Thu.Nov 21, 2019

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James Mattis: My Favorite Books

Leading Blog

G ENERAL JAMES MATTIS credits his leadership success to his prodigious reading habits. He says, “ You stay teachable most by reading books , by reading what other people went through.”. Admiral James Stavridis is also an avid reader and believes that reading is central to leading. Reading lists are personal, but they do provide a guide as to what others have read to improve their leadership and their understanding of the human condition.

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How to Be a Leader Everyone Loves to Work With

Lead from Within

We all want to work for a leader who is motivating, inspiring, visionary, and brilliant at making plans and carrying them out. But unfortunately, many of us have had leaders who made our lives hell and turned coming to work into a challenge. Good leaders inspire people to stay and work and dream big and take risks and do great things. Everybody loves working with them.

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Encore Video Series #6: Can 1 hour per month change my leadership future?

Kevin Eikenberry

We are finishing The Encore Series today with perhaps one of the most important questions that we’ve been asked. Can 1 hour per month change my leadership future? The answer is a resounding YES. And we’ve even got a simple plan to help you make it happen. Find out how The Remarkable Way can change […]. The post Encore Video Series #6: Can 1 hour per month change my leadership future?

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Gratefulness isn’t about Rose-Colored Glasses – the Real Practice of Gratitude

Leadership Freak

Gratitude expands leadership. Ingratitude corrodes everything it touches. Ingratitude is too dangerous to ignore. The alternatives to gratitude include: Self-absorption. Disappointment. Entitlement. Anger. Accusation. Bitterness. Anxiety.

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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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#YouAsked: The power of the "pause"? when struggling with deadlines.

Anese Cavanaugh

I've recently been invited to contribute to a new LinkedIn feature called #YouAsked. Here is the question I was given today. My thinking around it follows. “I struggle with deadlines, timelines, and timeliness (thanks, ADHD), which is an important part of my job. Does struggling with that mean I can’t ever do my job well? How do I work to improve that while also showing that I am worth more than my biggest weakness?

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Innovation is a Lifestyle, Not a Bunch of Metrics

Innovation Excellence

Far too many supposed innovation experts believe that measuring activities is critical to success. Maybe. Maybe not so much. At least for the big stuff. Innovation activities simply for the sake of doing something without context and insight from the measure may be in fact very misleading.

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How To Explain Change To Employees

Eric Jacobson

When you communicate change to your team, explain the logical and rational reasons for the change: 1. Explain how the change will make employees feel before, during and after the implementation. 2. Explain the tactical plan and goals. 3. Answer questions from your team.

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When is the last time you took a vacation?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: When is the last time you took a vacation? Last week: 14% Last month: 30% Last quarter: 18% 6 months ago: 14% Vacation? What’s that?: 24% Time to take a break. The 24% of you who can’t recall your last vacation are at risk for a lot of issues. Burnout, job dissatisfaction, family stress, and physical issues can all result from working too long without a break.

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How Digital Marketing Can Help You Get Sales

Strategy Driven

If you boil marketing down to its crux, it is simply the art of finding potential customers and explaining to them why they might find your product or service valuable. There are two components to this: the location of leads and then the skill of convincing explanation. If you consider the first point for any length of time, you will realize that in the modern climate you will find more leads online than at any other location.

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How AI Can Help Us Predict Whether Antidepressants Will Work

The Horizons Tracker

One of the more peculiar aspects of psychiatry is why antidepressants only appear to help some people and not all. Indeed, it’s not entirely known why they help those who do appear to benefit, but a couple of studies from the University of Texas Southwestern aims to recruit the help of AI to find out. Both studies aimed to explore the brain activity of volunteers during various emotional states, with the participants generally split between a healthy control group and people suffering fro

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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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Recognition and Appreciation: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share posts about recognition and appreciation. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The December Frontline Festival will be your […]. The post Recognition and Appreciation: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Is Beauty The Key To Success At Work?

The Horizons Tracker

Research has broadly shown that good looking people tend to have an easier time of it in life. They get paid more , receive better job evaluations and are generally more employable. This so called ‘beauty premium’ may not be quite as potent as it once was. Indeed, new research suggests that customers may not be all that keen on engaging with beautiful staff.

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The Corporate Vitality Index

CEO Insider

Today’s leading businesses are facing many near-term challenges in an uncertain economic and political environment. More than ever, though, they also need to focus on the long term, because the keys to success in the next decade will be different from today’s. Business leaders need to reinvent their companies for the future while ensuring strong […].

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Situation Awareness Skills Are Critical for Leadership Success

Art Petty

When was the last time you read a book or attended a training session on Situation Awareness (SA)? Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. That's a mistake. Increasingly, I see what I interpret as the skills to assess, understand, project, and act based on that analysis as a critical set of behaviors for leaders at all levels.

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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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3 Ways to Motivate Your Sales Team — Without Stressing Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Dialing up the pressure to hit the numbers isn’t the answer.

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View from the 40th Floor: Change at the Top and Bottom

Decker Communication

(Part 4 of a series by Bert Decker ). “If we don’t change our model, we are going to crash.” . Those were the words of the leader of one of our multi-billion dollar clients, which accents the amazing changes in leadership over the last 40 years. . As we close out the decade, let’s look at how leadership has become decentralized and team-oriented.

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Nir Eyal: Making “Indistractability” a Habit

Harvard Business Review

Author and FOMO Sapiens alumnus Nir Eyal returns to discuss his new book, “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life,” and tell us how to tackle everything from time management to an overflowing inbox.

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The Flimsy Evidence Behind Power Poses

The Horizons Tracker

The power pose is one of the more bizarre trends to have caught on in recent years. There was a time when you would scarcely see a politician talking in public without their legs akimbo and their chest jutting out. Alas, a new study from Iowa State University suggests the merits of the power pose are rather flimsy. The trend for power posing began in 2010 after a study suggested that adopting an expansive physical posture increased testosterone and reduced cortisone levels in the body, which m

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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 Difference Between a First Mover and a Category Creator

Harvard Business Review

There’s more to breakthrough products than being first to market.

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5 Quandaries of Leading Creative People

Ron Edmondson

I love having creative people on teams I lead, but, honestly, they can make leading much messier. Leading creatives can be difficult. In case you’re wondering, here’s the top Google definition of a creative: relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. Creative minds are always wandering.

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How Marketers Can Overcome Short-Termism

Harvard Business Review

According to a new survey, CMOs want to spend more time preparing for the future.

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Have You Found The Right Idea For Your Business?

Strategy Driven

Finding the right idea for a business is still a hard thing to do for a lot of entrepreneurs out there. You have to do your research. You have to reach out and talk to people. And when you’ve done all of the necessary leg work, there’s no saying your work stops there. And coming up with the perfect idea – viable enough to put down on a business plan for an investor to look over, and clear enough to follow through when you’ve established yourself – doesn’t just happen overnight.

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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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Building Ethical AI for Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

Poorly designed algorithms will exacerbate hiring bias, not fix it.