Tue.Apr 25, 2017

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When Confidence Turns to Arrogance (Mary Kelly)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection. Click on the image for more information about Mary’s book. Mary has been an amazing supporter of David’s from early in his professional speaking career and an amazing friend. As she said on David and my engagement, “I feel like I’m gaining a sister.” . There’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance.

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How to Win Influence and Keep It

Lead Change Blog

Once upon a time there was a Battery. This Battery was very proud because he was full of power. What he didn’t know was his power had been granted to him from the beginning. It was built in – he had this power simply because he was a battery. Anytime he wanted, the Battery could use his power to make things move. He could influence action and he was fantastic at it.

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5 Tips To Successfully Transition From Rookie To Leader

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Bill Treasurer. In the same way people without children can’t really know what it’s like to have kids until they do, you can’t really know what it’s like to be a leader until you actually lead. Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead.

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How to Stop Procrastinating and Manage Your Scarcest Resource

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Peter Drucker, often considered the father of modern management, described time as a “unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.” Noting that most people take time for granted, Drucker observed, “Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.” What prevents us from managing our time. 1. Not being clear […].

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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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Face Your Fears.

Rich Gee Group

“The best things in life are on the other side of your maximum fear.” – Will Smith. Every so often, an incredible video comes along and changes the way you see your life. This is one of those videos. The post Face Your Fears. appeared first on Rich Gee Group.

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How the Imposter in You Can Derail Your Leadership

Lead from Within

How many times in your life have you wanted to achieve something significant but were stopped by an inner voice? How many times in your leadership have you wanted to move to the next level but heard something inside saying, “No, you’re not ready”? These voice—the one that tells you you’re not good enough, smart enough, capable enough, worthy enough, or ready for the next step—is the voice of the imposter within you.

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5 Ways to Answer Self Importance and Move Toward Humility

Leadership Freak

“I don’t like it that helping can make me feel superior to others.” The young woman on my team who spoke those words volunteered at a homeless shelter Sunday night.

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What’s Your Leadership Gap?

Next Level Blog

Join me as I interview Lolly Daskal , Founder and CEO of Lead From Within, as we discuss The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. In this book, Lolly lays out her life’s work and shares a system she’s used for nearly 30 years coaching executives from around the world. Lolly gives us a look into how we all embody the seven leadership archetypes as well as how each archetype not only has powerful abilities to create success, but also a polarity that can prevent us

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The Impromptu Speech

Kevin Eikenberry

Most of us, when facing a speech, want to be as prepared as possible, planning, rehearsing and practicing for days (or weeks) in advance. And unfortunately, the impromptu speech doesn’t allow for this preparation. So today, I’m giving you four steps to help you prepare for that next impromptu speech that if you haven’t faced […].

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0814 | Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power with Michael Mankins

LDRLB

Michael C. Mankins is a partner in Bain & Company’s San Francisco office and a leader in the firm’s Organization practice. He is also a senior member of Bain’s Strategy and Industrial Goods & Services practices. Much of his work has focused on the strategic and organizational initiatives that drive performance and long-term value.

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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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Option B

Coaching Tip

After her husband died suddenly, Sheryl Sandberg grieved, as anyone would. What she did next was a little more unusual, and very much in the Silicon Valley spirit of problem-solving. As she grasped for answers, Facebook’s chief operating officer reached out to a business school professor. Adam Grant, a Wharton School expert on organizational psychology, is a friend of Sandberg’s, but also someone she knew would have insight into her situation grounded in data.

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How to Inject Speed into Your Consulting and Succeed Faster

David A Fields

You’re going to read this article quickly. I wrote it quickly. Why? Because speed matters. Injecting more speed into your consulting practice will increase your value to clients, increase your success in the marketplace, and increase your enjoyment in consulting.

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Wharton Business Radio

Lead from Within

Listen to podcast. Lolly Daskal, Founder of Lead From Within and Executive Coach, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss her latest book “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness” on Leadership in Action. The post Wharton Business Radio appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Focus on First-Time Managers #3—Overcoming the Discomfort of Delivering Feedback

Management Excellence

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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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Regularly Ask Your Employees These Six Questions

Eric Jacobson

As explained in John Baldoni 's, book, Lead With Purpose , Marshall Goldsmith suggests all leaders make it a habit to regularly ask their employees these six questions : Where do you think we should be going? Where do you think you and your part of the business should be going? What do you think you're doing well? If you were the leader, what ideas would you have for you?

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The Work Life Balance Myth

Ron Edmondson

A Guest Post by Shawn Lovejoy Family and work can’t be balanced. The good news is that it’s not supposed to be. You heard me. It’s not in the Bible. Not one time in Scripture, are you and I encouraged to live “balanced” lives. You know why? For one reason: life CAN’T be balanced! If it could be balanced, Jesus would’ve at least gotten it done, right?

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Rapid BI

Make the most of social media for marketing Ok so you are one of those people (like me) that uses social marketing sites as part of your marketing strategy? Is your approached integrated or haphazard? Did you know that you can feed your blog posts to your twitter account or face book etc? You have […]. The post make-the-most-of-social-media-for-marketing appeared first on RapidBI.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business Review

Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality. That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. Take the question that has lately been put on the political table because of the prosperity bind facing so many mature economies.

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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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A brimming bundle of potential

Persuasive Powerhouse

Have you considered that your direct reports have so much potential than what you see in them right now? Are you spending too much time focusing on what they’re not capable of while forgetting that every single person has dormant gifts just waiting to be set free? Indeed, every one of them is a brimming bundle of potential, just waiting for you to unlock the secret of their greatness.

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Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers

Harvard Business Review

It’s not uncommon to meet a lawyer who’d like to work in renewable energy, or an app developer who’d like to write a novel, or an editor who fantasizes about becoming a landscape designer. Maybe you also dream about switching to a career that’s drastically different from your current job. But in my experience, it’s rare for such people to actually make the leap.

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How to Be an Inspiring Leader

Harvard Business Review

When employees aren’t just engaged, but inspired , that’s when organizations see real breakthroughs. Inspired employees are themselves far more productive and, in turn, inspire those around them to strive for greater heights. Our research shows that while anyone can become an inspiring leader (they’re made, not born), in most companies, there are far too few of them.

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The Business Case for Providing Health Insurance to Low-Income Employees

Harvard Business Review

After the failed negotiations over the repeal of Obamacare earlier in March, the Trump administration appears to be on the brink of proposing a new health care bill. While the details are still sketchy, it seems likely that the new bill will leave many lower-income Americans without access to health insurance. I believe there is a case to be made that, should this take effect, the private sector has a strong incentive to step in.

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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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8 Ways Governments Can Improve Their Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

It’s hard to find a major cyberattack over the last five years where identity — generally a compromised password — did not provide the vector of attack. Target, Sony Pictures, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) each were breached because they relied on passwords alone for authentication.