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Three Behaviors That Will Convince Your Boss You’re a Rock Star

Let's Grow Leaders

Yesterday “Doug,” a participant in one of our Winning Well workshops, asked, “Karin, if I were to walk into your office right now with the goal of convincing you I’m a rock star, what behaviors would get your attention?”. I’m always intrigued by what comes out of the other end of my microphone during spontaneous Q & A— the raw advice bubbling straight from my heart without the benefit of the backspace key.

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Company Culture is a Game of Follow the Leader

N2Growth Blog

Company culture is driven from the top-down. While not often designed and constructed deliberately, company culture is truly a game of follow the leader. If leadership lacks integrity, the culture will run fast and loose when it comes to the facts. If leadership distrusts its staff, the culture will lack trust. It’s really that simple. Many times, leaders don’t realize the havoc that they wreak on their organizations through their own behavior.

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Happy Independence Day – 4th of July

General Leadership

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence declaring the United States independent from King George III and Great Britain, an inspired idea became reality.

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July 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Dan Rockwell of Leadership Freak wrote recently about assets that help leaders extend their influence. Before highlighting each of the assets, Dan wrote, “Leadership isn’t about status, position, salary, or title. Stewardship is about using what you have in service to others.” This month’s carnival may just inspire you to go a step farther in using your strengths to serve others.

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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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Team Alignment Is For the Birds!

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Do an Internet search for team alignment and you’ll find plenty of articles – why your team needs to be aligned for superior performance, how to align your team, and what alignment looks like. And you’ll see images like these to depict high performance teams. Team alignment implies everyone is moving forward in unison. It […]. The post Team Alignment Is For the Birds!

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Change Makers: My 10 Most Effective Leadership Mantras

Terry Starbucker

I love putting a little Zen into my day-to-day leadership, because I’ve found it to be very, very effective. More specifically, I’m a big believer in leadership mantras. Mantras are defined as a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of “creating transformation” ( Wikipedia ). They are useful guideposts to action, because as they are repeated, over and over again (and you need to do it at least 15 times- that’s Terry’s Rule) , the underlying concepts ca

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Returning to Work After Losing a Loved One

Lead Change Blog

Today we are pleased to share a post from Julie Morris, Life and Career Coach. . The grieving process is different for everyone, and it’s common for people to take a year or longer to come to terms with the emotional and life changes that follow the death of a loved one. Although people may grieve for years, life goes on. Parents tend to children, students go back to class, and adults go back to work.

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How Balanced is Your Ethical Diet?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton By Linda Fisher Thornton It's easy to understand that ethics has various "requirements." What isn't as obvious is that it takes effort on all of them to maintain the ethical well-being of people and organizations. Just as we need to eat from a variety of food groups to get balanced nutrition, we need to honor more than one ethical dimension to get balanced ethics.

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The Bridge to Growth

Leading Blog

W HAT’S MORE IMPORTANT, strategy or execution? I believe both are critical. But what if something else is just as important? There is a third ingredient to business success, one that many companies undervalue: servant leadership. In today’s business climate, the cadence between strategy and execution is compressing, making the integration of the two more important than ever.

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Why Women Have Thicker Skin – Insults and Stories

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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A Mastermind Group Is Critical To Your Success.

Rich Gee Group

Let’s get right into it — You need to join/start a mastermind group. Here are the facts: WHAT is a mastermind group? Four to seven people in the trenches just like you, who work on their business/career, and who want to learn and grow. Each member offers their current resources, tactics 
and tools that work for them — 
plus they give you support when you need it.

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How to Improve Your Vibe and Flourish as a Leader

Leadership Freak

Leaders send vibes to everyone in their proximity. If you want to flourish, choose how you show up. Leadership vibes: Inner thoughts and attitudes radiate through facial expressions, body language, tone, and language.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2017

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July. The Bridge to Growth : How Servant Leaders Achieve Better Results and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever by Jude Rake. Designed Leadership by Moura Quayle. Love Leads : The Spiritual Connection Between Your Relationships and Productivity by Steve Greene. Exactly What to Say : The Magic Words for Influence and Impact by Phil M Jones.

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3 Powerful Podcasts for Business Leaders

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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One Thing People Want From Their Leaders

Kevin Eikenberry

Ask leaders what they want from their team members, and you will get a fairly consistent list: They want people to: Work hard Be productive Be safe at work Listen Be trustworthy. Fill in your blanks. Fundamentally, on top of all of that, they want their people to follow them. So, if […]. The post One Thing People Want From Their Leaders appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Playing by the Brain’s Rules to Make Communications Stick

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Tim Pollard: Despite the fact that the stakes of business communications are often high, it’s sad reality that most are really not very good. Survey after survey reveals that only about one quarter of internal business presentations are rated as good or better by their audiences, while 75 percent languish as mediocre, poor, or terrible.

