October, 2013

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How to Be a Great Follower

Let's Grow Leaders

'If your house is on fire, you want to know there’s someone calling the shots. More importantly, you pray for a team of strong, skilled, and courageous followers. My husband’s a firefighter, he knows the life and death importance of following well. My friend, a Battalion chief leading the City’s firefighters, shares great stories of […] The post How to Be a Great Follower appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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A Crisis Of Leadership – What’s Next?

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . While today’s column could focus solely on the government shutdown or various components thereof, a lack of leadership isn’t just a problem in the United States; it’s a global problem. It’s also much more than an indictment on global politics; it’s a systemic problem that pervades every level of society.

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Why Great Leaders Should Also Be Good Writers

Terry Starbucker

'In 2006 I started blogging about leadership. It was a simple little post on January 22nd about Peter Drucker , and his philosophy that employees are “ an asset, not a cost “ In hindsight, that one post, and all that subsequently came after, played a major role in my success as a leader. The act of writing down and summarizing my experiences, opinions and lessons was a catalyst for my maturity and development.

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statself.com

Erik Bernhardsson

Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together: it’s a website where you can track any numerical data on the web. Want to know how many Twitter followers you have? Temperature in NYC ? Go to statself.com and start tracking it. Actually statself.com was just a domain name I had lying around for something else, but it turned out to fit pretty well.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Northrop Grumman Creates Incredibly Capable, Fearless Killer Robot

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley No doubt you have a lot on your mind right now. But there is a video you need to stop and watch right away. This could have an impact on just about any analysis you are doing, especially if you are analyzing the net assessment of our military vs others. It may also impact assessments about the future of humanity, perhaps not in a good way, unfortunately.

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Strategic Silliness: When to Lighten the Mood

Let's Grow Leaders

'“Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind.” ? C.S. Lewis The deal was important and could lead to future work. I was impressed with this company, but had some valid concerns. They brought their Chairman to the table to help close the deal. “Karin, I know you’ll be very […] The post Strategic Silliness: When to Lighten the Mood appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Clear Counsel – How Sweet the Sound

N2Growth Blog

'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. When you want to know how your leadership is working–ask. Years ago, I learned this lesson when I received some unsolicited advice that challenged my professionalism, served as a wakeup call, and changed the arc of my career. The counsel came from a subordinate as I was leaving an important leadership position but it would have come earlier if I had only asked.

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10 Holiday Marketing Promotions to Boost Small Business Sales

Women on Business

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statself.com

Erik Bernhardsson

Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together: it’s a website where you can track any numerical data on the web. Want to know how many Twitter followers you have? Temperature in NYC ? Go to statself.com and start tracking it. Actually statself.com was just a domain name I had lying around for something else, but it turned out to fit pretty well.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Win a free two day pass to Strata/Hadoop World 28-30 Oct 2013 in NYC

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley Thanks to the fine people at O’Reilly Media, we have been given two free passes to Strata/Hadoop World, which is being held 28/30 October in NYC. We will be giving them away to two lucky readers. We only ask that you submit your name and email using the form below. Drawing will be held 15 October. Strata Conference and Hadoop World.

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Extreme Leadership Summit, 2014!

Steve Farber

'I’m thrilled to announce our speakers for The Extreme Leadership Summit 2014, coming April 11-13 in Chicago (Please note the new dates.). I’ve personally assembled a team of incredible leaders, most of whom will be in attendance for the entire Summit. As you’ll see, these people bring a vast spectrum of remarkable life and business experience, deep expertise, and a hands-on knowledge of how to apply Extreme Leadership to everything you do.

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The Simplest Way to Hear the Best Stories

Let's Grow Leaders

'Everyday your team is doing great work. Sometimes you miss their stories. Some folks will go home and tell their stories around the dinner table. Others can’t, or won’t. Don’t let stories go unheard, or untold. Find ways for them to share impactful adventures. Story Listening Made Easy I lead a remote team, scattered […] The post The Simplest Way to Hear the Best Stories appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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8 Ways To Spot Great Leadership

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . If you ever wonder why we’re in a crisis of leadership all you have to do is to watch and listen to those in positions of leadership. While there are clearly many aspects of leadership that must work together in harmony in order for leaders to be effective, everything breaks down when leaders don’t understand how to engage effectively.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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The Rise of Women as Primary Breadwinners [Infographic]

Women on Business

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How to Avoid Starting a Turf War When Implementing Change

Change Starts Here

'As a change agent, your role can be seen as meddling in another person’s area. Sometimes, the change takes place in another department and you’re influencing from the outside. In other cases, someone else is already working on a similar project, and you’ve been tasked with absorbing it into your initiative. Either way, your involvement is likely to incite the other person or group to protect their turf.

