Sat.May 25, 2013 - Fri.May 31, 2013

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Pause for Effectiveness: 9 Powerful Times to Pause

Let's Grow Leaders

'Your team needs you, you respond. They have questions, you have answers. The phone rings, you pick it up. Great leadership? A pause can be more powerful. Speakers pause for effect. Great leaders pause for effectiveness. A powerful pause is a wildly under utilized leadership tool. Awkward silence creates opportunity. I’ve never regretted a pause. [.

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Leadership and Memorial Day

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . 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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The Secrets Of Great Leadership (As Told By 8,000 People Who Love Their Jobs)

Terry Starbucker

'In my quest for more human leadership , I’ve discovered a core truth. If you encounter a workplace filled with people who love their jobs, you’ll find a great leader who made that happen. Those kind of environments don’t just pop out of thin air - there needs to be a catalyst. And that catalyst is the leader. So what’s the secret to building such a place, and thus, achieving leadership greatness?

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Distraction Speaks Louder Than Words

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development You’re distracted. Multi-tasking. Getting work done. You’re trying hard to give everyone the attention they need. It’s hard. If you’re like me, being spread too thin leads to distracted focus. Distraction speaks louder than words. What Your Team Hears When You Can’t Hear Them… You are not that important to me Others matter more Your [.].

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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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Should I Quit My Job?

Let's Grow Leaders

'“Don’t quit.” ”What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” ”Only the strong survive.” But what if you’re in the wrong job? If you quit now, did you fail? Or win? A subscriber wrote to me this week: ”Are there days you want to just quit? I am truly at that point and need to get [.] The post Should I Quit My Job?

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Advice: Manage Well by Leading Better

N2Growth Blog

'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Managers are expected to handle the workload; leaders are expected to determine what comes next.

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Leading and The Power of Starting Something Stupid

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Books Leadership Development Have you ever had a wild idea? Have you ever ventured out on something everyone else you knew thought was a crazy idea? Do you remember the phrase, “crazy like a fox”? I believe you have had many wild ideas. Some you simply discarded as irrational whether they were or not. Many simply faded into [.].

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Unleashing Breakthrough Results

Let's Grow Leaders

'Many of the approaches we take to solving problems, do just that. Solve problems. That works, until the next problem comes along. To build long-term results, requires more. Unleashing your team’s potential leads to breakthrough results. I’ve been intrigued by the “Unleashing” approach described in the new white paper, Unleashing the Future of Work (download for [.

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Can a Manager be a Coach?

Great Leadership By Dan

'Originally posted at Smartblog on Leadership 5/23/2013: Can a manager be an effective coach? Some (often, professional coaches) say that they can’t and shouldn’t, because they have too much of a vested interest in the outcome of the coaching and couldn’t possibly be neutral enough to hold back on their opinions. Then again, a lot of managers think they are already coaching when what they are really doing is a lot of teaching, advising and telling — or, worst case, micromanaging (think Pointy Ha

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Mothers Are Now Primary Breadwinners in 4 out of 10 U.S. Households

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 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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Are You On Mission? Have a Leadership Creed

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development Duty, honor, country… Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. General [.].

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Distracted Driving: Lead with Care

Let's Grow Leaders

'You’re distracted. Multi-tasking. Getting work done. You’re trying hard to give everyone the attention they need. It’s hard. If you’re like me, being spread too thin leads to distracted focus. Distraction speaks louder than words. Today’s post, Distraction Speaks Louder than Words, comes via the Lead Change Group, a terrific community of leadership thinkers.

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Quiet Time: The Introvert’s 5 Keys To Influence

Persuasive Powerhouse

'By Jennifer Kahnweiler, Ph.D. Incorporating some of these steps into your leadership can definitely increase your chances of success and sustainability whether you are an extrovert or an introvert. Take a look at the new book by this author, Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference (Berrett-Koehler, April 2013); I find myself pumping my fist and saying “yes!

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Tips for Managing Your Intern

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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“I say it has to be done rapidly and it has to be bold!”

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Reviews “I say it has to be done rapidly and it has to be bold!” Those words reverberated through me like a bolt of lightning when I heard them spoken to me by Marilyn Jacobson. She is the author of the recently published book Turning the Pyramid Upside Down. I immediately felt the energy and power [.].

