Wed.May 10, 2017

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6 Ways To Transform a Divisive Culture into a Winning Well Culture: (Chery Gegelman)

Let's Grow Leaders

Winning Well Connection. I really got to know Chery on our collaboration around the Energized Leadership book project. I admired her commitment and energy that led her to meet with us at 4 am to align with our time zone. She’s an adventurer with a kind and generous spirit. We truly enjoyed her amazing review of the story behind the story of Winning Well. .

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How Leaders Can Invest in the Power of Differences

Lead Change Blog

In a world in which we expect the neighborhood ice cream shop to offer up at least 31 flavors, why do we insist on “fixing” people so their point of view matches one flavor—ours? Sometimes it’s maddening to be in a conversation with a fiercely-opinionated person whose thoughts are 180 degrees from mine. As we talk, I keep thinking about how narrow-minded the person is and how I could help them see the light if they’d only let me.

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Labels Divide, Values Conquer

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton I have noticed that when people speak from LABELS (their group identity, their belief system, their affiliation), they are talking from the interests of that label. This can quickly become divisive if that label doesn't include everyone. If a label is broad enough - like the label "human" - it can automatically be an ethical and inclusive conversation.

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How to Promote Your Artwork Online

Women on Business

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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How To Effectively Deal With Stress

Joseph Lalonde

We’ve experienced a lot of trials around the start of a new year. Two years ago, I discovered the youth pastor was removed. This year, my sister’s dog ran away for 3 days and my dog was injured. To say that the new year brought a lot of stress would be an understatement. My family was stressed. I’ll be honest with you. I have two modes: Chill and ready to break.

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A Young Leader Receives a Sh*t Sandwich

Leadership Freak

Incompetent leaders only have performance conversations when someone screws up. Things get worse when inept leaders finally have performance conversations. Michael Lapointe reminded me that incompetent leaders suck at performance conversations.

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Your New HR Reference Guide

Coaching Tip

Managing people is the most challenging part of any leader's job. And that job's not getting any easier. Experienced human resource professionals and consultants, Barbara Mitchell and Cornelia Gamlem, share their 30+ years of first-hand experience in their completely revised and expanded, "THE BIG BOOK OF HR". This reference guide provides any business owner, manager, or HR professional with the most current information to get the most from their talent.from strategic HR-related issues to the s

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My Friend Who Was On Undercover Boss Has Something Important to Tell You

Steve Farber

Bryon Stephens is the president of Marco’s Pizza , one of the fastest growing food franchises in the US with over 800 stores and 1/2 billion dollars in revenue. He is a shining example of an Extreme Leader. As a matter of fact, he was featured on an episode of Undercover Boss. He also happens to be a recent graduate of our Extreme Leadership Certification program.

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Closing Your Leadership Gap with Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

CLICK TO LISTEN. Leaders are coaches. They ask the right questions and they deliver messages with empathy. Lolly Daskal, founder of Lead from Within and the most inspiring person in the world according to the Huffington Post , shares with Kevin her thoughts on coaching and how it can be used to empower and engage people to reach their potential. In this episode, Kevin and Lolly discuss: Heart based leadership.

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First-Time Manager #5—Asking Versus Telling

Management Excellence

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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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What’s Getting Between You and Your Greatness

Lead from Within

click to listen. Ask yourself, “who are you being?”. You’ve got to have the foundation right before you get everything else right. Having confidence in yourself and in your competence can transform your journey. If a leader is saying “I” more than “we”, it’s not leadership. Don’t think you know everything. Revisit the things that have impacted you.

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Improvement Management with Tools and Knowledge

Curious Cat

Too often today I hear people disparaging management tools/concepts ( PDSA cycle , mistake proofing , flowcharts, design of experiments , gemba…). The frequently voiced notion is that tools are being applied and not helping improve management in the organization. But it seems to me using these tools re-enforces the best practices of management improvement.

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What Gets Between You and Your Leadership Greatness with Lolly Daskal

Lead from Within

“If you are not a leader who can empower others that means you can’t empower yourself”. click to listen. The post What Gets Between You and Your Leadership Greatness with Lolly Daskal appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Two New Mentoring Programs for First-Time Managers

Management Excellence

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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The Gap that Keeps You from Your Greatness

Lead from Within

click to listen. Being a leader takes a lot more than just telling people what to do. It’s about accountability and impact. As individuals, we are capable of so much more than we could even imagine at times. We are all naturally polar with our personalities, and until we learn to own those sides, we won’t be able to reach our true potential as leaders.

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To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks

Harvard Business Review

Imagine that on a Friday afternoon, before leaving work to start your weekend, you are asked to solve two problems that require creative thinking. Do you: Spend the first half of your time attempting the first problem and the second half of your time attempting the second. Alternate between the two problems at a regular, predetermined interval (e.g., switching every five minutes).

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Leading with Control Versus Leading with Influence

Ron Edmondson

Let me be honest. I can be a controlling person. It’s part of my character. I know that. I test that way with StrengthsFinders. If no one is taking charge, I’ll take over the room. (And, not because I’m extroverted. I’m not.) If we both come to a four-way stop at the same time – as nice as I try to be and as much as I love others – I won’t stall long for you to decide if you’re going.

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Research: The More Essential Your Job Is to Your Company, the Happier You’ll Be

Harvard Business Review

Steven Moore for HBR. Say you’re a lawyer, and you’re evaluating competing job offers — one from a law firm, and the other for a general counsel role in a tech company. Which one should you take? This is a complicated question, and one that professionals face all the time. If you’re a marketer, you have to decide whether you’d prefer to work for a marketing agency or in the marketing department of an organization.

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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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Preparing for the Cyberattack That Will Knock Out U.S. Power Grids

Harvard Business Review

Cyberattacks are unavoidable, but we’re not going to stop using computerized systems. Instead, we should be preparing for the inevitable, including a major cyberattack on power grids and other essential systems. This requires the ability to anticipate not only an unprecedented event but also the ripple effects that it could cause. Here’s an example of second-order effects (though not caused by a cyberattack, they’re a good way to think through what could happen in an attack).

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How to Manage a Narcissist

Harvard Business Review

George, a senior executive of a large internet provider, was a participant in one of my leadership development programs. Although a very talented individual, he was seen as a nuisance within the group. He tended to monopolize the conversation, whatever the topic. All agreed that he was not a good listener. Whenever someone else spoke, he would quickly become impatient and try to change the topic to something closer to his interests.

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How to Get Experts to Work Together Effectively

Harvard Business Review

How should teams of experts working on knowledge-intensive projects be structured? Should they be hierarchical? Or will flexible, self-organized groups perform better? Teams often struggle with how to get the most value from the members’ expertise, to minimize conflict, to integrate their diverse expertise, and to leverage it during all phases of a project.