Wed.Dec 14, 2016

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Supporting Our Servicemen And Veterans During The Holidays With Dan Dwyer – Answers From Leadership Episode 027

Joseph Lalonde

The guest for today’s show is Dan Dwyer. Dan has spent time as an army officer and retired 10 years ago. He’s now helping guide leaders and organizations to achieve transformational results. Listen To The Answers From Leadership Podcast. Show Notes: Dan, can you tell us a little about yourself? I spent 22 as an army officer. I’m a paternal twin and my twin brother still serves in the navy, he’s in his 32nd year.

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Reflection and Planning

Lead Change Blog

As another year comes to a close, so it is time to review and monthly summarize your reflections. December is a great time to capture the highlights of the year and identify the key points that defined the year for you. . As you assess what transpired during the year, ask yourself the following questions: What was the highlight of your year? . Is there a one-liner that describes your year?

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Ethical Leadership is a “Fear-Free” Zone

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Fear is insidious. It changes how we see the world and how we treat others.

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How to be a Creative Professional Freelancer

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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How to See the Bad and Pursue the Good

Leadership Freak

Confronting things you don’t like is part of leadership. Whining and complaining is not. It takes real leadership to see the bad and pursue the good.

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Block out some time to reflect.

Jason Womack

The end of the year is a time of excitement and energy. It seems that each year these couple of weeks go by WAAAYYYY too fast; before I know it, it's January again! Block out some time to reflect. Gather.

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A Word of Encouragement to the Small Town Pastor

Ron Edmondson

Over the last dozen years or so I’ve had the privilege of ministering with dozens of pastors in other churches. Many of these were in person. Others were virtual. I’ve been in large and small churches. I’ve been to big cities and small towns with only one stop light. (Or none at all.). In the process, I’ve learned a few things about pastors and churches.

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Five Key Interview Questions

Eric Jacobson

If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you? What are you passionate about? (Finding out what people are passionate about and why is a great window into someone's personality.

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Innovation Index – measuring the unmeasurable or re-inventing the wheel?

Rapid BI

Innovation means so many things to so many people, so first we need to have a common understanding of what innovation is. Dr Richard Byrd from the University of Minnesota in the 1960s and 70s undertook some interesting work (see A Personal Guide to Risk Taking Richard E Byrd, AMACOM 1974), which has been further […]. The post Innovation Index – measuring the unmeasurable or re-inventing the wheel?

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India’s Botched War on Cash

Harvard Business Review

India is in the throes of an unprecedented social experiment in enforced digital disruption, and the world has much to learn from it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a surprise in early November, demonetizing 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes. Modi’s war on cash is not without international precedent: Singapore, for example, withdrew its largest currency recently ; the European Central Bank eliminated the 500-euro bank note ; South Korea plans to eliminate at least all coins by 2020.

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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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50 Tips for Using Twitter in Business

Rapid BI

A year ago if you had asked anyone about Twitter they would have though you a geek, now many people use it on a daily basis, it is proving valuable for business 50 tips for getting the most out of twitter for business marketing and CRM. Twitter is a powerful business tool link-ing social and professional communications. The post 50 Tips for Using Twitter in Business appeared first on RapidBi.

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What Great Managers Do Daily

Harvard Business Review

So much depends upon managers. For example, a Gallup study found that at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores is driven by who the boss is. This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. This state of affairs is hurting not just employee engagement and quality of life, but also corporate performance.

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How Unilever Reaches Rural Consumers in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Consumer markets in the developing world are an enormous but still-untapped opportunity for companies seeking new sources of growth. Within that group is an even more overlooked opportunity: the rural consumer. By its sheer size, it has huge potential. Worldwide, there are 3.4 billion rural consumers and about 3 billion of them live in developing countries in Asia and Africa.

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Why CEOs Should Commit to Many Small Battles Instead of a Single Big One

Harvard Business Review

If you are the CEO of a large, established company, you should be able to enjoy the benefits of size, including the ability to learn from a broad, longstanding customer base. With more customers to seek feedback from, your firm should be able to detect changes in the market faster than smaller competitors. And with size comes the resources to deliver what the market wants.

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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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Wall Street Jobs Won’t Be Spared from Automation

Harvard Business Review

I participated in a cognitive technologies conference a few days after the November 8 election, and much of the talk at breaks (and some on the stage) was about the election results and the reasons behind them. There was a general feeling that the “Rust Belt” had been largely responsible for Donald Trump’s victory, and a growing, if belated, understanding of the economic plight of some citizens from that Midwestern region.

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We Interviewed Health Care Leaders About Their Industry, and They’re Worried

Harvard Business Review

However the Trump administration and the Republican U.S. Congress replace or revamp the Affordable Care Act, it is unlikely to halt America’s ongoing move from the rightfully maligned fee-for-service payment system to one that pays for “value” — the quality of outcomes relative to the price. Despite the progress that’s been made, there is still a long way to go.