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How to Find a Pop-Up Space

Women on Business

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Making the Most of Timing Differences: Managing a Team of Procrastinators and Non-procrastinators

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Mary Lamia : At times, projects that require teamwork can lead us to imagine we are back in middle school doing a group project where a couple of the group members tend to get things done at a deadline, while the others tend to do things ahead of schedule. Those who complete their part of the project early become anxious and then critical that others have not done their part, even though there is still time before the project is due.

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3 Truths To Walk Through Fear

Joseph Lalonde

Catalyst 2017 Christy Wright Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Christy Wright. Christy is an experienced business coach who has trained business leaders nationwide. She frequently speaks at Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Master Series and EntreLeadership Performance Series.

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5 Ways to Teach People How to Fail Responsibly

Leadership Freak

Your response to failure promotes learning or fortifies stupidity. Punish responsible failure, if you want everyone to play it safe.

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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 Do You Stay Courageous For Jesus When Life Gets Tough?

Joseph Lalonde

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Tim Tebow Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Tim Tebow. The next speaker at Catalyst Atlanta 2017 is Tim Tebow. Tim is a two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick, and Heisman trophy winner. He recently signed with the New York Mets and is attempting to join an elite class of athletes that have succeeded in two professional sports He also serves as a college football analyst f

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Change Starts Within You with Cortney McDermott

Kevin Eikenberry

Goals and vision are important to organizational growth and if we cannot connect with our employees do they work? Cortney McDermott, author of Change Starts Within You and former CEO, helps us understand that people come to change in a variety of ways. Leaders need to come from a place of a strong shared vision […]. The post Change Starts Within You with Cortney McDermott appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Power of Goal Setting

Chris Brady

The following excerpt was taking from Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward's NY Times bestselling book, Launching a Leadership Revolution. It is important to be hungry and have ambition to change the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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What Is Courage?

Joseph Lalonde

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Katie Davis Majors Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Katie Davis Majors. Katie, at the age of 18, traveled to Uganda for the first time. She was captivated by the people of Uganda and their culture. After her visit to Uganda, Katie chose to leave her family and friends behind to do a year-long mission trip to Uganda.

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How Contingency Plans Cause People to Perform Worse and Try Less

Leadership Freak

Will Smith said, “There is no reason to have plan “B” because it distracts from plan “A”.

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What Is Preemptive Love?

Joseph Lalonde

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Jeremy Courtney Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Jeremy Courtney. Jeremy is the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a “first-in, last to leave” community of peacemakers who provide front-line relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict.

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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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3 Signs Your Culture is Starting to Stink

Steve Farber

If your organization’s culture sits on either end of two extremes, you don’t need an engagement survey or a high-priced consultant to confirm your reality. You can feel the energy when things are amazing, and you can smell the stench when things are rotting away in your business. But what if things are somewhere in between? What if you’re unsure if things are heading in the right direction?

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10 Tips For How To Be A Healthy Leader

Eric Jacobson

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. And, you don't give yourself time to renew and refresh. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. From Experience Life magazine, here are 10 tips for how to fit even just moments into your day (at work, on the road and at home) to help you become more healthful: Make a plan to exercise.

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How to make a business plan and actually stick to it

Strategy Driven

Whether you are a long-term small business owner or just starting in a complex market, then there’s no time like the present to start penning your latest business plan. However, writing a plan and sticking to it are two very different elements. No matter the size or nature of your business, it’s always good to get something down on paper to help drive your business decisions and check that you have all bases covered.

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The Power of Goal Setting

Chris Brady

The following excerpt was taking from Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward's NY Times bestselling book, Launching a Leadership Revolution. It is important to be hungry and have ambition to change the. [[ 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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Hofstede Culture Dimensions

Leadership and Change

I’ve introduced Geert Hofstede a couple of posts ago, so I’ll share a bit more about his work as an “in-between post” in my Personal Positive Power blog series. He researched national cultures and I admire his work. He offers insights about organizational culture as well: check out his book “Cultures and Organizations – software of the mind – Intercultural.

