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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? 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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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave As a leader, its imperative you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. What resources do you need to get the job done? To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Business leaders can read Overland Park, KS’s Leigh Branham’s books: • The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave • Re-Engage to learn more about why employees leave their workplaces (including non-financial reasons), and what leaders can do to boost employee retention. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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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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AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees Your employees have lots of ideas. What resources do you need to get the job done? So, be sure you provide the forums and mechanisms for your employees to share their ideas with you. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

What resources do you need to get the job done? How To Be An Expert Listener * Look at the speaker * Ask questions to clarify * Repeat for clarity * Nod, smile * Dont interrupt * Help the speaker stay on topic Note From Eric In my Blog Ill use the words manager and leader. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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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 8, 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010 Use A Board Of Advisors David Burkus often provides valuable comments to my various Blog postings, and hes a person who effectively uses a board of advisors, instead of mentors, to help him achieve success. LeaderLab is an online community of resources dedicated to promoting the practice of leadership theory.

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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. I read your blog from a business owner perspective, but I have no employees - I do however train my client's employees - and these words eliminate sales.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

Sunday, October 3, 2010 When To Coach And When To Counsel A good manager is both a coach and a counselor. As a coach , a manager: identifies an employees need for instruction and direction and this need is usually directly related to his or her performance or career goals. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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JANUARY 15, 2011

► 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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Make An Impact With Your Words Of Thanks Your words of recognition and appreciation delivered face-to-face with your employees will be compelling, effective, meaningful and memorable. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. What resources do you need to get the job done? So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Know When To Change Your Decision Leaders make decisions. Good leaders are willing to modify their decisions as changing circumstances and data dictate. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What impact is this going to have on you?

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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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AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. What resources do you need to get the job done? If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a manager and leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. His boss calls him in.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

► 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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010 Four Tips And Observations For Leaders I really like these four leadership tips and observations from the book, 1001 Ways To Energize Employees : Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. What resources do you need to get the job done? But, it works! Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010 Lets Build A List Lets build a list of the most important attributes of a good leader, and lets only use one word (or a hyphenated word) at a time to describe each attribute. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What impact is this going to have on you?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. What resources do you need to get the job done? Its a quick read, yet power-packed with useful tips for communicating effectively -- tips you can start to use tomorrow. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Perhaps that time is now as you conduct year-end performance reviews.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Plan Monthly Job Learning Days Having your employees learn more about what their fellow employees do is invaluable. What resources do you need to get the job done? When everyone knows how each job/position on your team fits together, your team can accomplish so much more.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? It's always been an important act of leadership to be authentic about good and bad news.

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 7:37 PM Labels: Books For Managers , General Management Skills , Goal Setting , Leadership Books , Management , Motivating Employees , Soliciting Suggestions 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

Saturday, October 2, 2010 Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. This book may fundamentally change the way you work and lead your organization. What resources do you need to get the job done? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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? What resources do you need to get the job done?

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