Wed.Jun 21, 2017

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5 Ways to Identify Leadership Talent in Your Team

Lead Change Blog

While scouring the Internet a few days ago, I came across a fascinating diagram of famous chefs and their mentors. Many of them household names, the kitchen maestros listed all shared one thing in common – they had risen from relative obscurity and been mentored and trained for much bigger things from within. Chefs have to be great leaders, and it’s always fascinated me that leadership can develop within people who might otherwise reside much further down the company food chain.

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Everyone is a Stakeholder at Some Level

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton "Everyone is a stakeholder at some level, and all stakeholders are important. We should consider all stakeholders as we lead – those we serve, those we lead, the powerless, the silenced, the planet, and all of humanity." I shared this important statement in a previous post - it was an aha moment from a Tweetchat I guest-hosted on Leading With Ethics.

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Women, Business and Tech: What We Need To Do Now

Women on Business

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I Found Out I Have PMR.

Rich Gee Group

I came upon a great quote from the Dalai Lama — . “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow , so today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly live.” How often do we feel disappointed/guilty about yesterday and anxious/fearful about tomorrow? Probably a lot.

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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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Stop Living In Fear

Joseph Lalonde

When fear rules your life The last couple of years of my life has been filled with fear. It all started with our dog Zane. He was a great boy but he had a mean streak to him. One that led to a lot of fear in our lives. Over the course of his short life, Zane would snap. By snapping, I mean he would turn on us and bite us. There were multiple times this happened over the years we owned him.

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Will Uber Survive its Toxic Culture

Leadership Freak

The problem at Uber is bigger than CEO Travis Kalanick. Yes, he’s ultimately responsible. However, there’s a team of leaders in place who need to step up and take aggressive public action.

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Drama and Who Broke the Media Projector

Leadership Freak

No one knows when or how, but one of our media projectors is broken. I was fascinated how Doers, Dreamers, and Feelers responded. Mr.

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10 Thought Leaders You Should Be Following to Be More Successful

Lead from Within

People are spending an enormous amount of time each day checking social media. A recent study showed teens are spending as much as nine hours a day, and the average person is spending roughly two hours. In today’s fast-paced, content-saturated world, who you choose to follow is massively important to your development as a professional. Instead of trying to change your behavior by checking social media less, you’ll be better served to take a lesson from Tony Robbins: “Who you sp

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Pet Peeves: Quit Talking About Yourself—No One Cares

Management Excellence

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Top 5 Tips for Making Managers into Better Leaders

Lead from Within

Managers are usually the men and women responsible for coordinating, planning, and organizing activities and tasks within a company. These skills are certainly important, but how managers embrace and apply these skills might be even more important. If you want to be the best manager you can possibly be, here are five things you’ll need to do. The Best Managers Are Great Leaders.

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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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The Real Steps Towards Business Success

Strategy Driven

Photo courtesy of Pexels. When you’re in business, things can start to go stale. This can happen in the early stages, before you’ve even fledged the nest of learning everything that you already need to know – or (as is the case in most instances) a little later on towards the end of your career. There are highs and lows in business, and success can come once, many times or not at all.

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7 Habits All Great Leaders Share

Lead from Within

One of the best ways to grow in your professional life is to study great leaders. And there’s no better way to understand the best leaders than looking at their habits. After all, our disciplines reflect our priorities, and it’s the things we do every day that shape us. Continue Reading. As seen on Thrive Global written by Lolly Daskal. The post 7 Habits All Great Leaders Share appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Do Training Programmes actually work? Interview

Rapid BI

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by PDH Academy. I was asked some interesting questions. Questions that on reflection I should have been able to answer easily. But actually in a wide context were more difficult than I expected. Having thought about these, I would urge all readers of this to apply the same […]. The post Do Training Programmes actually work?

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Supervising Friends, Ethically

Lead from Within

QUESTION: I was recently promoted to a new midlevel supervisor position, and several of the people I now oversee are good friends. I think they are doing excellent work, but I’m concerned that I not show special treatment. How does one supervise friends ethically? ANONYMOUS. Asking this question is a good sign. After all, it’s easy to assume your judgment and decisions are unimpeachable.

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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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Handle Your Stress Better by Knowing What Causes It

Harvard Business Review

No matter how brave, hardworking, and intelligent you may be, there comes a time when stress becomes overwhelming and you get triggered. Triggers are those things that cause you to have a knee-jerk reaction that may or may not be the best response to a given situation. When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. You are flooded with adrenaline and cortisol, the same neurotransmitters and hormones that have evolutionarily protected us from threats like bear attacks (freez

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5 Unconventional Leadership Books You Need to Read

Lead from Within

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ―Margaret Fuller. Want to know one of the “secrets” to becoming a better leader? Become a more voracious reader. One of the best ways to “stand on the shoulders of giants” is to read. We hear it all the time–that the most successful people, our greatest leaders, are people who read constantly (including Bill Gates , Steve Jobs , Elon Musk , and Warren Buffett ).

