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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Confidence, Humility, Results, & Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is a celebratory finish line of the Winning Well International Symposium with themes of confidence, humility, results, and relationships. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about handling conflict in your team.

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Memorial Day – A Pause To Remember

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. On this memorial day, the curators and authors of GeneralLeadership.com pause to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Military. We reflect upon their sacrifices, as well as the sacrifices of the thousands of soldiers who serve in harms way around the globe on this day.

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Start Stopping Sooner

Lead Change Blog

“Will you just stop it?” is something just about any mom on the planet has asked. Fast forward through a few challenging phases of adulthood, and the words, “You can stop doing that now,” are a relief and we don’t need a reason. We are glad to stop a few things. If you habitually read online articles you’ve read about things to stop doing to be a better leader or operations to stop using because they are obsolete.

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What Happened To Trust And Integrity In Today’s Organizations?

Tanveer Naseer

Over the past several weeks, there has been a recurring theme in the news of organizations being caught at their worst and with it, how often leaders drop the ball in owning up to these failures incurred by those they lead. While the most talked-about examples have been Pepsi’s tone-deaf commercial and United Airlines’ abhorrent treatment of one of their passengers, I want to share the story of another organization’s colossal misstep in order to illustrate how the disconnect le

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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 Back-To-Basics Prescription

N2Growth Blog

If you’re a senior leader, mid-level manager or, simply, a company change agent struggling to determine ways in which to ensure the long-term success of your business, you may find value in what I call the Back-To-Basics Prescription. It is an overarching program aimed at renewing the basic business fundamentals that every organization should have perfected to compete at a world class level.

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Values Drive Business Success (But Only If They’re Clear and Applied)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Deloitte's 2016 Millennial Survey Executive Summary reported that according to responses from 7700 employed millennials from 29 countries, "the values that support long-term business success are people treatment, ethics, and customer focus. While people treatment, ethics, and customer focus may be the values that drive business success, that only works if they're applied across the organization.

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Career Mobility Forces Organizations of the Future to Transform

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

According to a 2012 Future Workplace Study, 91% of millennials expect to stay in a job for less than three years, and Fast Company reported a study pointing toward 4-year careers. In a recent Forbes article, Meghan Biro concludes, “career mobility should be seen as a given.” But are today’s organizations prepared for career mobility? Traditionally, […].

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This Word Unleashes Change & Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Have you ever worked for a boss who always said no ? If you have, my first guess is it was a frustrating experience. My second guess is you don’t hold said boss in high regard as a leader. I’ve always been amazed at the number of well known axioms espousing the benefits of learning to use the word “no” with greater frequency.

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How to avoid starring in your own drama

Persuasive Powerhouse

As human beings, we swim in daily drama. As leaders, any drama we’re involved in gets played out publicly. And there are lots of people out there who can’t wait to tell others about it, whether they get the background story right or not. It can be embarrassing, shameful, and can even result in a leader’s downfall. Yet so much of the drama is self-induced and a blind spot for the leader experiencing it.

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6 Financial Mistakes Not to Make as a New Business Owner

Women on Business

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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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10 Leaders You Need To Follow Today

Joseph Lalonde

Great leaders are also great followers. They seek mentors who will spur them along in their leadership. These follower leaders also know they need to continue to learn and grow. That’s why the follow other leaders. Image by Brittany Laeger. Today, I want to take a look at 10 leaders every leader needs to follow. 10 Leaders You Need To Follow Today.

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Memorial Day Should Make Us All Better Leaders

N2Growth Blog

Is Memorial Day weekend just another holiday, or does it mean something more to you? While this weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for others. As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays.

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Building Up From The Ashes.

Rich Gee Group

What would you do if your website burnt down? Not literally, but if some catastrophic purge happened and you lost your entire website — all the copy, images, blog posts, testimonials — everything? You’d have to start FRESH. From the beginning. It would be a lot of work — but you’d get it done. And guess what — it would be better. Fresher.

