Wed.Oct 02, 2019

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Respect, Interpreted Part 3

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton What exactly does respect look like? It's a question that is difficult to answer, but we need an answer if we are going to be able to help our leadership teams learn how to show it, recognize it, and expect it from others. This week I'm sharing some work I've done that may help. .

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Preparation Is the New Leadership Differentiator

Next Level Blog

In watching and working with top executives and their teams over the past few years, I’ve come to a fresh conclusion. Preparation is the new leadership differentiator. You might argue that preparation has always been important. I would agree with you on that but would contend that preparation is in shorter supply than it used to be. As pretty much every organization continues on its quest to do more with less, it’s become common for executives and managers to show up for meetings and conversatio

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Live-Blogging From Catalyst Atlanta 2019

Joseph Lalonde

This year’s Catalyst Conference marks the 20th anniversary for one of the best Christian leadership conferences. In previous years, I’ve live-blogged Catalyst Atlanta as a part of the conference. This year will be different. I am not live-blogging the event as an official part of Catalyst. I will be live-blogging the event in an unofficial […] The post Live-Blogging From Catalyst Atlanta 2019 appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Surprised by a Crepe

Leadership Freak

One of the best things to do in Paris is walk around. That’s when, by accident, we found L’Atelier Artisan Crepier. My wife went to Amorino’s for a flower-shaped gelato.

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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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The Age of Innovation is Here to Stay, Are You Prepared for It?

Innovation Excellence

The Personal Computer and the Internet have, without a doubt, revolutionized business in the last 25 years. For most of us, it’s now impossible to think of the business world without all of the technology and the services built on top of these two innovations. Yet, what if these innovations are just teaser of what.

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Employee Review Questions For Your Next Performance Review

leaderCommunicator

I was talking with a client recently who was planning for her face-to-face performance review meetings with her staff. With forms completed, she acknowledged she didn’t want to simply review the content of the forms. Instead, her intention was to have the most productive and positive dialogue possible.

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Can A Board Game Help Tackle Domestic Violence?

The Horizons Tracker

Instances of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) are among the hardest for professionals to have to deal with. A team from the University of Sheffield have developed a board game to help professionals better support victims. The interactive board game is designed as a training aid for health and social care professionals to help them understand the complexities of domestic abuse and find creative ways to support victims. “The Domestic Abuse Training Game will help health and social care pro

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Ways You Can Make Money Online

Strategy Driven

There has been an increase in people wanting to work from home alongside the growth in the digital age. This means that not only is it becoming easier and more viable to make money online at home there are also more and more opportunities arise to do so. With job such as accountancy, programming, HR and blogging all becoming viable options it’s no wonder more people are taking the opportunity to work remotely, from anywhere they like.

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How Games Can Extend Our Cognitive Youth In Old Age

The Horizons Tracker

The ability to remain mentally and physically healthy as we age is increasingly important as human longevity creeps ever upwards. A recent study from the University of California, Irvine, suggests that online brain game exercises can help do just that. Indeed, the games seemed to give 70 and 80 year olds the same cognitive ability as people in their 20s and 30s. “The brain is not a muscle, but like our bodies, if we work out and train it, we can improve our mental performance,” the

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Should a Custom WordPress Web Design Be Important to Your Business?

Strategy Driven

At the current time, at least 34 percent of websites use WordPress as their content management system (CMS). This is very significant and a good reason why many businesses use this CMS for their website(s). There are many free and paid WordPress themes available. This is the beauty of the WordPress eco-system which makes small and mid-sized businesses question whether they should use a free theme for their site design, purchase a premium (paid) theme or go the custom development route?

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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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Why Men And Machine Are The Best Team In Materials Science

The Horizons Tracker

The last few years have seen a deluge of articles enthusiastically proclaiming the latest technological breakthrough. These breakthroughs are often accompanied by concerns about how humans will cope in the face of their new technological overlords. . It’s a narrative that former chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov knows only too well after his famous battle with IBM’s Deep Blue in the 1990s, when his defeat prompted many to proclaim the age of machines to have begun.

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Five Ways to Manage an Ineffective Boss

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Bosses and supervisors are a mandatory part of almost every job, so what do you do when that person isn’t fulfilling their job the way you need them to. Today’s post is by Victor Prince, a thoughtLEADERS principle. If you work long enough, you will have at least one of the following: a boss who […]. This is only the beginning of the thought.

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7 Things Which Drive Me Crazy in Leadership

Ron Edmondson

There are some things in leadership I could almost say I despise. Those things are almost always the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power – or the way other people respond to any attempt at good leadership. And I have probably been guilty of many of these in my career. But, mostly looking backwards at the results, I hate when I did them as well.

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5 Brilliant Social Media Branding Tips Every Business Should Know

Women on Business

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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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Clerk of the Works – WinnCompanies – Potsdam, NY

HR Digest

HR Jobs. Operations, sales, compliance, maintenance, marketing, IT, HR, accounting and finance. WinnCompanies is searching for a highly organized and customer service… From WinnCompanies - Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:01:18 GMT - View all Potsdam, NY jobs. Clerk of the Works - WinnCompanies - Potsdam, NY. The post Clerk of the Works – WinnCompanies – Potsdam, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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The Culture Engine

Lead Change Blog

Culture drives everything that happens in an organization day to day, including focus, priorities, and the treatment of employees and customers. A great culture drives great performance, and can help attract and retain great talent. But a great culture isn’t something that evolves naturally—it is not an amorphous thing. It comes down from the top, inspired and exemplified by the leadership.

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Governing in the Exponential Age

Harvard Business Review

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK, joins Azeem Azhar in conversation about how the technology industry and policy makers can work together to amplify their potential to serve the public good. Regulating big tech, as Blair explains, is only a small part of the solution in a necessary effort to transform our society and economy for the exponential age.

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How 25 Years of the Internet Has Changed the World of Business

Strategy Driven

Many things have changed in the world of business over the past 25 years; in fact, some would say that almost everything to do with business and the associated transactions has changed or been altered in a significant way with the advent of the internet, online purchasing, smartphones, and Wi-Fi. While it may be true that how business is conducted has been altered significantly, it is also true that who consumers are doing business with is sometimes a complete mystery, even to the consumer.

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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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Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google – Who Won the Summer? Plus, WeWork’s Fall from Grace

Harvard Business Review

After Hours is back for Season 3! Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate which of the Big Tech companies (Apple, Facebook, Amazon, or Google) had the best/worst summer, before digging into the WeWork saga.

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Size And Stability Are Trumped By Quickness And Agility

Eric Jacobson

“The bottom line is that in today’s world, your organization must respond to change and adopt new ways of doing things, even if you fail in the short term so that you can learn and grow,” explain the authors of the new book, Reinventing the Organization. “Size and stability are trumped by quickness and agility,” add authors Arthur Yeung and Dave Ulrich.

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Where Companies Go Wrong with Learning and Development

Harvard Business Review

Retaining knowledge is just as important as learning it.

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How to Improve Your Company’s Net Promoter Score

Harvard Business Review

Give customers the chance to evaluate you at exactly the right moment.

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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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Entrepreneurs Who Sleep More Are Better at Spotting Good Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Exhaustion shouldn’t be a badge of honor.