Wed.Jun 12, 2019

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Humility and Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lead Change Blog

Wouldn’t it be lovely if humility smelled like warm chocolate chip cookies, so we could easily find ours when we lost it? A small group of us were sharing comeuppance stories—times when we’d gotten too big for our britches and had taken a big fall from grace. Betsy’s fall was the most dramatic. She’d been off-the-charts successful in her marketing job for a cosmetics company.

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Great Business Ideas for Women at Home

Women on Business

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Stop Isolating Yourself

Joseph Lalonde

I’ve watched the last couple of months as the church world has been rocked by suicides from Pastors Jim Howard of Real Life Church and Andrew Stoecklein of Inland Hills Church. I’ve also heard of suicides in the business and professional worlds. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain both took their lives as well. This breaks my heart. […] The post Stop Isolating Yourself appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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5 Insights For the Class of 2019

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton I have a special message for our 2019 graduates. It includes five important life insights that I wish someone had shared with me when I was a new graduate beginning the next chapter of my life.

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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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Three Reasons Your Change Initiative Will Fail

Next Level Blog

When you stop and think about it a big part of leadership is about convincing people to do things differently. It could be persuading customers to buy your product or try your service. It could be getting employees or vendors to raise their game. It could be convincing regulators and other rules makers to support what you want to do. In each of these examples or a dozen others that you could come up with, success depends on getting people to change their behaviors.

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Helping Your Small Business To Keep Expanding Steadily

Joseph Lalonde

Running a small business is a ceaseless struggle. You’re competing with other small companies, but you’re also trying to beat the big players at the top of your industry. It feels like a neverending battle, and that’s a pretty accurate summary of the business world. But it doesn’t have to be a losing battle. In […] The post Helping Your Small Business To Keep Expanding Steadily appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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The Future Ready Triad and Why It Matters More Than Ever

CEO Insider

CEOWORLD magazine. The Future Ready Triad and Why It Matters More Than Ever. Triads are a fascinating construct. They are also an important model to consider when it comes to assuring that you and your employees are future ready. Everything happens in threes, right? Why not future readiness? Years ago, Tribal Leadership coauthor Dave Logan talked to me about why triads are more effective than dyads when it […].

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The Societal, Economic And Eco Benefits Of University/Industry Collaboration

The Horizons Tracker

The benefits of strong collaboration between industry and academia is something that I’ve long espoused on this blog, and a recent study from the University of Campinas Economics Institute (IE-UNICAMP) highlights the benefits seen in Brazilian society when the two sectors work effectively together. The research, which was published in Science and Public Policy , quizzed over 1,000 researchers and other staff from research facilities who had previously reported to Brazil’s National Co

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Two Clues a Leader is about to Fall

Mark Sanborn

Success may leave clues, but clues often proceed failure. I’ve been following closely the moral collapse of two different leaders over the past several months. I was struck by how similar the themes are despite the differences in personalities and circumstances. The situations are tragic for everyone involved, but especially those who trusted these leaders.

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Are You Managing Human Capital or Leading People?

The Practical Leader

Is your organization staffed by human capital? Do you talk about head count? Do managers talk about “their people?” Phrases like “head count,” “human capital,” and “my people,” dehumanize and objectify. We could push this further and make the same argument for “human resources.” Managers who see others as an “it” or property, might make perfect donors for heart transplants — their hearts have had such little use!

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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 AI-Driven Translation Is Boosting Global Trade

The Horizons Tracker

As I struggle to master the many curious foibles of the Czech language I’m embarked upon a losing race against the indelible march of AI-based translation tools that will almost certainly master it before I do. Aside from the practical benefits of this, a recent study from Washington University in St. Louis highlights the benefits this capability brings to global trade.

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Seven Strategies to Manage a Micro-Manager

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

The horror stories of a micro-managing boss are a plenty, but there haven’t always been great strategies to manage the micro-manager, but here are a few. Today’s post is by Victor Prince, a principle here at thoughtLEADERS. If you work long enough, you will have a micro-managing boss. They think they know your job better than you […]. This is only the beginning of the thought.

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How AI Can Help To Tackle Forest Fires In Sweden

The Horizons Tracker

Last year researchers from the University of Alberta proposed using AI to predict forest fires. The software used artificial neural networks to sift through the data and then predict where extreme weather events are likely to create the kind of conditions conducive to a forest fire breaking out. The system is trained on historical data, before then making probabilistic predictions, which are in turn approved (or not) by expert researchers.

