Sat.Apr 06, 2013 - Fri.Apr 12, 2013

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How to Give Your Boss Bad News (the D.A.R.N. way)

Let's Grow Leaders

'Darn-it. You screwed up. Or, perhaps you trusted your team and now you have empowerment run amok. You don’t want to blame… but you’re mad too. Your boss will be ticked. And worse, she might have to tell her boss. It’s time to come clean. How do you tell your boss the bad news? Bad News the [.] The post How to Give Your Boss Bad News (the D.A.R.N. way) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Where J.C. Penney And Ron Johnson Went Wrong

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. It’s not hard to lead talented people with an aligned vision who fall under the umbrella of an iconic brand that has a cult-like consumer following. This describes Ron Johnson’s role as head of Apple’s retail operation prior to assuming the CEO role at J.C. Penney. Johnson was fired today by JCP as his efforts to rebrand and turnaround the struggling retailer failed to get traction.

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Everything I Learned About Servant Leadership

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development On March 6 and 7, I attended the World Leaders Conference 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida. This was my second time attending this dynamic conference focused on defining the philosophy and practice of servant leadership. As I listened to the speakers discuss their experiences in servant leadership, I realized that everything I had learned about [.].

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From OK To Extraordinary: How To Find The Elusive “It”

Terry Starbucker

'“They just don’t have it. ” “ It’s not there.” “I can’t find it. ” “I’ve got it!” “He’s got it!” “She’s got it!” We’re all looking for this thing, this “ it “ The difference maker. The “je ne sais quoi” that gets a team, a company, and ourselves past the ordinary and into the rarified air of extraordinary.

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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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6 Secrets to Building Teams in a Stack Ranked World

Let's Grow Leaders

'Most performance management systems reward individual performance. Bell curves, stack ranks, 9 box succession planning grids… encourage selfish choices. In most cases, you can’t change the system. But you can build great teams within it. Bell curves frustrate. “My ‘innocent’ belief of bell curve is like listening to Mozart and trying to adjust my graphic [.

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Engaged Employees Volunteer Their Hearts, Minds, & Imaginations

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post by Ray Attiyah: I had a conversation a few days ago with somebody about how to create an engaged workforce. His. company had a huge collection of training material, charts, books, pamphlets, and seminar schedules that they passed out to their people. But even with all of these resources, they were having trouble with a more basic issue – defining an engaged workforce.

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Why Small Businesses Need Great Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

'The following is a guest piece by Megan Totka. Great leadership is a necessity for any business that is striving for great success, especially during trying times. Without leadership that is effective, it’s nearly impossible for businesses to grow and expand, as is necessary in an ever-changing market. While large corporations may be able to survive for short periods of time without great leadership in place, the opposite is often true for small businesses.

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Resume Remedy: 5 Questions Your Resume Must Answer

Let's Grow Leaders

'That guy with the job posting already has an “obvious choice.” He’s been grooming several mentees. Others have invested in informational interviews. HR told him he had to post the job, so he’s got a stack of candidates. You’ve got a slim chance. How will your resume stand out? Your resume must scream, “you [.

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Do You Know What Your 3 Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses Are?

Great Leadership By Dan

'I was helping out our Career Services team last week by being an interviewer for some of our soon-to-graduate senior business majors. Although I have my own preferred way on doing selection interviewing, I was provided with a list of standard questions and was asked to stick to the script. Two of the questions were: 1. What you’re your greatest strengths?

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Unleashing the Power of Employee Recognition: A Leader’s Role

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development At a time when companies are looking for ways to reduce costs and become more productive, employee recognition can be a powerful force for engaging employees and unleashing their full potential. Unfortunately, there is a tendency for managers to underestimate the power of employee recognition. They treat it like a warm fuzzy concept instead of [.].

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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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The Individual and Organizational Imperative to Do Good

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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Collaborative Competition: The Extraordinary Power of Trash Talk

Let's Grow Leaders

'Collaborative competition inspires. Seeing “them” inspires “us.” Competition makes work fun. Unless, it doesn’t. Stay on the right side of trash talk. Create collaborative competition to inspire your team. A New York State of Mind I ran a 2000 person sales team… so did the guys in New York. They were the “ones to catch” [.] The post Collaborative Competition: The Extraordinary Power of Trash Talk appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Who Cares About Your Strengths?

Nathan Magnuson

'“Well it’s good to talk with you today, Nathan. Why don’t you tell me a little bit about your strengths.” Now replace my name with yours. How would you respond? When was the last time someone asked you to identify your strengths? Was it in an interview or an application? Were you joining a new organization, team, [.].

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Build a team of superheroes

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in SmartBlog for Leadership [link] One of my favorite topics is character-based leadership, or leading from who you are rather than your power or position. When we’re challenged to be something we’re not, it drains us. But when we get to be our best self, we bring our best energy and we can become superheroes, solving problems and saving careers even [.].

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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8 Posts (And a Trend Report) On Global Thinking

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Using globally-informed thinking helps us succeed in a connected economy and a global society. This week, I decided to corral a collection of posts that help us understand ethical leadership in a global context.

