Wed.Feb 27, 2019

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The 5 Ps of Conscious Success

Lead Change Blog

I live in the mountains of Colorado at about eight thousand feet in elevation. When it snows in Colorado, it really snows. There is nothing like looking out the window and seeing a world blanketed in snow. When it’s really deep, everything has a smooth, shapeless quality. Unless you know what lies beneath, it all looks the same. I have always been told that each snowflake is unique.

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The Leadership Killer

Leading Blog

T HE LEADERSHIP KILLER is in all of us, all of the time, just waiting to strike. It doesn’t discriminate—neither gender or race. The ironic thing is, we give it permission to kill. It’s our choice. In The Leadership Killer , Bill Treasurer and Captain John Havlik expose the leadership Killer. It’s hubris. Arrogance. It has killed more leaders than any other leadership flaw.

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Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work

Lead Change Blog

Regardless of your responsibilities, you will inevitably face an individual or a team who appear unmotivated. Trying to motivate them is frustrating for everyone involved and it just doesn’t work. Susan Fowler—top leadership researcher, consultant, coach, and author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does —says that you can’t actually motivate people: they are already motivated, but generally in superficial and short-term ways.

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Mindsets You Must Have To Be Successful Working At Home: Part One

Women on Business

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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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Change the Game: 7 Ways to Build Teammates Who Can Do More

RapidStart Leadership

How do we increase the odds of “winning” with the team we have? At the beginning of any game, everyone starts with the same number of players on the board. And in the rush to get things done, we focus on moving those players around the best we can. If … Change the Game: 7 Ways to Build Teammates Who Can Do More Read More ». The post Change the Game: 7 Ways to Build Teammates Who Can Do More appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Thinking Beyond Polarities To Both/And Thinking

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In this video, Michael DePass of CCL gives a brief introduction to polarity thinking and how it affects our communication and relationships with others. Polarity Thinking Risks and Limitations Thinking in an either/or way about a problem that has multiple sides/variables/perspectives limits our effectiveness. That kind of thinking: Won't help us solve complex problems Can lead to "stuck" thinking and stalemate Can lead to arguing and conflict Compounds misunderstandings

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4 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Leadership Freak

Growing up, I didn’t fail much. School was easy. I was good at sports. I hit a home-run my first at bat in Little League. I was taller than my peers.

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How to Know If You’re Keeping the Right Pace for Yourself

Next Level Blog

This is the time of the year when I’m doing a lot of reading and coaching around the results of the Next Level 360 feedback instrument. The 360 provides a picture on how leaders are doing around three vital leadership imperatives: managing yourself, leveraging your team and engaging your colleagues. As I’ve written here before , I completely believe that managing yourself effectively is the foundational imperative.

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Someone to Know: Q&A with AmerisourceBergen Vice President of Business Communications and Executive Support Ginette Meluso

leaderCommunicator

Ginette Meluso, Vice President of Business Communications and Executive Support at AmerisourceBergen, has impressive experience in communication strategy across a variety of sectors, including government, agency and corporate environments. With nearly 20 years of experience in the field, Ginette embraces continuous learning of all things communications and is an advocate for leaders and associates alike.

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The Effective Guide to Leadership Development Programme

Strategy Driven

What is a Leadership Development Program? Leadership development refers to specific programs utilized by organizations, in order to train or coach an employee(s) about effective leadership requirements. These programs focus on improving the skill-set and attitudes of the individual or group of individuals. Why is leadership development important? The productivity of a workforce is largely dependent on the capability of its leaders.

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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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Build Your Team Through Community Service

Eric Jacobson

If you manage a small business or a department within a large organization, a great way to improve the cohesiveness of your employee team is to engage them in an activity away from the workplace. Engaging in a community service activity is a great example. Your team can work at a food bank. Or, they can pick up liter along a highway. Or, they can provide a service at a local senior citizen center.

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Losing Heart…and People: Confusing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The Practical Leader

Recently I worked with the senior leadership team of a large warehouse and logistics company. They’re growing so rapidly they’re having big problems finding people to staff their distribution centers. A major part of that problem is turnover. They’re losing warehouse workers almost as quickly as they’re hired. Costs are soaring and projected to get worse.

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Junior Accountant – Credo Community Center – Watertown, NY

HR Digest

HR Jobs. Terminated employee letter from HR states PTO will be paid. Perform a variety of general accounting tasks in support of the finance department including. From Credo Community Center - Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:03:47 GMT - View all Watertown, NY jobs. Junior Accountant - Credo Community Center - Watertown, NY. The post Junior Accountant – Credo Community Center – Watertown, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Making Changes in an Established Church

Ron Edmondson

In the established church change can be more difficult to make than in a church plant. I’ve done both and I’m speaking from experience. I’d almost say a common finding I’ve seen is the longer the church has been “established” the longer it takes to implement change. In our previous church, which was a revitalization effort, we had a situation recently where a staff member felt the need to make a change in their area of ministry.

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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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My coworker got a raise and I didn’t, how do I handle it?

HR Digest

Dealing with a situation where a coworker in the same position got a raise and you didn’t could be depressing and demoralizing. But in more cases, it’s an opportunity to raise your bar at work. Dear Jane, I am a little confused on how to approach this matter. It’s been overwhelming my sanity trying to justify why my coworker got a pay rise and I didn’t get.

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Self-Directed CoachingOurselves

Coaching Ourselves

When we began, just over 10 years ago, we had a somewhat idealistic view that managers in organizations could get together in small groups and self direct (i.e. self-facilitate) their own CoachingOurselves sessions. This, as we learnt fairly quickly, was not realistic for most organizations we encountered in the early 2010s. So we prepared partners and customers to design and facilitate CoachingOurselves programs or interventions.

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How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Their Goals

Harvard Business Review

Be clear, be specific, and end with a plan to move forward.

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Walmart’s Strategy to Beat Amazon, and Millennial Socialism

Harvard Business Review

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss how Walmart is trying to compete against Amazon and whether the strategy is working. They also debate the rise of socialism in U.S. millennials — is it a healthy phenomenon or a dangerous one?

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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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12 Ways to Help Women in Retail Advance into Management

Harvard Business Review

There is a clear business case for investing in women’s professional development.

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4 Ways Sales Teams Could Get More Value Out of AI

Harvard Business Review

Despite the hype, very few organizations are using it well.

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Fighting Legalese with Digital, Personalized Contracts

Harvard Business Review

Simple changes could make them much shorter and clearer.