Sat.Jul 07, 2012 - Fri.Jul 13, 2012

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Taking The Child In The Leader Out To Play

Terry Starbucker

I was 5 years old, and I already wanted to be a grown up. Grown ups were cool – they did grown up things with grown up toys. So, at 5, I already was trying to imitate my parents, “playing house”, imagining myself behind the wheel of my Hot Wheels sports car, putting on one of my dad’s ties, and even sampling a couple of spirits from the liquor cabinet (that didn’t work out too well!).

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Yes or No: Decisions to Grow On

Let's Grow Leaders

“Yes-let’s said Tigger, bouncing a little, even though he had no idea what was to be begun. He liked to be asked to do things, and he liked to be asked to do them first, and he always said “yes,” because it is much more interesting when you do.” -David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred [.].

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Walking the Leadership Tightrope

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership The Tightrope of Leadership As leaders and change-agents, we walk a daily tight-rope between how we “should” do things because that’s how they’ve always been done … which may be contrary to what believe matters today and tomorrow. Leadership is no different. To be a true leader, we must walk this tightrope in our daily [.].

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Top Companies are Guided by these Three Best Principles

Leading Blog

Jim Shaffer, author of The Leadership Solution , believes that top companies are guided by these three best principles: They value their people. Everyone says it but not everyone lives it. Consultant John Guaspari says, “Our people have to jump in because there isn’t time to wait for ‘the answer’ to come from on high. And even if time weren’t an issue, ‘on high’ doesn’t know ‘the answer.

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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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Rising to the Challenge Before Us – LEADING FORWARD

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I am honored that Irene Becker has allowed me to share her powerful guest post. There is an important message here – a vision of what can be, a sobering description of our challenges, and a Call to Action. Although this is a longer post, I urge you to take the time to read it carefully and to consider the implications for yourself personally and for our communities.

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My “Energy Project”

Let's Grow Leaders

As I have been doing more writing, I have been paying a lot of attention to which leaders I find most inspiring–and why. For me, energy is a big factor in both whom I want to follow, and who I want on my team. Leaders with strong, positive, engaging energy inspire others towards [.].

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Leading Views: Four Leadership Imperatives

Leading Blog

In The Performance Pipeline author Stephen Drotter describes a pipeline model that helps leaders at all levels address four leadership imperatives. The Performance Pipeline model focuses attention on each layer's results and on the interconnectedness of the layers. Leaders at every level need to think more broadly, find new methods, provide greater clarity, and enable sharper focus.

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Five Ways to Project Credibility in an Instant

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Cara Hale Alter: You’re a smart and skilled leader with powerful potential. Still, in today’s high-speed, hypercompetitive business world, when key opportunities knock, you have little time to make a big impression. In face-to-face interactions in particular, you have to project credibility in an instant or risk squandering precious moments to stand out and succeed.

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One Month and Growing: Reflections and Call for Feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

Please help me to reflect and grow. Letsgrowleaders is now one month old and is beginning to gain momentum. It has been quite a journey and I am looking forward to the road ahead. Thank you to all who have read, commented, and subscribed. You inspire me to observe, learn and share more. Thanks for [.].

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Put Your Best “I” In Team: How to Be a Great Team Member Part I

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development There is no “I” in team, and if anyone else has anything to say about it, there aren’t any weak links in “team” either. For any company to be successful, all of its members must work in sync to accomplish tasks in the most efficient fashion. Teamwork enables businesses to reach goals on time and [.].

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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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Having an Informed Faith

Leading Blog

Whether developing an organization or (especially) an individual, having an informed faith is essential. We value seeing things as they are—seeing reality. But potential is as much as part of reality as cold hard facts. Being able to see where an organization or an individual could go is vital for any leader. The authors of Higher Ambition put it this way: it’s the “ability to envision and believe in a company’s potential and to understand, within an environment often characterized by confusion,

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The Inspiring Power of Creating Possibility

Persuasive Powerhouse

“We choose to go to the moon.” John F. Kennedy, 1961. It was early in his presidency when Kennedy made the speech that stimulated the nation to do the impossible, “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” I recall the conversations and excitement around this challenge which was accomplished in 1969. The picture was painted by Kennedy, and a nation was inspired by possibility.

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Got Charisma? An Invitation to Experiment

Let's Grow Leaders

“Are leaders born or made?” I’ve always hated that question– way too simplistic for real life. However, I have been intrigued with the “can charisma be taught” conversation gaining momentum. Lots of good research swirling on that one, with some potential useful application. The next question… “and is that good?

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Leadership Isn’t a Specialty Area

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Years ago I handled labor relations in a meat processing facility where every employee had a singular function. Someone ran the slicer, someone else the grinder, etc. Everyone knew and accepted the very narrow parameters imposed on their job duties. An exchange with a client this morning prompted my walk down meat packing memory lane. [.].

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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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Collaborative Leadership in a Global Society

Leading in Context

What is Collaborative Leadership? What does collaborative leadership look like in a global society? At the societal level it's taking the best that all of us know and can do and putting it together in ways that help everyone.

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Are Summer Vacations Becoming A Thing Of The Past?