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Questions To Help Discern If You Are Ready to be a Leader

Ron Edmondson

I had a young man ask me recently, “Do you think I’m ready to be a leader?” I said: Great question. Glad you’re asking. But, honestly, I don’t know that I’m the one to answer your question. Actually, it might help if I ask you some questions. Here are a few questions – to discern if you’re ready to be a leader?

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The Character-Based Leader 5 Year Anniversary

Lead Change Blog

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. This is our attempt to connect you with your own inner passion to live your life as the change you believe the world needs.

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How Successful Solopreneurs Make Money

Harvard Business Review

Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant, answers a burning question: how do people make money off of what they know? She outlines the options for experts who want to monetize their knowledge. Clark explains, using herself and other successful solopreneurs as examples, how to earn revenue from public speaking, podcasting, e-books, and online courses.

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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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The Character-Based Leader 5 Year Anniversary

Lead Change Blog

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. This is our attempt to connect you with your own inner passion to live your life as the change you believe the world needs.

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Why Is CEO Pay Rising? Maybe There Aren’t Enough Good CEOs

Harvard Business Review

Outrage over CEO pay is widespread. With a typical CEO of an S&P 500 company earning $11 million in total compensation, many consider CEO pay to be “ out of control.” However, rarely do people ask, “How many people can actually run a large, publicly traded company?” The answer to this question is critical in determining whether CEO pay is excessive, because an important part of the value equation for any CEO position is how many well-qualified executives make up the l

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Freedom Financial Gives Five Financial Management Tips Every Successful Entrepreneur Follows

Strategy Driven

To achieve and sustain success, entrepreneurs must be skilled in a variety of areas. One of the most important of these is financial management. The lack of proper financial management is one of the primary causes of early failure for entrepreneurs. Freedom Financial provides five key areas of finance that are critical for entrepreneurs to have a greater chance at success.

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The Key to Campbell Soup’s Turnaround? Civility.

Harvard Business Review

Based on our combined experience and research – Doug as the former CEO of Campbell Soup Company and Christine as professor who has researched leadership for 20 years – we’ve observed that the best way to truly win the hearts and minds of people, and generate huge returns for your organization and its stakeholders, is by leading with civility.

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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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10 Best Cities For Young Professionals Seeking Work-Life Balance

Chart Your Course

College is a time of experimentation for many new students. Exploring new topics, making new friends, and trying new things are just the tip of the iceberg. Experimentation works great until graduation comes and goes and students find full-time jobs.The fun times are seemingly gone and many struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Recent data from the Zillow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Redfin has been compiled to determine the best cities for young professionals who want a heal

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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business Review

Across industries and across countries, a small number of “superstar” firms are pulling away from the competition. They’re more productive, as the chart below illustrates. They’re also more profitable, more innovative, and they pay better. But why are these companies doing so well? Are they out-competing their rivals, or are they using their size and influence to avoid competition altogether?

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Blockchain Could Help Us Reclaim Control of Our Personal Data

Harvard Business Review

It’s a strange world we live in when large companies such as Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion are able to store huge quantities of our personal data and profit from it in a way that doesn’t always benefit us. And when those same companies lose our personal data and make us susceptible to identity theft, there’s virtually nothing we can do about it.

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How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

Harvard Business Review

Since the beginning of 2016, the financial performance of hospitals and health systems in the United States has significantly worsened. This deterioration is striking because it is occurring at the top of an economic cycle with, as yet, no funding cuts from the Republican Congress. The root cause is twofold: a mismatch between organizations’ strategies and actual market demand, and a lack of operational discipline.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

What is a “smart” society? While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. In Chicago , for example, predictive analytics is improving health inspections schedules in restaurants, while in Boston city officials are collaborating with Waze, the traffic navigation app company, combining