Fri.Dec 15, 2017

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Focus on Clarity

Lead Change Blog

There’s a saying that says that we don’t remember the days, we only remember the moments. I’m sure you were probably out having lots of fun this holiday season with friends and family making the most of every moment. And I bet you were also probably capturing some of those magical moments with a camera – probably the one on your smartphone. As you know, most cameras that people use today, like on a smartphone, come with something called “autofocus.

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Pass Judgment

Leading Blog

P OLITE SOCIETY teaches us that passing judgment isn’t nice. It’s demeaning, we’re told, especially when it’s applied to people. However well intended though, a reluctance to judge when leading people and managing an organization will hold the people and the organization back. The key is learning to pass judgment in a way that serves your people and organization well.

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Which Online Marketing Methods Should I Use?

Women on Business

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Weekly Round-Up: 15 Ways to Improve Communication Skills, From Mistake to Asset, Communicate with Cultural Sensitivity, Employee Retention, & Great Leaders Are Present

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 15 Powerful Strategies for Improving Your Communication Skills By YEC ( @YEC ), YEC “We hear it all the time: employers consider the ability to communication well is the most important skill set a candidate can master…”.

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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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A Five Step Strategy to Starting Your New Business

Strategy Driven

Starting a business is an exciting adventure, but doing it wrong can easily turn it into a financial disaster. That is why you need to strategize effectively and know how to move your business forward for success. The more you plan before you launch, the better. Success comes with knowing which steps to take and what to do to move forward. That is why being prepared is your best friend.

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Six Questions To Ask Your Direct Reports

Eric Jacobson

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. Ask these open-ended questions. Let each team member know the purpose of the meeting in advance.

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Stop Living In The Past

Joseph Lalonde

It's okay to visit but not live there I’m a huge proponent of using your past to help propel you towards your future. You have a long list of victories you’ve accomplished in your past. From the first client you landed for your organization to the process improvement you suggested which saved the business millions of dollars to helping out on the shop floor so production could keep going.

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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India

Harvard Business Review

Linda Coussement/eyeem/Getty Images. The Indian economy has long been an attractive investment destination for multinational corporations. Already a large domestic market, Frontier Strategy Group’s estimates suggest the country will average growth rates between 7.4% and 7.6% over the next three years. However, India remains a difficult market for multinational firms to enter.

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Why Outsourcing Can Save Your Business

Strategy Driven

Outsourcing is the process in which a business will hire a third party to complete tasks that they do not want to complete themselves. Within a business it can be expensive to hire specialists in every single field, and for small businesses in particular it can be helpful to instead hire a third party to complete these tasks for them. They won’t need to pay a full time employee, but they will still be able to have a professional, expert service.

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Yes, You Can Start a Business and Have a Baby at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

Henglein and steets/Getty Images. The stereotypical image of startup life is a handful of scruffy twenty-somethings working 24/7 in a garage. No one has kids, needless to say, because no one has a life outside of work. That image of workaholic, childless founders is often reinforced by founders who recount stories of their firms’ exhausting, around-the-clock early days.

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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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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business Review

Nicholas Blechman for hbr. Rising pressure to achieve better medical outcomes with increasingly limited financial resources has created an acute need for more physician leaders. Several studies (including this one ) have shown that doctors want to be led by other doctors; they trust physician leaders to make the right decisions about redesigning health care delivery and balancing quality and cost.

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Why Cutting Taxes Won’t Make America More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

CSA plastock/Getty Images. As the U.S. Congress considers the tax proposal put forward by Republicans, there has been plenty of debate over how it would affect innovation. Proponents argue that lower taxes would increase corporate investment ; critics contend that the bill would hurt research universities and that the bills as written would neutralize the R&D tax credit for businesses.

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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

Tim Evans for HBR. What happened to the antitrust movement ? This was the question asked by Richard Hofstadter in the mid-1960s. Antitrust, observed the historian, once was the subject of a progressive movement in the U.S. that stirred public agitation and imagination, despite few antitrust prosecutions. By the 1960s, there were many antitrust prosecutions (by both Democratic and Republican administrations), but without any antitrust movement.