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

From many passengers’ perspective, Uber is a godsend — lower fares than taxis, clean vehicles, courteous drivers, easy electronic payments. Yet the company’s mounting scandals reveal something seriously amiss, culminating in last week’s stern report from former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Some people attribute the company’s missteps to the personal failings of founder-CEO Travis Kalanick.

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Recommended Summer Reading for Leaders

Lead from Within

With summer unofficially underway here in the United States, you might soon find yourself with some extra time on your hands either as the normal pace of business slows down or as you take a vacation from the office. As a result, summer is a fantastic time to take a breath, recharge, and carve out time for personal and professional development, like enhancing your leadership skills.

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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 Amazon–Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer’s Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete

Harvard Business Review

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 billion, Amazon’s stock price rose 2.4% on the news, increasing its market capitalization by $11 billion. At the same time, the price of SuperValu plummeted 14.4%, Kroger dropped 9.2%, and Sprouts fell 6.3%.

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The Seven Archetypes Of The Most Successful Leaders

Lead from Within

I spoke to Lolly Daskal, author of the national bestselling book The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness , about the seven archetypes of the most successful leaders, what happens when leaders rely too much on their current skills, the Millennial leadership dilemma and her best career advice. Dan Schawbel: Can you describe what the leadership gap is and why you decided to write a book on this topic?

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The Life of an Idea on a Healthy Team

Ron Edmondson

Healthy teams allow every idea a chance to live. At initial thought, there are no bad ideas. The healthiest teams don’t contain a built in idea killer. And, if there is one they aren’t allowed to remain so for long. Ideas need a chance to breathe. They need to be stretched and prodded and examined. The best ideas sometimes come from what started as a seemingly really bad idea.

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The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness

Lead from Within

What type of leader are you? Are you a leader who has had some success but now feel stuck? What’s your leadership gap? Understanding yourself is the beginning of influence. You must understand you before you can possibly understand others and how to influence them. If you’re a leader of leaders, you want to understand your team, how they interpret the world, their unique way of leading.

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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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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Juan Díaz-faes for HBR. Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. What knowledge and skills does Alice need to lead a technology venture? And what’s the best way to acquire that know-how? Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job?

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Um… Excuse Me… “Your Gaps” are Showing [Becoming a Great Leader Especially if You Are Not One]

Lead from Within

The Leadership Gap. Some books connect with you because they align with your beliefs. Other books connect with you because they inspire you to be better. Still others connect with you because they open your mind to new possibilities. Lolly Daskal’s new book, The Leadership Gap , did all three for me. It will probably connect in all three ways with you as well.

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The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve

Harvard Business Review

One of the best innovation stories I’ve ever heard came to me from a senior executive at a leading tech firm. Apparently, his company had won a million-dollar contract to design a sensor that could detect pollutants at very small concentrations underwater. It was an unusually complex problem, so the firm set up a team of crack microchip designers, and they started putting their heads together.

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Discover Your Leadership Archetype To Lead With Strength

Lead from Within

Are you a rebel? A hero? A navigator? Or someone else? If, as a leader, you’ve ever had a moment of self-doubt or uncertainty, then you may have accessed one of your archetypes. In any given situation, we can spring into action and either try to “fix” the problem or take control, neither of which are beneficial to leading a team. Finding your archetype can help you approach your weaknesses and address them head on.

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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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A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients’ Data

Harvard Business Review

It is well understood that achieving the full potential of precision medicine for all cancer patients depends on the sharing of patients’ genomic and molecular data and clinical information. To this end, several efforts — including the Genomic Data Commons , ORIEN , and CancerLinQ — have been established to facilitate data sharing among clinicians and researchers and to create an open environment in which data sharing is more commonplace.

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The 7 Essential Leader Archetypes And The Hidden Gaps That Accompany Them

Lead from Within

Have you ever wondered why some people are able to stand in their greatness as leaders, and evolve and grow even in the face of extreme challenges, while others falter in their gaps? There’s been volumes and volumes written about great leadership today, but much of it doesn’t look at how we can honestly and deeply evaluate our own blind spots and gaps, and close them, so we can reach our highest potential as leaders and influential forces for good in the world.

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What Should U.S. Companies Do If Congress Ever Passes a Tax Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

The Trump administration’s proposed tax reform plan to spur economic growth would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15% and offer U.S. companies a one-time “tax holiday” rate of as low as 10% to bring home their stockpile of cash earned overseas. Given that the offshore stash is believed to total more than $2 trillion, advocates for a tax holiday claim that this influx will encourage companies to invest in their businesses, thereby creating millions of new jobs.

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The Shadow Side of Leadership

Lead from Within

Post written by Jesse Lyn Stoner on her blog, a review of Lolly Daskal’s book The Leadership Gap. Once you’ve been in a leadership role for awhile, you develop a leadership style that is comfortable. You begin to relax in that role, feeling you are at the top of the learning curve and confident that you know how to be a leader. Beware! This is the slipperiest spot on the slope.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.