Mon.Aug 15, 2011

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Leadership and Blame

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. In the world of leadership where the traits of accountability and personal responsibility are so highly regarded, I have one question? What’s with all the finger pointing? One of my pet peeves is coming across leaders who think they’re always right, and that any problem or challenge that arises must clearly be the fault of someone else.

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How Leaders Connect to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

Here’s a link to an audio interview Jason Pankau and I did with Jeremie Kubicek, CEO of GiANT ( GiANT Impact , Catalyst and Chick-fil-A Leadercast ). Jeremie is the author of a great book entitled Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It. During the interview we discussed how leadership affects employee engagement, strategic alignment, productivity, innovation and organizational performance.

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Seasoned Leaders Have Balance

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a guest post by Paul Thornton, a Great Leadership regular: To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. Too much water or too little sunlight may hurt your plants. The best gardeners learn through experience and reflection what flowers need to grow and develop. In a similar way, seasoned leaders know what it takes to help people and organizations achieve their potential.

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Stop the Madness Before its too Late

Leadership Freak

Image source: There are only three ways to get more time – eliminate, delegate, or accelerate. The hardest is elimination. Starting is more fun than stopping. Starting new things without stopping old things, however, is the reason your life is out of control. Five Ways to Stop the Madness: First, feel your frustrations; don’t bury [.].

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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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The Biggest Barrier to Collaborative Problem Solving

Kevin Eikenberry

This could be a very short article, because the biggest barrier to collaborative problem solving is found by looking at the word problem backwards: melborp. Do you see it? The biggest barrier is me. Or you. Or whoever makes the problem about them, their agenda or their solution. Which means that we, too often, approach [.].

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There is an “I” in Conflict

Persuasive Powerhouse

I’m from the Midwest – born, raised, and a “lifer” here. It’s a lovely place to live and work. But for many years I had no idea that there was an actual “culture” in the Midwest. Since then, I’ve come to recognize that the culture includes (as all cultures do) some things that are life-enhancing and some that aren’t.

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Social Boom: How to Master Business Social Media

Kevin Eikenberry

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Social Boom! How to Master Business Social Media by Jeffrey Gitomer. I’m pretty active on social media, especially when thinking about, as the book subtitle suggests, business social media. I bought this book for three reasons: 1. I respect the work of the author 2. I thought this book might [.].

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Happy Monday! In the past week, I have read many insightful blogs by fellow bloggers in the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere. I hope you enjoy the five fabulous blogs I chose to share with you. Have a great week! Kevin W. Grossman, Talent Culture: Keep the Engagement Lights On in Rolling Economic Blackout - If you have ever read my 'Fab Five' before, you know that I am very interested in employee engagement.

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Communicating product vision

Lead on Purpose

Communication has changed significantly in the past several years. Twitter, Facebook and other social media have driven personal interaction to short, succinct statements that force us to be brief and to the point. One of my colleagues on the engineering team recently told me “if you can’t write your spec in 140 characters, I can’t implement it.” Though I’m sure he said it in jest, he got me to thinking about effective communication.

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Leadership Lessons: It’s Really All the Same

Women on Business

When we talk about the programs from our company, we state that we are interested in developing leaders at every level. That does not just mean from senior executive to admin. It means from boardroom to dining room. Leadership, at its core is about helping others reach full potential. Isn’t that the deep yearning in all of us? Here is a good article and my response is an underline of what needs to be seen as a core competency of leadership.

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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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shorts.008 | Does Pay Level Affect Job Satisfaction?

LDRLB

Not much, according to a meta-analytic study of 92 separate studies recently published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior (Judge, T.A., et. al. 2010. The relationship between pay and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis of the literature. 77: 157-167.) The authors concluded: …level of pay had little relation to either job or pay satisfaction. This indicates that within an organization, those who make more money are little more satisfied than those who make considerably less.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Happy Monday! In the past week, I have read many insightful blogs by fellow bloggers in the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere. I hope you enjoy the five fabulous blogs I chose to share with you. Have a great week! Kevin W. Grossman, Talent Culture: Keep the Engagement Lights On in Rolling Economic Blackout - If you have ever read my 'Fab Five' before, you know that I am very interested in employee engagement.

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Advice for Marketing Executives During Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: Do you have any specific suggestions for marketing executives in this challenging climate? A: Great question. During hard times companies often cut back on marketing budgets. As business becomes more competitive, marketing executives face increasing pressure to demonstrate the value that their function is adding to the firm. For an insider's perspective, I've asked Susanne Lyons, former CMO at Visa and Charles Schwab, to answer your question.

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AIDS Care of Rochester NY + Team Building & Leadership

Mike Cardus

Spent time with the executive management team of AIDS Care Rochester NY in a Team Building & Leadership workshop. AIDS Care is the leading provider of HIV/AIDS services in Rochester New York, and the Finger Lakes and was formed by the January 2010 merger of AIDS Community Health Center and AIDS Rochester. We not only offer a wide array of HIV/AIDS medical, social and prevention services in a calm, comfortable and welcoming environment.

