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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. Its from William Arthur Ward , one of Americas most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place. And, how often? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan Mike Brown, the founder of the Kansas City company called, The Brainzooming Group, encourages business leaders to solicit feedback from their customers when creating a strategic plan. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011 Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His New App If you havent engaged with David Grossmans website, Blog and incredibly useful eBooks, make a point of checking them all out at his website for The Grossman Group. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books? August 12, 2010 11:37 AM Eric Jacobson said. August 12, 2010 8:08 PM Tiim Krupa said. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010 Give Positive Feedback. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Dont Praise.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails Cant quite master the ideal tone for the emails you send employees and customers? ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. You might want to check out ToneCheck.

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JULY 17, 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010 Run Better Meetings Here are five handy tips for how to run a better meeting: Limit attendance. July 18, 2010 6:58 PM Executive Coach Caroline Smith said. July 19, 2010 4:23 PM Executive Coach Caroline Smith said. Include only decision makers and key implementers. Use an agenda. Can we add this for #6?

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Sunday, December 5, 2010 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips Here are three great tips from the book, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book : Coaches do not motivate their employees; they inspire them to motivate themselves. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback. .

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee As a leader, the time will come when you will have to speak with an employee about his or her poor performance. Perhaps that time is now as you conduct year-end performance reviews. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees? ► 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions A manager who cant make a decision or who cant make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the managers team. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Been looking at this book for awhile.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 How To Produce An Effective Company Blog If you lead a business and aren’t part of the 34% of U.S. companies using a blog for marketing purposes, your business likely will within the next year. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JULY 21, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Share The Bad News Of course its much easier to share good news with your employees, but its perhaps even more important to share the bad news. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010 Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations Joey Ashers new 100-page book, 15 Minutes Including Q&A provides a "plan to save the world from lousy presentations," proclaims Asher. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Monday, April 26, 2010 Engage Your Employees.Especially Now Im a big fan of the books authored by Leigh Branham. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Dont Hire Someone Just Like You Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. Managers often find it easier, more comfortable, or less threatening to hire someone with similar skills and work habits. Good post Eric.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Do you have a brand strategy? ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Business leaders who wonder whether they should conduct an employee survey should think about these five good reasons for conducting surveys, as recommended by John Kador and Katherine J. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees Your employees have lots of ideas. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010 Great Business Quote Heres a great quote from author and speaker Harvey Mackay : "When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience ends up with the money, and the person with the money ends up with the experience." Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. The law of candor.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 How To Be An Open Leader Charlene Li, the author of the best-seller book, Groundswell , was kind enough to send me an advance copy of her newest book, Open Leadership , which she released for sale on May 24. I posted a review on my site as well. This was a fitting follow up to Goundswell.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively Roger Fulton’s book, Common Sense Management , offers these quick tips for how to be an effective leader: • Don’t Blame Others – When in a position of power, everything that occurs is your responsibility, even the errors.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Mix Praise With Constructive Feedback When you provide overall feedback to your employees, mix praise with constructive feedback about what they can do to improve. By mixing your input, you are satisfying a persons thirst for knowing both what he/she is doing well and what he/she can do to continue to improve.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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