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To All the (Jerky) Managers I’ve Known Before

Let's Grow Leaders

I had asked the group to share their teachable point of view on leadership in the form of a TEDdy Talk (e.g. learn to improve your speaking Karin Hurt style). Ultimately everyone would have their 5 minutes of TEDdy Talk fame, but tonight we were just practicing “Wow” openings. “Carrie,” who hadn’t said a heck of a lot before this, stood up and gave the most impassioned imitation of a horrible boss I’ve ever heard– as her “wow” opener. “

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Changing Organizational Culture Revisited: Dysfunction Junction

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “A dysfunctional company culture does not improve with transparency…it just gets exposed.” Harold Jarche. In my April 9, 2015 blog post, “ Changing Organizational Culture ”, I promised to offer some pointers in a future post on recognizing a target within organizational culture that needs a fix.

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This is the Most Important Lesson You Will Learn Today

Lead Change Blog

We’ve moved through the Information Age at light speed over the last few years, and find ourselves lost in the deep space of the Information Overload Age! Knowledge from the ancient thinkers, wisdom from our founding fathers and the most current insights from some of the best minds of the world are at our fingertips. A simple Google search turns up hundreds of thousands of answers to the very same question.

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Create a Book to Celebrate Your Workplace Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

#95 Create a Book to Celebrate Your Workplace Culture. Create a book of employees’ stories or articles about living out the core values of your organization. Two excellent examples are Zappos’ Culture Book and Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Culture, Loyalty and Profit, which is about The Beryl Companies. You can read a review of Smile Guide by Bob Morris on ConnectionCulture.com.

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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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Who are you? Who Who?

Let's Grow Leaders

You used to be sick? Or you ARE a survivor? You used to be a marathon runner? Or you KNOW the power of endurance? You used to be an artist? Or you have the ABILITY to create something beautiful? You used to be successful? Or you understand what it FEELS like to win? You used to be a screw up? Or you UNDERSTAND the importance of mentors? You are what you’ve learned.

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Driven to Lead & Succeed: Four Thoughts on Service & Aspiration

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”. Albert Schweitzer. If you frequent GeneralLeadership.com , then I’m willing to bet even money that you are driven to lead and succeed.

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The 6 Most Effective Lessons For The On-The-Job Leadership Teacher

Terry Starbucker

I always thought it was strange how great leadership was always thought to be vitally important to a businesses success, but yet it was quite often the least discussed thing in the meeting rooms, and the budget money allocated to “leadership training” was always limited (or the first thing to get cut back). Why is this the case? It’s a question that has banged around in my head for a long time.

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LeadershipNow 140: July 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from July 2015 that you might have missed: At the Intersection of Must And Want We Find Ourselves by @LollyDaskal. 10 Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Talent Hotbed by @PaulJSohn. Disrupting beliefs : A new approach to business-model innovation from @McKQuarterly. 30 People You Want On Your Team by @BrianKDodd.

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Tuesday Time Machine: Leadership – The Willingness to Fight the Right Fight

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 15 February 2013. Everywhere you look today it seems as though many leaders are more intent abdicating responsibility than embracing it. The recent political wrangling’s over our countries numerous fiscal challenges certainly seems to bear this out.

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Chip Shots – Creatively Resolving Conflict

Lead Change Blog

Here at Lead Change Group, we know that problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. To use a golf analogy, not every shot is a long drive. Many times, golfers have to take a chip shot to move the ball along for a short distance, with incisive accuracy. If you are new to the Chip Shots green, welcome.

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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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What Neuroscience Tells Leaders to Pay Attention to

Great Leadership By Dan

G uest post from Amy Brann : The best leaders wear many hats including a Coaching one at times. A leader can help people to grow and develop. Neuroscience may say the leader, in their Coaching role, helps facilitate self-directed neuroplasticity. We’ll explore what this means shortly. There are some similarities between a leader’s overall role and a leader in a Coaching role.

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Why Vacations Are Critical For Successful Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

With the welcome arrival of the warm summer months, many of us – myself included – are eagerly making final plans for our vacation break and with it, some much needed time for rest and relaxation. Of course, taking any time off work these days can be quite challenging if not difficult for the very reasons why we need to take these much needed breaks from our everyday workday lives.

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ I know of no better reputation for an officer or noncommissioned officer to have with his team than he is a good manager and does not waste his soldiers’ time.”. General Bruce Clark. .

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Creative Conflict?