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How to Stop Obsessing Over Negatives and Become a Positive Leader

Leadership Freak

Like a drop of poison in a glass of water, one problem has the power to pollute everything. It’s natural to obsess over one bad thing and forget many good things.

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Great Leaders Look Back

Joseph Lalonde

Casting a great vision is required of any leader worth his salt. He has to be able to look forward and KNOW where the organization he is leading will go. And that’s what we’re told. Great leaders look forward. Unfortunately, this statement is often followed by bad wisdom. After someone tells us how every great leader looks to the future, we are told great leaders never look back.

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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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Denise Lee Joins the Women on Business Contributor Team

Women on Business

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Independence Day: 7 Ways to Defuse Conflict and Assert Your Freedom

RapidStart Leadership

Do our reflexive reactions cause unnecessary fireworks? Conflict is inevitable in any human enterprise; how we handle that conflict is where leadership comes in. Too often we seem bound to react instinctively: voices rise, pressure grows, and soon it’s fireworks like the 4th of July. But to lead effectively requires us to cast off the tyranny of instinct in favor of a more productive response.

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4 Forms of Stagnation that Defeat Leaders and Destroy Organizations

Leadership Freak

Stagnation serves up death in sugary bites that taste like cake. Regardless of the contents of your leadership, you found it moving forward. The opposite of forward is stagnation.

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16 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Baby Driver

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Baby Driver is a stylized, modern gangster movie. A young man, Baby, gets caught up in a life of crime after he stole the car of a professional thief. From there, his life spirals downhill. While there’s no real leaders in Baby Driver, there are leadership lessons in Baby Driver. The theme of bad leadership runs throughout the movie and you can learn quite a bit from the actions of the bad leaders and those who followed them.

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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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Reflecting on our freedom

Lead on Purpose

In the United States, we’re celebrating Independence Day. This is a special time because of great leaders, who in the late 1700s risked everything to form a new country where people could pursue their dreams.

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Nurturing freedom

Persuasive Powerhouse

I know many of you are enjoying a long holiday weekend, so I promise this will be short. Be prepared to engage your senses. Close your eyes and imagine and imagine one of the following: Your first dorm room or apartment. Walking on a beach on a warm sunny day. Riding on a motorcycle or in a convertible with top down on a beautiful road. A stroll on a forest path with light shining through the trees and the sounds of birds singing.

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How to Spot Surprising Opportunities to Develop Team Members

Leadership Freak

Trying to fix someone is insulting to them and arrogant of you. Development is a partnership, not a dictatorship.

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How to Change the World Through Effective Problem Solving

Joseph Lalonde

4 Steps To Solving Any Problem The magnitude of the problems we solve will determine the size of the impact we make on the world. Since 2005, I’ve been coaching and mentoring people to live their greatest life. Everyone I’ve worked with wants to make an impact with their life. The biggest problem they face is knowing how to do it. For more than a decade, I’ve been passionate about this same subject and have done extensive research on the subject.

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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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The Balance Between Now and Next

Kevin Eikenberry

My daughter’s recent graduation (or rather, commencement, as you will hear in the video below) has me thinking about the importance of balancing living in the present while preparing for what’s next. Tweet it out: High achievers celebrate current successes, while looking forward to the future. @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Sign up to receive our […].

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0819 | How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen Within Organizations with Jim Kouzes

LDRLB

Jim Kouzes is a bestselling author, an award-winning speaker and, according to the Wall Street Journal, one of the twelve best executive educators in the United States. Currently Jim is Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, at Santa Clara University, and also lectures on leadership around the world to corporations, governments, and nonprofits.

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How to Find Advantage in Office Politics

Leadership Freak

What seems like weakness may be advantage. Your manager’s obsession with the opinion of upper management may drive you crazy. But political skill is one reason they earned their position.

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What will you do for Canada

CEO Blog

Happy post Canada Day. Danby has a couple of Canada Day things. Our Canadian Translator is cute. Would love to get that to go viral so please share it. And this video on why we should be grateful - Danby New Canadians. We are lucky. + This blog post is inspired by one Randall Howard wrote here. Canadians, and others living in Canada, have the privilege of living in a great country.

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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.