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Analyst One Announces Top Analytical Technologies List

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley Editor’s note: This list first appeared on our site Analyst One. -bg. In March 2011 Businessweek quoted Cloudera’s Mike Olson describing a “Cambrian explosion” of corporate analytical technology. Mike really nailed it with that one. With the continuous development of advanced infrastructure based around Apache Hadoop there has been an incredible amount of innovation around enterprise “Big Data” technologies, including in the analytical tool sp

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Why Writing Software Design Documents Matters

Toptal

If you're an experienced developer, you've probably progressed from being a humble tester to a senior developer, and if you're a freelancer, you've made another leap, perhaps the biggest of them all, when you started working with clients directly. Some clients aren't in the software business; they're in an entirely different industry that needs a piece of software, and they don't have a clear and precise vision of what they want from you.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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Don’t Miss Your Connections

Let's Grow Leaders

'I raced for the airport parking shuttle, threw my bag on the rack and collapsed in the seat. The hectic schlep is too familiar. The stranger next to me smiled, “How’d it go?” Ugh, what’s this guy want? What ever he’s selling, I don’t need. I’ve been on that shuttle many times…texting, returning calls, trying […] The post Don’t Miss Your Connections appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Silent CEO Addiction Killing Productivity And Talent Development

N2Growth Blog

'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . Corporate America’s dependency on consulting firms is nothing short of substance abuse in the purest form. The fact is most CEOs suffer from this very dangerous addiction and they don’t even know it – they are clearly in need of an intervention. Addicts don’t often admit they have a problem. They tend to rationalize and justify their behavior as normal.

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Statistics Prove the Benefits of Telecommuting

Women on Business

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Interview: Leading Organizational Change from the Middle

Change Starts Here

'In 2011, I was interviewed for the Supply Chain Expert Community blog on the topic of Leading Organizational Change from the Middle. I recently found out this recording is included in the course material for a Masters-level Engineering Leadership/Strategic Change class at North Carolina State University. Looking back through the blog history, I realized I had never posted the interview here.

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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Efficient IT Modernization Strategies Summit 21 Nov 2013

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley Federal Computer Weekly, Government Computing News and SoftwareAG have crafted an event I believe every enterprise technologist in government should be tracking. It is the 21 November 2013 Efficient IT Modernization Strategies Summit , which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington. If you work in IT security, design, or strategy, or if you are responsible for ensuring technology aligns with business/mission objectives, you will want to be at this event.

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Three Ways Leaders Build (or Break) Trust

Next Level Blog

'It''s a bad sign when a leader gets to the point where both friends and foes are asking, “What did he know and when did he know it?” That’s where President Obama is this week with lots of questions being raised about what and when he knew about big problems with the Healthcare.gov website launch and more than five years of NSA eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone conversations.

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What Makes Leaders Different?

Let's Grow Leaders

'What’s the difference between a good human and a great leader? Great leaders must have integrity. So must great people. Great leaders must listen carefully, so must good followers. But leaders are different. I talked to Mark Miller, author of The Heart of Leadership, about his perspective. He shares that great leaders must start […] The post What Makes Leaders Different?

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If it’s Stupid, It’s not our Policy!

N2Growth Blog

'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. When I’d consider following someone down a dangerous path in my formative years, my Mother would ask: “Would you jump off a cliff just because he did?” More than once, I earned a lecture about thinking for myself and leading others up the high road. As a young leader, I translated that lesson into a phrase I picked up in the Army: “If it’s stupid, it’s not our policy!”.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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“Girl Power” Bridges the Generation Gap

Women on Business

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The Day an Exec Showed Me Up

Nathan Magnuson

'Several years ago when I was in graduate school, I invested a summer at a major restaurant franchise with the hopes of landing a corporate role after I graduated. I worked with an incredible operator who went out of his way to help me build my network with the corporate staff. Through one of the […].

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Dave Bennett, CIO and director of Enterprise Services, DISA

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley Our Department of Defense (DoD) focused senior analyst Chris Scott has previously provided succinct summaries of the DISA industry day (see DISA Industry Day: Times have changed ). Her reporting extracts information we hope is of use to any technology vendor or systems integrator seeking to serve the DoD or Intelligence Community.