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Learning to Negotiate Like a Pro

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Setting your intentions and defining the negotiating relationship is a key part of the negotiation process. The first step in any negotiating process is defining and understanding the context you’re operating in.You have to understand the strategic environment of the negotiation in order to be successful. There are several elements to defining this context.

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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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Learn To Take Risks

Eric Jacobson

Inspirational leadership wisdom came awhile back from Bahram Akradi, the CEO of Life Time Fitness. From that health club's monthly fitness magazine, Experience Life , Akradi says: Once we get comfortable in our habitual patterns, we may fail to notice when they have outworn their useful purpose, or when new alternatives might serve us better. Once you've encountered a second way of seeing things, you're more likely to entertain the possibility of a third and fourth way, too.

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Staffing and On-boarding Specialist – Clarkson University – Potsdam, NY

HR Digest

HR Jobs. Prepare and maintain HR materials such as new hire packets, general HR forms and the electronic forms on the HR intranet page. From Clarkson University - Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:03:25 GMT - View all Potsdam, NY jobs. Staffing and On-boarding Specialist - Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY. The post Staffing and On-boarding Specialist – Clarkson University – Potsdam, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Words To Lead By

Eric Jacobson

Words to lead by : "It's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - President Harry S. Truman. "Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower. "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." - President Woodrow Wilson.

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How can leaders inspire their employees to grand success? Three Steps to Achieving Goals

Experience to Lead

On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and the first moon walk, we reflect on what it takes to accomplish a goal. “Men Walk on the Moon,” the New York Times headline read on July 21, 1969, the morning after Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface. The event remains one of [ ] The post How can leaders inspire their employees to grand success?

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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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Quote: Manufacturing Industry

The Center For Leadership Studies

The post Quote: Manufacturing Industry appeared first on Situational Leadership® Training & Management Model by CLS.

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The Unwritten Rules

Ron Edmondson

The unwritten rules – are the real rules. In an organization, what is passed down, maintained over the years, repeated the most – become a part of tradition. This is the way people do things – the way decisions are made – the way people respond to leadership and potential. This is what is real. This is the DNA of the organization.

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Dr. Bill Bellows Moves to Advisory Council

Deming Institute

Dr. Bill Bellows. We want to extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Bill Bellows , as he leaves the staff of The Deming Institute to pursue exciting new opportunities. Bill has been our Deputy Director since October 2016, and prior to that served for 12 years on The Deming Institute Board of Trustees. Through the years Bill has made tremendous contributions to the Institute’s aim through his leadership, expertise, teaching, facilitation, mentorship, and advocacy of the Deming message.

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AI’s Near Future

Harvard Business Review

Jürgen Schmidhuber is a recognized pioneer in the field of deep neural networks. His techniques form the basis of the modern AI systems used by billions of people daily on services like Google, Facebook, and the Apple iPhone. Jürgen joins Azeem to discuss the next thirty years of artificial intelligence.

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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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Dr. Bill Bellows Moves to Advisory Council

Deming Institute

Dr. Bill Bellows. We want to extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Bill Bellows , as he leaves the staff of The Deming Institute to pursue exciting new opportunities. Bill has been our Deputy Director since October 2016, and prior to that served for 12 years on The Deming Institute Board of Trustees. Through the years Bill has made tremendous contributions to the Institute’s aim through his leadership, expertise, teaching, facilitation, mentorship, and advocacy of the Deming message.

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Stories to Watch This Summer

Harvard Business Review

In their final episode of Season 2, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir count down the top stories they’ll be keeping an eye on over the summer. A note for listeners: After a summer hiatus, After Hours will return for Season 3 in the fall.

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5 Must-Know Women’s Labor Laws in America

HR Digest

Women are breaking new grounds every day in our current labor market. They now have more protection to work so hard and establish themselves alongside their male counterparts. However, more work needs to be done, which includes educating women on their legal rights. Here are 5 must-know women’s labor laws in America. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

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AI’s Near Future

Harvard Business Review

Jürgen Schmidhuber is a recognized pioneer in the field of deep neural networks. His techniques form the basis of the modern AI systems used by billions of people daily on services like Google, Facebook, and the Apple iPhone. Jürgen joins Azeem to discuss the next thirty years of artificial intelligence.

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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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Stories to Watch This Summer

Harvard Business Review

In their final episode of Season 2, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir count down the top stories they’ll be keeping an eye on over the summer. A note for listeners: After a summer hiatus, After Hours will return for Season 3 in the fall.

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Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet

Harvard Business Review

A plan to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals.

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Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet

Harvard Business Review

A plan to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals.

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Stop Lying to Job Candidates About the Role

Harvard Business Review

And help them be honest with you, too.

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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.