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The Down-and-Dirty Truth about Humility (Eileen McDargh)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection Reflection. I first met Eileen when a mutual friend said “You two should really know one another,” and she was right. Eileen has a warm and generous spirit and is an amazing role model of confident humility. . Before you throw up your hands in horror, consider the root of the word “humility.” The term comes from the Latin humilitas, which may be translated as “humble,” but also as “grounded,” or “from the earth,” since it derives from humus (earth).

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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! At the core of my decision to create Weaving Influence was my love of reading and my belief that books can connect people in a unique way. As this post by Stephanie Vozza explains, reading (especially fiction) can help a reader improve their reasoning skills and increase their capacity to solve complex problems.

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15 Leadership Quotes From Star Wars For Star Wars Day

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Star Wars Day is approaching at lightspeed. On May 4th, Star Wars fans will celebrate Star Wars Day. The holiday originated as a pun on May The Force Be With You and falls on May 4th because May the 4th and May The Force sound similar. As such, I thought the upcoming Star Wars Day would be a great time to share these inspiring leadership quotes from Star Wars.

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3 ways to self-promote without self-promoting

Career Advancement

“Heroes must see to their own fame. No one else will.”. ~ Gore Vidal ~. Nathan felt it was time to raise his visibility. He knew he needed this just to keep his job in a tight market. He especially needed to get recognition if he hoped to advance. But no one likes a show-off or a know-it-all. So Nathan struggled with how to accomplish good self-promotion in the workplace without coming off in a negative way?

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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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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2017

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May. Lifestorming : Creating Meaning and Achievement in Your Career and Life by Alan Weiss and Marshall Goldsmith. The EQ Leader : Instilling Passion, Creating Shared Goals, and Building Meaningful Organizations through Emotional Intelligence by Steven J. Stein. One Minute Mentoring : How to Find and Work With a Mentor--And Why You'll Benefit from Being One by Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz.

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Feminism in the Business World

Women on Business

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Having Great One-on-Ones with Employees

Kevin Eikenberry

As a leader, you need to stay connected to the members of your team – so you know what they are doing, how they are progressing, and have a chance to provide support for them and much more. You can call these meetings lots of things; I’ve heard them called weekly meetings, touch-in meetings, coaching […]. The post Having Great One-on-Ones with Employees appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leading Older Employees with Confidence

Nathan Magnuson

When I think about what makes a great boss, one of my first items is someone who really knows what they are doing – a true expert. And when I think about what makes a true expert, in my mind it’s always an older person; someone with sage-like wisdom who has been were I am… but a long time ago. If you’ve worked for any length of time, you know that’s just not realistic.

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The High Potential Leader

Coaching Tip

Everyone has potential to grow, but not every person has the potential to lead a large, complex organization in the near and distant future. It's now clear that businesses might need to be transformed more than once in a leader's tenure, and today's leaders must be prepared for that. They should exhibit three characteristics that the previous generation of leaders did not always need: They imagine on a large scale.

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5 Ways to Reach Higher by Rattling Cages

Leadership Freak

Nothing frustrates leaders more than a past that keeps coming back and a future that never quite gets here. Rattle cages today or the past stumbles into the future.

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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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157: The Aspiring Leader — Successfully Step into a New Leadership Role | with John Lawler

Engaging Leader

Is your sight set on a new leadership role? Perhaps you’re the Director of Finance, and you’ve just been tapped to become the new CFO. What do you need to change now that your former peers will be reporting to you? Or maybe you’re not yet in a position with formal authority, but you know […] Is your sight set on a new leadership role? Perhaps you’re the Director of Finance, and you’ve just been tapped to become the new CFO.

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Practical Ways to Implement the Law of Attraction

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by Harrish Sairaman The Law of Attraction, like many other laws is a law of the universe. The Law of Attraction (LOA) states that a person attracts situations that are aligned to his/her vibrations.

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Look for What's Working!

Mills Scofield

May - when spring really starts for many of us in the 'north'. So, just a short blog - more of a request. This week, instead of looking at what's not working all the time, try 2 times, just 2 , to find what's working, why it's working and how you can make that happen more. Try this at work, at home, wherever you want - but please, try it - just twice, that's not asking a lot.

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Your Path to Greatness

Lead from Within

click to listen. Leadership is a journey. It is filled with new challenges that cause you to evolve as a leader. I had a chance to sit down with Lolly Daskal, author of The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. Lolly shares insights to take your leadership to a new level. After listening to this interview, you will want to dive deeper into Lolly’s work.

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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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What We Can Learn From the Former Principal of Columbine High

Steve Farber

Even the most optimistic leaders among us are reminded almost daily that we live in a mixed up, messed up world. Indeed, that’s why Extreme Leadership is so vital–in our work, with our families, and in our communities. Frank DeAngelis is one of those leaders who reminds us our strength is not displayed by achieving great things in a perfect world, but by our resiliency in a world that brings storms.

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Gotham Girl and Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

click below to listen. The post Gotham Girl and Lolly Daskal appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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10 Ways to Add Value to People (and Organizations) as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

If you are going to lead – wouldn’t you want to lead in a way which creates value in the lives of others and the organizations you lead? I think this would be true for all of us. The older I get and the longer I lead the less I care about personal recognition and ther more important it is to me that what I’m doing as a leader really matters.

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Find Online Resources for Learning About Deming’s Ideas on Management

Deming Institute

There are many online resources for those looking to improve the practice of management in their organization in a way consistent with Dr. Deming’s management system. The W. Edwards Deming Institute maintains several online resources: The W. Edwards Deming Institute web site , which includes a wealth of resources including over 60 articles by Dr. Deming , calendar of events (conferences and seminars). and Deming Today.

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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 My Company Serves Free Breakfast to All Employees

Harvard Business Review

Each morning from 8:30 to 9:05 AM at our company’s headquarters, in San Francisco, we serve free breakfast to every employee. And I’m not talking about stale muffins and dry bagels. Today I ate a sloppy joe, cheesy scrambled eggs, home fries, crispy bacon, and sausage links. Healthy, I know. Tomorrow, I’m definitely going to grab a yogurt and some fruit.

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6 Things New Grads Should Know Before Joining a Startup

Harvard Business Review

This May, as new college graduates charge out into the workforce, many will hunt for jobs at startups instead of big companies. In fact, according to a 2016 survey by Accenture, only 14% of U.S. graduates want to work at a large firm; 44% want to work in a startup or other small enterprise. Going to work at a startup has perks — from an informal atmosphere to faster on-the-job learning and more autonomy — but there are downsides, too.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Yet the same crisis ushered in a new age of capital superabundance. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 tim

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Why We’re So Hypocritical About Online Privacy

Harvard Business Review

Social psychologists have known for decades that the relationship between attitudes and behaviors is complex , if not weak. This is true online as well as offline. For example, though you may be irritated by the retargeting ads that follow you around the web, it probably hasn’t changed your online shopping behavior. By the same token, the widespread anger and distrust reported by the general public when the Edward Snowden NSA saga erupted did not decrease internet use.

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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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The Debate on Corporate Tax Reform Just Started for Real

Harvard Business Review

President Trump’s announcement of his proposed tax reforms, as skeletal as it was , is better news than most commentators have suggested. First, it signals that the administration is coming to the view that tax reform is the most important agenda item for the first term — and that is great news. Second, the fact that the corporate piece of the proposal did not embrace the plan proposed by House Ways and Means Chair Kevin Brady and Speaker Paul Ryan, and its so-called border adjustmen

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