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An Exclusive Culture Leadership Charge for Symposium Readers (S. Chris Edmonds)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection. Despite living only a few miles apart for several years, I (David) only knew Chris online. We first met in person when he was sharing tips from his fantastic book The Culture Engine with a group of tech leaders committed to building healthy business cultures. The three of us finally met in person at a gathering of the Colorado Chapter of the National Speakers Association.

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Creating Leaders

Lead Change Blog

As I came on watch, the last of the light of the day faded. Everyone else was settling down in the sailboat for the night. I was alone at the wheel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, responsible for keeping the boat on track and everyone safe for my three-hour watch. Turning around to look behind the boat, I saw a slightly darker cloud approaching.

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Overcoming Common Gender Stereotypes in Business

Women on Business

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Three Ways a ‘Noble Goal’ Makes You a Significantly Better Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes : Being a truly great and inspiring leader, who is both effective and respected, is no easy task. Though the job certainly comes with a measure of prestige, every seasoned leader will tell you — it also comes with endless hard work, harsh criticism, and significant stress. What fuels you to push forward when the pressure is on?

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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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3 Reasons Why You Should Start Your Own Business

Women on Business

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Where the Path Ends and the Forest Begins

Leadership Freak

The only way to change your future is to step off the path and step into the forest. No one is going to do it for you.

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All’s Fair In Love And Business: How To Be More Competitive

Strategy Driven

In business, there’s nothing more integral to success than being able to beat the competition. There’s competition in every industry, so how are you going to outshine your rivals and seal those deals? Photo courtesy of billadrian96 via flickr. Hiring and keeping the best employees. Most business owners depend on a team to make their venture a success.

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Filling the Leadership Gap

Lead from Within

In this episode, Dave is excited to welcome Lolly Daskal. Lolly is the founder and CEO of Lead from Within and is an entrepreneurial and leadership powerhouse. She is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. She contributes to everything from Harvard Business Review to INC, Fast Company, Business Insider, and a number of other outlets. click below to listen.

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7 Things Forgiveness IS NOT

Ron Edmondson

I have posted and reposted this for over a decade now. (If you see this list elsewhere, I must offer the reminder this is not the first time I’ve put these in print. I simply bring it forward because it remains such an important topic in leadership and life. The fact is, we get confused about what forgiveness is and what it isn’t. Maybe we don’t really know sometimes.

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What’s Your Leadership Gap Scott Eblin & Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

Click below to listen. 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

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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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How To Sell Books on Amazon Profitably? 7 Steps

Miles Anthony Smith

7 Simple Steps To Sell Books On Amazon With so many ways to advertise and market your book, you can easily get discouraged or overwhelmed with the sheer number of strategies to try. And as the self-published author of 3 books , I've tried hundreds of them. And spent LOADS of time and money.sadly all with precious little to show for it in ACTUAL sales.

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How To Lead From Within Lolly Daskal and Kelly Roach

Lead from Within

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN. Lolly Daskal says life is not Point A to Point B – and she couldn’t be more right. It’s how we respond and react to situations that make us a true leader — and Lolly, leadership expert and founder of Lead From Within, is the person we need to hear it from. If you’re ready to share your gifts with the world, become a true leader, and set yourself up for success, this is the interview for you.

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7 Things Forgiveness IS NOT

Ron Edmondson

I have posted and reposted this for over a decade now. (If you see this list elsewhere, I must offer the reminder this is not the first time I’ve put these in print. I simply bring it forward because it remains such an important topic in leadership and life. The fact is, we get confused about what forgiveness is and what it isn’t. Maybe we don’t really know sometimes.

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Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future

Deming Institute

Professor Ravi Roy , Director of the W. Edwards Deming Incubator for Public Affairs at Southern Utah University spoke at the Deming Management in Public Administration Conference earlier this year on Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future. Quoting Denzau and North (from Shared Mental Models: Ideologies and Institutions , I believe). Systemic transformations are rooted in a profound shift in shared mental models.

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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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7 Things Forgiveness IS NOT

Ron Edmondson

I have posted and reposted this for over a decade now. (If you see this list elsewhere, I must offer the reminder this is not the first time I’ve put these in print. I simply bring it forward because it remains such an important topic in leadership. The fact is, we get confused about what forgiveness is and what it isn’t. Maybe we don’t really know sometimes.

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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

An unbridled urgency can be counterproductive and costly. If you’re too quick to react, you can end up with short-sighted decisions or superficial solutions, neglecting underlying causes and create collateral damage in the process. But if you’re too deliberative and slow to respond, you can get caught flat-footed, potentially missing an opportunity or allowing an emergent challenge to consume you.

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Paper Couch

RapidStart Leadership

With our kids out of the house, we are moving from Pennsylvania to be closer to family in the Midwest. One of the many challenges of this move is to make sure we will be able to fit into the new place. We are shrinking from a single-family house to a town home. In the process we’ll lose about 50% of our current square footage. What will fit? What won’t?

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A Scorecard to Help You Compare Two Jobs

Harvard Business Review

You have a big career decision to make. Maybe you’ve been offered an exciting new opportunity — on the other side of the country. Or maybe you’ve been unhappy in your job and need a change — but haven’t been able to find inspiring alternatives. Several of the professionals I’ve coached share a common struggle: how to make major decisions that balance career growth with satisfaction in other domains of their lives.

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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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Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Resilience

Harvard Business Review

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about returning to work after her husband’s death, and Wharton management and psychology professor Adam Grant discusses what the research says about resilience. In this joint interview, they talk about how to build resilience in yourself, your team, and your organization. They’re the authors of the new book, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy.

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What If Investors Who Held Their Shares Longer Got More Voting Power?

Harvard Business Review

Joe Bower and Lynn Paine “had me at hello” (to quote Jerry Maguire ) with their new HBR article, “ The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership.” Laying out their data, they find that long-term oriented companies create more financial value and more jobs. In fact, if more American companies were focused on the long term, they estimate, investors would have an additional $1 trillion, workers would have an additional 5 million jobs, and the country would have more than an

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Why Do IoT Companies Keep Building Devices with Huge Security Flaws?

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this year an alarming story hit the news: Hackers had taken over the electronic key system at a luxury hotel in Austria, locking guests out of their rooms until the hotel paid a ransom. It was alarming, of course, for the guests and for anyone who ever stays at a hotel. But it came as no surprise to cybersecurity experts, who have been increasingly focused on the many ways in which physical devices connected to the internet, collectively known as the internet of things (IoT), can be hack

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