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Seasons, Messy, and Doing the Best You Can

Let's Grow Leaders

'“I don’t know how you do it all. How can you do this executive job, have a husband, raise good kids, and write this blog…it’s intimidating.” I heard that again today. The truth is, it’s messy. I do it because all those things feel so important. I find it hard to choose. Messy Tonight [.] The post Seasons, Messy, and Doing the Best You Can appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Weird Leadership

Leadership Freak

'People who change things become fanatics first. I became obsessed with developing leadership a few years ago. Many friends thought I was weird. Some friends don’t hang with me anymore. I’m more committed to developing leadership than anyone around me. Radical leaders create radical change. Ordinary never satisfies. Fitting in doesn’t work.

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Book Review: The Character-Based Leader

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Character Based Leader Book [link] I recently read The Character-Based Leader – a great book written by a number of the members of the Lead Change Group. The Character-Based Leader is not a leadership book in the traditional sense of one or two people explaining a philosophy of leadership. Instead it’s a collection of perspectives on leadership and the role of character in [.].

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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The freedom of “no”

Persuasive Powerhouse

'Most leaders I know are overwhelmed with the sheer volume of work that’s on their plates. Some of it’s important, but much of it wastes precious time with busywork that detracts from the important things they need to do to become or remain successful. Yet without making the effort to think about their list of things they think they need to get done they continue to worry about how they’ll get it all done.

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Why My “5 Around” Group is Important to Me and Why You Should Start One

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'5 Around, January, 2000. I just arrived in Sarasota, Florida for my 5 Around Retreat. Twenty-three years ago, we began meeting as a group of high level executives and consultants with the intent of using each other as resources to address the challenges we were facing in leading organizations. One of the women was the first female officer of the Stanley Tool Companies, and we met after work in her corporate office.

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Seven Simple Steps From Can’t to Can

Leadership Freak

'Every organization has “can’t do” people in it. Their first words are no, can’t, or won’t. Successful leaders change can’t to can. Real influence: Coercion creates conformity; influence transforms. Incompetent leaders pressure; skillful leaders influence. Inept leaders us power, authority, and position to intimidate. Influential leaders move people from can’t to can by changing what [.].

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Character and winning

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Self Leadership I find Nike’s decision to use an uber dose of swagger and to fuel controversy with its winning takes care of everything ad campaign a mesmerizing exercise in social culture. So are responses from some sportswriters: Jay Busbee sharing the truth he believes many of us are missing, “Nike is doing this to get under your [.].

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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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Apology Accepted

Persuasive Powerhouse

'I’ve noticed that sometimes that we’re not willing to accept an apology from someone who’s made a mistake. We’ve all been tempted to withold forgiveness; it’s hard work, and easier to stay mad (or so we think). I hope you’ll reconsider. Not accepting an apology only makes things worse. It doesn’t contribute to the richness of a relationship.

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Countdown to Equal Pay Day 2013 – The Gender Pay Gap 1970 to 2013

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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The Most Dangerous Leadership Weakness

Leadership Freak

'Dangerous leadership weaknesses include: Lack of self-awareness. Listening to brown nosers. Pointing out problems without celebrating progress. Closed ears and opened mouths. People pleasing. More on Facebook (4/8/13). All: All strengths have corresponding weaknesses. Good with people often means bad organizational skills, for example. The law of equilibrium: Extraordinary always includes extra-lousy.

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Trust and Distrust – Contrasting Outcomes

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development For two weeks in March I had the good fortune to visit five senior secondary schools in Shanghai, China. It was wonderful to be immersed in a different culture and educational system. The expectation going into this excursion was that I would observe contrasts in our cultures and that indeed occurred. However, I was also [.

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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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Sustainable and effective leadership

Lead on Purpose

'“Removing what does not matter is the first step in figuring out what does.” This statement sums up one of the key indicators to sustainable and effective leadership as taught in the book The Leader’s Climb: A Business Tale of Rising to the New Leadership Challenge by Bob Parsanko and Paul Heagen. The Leader’s Climb tells the story of how to lead more effectively and how to make a long-term, lasting contribution.

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Countdown to Equal Pay Day 2013 – The Gender Pay Gap in the 2010s

Women on Business

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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How to Break Destructive Patterns

Leadership Freak

'Those who can’t or won’t see patters are doomed to repeat the past. Ignore patterns and yesterday’s decisions become tomorrow’s destiny. “Patterns, not problems, will ruin your business.” Dr. Henry Cloud Pattern recognition may be the least discussed and most neglected leadership skill. Yet, pattern recognition informs plans, enables innovation, and empowers decision making.

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Amateur or Professional Leadership – Turning Pro for Leaders

Modern Servant Leader

'In Turning Pro , author Steven Pressfield explains the difference between amateurs and professionals, in any field. Pressfield likens amateurs to addicts – not just drug addicts, but addicts of all forms. In contrast, artists – real artists, are professionals. If you’re passionate about something – anything – and wonder why you’re not making more progress, read this book.

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Objectives are outcomes that reflect current company priorities. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.