Tanveer Naseer

With summer now in full swing, it’s only natural that conversations abound as to when and where we’ll be taking our summer vacation. And yet, the findings of a number of recent studies reveal that while our thoughts might be on summer vacation, few of us are actually taking them. And if we do, we tend to bring work along with us. In the American Management Association (AMA) article, “ Vacation, No Vacation, or Work-ation?

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Interval Training for Leaders: The Value of Confidence Bursts

Let's Grow Leaders

As a marathon runner, I believe in endurance training. Lasting change can come from running hard and long. I have also been intrigued at how it is possible to achieve similar fitness levels, in much less time, through carefully organized interval training. Apparently, it’s not the grueling hours, but the constant pushing on limits and [.].

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Why do we work? It’s not what you think

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Community Involvement Leadership Development [link] Work is a part of being human. It’s easy to think that we work simply to earn a living. But work is much more. Work is one of the ways we make a difference and help make someone else’s life a little better.

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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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92% of Employers Use Social Media For Recruiting

Women on Business

It’s not a secret that employers use social media to find and research job candidates, but did you know that 9 out of 10 employers are using social recruiting? The numbers are higher than most people probably think according to the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey from Jobvite. Thanks to social recruiting, the 1,000+ human resources and recruiting professionals who responded to the Jobvite survey claimed they’re finding more candidates as well as better qualified candidates.

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Are Summer Vacations Becoming A Thing Of The Past?

Tanveer Naseer

With summer now in full swing, it’s only natural that conversations abound as to when and where we’ll be taking our summer vacation. And yet, the findings of a number of recent studies reveal that while our thoughts might be on summer vacation, few of us are actually taking them. And if we do, we tend to bring work along with us. In the American Management Association (AMA) article, “ Vacation, No Vacation, or Work-ation?

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Saturday Salutation: Energy without Power

Let's Grow Leaders

Saturday Salutation: Energy without Power This week has been real challenge for so many in the Northeast. Like many of my neighbors, and millions in the DC area, our power was out for several days. We were among the lucky ones that had a fairly quick recovery. As we were driving yesterday we saw a [.].

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America Needs Batman – by Meghan M. Biro

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Instigator Meghan M. Biro (@MeghanMBiro, Website) wrote a challenging post on Forbes this week titled Leaders: America Needs You To Be Its Batman. Meghan makes some great points about the characteristics of great leaders that are compelling, valuable to any organization or community and very necessary in our present time.

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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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92% of Employers Use Social Media For Recruiting

Women on Business

It’s not a secret that employers use social media to find and research job candidates, but did you know that 9 out of 10 employers are using social recruiting? The numbers are higher than most people probably think according to the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey from Jobvite. Thanks to social recruiting, the 1,000+ human resources and recruiting professionals who responded to the Jobvite survey claimed they’re finding more candidates as well as better qualified candidates.

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The Stupidity and Strength of Youth

Leadership Freak

Young leaders focus on themselves too much. They mistakenly believe success depends on them rather than others. They think about their own potential and neglect the potential of others. Small dreams are reached alone. Great dreams require others. Young leaders limit themselves by sinking into themselves. Shifting from success to significance makes great dreams possible. [.].

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The Power of Talent – a Leadership Lesson from Babe Ruth

Kevin Eikenberry

In 1919 the Boston Red Sox had a star pitcher who also had home run power like no one had ever seen. He helped them win 3 world championships. His name was Babe Ruth. At that time they were a powerhouse in baseball – winning 5 of the first 15 World Series match-ups. In 1920 [.].

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Small Choices Big Impact

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development [link] The following is a guest post by author Wendy Appel on Susan Mazza’s blog, Random Acts of Leadership. “Every moment of every day, we are making choices…They add up. Over time, these choices become our habits - conscious or unconscious, wanted or unwanted. While they may seem somewhat benign at first, these little choices make up how [.].

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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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Top 10 Economic Facts of Workplace Diversity

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Having a diverse workforce not only benefits company innovation and productivity but it also benefits the economy. From driving economic growth to being competitive in a globalized world, workplace diversity is critical to economic and business success. The Center for American Progress shares the top ten economic benefits of diversity in the workplace: “1.

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The Only Reason You Are Here

Leadership Freak

The simple, uncomplicated principle of success is you are here to serve. The better you serve – the more value you add – the more success you’ll enjoy. Reject distractions. Anything that requires your attention and doesn’t serve people is a distraction. Stop the irrelevant. Activities that don’t directly or indirectly serve people are irrelevant. [.].

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How to Get Your Message Out

Next Level Blog

One of the key tasks of a leader is to make sure that everyone on the team is pulling in the same direction. Getting the message out so that everyone on the team hears it at the same time in the same way is critical to achieving that unity of purpose. I heard a great story about how to do that while working this week with a leadership team from the Department of Defense.

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How to Meet Your Daily Goals

CEO Blog

This is a guest post by Jessica Edmondson We’ve all been there – that moment when accomplishing a set of daily goals seems about as likely as winning the lottery while vacationing on the sunny shores of the French Riviera. Truth is, every morning there are a thousand obstacles just waiting to keep you from accomplishing what’s really important. Fortunately, there are a few simple tricks that can help you focus on the tasks that need your full attention so you can have a productive day.

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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.