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Highlighting Our May 2017 Sponsor: Kris Boesch

Lead Change Blog

The Lead Change Group is pleased to have Kris Boesch, author of Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace , as our May 2017 sponsor. Kris Understands People and How to Help Organizations Enhance Their Happiness. Kris Boesch’s organization, Choose People, transforms company cultures, increases employee happiness and boosts the bottom line.

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They’re Taking You For A Ride.

Rich Gee Group

Today I’m going to rant. Sorry. I started my practice 10 years ago. And every day, I receive multiple “Get Rich Quick” schemes in my inbox. “Just do this (spend money) and gold coins will fall from the sky.” A large part of the digital marketing universe is leading on growing businesses with crazy incremental upsells that make me want to scream when I look at them.

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Is Financial Literacy for Kids Important?

Women on Business

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Four Ways to Deal with Negativity in a Positive Way

Leadership Freak

I’m a no nonsense farm boy originally from a dairy farm in Central Maine. We’re not impressed with positivity. I recently reconnected with my friend Jon Gordon (Mr. Positive Leadership).

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Reconnecting with happiness

Persuasive Powerhouse

I’ve been thinking about happiness a lot lately. Changes in my personal situation and a dissatisfaction with what I’ve allowed to happen with my work forced me to take a look at my life. I decided to give something up so that I have space to pick up more happiness. It was a bold move, because there was a comfort in the work that didn’t fulfill me but paid well.

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4 Proven Reasons Why Intuitive People Make Great Leaders

Lead from Within

Have you ever wondered how some leaders are more creative and innovative than others? As a leader coach and business consultant I have seen two kinds of leaders, I have witnessed both, and I have seen the results of both. One leader thinks that in order to create something new, they must use their analytic mind to be creative. The other kind of leader who want to try something new they use their intuitive mind to be innovative.

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Getting People to (Really) Listen

Kevin Eikenberry

A few weeks ago I asked viewers to submit their ideas for Remarkable TV topics and today I’m addressing one of those suggestions: how to get people to really listen. And while I could turn this answer into an entire workshop, I have a few actionable ideas to share with you today and I’ve broken […]. The post Getting People to (Really) Listen appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Become a Trusted Advisor to Leaders

Change Starts Here

As a change agent, to have the most influence in an organization, you need to have the ear of one or more people with power. Not only do you want the leaders of your organization to listen to what you say, ideally you want them to seek out your advice when they are trying to […].

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The Leadership Gap Between You And Your Greatness

Lead from Within

Confidence is believing you’re able, Competence is knowing you’re able. CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN. On today’s show we have Lolly Daskal, who is phenomenal at everything she does, and she is helping CEOs and businesses to accomplish. She is the founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference.

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This Simple Step Pushes Your Consulting Firm into High Gear

David A Fields

A simple step will generate enormous, lasting impact in your consulting firm. It’s easy. You’ve thought about it. Now’s the time to act on it. Last week I upgraded my office with some new storage systems. They’re sleek, roomy, organized—just what I needed. But you know what the coolest part is?

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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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Bridging The Leadership Gap in You

Lead from Within

Leadership executive coach, Lolly Daskal identifies seven gaps – and how to fix them. • “It is these gaps that … keep us from the doing the things we really want to do”. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal says even the top leaders can have gaps that prevent them, and thus their organizations, from realizing their full potential. click below to listen.

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First-Time Manager #4—Navigating the Drama Storm

Management Excellence

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Find Success By Fixing It with Flexibility

Strategy Driven

Photo courtesy of Mink Bürsten via Wikimedia. One of the best ways to survive in business is to be prepared for anything. Being able to adapt when you need to, whether it’s by growing, cutting back, or changing direction, will help you to stay on your feet. You never know what might happen in business, from the economy taking a downturn to interest in your product starting to fade.

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Caption Contest 2017.5 and a Winner Announced!

Chris Brady

Congratulations to the winner of the recent Caption Contest 2017.4! Here is the winning entry: Derrick Haniford said. The headline reads: Grandfather Found! Another victim of hurricane Oscar has. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Organizations as Social Systems

Curious Cat

Organizations are social systems made up of people. Social systems often amplify what happens. If good things happen, more good things often follow. When bad things happen, more bad things often follow. To improve it is wise to this into account and design elements of the management system to encourage the amplification of what is good and that seeks to stop what is bad from being amplified.

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7 Secrets to Staying Sane In Church Revitilization

Ron Edmondson

I am on the “other side” so-to-speak of church revitalization. Our church has not only stabilized, we’ve been blessed with healthy growth again. The first few years were hard. I’ve told people, with over 35 years in leadership, these were some of the hardest years of my career. Now, I have the opportunity to speak to dozens of pastors attempting revitalization every year.

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Does a Woman’s High-Status Career Hurt Her Marriage? Not If Her Husband Does the Laundry

Harvard Business Review

While women who win the Academy Award for Best Actress are celebrated for reaching a pinnacle of career achievement, several of them also share another distinction – divorce. Known as the “ Oscar Curse ,” Best Actress award recipients are more likely to file for divorce than are their nominated counterparts or Best Actor winners. Sandra Bullock, Julie Andrews, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Halle Berry, Emma Thompson, and Kate Winslet all share this experience.

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One Sentence Engagement? (Kevin Kruse)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection. Kevin has been a remarkable supporter of my speaking and writing from very early on in my journey. His Inc.’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers has led to some amazing keynote opportunities to spread the Winning Well message. We really enjoyed his Winning Well interview in Forbes and love contributing to his LeadX Community.

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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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Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs

Harvard Business Review

Only about 1.1% of the world population is German. However, 48% of the mid-sized world market leaders come from Germany. These firms, which I call “Hidden Champions,” are part of what makes German economic growth more inclusive: by my calculations, they have created 1.5 million new jobs; have grown by 10% per year on average; and register five times as many patents per employee as large corporations.

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Eric Jacobson - Untitled Article

Eric Jacobson

Joe Calhoon, published seven years ago, The 1 Hour Plan for Growth , where he provides a system for creating a clear and compelling business plan for growth. I believe business plans are critical to any business — new or old. So, if this book helps those who have been putting off the task because it seems too daunting, try Calhoon’s book. The 194-page shows business leaders how to write a business plan in about one hour so it fits on a single sheet of paper.

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Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise?

Harvard Business Review

One of the most difficult parts of a manager’s job is giving feedback. In a survey of 7,631 people, we asked whether they believed that giving negative feedback was stressful or difficult, and 44% agreed. When talking with managers about giving feedback we often hear comments such as, “I did not sleep the night before,” “I just wanted to get it over quickly,” “My hands were sweating and I was nervous,” and “They don’t pay me enough to do this

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How to Capture Value from Collaboration, Especially If You’re Skeptical About It

Harvard Business Review

Vincent Tsui for HBR. Many of us recognize intellectually that we need others’ knowledge to solve big problems, yet we still lack the motivation to collaborate. Teamwork all too often feels inefficient (search and coordination costs eat up time), risky (can I trust others to deliver for my client?), low value (our own area of expertise always seems most critical), and political (a sneaky way of self-promoting to other areas of one’s firm).

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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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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

In March 1848 San Francisco newspaperman Samuel Brannan announced that gold had been found in California. In the gold rush that followed, more than 300,000 people headed to the area to make their fortunes. Over 150 years later, there’s still a gold rush in California — now re-located to Silicon Valley. Even organizations that remain headquartered in other cities have set up innovation outposts there in the hope that high-tech silicon dust will rub off on them.