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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 Get the Most from Your Team

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Contrary to popular belief, teams are not always the best way to get work done. Problems with coordination, competition, and motivation can undermine even the most well-designed and [.].

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Are you too smart for your own good—and the good of the organization?

CO2

Intelligence, for leaders, can be more of an impediment than an asset. It’s an asset if you use it to elevate others. It’s an impediment if you assume that it authorizes you to make as many decisions as you can. If you’re the smartest person in the room (or think that you are), you may get impatient with coworkers trying to keep up with you. Impatience leads to anger and righteousness—and that leads to more anger and impatience.

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All In or Don’t Bother

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a recent blog post by Josh Linkner, author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity. With all due respect to the value of effort and even best effort, Josh is really talking about a mindset that many affirm but few develop: faith in the power of 100% best effort. “In [.].

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Leadership Caffeine-Churchill on Overcoming Adversity

Management Excellence

You’re to be excused if you feel like you live in a world under siege. From wars and violence to natural disasters and man-made financial and governing catastrophes, these are most definitely challenging times. Winston Churchill, the remarkable wartime leader of Great Britain, served as a source of strength and motivation for an entire nation with his dogged determination to survive and ultimately succeed in the face of incredible adversity.

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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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Jeff Dyer on “How to think like an innovator”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a brief (7:02 minute) excerpt from a videotaped interview of Jeff Dyer during which he outlines the four ways leaders come up with their great ideas. Dyer is a professor at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management and co-author of The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, co-authored with Hal B. [.].

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Ask the experts: I want to encourage healthy social activities - what would be the most inclusive activity and how do I promote it?

Chartered Management Institute

Ask the experts: I want to encourage healthy social activities - what would be the most inclusive activity and how do I promote it? Reply by Prof Cary Cooper is Distinguished Professor of organisational psychology and health, and author/editor of several books on occupational stress.

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Beyond Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage Scott Keller and Colin Price John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to achieve and then sustain both outstanding leadership and management throughout the given enterprise Scott Keller and Colin Price acknowledge that although there is a “multitude” of books about business leadership and management already in [.].

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7 Critical Abilities Senior Leaders Must Have

Ron Edmondson

I want to address some critical abilities that a senior leader must have to be effective. The intent of this post is not to appear arrogant as a senior leader, as if I have qualities others may not have, although I’m confidant some will take it that way. (Isn’t being misunderstood part of being a senior leader? ) I’m not afraid to admit my weaknesses…of which I have many…but there are certain abilities senior leaders need to do their job well.

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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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Managers suffering in a training desert

Chartered Management Institute

Research conducted by Middlesex University’s Institute for Work Based Learning earlier this summer has revealed the stark gap between the training managers want, and the training they get.

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Holding Loosely the Wheel

Chris Brady

In the dead moments of space Between the thick and the thin A flicker of a glimpse The door that won't let us in No, but you weren't there to see The crests and jagged ridges For elves with pointed. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Happiness Advantage: Discovering the Happiness Advantage

Strategy Driven

Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage … I applied to Harvard on a dare. I was raised in Waco, Texas, and never really expected to leave. Even as I was applying to Harvard, I was setting down roots and training to be a local volunteer firefighter. For me, Harvard was a place from the movies, the place mothers joke about their kids going to when they grow up.

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"More" Employees with Bad Attitudes #Management

Management Craft

My google stats have been telling an interesting story. The most common search strings over the last few weeks have been: #1: "Employees with Bad Attitudes" - which leads to this post by the same name. And #2: "Managing up" - which leads to this post. Hmmm. So why is it that so many people are seeking help on how to deal with attitude issues? Are we all a bit grumpy?

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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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Writer replies.Justin Menkes

Chartered Management Institute

Writer replies.Justin Menkes, executive assessment expert, psychologist and author of Better Under Pressure tells Kayleigh Ziolo how top executives find success in a crisis.

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Are You a Servant Leader? Whom Do You Serve?

The Practical Leader

Recent Client work with culture change, service/quality improvement, safety, and leadership development has led to discussions of values, intentions, and drivers of behavior change. Do you see people as “human assets&# to be “motivated&# toward your goals ? Do you strive for a win/win alignment of helping people get what they want from work while the organization gets what it wants from people?

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20 Words Associated with Leadership

Ron Edmondson

Here are twenty random words associated with leadership… Purpose. Integrity. Values. Strategy. Principles. Humility. Passion. Delegation. Empowerment. Sincerity. Risk. Confidence. Commitment. Wisdom. People. Honesty. Compassion. Sensitivity. Determination. Courage. Plus yours… What would you add to my list? Bonus round: If you had to choose only 5 as being most important… Which would you choose?

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HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent

Rapid BI

HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent. The reason why we often have high staff turnover and poor engagement? How not to recruit tor future people.

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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.