Lead Change Blog

The two words do not seem to go together, do they? Creativity might be defined as the ability to make something come into existence that did not previously exist. It often refers to artistic endeavors, such as painting, acting, or music. We do not often think of our daily lives as creative. Many people do not think they are particuarly creative. In reality, we are all creative to varying degrees and much of our creativity is well within our individual control, if we choose to exercise that contr

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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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5 Benefits of Plants in the Workplace

Women on Business

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3 Guidelines that Help Avoid Resistance to Change

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

People don’t resist change. Change is a normal and natural part of living. The only time you stop changing is when you’re dead. What people resist is having change imposed on them. Here are three guidelines that invite people to participate in the change process and minimize resistance to change. 1. Involve people at all levels in planning and implementing the change.

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The Toxic Leader Score

Leadership Freak

Your Toxic Leader Score* (TLS) is the level of unnecessary irritation you cause others. If you occasionally irritate colleagues by arriving late, you’re a 3 on a range from 1 to 10.

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Decisions and Timing

Lead Change Blog

You were not promoted again this year? After putting in so much effort and hard work this year you were still not rewarded? Sitting in your chair idly, looking at those happy faces who got promoted this year, are you asking yourself “what went wrong?” Are you wondering why you didn’t get promoted and wondering what else your employer wants from you?

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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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8 Tips for Improving Your Value Proposition

Women on Business

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Model and encourage well-being

Persuasive Powerhouse

. Flat organizations, new technology, increased competition, and greater complexity define workplaces today. These are only a few of the things that have made your life and the lives of your employees difficult. You work inhumane hours, receive hundreds of emails a day, and strive to make your quarterly goals while leading others. Work is only a part of your life, yet you sacrifice for it, and may expect your employees to sacrifice too.

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What Leaders Must Have Faith In

Joseph Lalonde

L eading others will take you to places you never knew you’d go. Those places may be to the highest of highs or the lowest of lows. I’ve experienced both in my time in youth ministry. You’ve probably experienced similar, whether it was in church leadership or business leadership. Image by Javier Morales. And through these ups and down, leaders must have faith.

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Goodbye Handbook, Hello Facebook: Onboarding in the Age of Millennials

Great Leadership By Dan

Onboarding today looks nothing like onboarding of ten or twenty years ago. Acclimating new millennial employees to company culture requires creative thinking and modern tactics. Read Beth Miller’s new guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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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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Golf is the Ultimate Business Tool: Here’s Why

Women on Business

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Webinar “Leading For the Future”

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Many leaders wonder how to prepare for an uncertain future – one that is filled with complexity, changing expectations and an increasing global awareness about ethical responsibility. On October 13, 2015 I will be presenting a webinar for CUPA-HR (College and University Professional Association For Human Resources) that explores strategies for helping leaders […].

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7 Effective Tips for Leading Millennials

Joseph Lalonde

I know a lot of millennials and I know exactly what type of leadership does not motivate them: dictatorship. They may appear a bit distracted at times and in love with their cool, new techy devices, but then again, I guess that’s just how millennials are. Unlike the baby boomers who value hard work, education, and job security, millennials tend to value “following their heart” and “achieving their dreams”.

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Understanding the Mystery That Is Generation Y

Great Leadership By Dan

Whether we like it or not, there is always a regular infusion of youth into the workforce. It is essential to understand the psyche of youngsters before making heroes out of them or, at the other extreme, deriding them as being immature. Read Carolin Rekar Munro’s guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for practical insights into the millennial workforce called generation Y.

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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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5 Procrastination Excuses You Use and How to Crush Them

Women on Business

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10 Things We All Want From Our Leaders

Leadership Freak

Success includes avoiding useless behaviors, paying attention to people, and tending to small things. 12 things we wish our leaders would stop: Tolerating high performers who act like jerks. Avoiding tough issues.

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Fear Cannot Rule Your Life

Joseph Lalonde

W e are inundated with stories that are meant to create fear in our lives. From the nightly news telling us stories of all the evil happenings to the water cooler gossip about who did what, we know this earth can be a scary place. Image via Creative Commons. A few months ago, my wife and I went to Frosty Oasis, a local ice cream parlor in Muskegon. Normally we will walk to get ice cream but this night we decided to drive over.

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Mindful Mondays: Three Easy Ways to Unplug on Vacation

Next Level Blog

One of the big reasons you need a vacation this summer is to take a break from the chronic state of fight or flight that an overworked and overwhelmed lifestyle generates. By doing some quick math based on email statistics collected by the Radicati Group, I’m ball parking that the average business person gets 113 emails per day. When I ask the people in my leadership workshops how many they get in a day the responses are usually in the range of 200 to 300.

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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.