Wed.Oct 23, 2019

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Leadership Lessons From My First Official Half Marathon

Joseph Lalonde

Two years ago I did something crazy. I partnered with my pastor and a couple of friends to run a half marathon at 3 AM in the morning. Little did I know what that experience would bring. It was a time of bonding, growth, and helping the less fortunate. This half marathon was unofficial and […] The post Leadership Lessons From My First Official Half Marathon appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Systems Thinking: Untangling Increasing Pollen Allergies

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Large-scale problems usually have more than one cause. When we look for solutions, we need to investigate many different possible variables. Today, I'll look at multiple causes of increasing allergies to pollen. This issue is of particular concern to me since I live in one of the Top 10 Most Challenging Places to Live With Spring Allergies (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America). .

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How to Make Your Performance Review Process Suck Less

Next Level Blog

This is the time of year when a lot of the leaders I work with are buckling down to write up annual performance reviews for the people on their team. This is a process that almost no one enjoys – neither the reviewer or the reviewee. Seriously, do you know anyone in any role who looks forward to an annual performance review? There are a lot of reasons why annual performance review processes usually suck.

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Give Presentations Like a Pro Even When You Hate Public Speaking

Leadership Freak

You might not enjoy it, but leading includes public speaking. Speaking skills matter when you lead meetings for teams, boards, or the entire company. You can’t lead without speaking in public.

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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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Your Leadership Power is Contagious

Skip Prichard

Leadership is Contagious. You are contagious. You set the tone to create an environment that empowers or imprisons. How you interact with others, how you show up, how you operate all impact others around you. Anese Cavanaugh’s book Contagious Culture helped leaders create healthy corporate culture. Now her latest work, Contagious You shows individuals how to guide and serve others in a compelling way.

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View from the 40th Floor: The Technology Multiplier

Decker Communication

(Part 2 of a series by Bert Decker ). When Decker started 40 years ago Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t alive, the Mac hadn’t been introduced, and gas was 88¢ a gallon. Social media – what was that? We were one of the first communication companies to use video for coaching feedback, but it was with big and bulky VHS tapes since technology was in its infancy. One thing that hasn’t changed?

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A Boss Versus A Leader

Eric Jacobson

"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss creates fire, a leader creates passion." -- Russell H. Ewing, British Journalist.

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Security First: The Double-Edged Sword of Collaboration

CEO Insider

For the past decade, online tech support scams have been on the rise as hackers find new ways to trick consumers into providing remote access to their computers in order to steal information. This tried-and-true scam today relies on sophisticated social engineering fueled by detailed information on the user, which creates enough credibility for even […].

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How Echo Chambers Affect Our Voting Habits

The Horizons Tracker

Concern about the influence of online echo chambers have been considerable in recent years, as politics on both sides of the Atlantic become more polarized. A new study from the MIT Sloan School of Management explores how these partisan bubbles affect our voting habits. The research saw participants placed inside a simulated election, and it emerged that social media and other communication networks can significantly distort our perceptions of how others are likely to vote, with this distortion

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4 Reasons Why an Online Presence Does Matter for Your Business

Women on Business

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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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Is Giving Advice A Good Way To Boost Our Own Performance?

The Horizons Tracker

I’m sure most of us think that the act of giving advice is a selfless and worthwhile one, with the recipient eternally grateful for our wisdom. Except it’s not always like that, as new research from the University of Pennsylvania highlights. The study suggests that giving advice appears to help those doing the giving more than it does the recipients.

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Life Cycles of an Organization: And the Team That Leads Them

Ron Edmondson

Every organization has a life cycle. In fact, over time an organization will likely be many separate cycles. I have written about organizational life cycles before. But I have observed another dynamic within these life cycles. In each life cycle the most successful organizations I have been a part of had a team skilled at three separate functions. The three functions are: Starters.

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Is Science Still Battling With Sexism?

The Horizons Tracker

The very nature of science suggests it should be an industry beholden to merit rather than arbitrary factors such as our race or gender. Alas, new research from the University of Canterbury suggests that might not be the case, with a very real gender gap identified in the sector. The researchers looked at decades worth of research from 28 distinct scientific societies across four countries and five science disciplines, and found that women remained under-represented in science. “Our resea

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The 3 Gaps

Lead Change Blog

We all want to make a difference. But just as you need to put on your own oxygen mask before helping other passengers on an airplane, getting your own life together is the first step to making a positive impact in the world. What stops us are gaps between where we are and where we want to be. Hyrum Smith, author of The 3 Gaps and cofounder of the Franklin Day Planner, believes there are 3 main gaps that hinder us from making the world a better place.

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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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Why Acquiring Background Checks – and Waiting for the Result – is Imperative for Helping Keep your Workplace Safe

Strategy Driven

Whether you are a small business or a corporate giant, the need for placing security as a priority for your employees goes without saying. The very first step employers should take in providing a safe work environment is to screen all possible new hires through a quality background check. By “quality” I mean “thorough.”. Yet, as a security expert (and a former Public Officer / Detective specializing in violence prevention), I often see employers who are more interested in the speed and cost of a

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AI and the Future of Warfare

Harvard Business Review

Peace is fragile, especially when anyone can use open source technology to build a weapon to inflict harm, online and offline. General Sir Richard Barrons, former Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command, makes the case to Azeem Azhar that, as the definition of warfare is changing, we all need to take a more active role in stewarding peace.

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Becoming Interdependent as A Team

Leading Blog

T HIRTY-FIVE DAYS, 14 hours, and 3 minutes. That’s how long it took Jason Caldwell and the crew of the American Spirit to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean during the 2016 Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge. They not only succeeded but set a world record. Success like this is a result of the teams you build and how you chose to lead them. Jason Caldwell calls it Emotion-First Leadership.

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Business Blind Spots – How To Know What You’re Doing Wrong

Strategy Driven

We all have blind spots. For example, perhaps one we all understand is those who are angry or showboating often hide a vulnerability or weakness underneath. Someone becoming incredibly toxic and aggressive following a romantic breakup, for instance, is often hurting underneath, and that’s what will motivate their hard reaction. While businesses are nowhere near as complex as people, the idea of the eternal blind spot is something that carries with it a sense of validity.

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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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Making Sense of the China-NBA Firestorm, and Debating the Wealth Tax

Harvard Business Review

Youngme, Felix and Mihir try to make sense of the firestorm sparked by the NBA’s clash with China. They also debate the merits of a wealth tax of the kind proposed by Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

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To Reason Why: Are You Leading on Purpose?

The Practical Leader

This summer, 181 American CEOs of the Business Roundtable signed a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. ” For over twenty years, the Roundtable’s Principles of Governance have declared that “corporations exist principally to serve shareholders.” The revised statement replaces the single-minded shareholder focus with “CEOs who commit to lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders — customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and shar

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How to Look and Sound Confident During a Presentation

Harvard Business Review

Your audience will make up their minds about you in seconds.

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3 Myths About China’s IP Regime

Harvard Business Review

Fears of forced technology transfer are overblown.

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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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Americans Need to Get Over Their Fear of Math

Harvard Business Review

As STEM jobs multiply, dealing with numbers will become more important.

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A 5-Point Model for Value-Based Health Care

Harvard Business Review

What Intermountain Healthcare has learned.