of the biggest challenges, especially for smaller companies where it could mean the difference between keeping the doors open or closing up shop.

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Leadership Decision Test: Serving or Controlling?

Modern Servant Leader

You know that feeling: you just don’t feel right about a decision. Here’s a simple leadership test to validate the decision: does it seek to serve or control your stakeholders ? Naturally, you’d never seek to control control your customer, investor or employees, you say. But wait, there are nuances to these differences that may surprise you.

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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.