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Hustle Factor: He Who Hustles Gets the Ball

Let's Grow Leaders

'“…the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.” ? Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Do you hustle enough, or are you counting on traditional rules to win? Each memorial weekend we camp [.] The post Hustle Factor: He Who Hustles Gets the Ball appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Ethics and Self-Interest Paradox

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton There was a lively discussion on LinkedIn in response to my post "Ethics" Means Acting Beyond Self-Interest." Readers joined in the discussion and came up with some very interesting observations.

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The Case for Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

'Guest post by Ken Kuzia: How do you get managers to buy into the fact that they need development? I posed this question to a group of professionals who mentor managers. Here’s what they said. Mentors agree that you can rely on a certain level of resistance when it comes to identifying development opportunities. It’s difficult to get managers to accept that they need development, let alone continuous development.

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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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Leadership Lessons From Coaching 3rd Grade Girls Soccer

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Coaching Self Leadership Team Dynamics I started the season with great anticipation. This was my first time coaching soccer in a league with over 6000 kids. I decided to get involved in coaching this season (like many fathers) as a way to connect with my third grade daughter. I felt a strong pull, not only for her, but for the [.].

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Make “YES” the First Word Clients Say, Not the Last

Women on Business

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Leadership Biz Cafe Podcast #12 – Erika Andersen On Leading So People Will Follow

Tanveer Naseer

'What does storytelling reveal to us as being the key attributes leaders everywhere need to exhibit to encourage employees to follow them both in good times and in bad? That’s the basis of my conversation with Forbes columnist and leadership writer/consultant, Erika Andersen. Erika is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting and training firm that focuses on leader readiness.

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Get Comfortable With Mistakes

The Recovering Engineer

'One day a few years ago, my daughter and I had to drive about thirty miles on county roads through rural Indiana. Snow was not falling on the day we made this drive. However, there was plenty of snow in the fields on either side of the roads and the wind was blowing. Under these conditions, large sections of these roads are often covered with several inches of snow even though no snow is falling and most of the road surfaces are clear and dry.

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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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Meet Instigator Bill Treasurer

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Meet LeadChange Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. The interview for May was with Bill Treasurer (@btreasurer), Chief Encouragement Officer of Giant Leap Consulting from the Asheville, NC area. What is your background in leadership? I became interested in leadership after I did a bad job of leading.

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Women on Innovation – Dr. Jane Karwoski

Women on Business

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Three Ways to Increase Your Influence

Next Level Blog

'Effective leadership is all about getting stuff done through and with other people. Even for the most powerful leaders (think of the President of the United States for instance) getting stuff done is more often about influence than it is authority. In a recent conversation with a fellow executive coach and author, Joel Garfinkle, we brainstormed what influence is all about and simple, actionable ways that you can increase yours.

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5 Leadership Book Recommendations for the Summer

Nathan Magnuson

'It’s May. Graduation season is upon us. The kids are close to getting out of school for the summer. Maybe you have your vacation all planned out. Regardless, nearly everyone has some collection of summer activities in mind. I’ve posted about reading before. I’ve shared reading strategies, a comprehensive list of leadership books and inspirational [.].

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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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Authentic Leadership Dallas: Gaining Momentum

Lead Change Blog

'Posted in Leadership Development [link] Last week, we had our monthly luncheon in Dallas. Although we call it Authentic Leadership Dallas, Lead Change is the rallying and centering organization for our gathering. It is the principles of character-based leadership that bring us together, and it is the efforts of Mike Henry and others joining together to make things work in [.].

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Women of Innovation – Yumi Wilson

Women on Business

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10 Ways to Disrupt Successfully

Leadership Freak

'Embrace the power of disruption or tomorrow will be today, again. More of the same produces more of the same. All leaders disrupt. Successful disruption: Disruption makes new futures possible. But, disruption “gone wild” destroys your capacity to build the future. Too much disruption irritates and aggravates. People make fun of the “innovation of the […].

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Who’s to Blame?

Kevin Eikenberry

'Watch the news, listen to a child, in fact listen to a whole lot of the conversations you will encounter today, and you will hear discussions that include blame. Fingers are regularly pointed at others to explain, justify, and rationalize our actions and results. The more attuned to this you become, the more prevalent you [.].

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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.