Fri.May 06, 2016

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Love and Leadership: A Tribute to a Selfless Warrior Leader

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life!” Leo Buscaglia. (I recently had the tremendous privilege of officiating the retirement of Chief Master Sergeant Mike Klintworth, a friend and warrior leader I served with in Afghanistan.

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5 Steps and Useful Tools to Create Your Website

Women on Business

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Your Smile Is Your Logo.

Rich Gee Group

“Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark.” – Jay Danzie. There are days when you read something and it really connects with your soul. I received this powerful quote from my good friend, Renée Nevins (thank you Renée!). Too often, we tend to hide our real connecting abilities with brochures, pamphlets, websites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and a myriad of other distractions.

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Trident Takeaways From Rorke Denver

Joseph Lalonde

N ext up at Leadercast is Commander Rorke T. Denver. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and other international hot spots. He starred in the hit film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures. His NY Times Bestseller takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he oversaw.

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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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The Go-With Leader

Leadership Freak

Sometimes you blaze a trail. Other times, you lead from behind. The go-with leader walks beside. Do-for leaders: Compassionate leaders lean toward over-help. They jump in too soon.

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An Interview With Steve Wozniak

Joseph Lalonde

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than 30 years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh. Today, he’s here with us at Leadercast Live 2016. How do you translate vision into action and making it happen? This happened almost accidentally.

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How To Tap Your Creative Genius

Joseph Lalonde

B est-selling author, speaker and creativity guru, Chris Barez-Brown, has been unleashing the creative potential of worldwide organizations including Unilever, Nike, and Diageo for years. He is a master of metamorphosis, challenging and transforming businesses through embedding Creative Leadership as part of the DNA of the culture. Most of the time we make our decisions through a singular process.

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The Third Wave by Steve Case, and Sprint – for the June 3 First Friday Book Synopsis

First Friday Book Synopsis

We have selected our two books for the June 3 First Friday Book Synopsis. Each month, on the first Friday of the month (for July, we will meet on the second Friday), we gather for great networking and conversation, a wonderful breakfast, and fast-paced, quick-content presentations of our synopses of two good and useful business… Read More The Third Wave by Steve Case, and Sprint – for the June 3 First Friday Book Synopsis.

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The Power Of The Other

Joseph Lalonde

D r. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert and bestselling author. He draws on his experience in business, leadership consulting, and his practice as a clinical psychologist, to impart practical and effective advice for improving leadership skills and workplace performance. Dr. Cloud has written or co-written over twenty books, including the bestseller Boundaries , which sold over two million copies.

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Weekly Round-Up: Hamilton & Legacy, Mobile Device Addiction, Leadership Lifelines, A Book Review & Owning Your Life

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog.

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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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Depth Before Height

Joseph Lalonde

A fter our first break, we’re ready to hear James Brown. James Brown is a three-time Emmy award-winning network broadcaster and in 2010 was named SI.com’s “Best Studio Host of the Decade” He is the host of “The NFL Today” on CBS and Super Bowl 50, host of “Thursday Night Football” on CBS and Special Correspondent for CBS News, contributing to various programs including “60 Minutes” Previous broadcasting roles include co-host of “F

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A Happy Mother’s Day Tribute to the Mother Who Has No Children

Ron Edmondson

I want to give a tribute to the mother who has no children. I’ve always been sensitive this time of year to the mothers without children. You know the ones. They never had children. For whatever reason. Some never tried. Some never could. Some tried, could, and lost their child. And, for many it’s a hidden pain they carry deeply. Deeper than any wound.

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Live Blogging Leadercast 2016

Joseph Lalonde

T oday, I’m deviating away from my normal blogging schedule. You expect a post from me on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of every week. A post that will peek your interest and inform you on a leadership topic. Today’s going to be different. I won’t be delivering one blog post today. Instead, you’re going to receive multiple posts.

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Scan for the 3 key ingredients of trends to survive in the Expectation Economy

Strategy Driven

Right now, at this very minute, there are hundreds if not thousands of brands out there heightening your customers’ expectations. Companies like Google are heightening expectations around data-driven personalization. Patagonia is spreading expectations around supply chain transparency. Periscope is creating entirely new expectations around media consumption.

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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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Perspectives, Priorities, and Perception

Joseph Lalonde

N ext up is Kat Cole who is the CEO of FOCUS Brands. Perspective. The people who are closest to the action, know what the right thing to do is long before the leader… Click To Tweet. Ouch! Kat shares a story of her childhood. It’s a sad story. One day, her mom tells Kat that it’s time to go. They were leaving their abusive home. Her mom took a long time to get to that point.

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How To Be A Manager With Class

Eric Jacobson

AMACOM's (of the American Management Association) sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. One of my favorite sections of the book is the one about class in a manager : Class is treating people with dignity. Class does not have to be the center of attention.

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What Does It Take To Win?

Joseph Lalonde

T he fifth speaker at Leadercast Live 2016 is Nick Saban. Nick Saban is the head football coach at the University of Alabama. Coach Saban is also one of two coaches to win at least two BCS national championships and the first to accomplish this at two different schools. What Does It Take To Win? The number one thing to win is your mindset. Process : Process defines what you need to do to win.

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Introduction to the PESTLE analysis tool

Rapid BI

This page has been developed to help and support anyone with activities or projects which require use of the PESTLE analysis tool to undertake an environmental scan of an organizations operating environment. The post Introduction to the PESTLE analysis tool appeared first on RapidBi.

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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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What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures

Harvard Business Review

What makes a great leader? Although the core ingredients of leadership are universal (good judgment, integrity, and people skills), the full recipe for successful leadership requires culture-specific condiments. The main reason for this is that cultures differ in their implicit theories of leadership, the lay beliefs about the qualities that individuals need to display to be considered leaders.

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Outsmart Your Next Angry Outburst

Harvard Business Review

Robert and Howard* had always gotten along well. They’d worked on several projects together and considered each other friends. So when Robert discovered that Howard held a strategy meeting and hadn’t included him, he felt betrayed. He immediately shot off a text to Howard: “I can’t believe you didn’t include me in that meeting!

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Why Facebook Messenger Is a Big Deal for Customer Service

Harvard Business Review

For a long time, Facebook Messenger seemed to be secondary to Facebook’s core business – a product feature rather than something more. So when Facebook bought WhatsApp for an extraordinary $19 billion, it seemed like WhatsApp would end up being Facebook’s messaging platform of choice. But on April 14, Facebook announced that it was explicitly turning Messenger into a platform that allows media outlets, retailers, and anyone else to develop bots to chat with users, joining Kik,

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business Review

To hear long-term investors tell it, company executives have embraced short-term thinking like never before. Two obvious pieces of evidence: The use of earnings for share buybacks that cost more than they’re worth, and dividend increases that divert cash from long-term investment. Four hundred seventy-one companies in the S&P 500 bought back stock last year, and 372 companies expanded their dividends — actions undertaken in spite of the need to invest heavily to keep up with glob

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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What Middle Managers Can Learn from Agents, Brokers, and Other Middlemen

Harvard Business Review

While I was researching my book about middlemen, some people didn’t seem to understand who I was talking about. “You mean like middle managers?” they’d ask. I used to say, “No — it’s about brokers, agents, dealers, and two-sided markets like Airbnb, OpenTable, and TaskRabbit.” In other words, I was investigating the people who connect buyers and sellers in an open marketplace, not in a firm.