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Leadership – Inspiring Loyalty Through Personal Branding

Women on Business

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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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Stop Measuring Employee Loyalty By Tenure: 5 Steps to Creating a Boomerang Culture

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Lee Caraher: The great lament of so many leaders and managers today is that “no one is loyal anymore.” With millions of millennials pegged as “job hoppers” who “leave before they even get productive,” older managers are increasingly unwilling to put in the effort to help develop and train their younger colleagues. The logic goes – “why should I put my effort into helping these people when they’re just going to leave me and I’ll have to start all over again.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2017

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June. Built for Growth : How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win by Chris Kuenne and John Danner. Lead Yourself First : Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin. Collaborating with the Enemy : How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust by Adam Kahane.

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11 Tips For The Class of 2017 – What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me

N2Growth Blog

Graduation is a joyous time full of accolades and recognitions, serious reflection, and great anticipation. By all means, enjoy graduation – you worked hard to reach this point. That said, my advice is don’t get too caught up in the pomp and circumstance – real life is about to hit you in the face. Following are 11 tips for jumpstarting your future that I wish someone would have shared with me.

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11 Clever Things to Do with Your Old Blog Posts

Women on Business

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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 5-Step Process To Bravery

Joseph Lalonde

Answers From Leadership Podcast I was introduced to Adam Kirk Smith by my friend Leo Lampinen a year or two ago. Adam’s created a massive following through his blog and social media accounts. He also knows a thing or two about leadership. He’s been a leader at Chick-Fil-A (the best chicken around) and owns his own shoe store. When I heard Adam was releasing a new book, The Bravest You , I wanted to have him on the show.

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How Doers and Dreamers Drive Each Other Crazy

Leadership Freak

One of my biggest regrets as a leader is misunderstanding the unique viewpoints of Doers, Dreamers, and Feelers. Facing obstacles: Doers and Dreamers face resistance, obstacles, and failure differently. Doers push through.

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Do people interrupt you?

Jason Womack

Here's the SELF-ASSESSMENT you can take to learn IF you're creating an inspiring workplace. Click Here Create an Inspiring Workplace Have you ever scheduled time to work on a project while in your office? You know, two or three hours.

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For Those of Us Who Don’t Lean In

Women on Business

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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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Why The Bible Is The Best Business Book You’ll Ever Read

Joseph Lalonde

With so many new business books releasing you might have a hard time figuring out the best business book to read. For me, the best business book you’ll ever read has to be a classic: The Bible. You hear me right. I believe the best business book ever written is the Bible. While the Bible is an old book, it’s a good book on business. What The Bible Says About Business.

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How gratitude expands leadership

Lead on Purpose

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. While many here gather as family and kick off the summer season, Memorial Day goes much deeper.

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The Surprising Face of Belief

Leadership Freak

Believe in people if you expect greatness from them. But what does it look like? 4 faces of disbelief: Accepting mediocrity. There’s nothing inspiring about being average when people are capable of remarkable.

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Everything Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Hiring a Business Attorney

Women on Business

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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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Two brothers, side by side, laid to rest.

Jason Womack

In 2011 I achieved an Historian's Dream*. I got to visit France on the anniversary of the D-Day Invasion: Operation Overlord. Of everything I saw there, the one picture I can see without having to look. Two brothers, side by.

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Why Are You Giving Feedback Anyway?

Kevin Eikenberry

Ken Blanchard calls feedback the breakfast of champions, and he is right. For any of us to be successful, we need feedback. For us to coach and develop our team members successfully, we must be able to give feedback to them. I have spoken and trained on giving feedback for years. I’ve written here extensively […]. The post Why Are You Giving Feedback Anyway?

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Top Leaders Explain What Fuels Their Energy

Leadership Freak

Any incompetent fool can run around barking orders like a chihuahua with the self image of a doberman. Yes, giving direction is part of leadership.

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3 Ways to Own Your Personal Power in Business

Women on Business

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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.