Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 6, 2013

In fast paced, high stress business environments it can be all too easy sometimes for leaders to slip into what I call “ Boss Man ” mode. What I mean by that is that they stop being a leader, and start acting like a boss. A boss who supervises a staff. The staff reports to the boss, just like it says on the organizational chart. And they do exactly what the boss says, because, of course, “ He’s the boss!

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2013

“Courage is fear that has said it’s prayers.” -Karl Barth Back in November, Dan Rockwell wrote 4 words that have stuck with me. “Fearful leaders need certainty.” Try walking around with that in your heart for a month or two and observe. …Watch leaders you admire. …Observe leaders you don’t. …Consider how you respond to [.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 7, 2013

'DoD Here's the top cyber news and stories of the day. Big Data in Demand for Intelligence Community - The National Security Agency (NSA) is poised to deliver an initial cloud computing capability for the entire intelligence.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 7, 2013

New data released by American Express OPEN and Womenable reveals some of the impressive achievements of million-dollar women-owned businesses over the past 10 years. Using U.S. census data, the report was authored by American Express OPEN research advisor Julia Weeks. Taking a look at million-dollar women-owned firms by industry as reported by this research, wholesale trade is the industry with the largest share of women-owned $10 million+ firms (20%) followed by finance/insurance (12%), transpo

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the weekend I had a great reminder of how much things change over time. I received an email from a coach I worked with back in 2004. She had been cleaning out some files and found a document that she asked me to write for her when we were working together. It was a list of twenty nine things that were draining my energy back then. I was in a bit of a funk in that period and the list included worries about family, health, friends, business – the works really.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 6, 2013

'What makes a great tech blog? It takes great staff, an actionable vision, and timely/accurate reporting. It also takes leaders who don't mind hard work and who are good at engaging with the community. How do you know.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2013

If you want your company to succeed at brand journalism (aka corporate media gone social), you better know how to tell a good story. Otherwise, be prepared to take a lot of heat from its critics who would be elated to escort “brand journalism” out of 2013 STAT. Brands, of course, love it, because it enables them to bypass the media and take their message directly to the public in hopes of building a relationship with customers that will positively impact the bottom line.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 5, 2013

Leaders who follow rules have subordinates who do – Guest post by Jack Meyer. Great leadership skills are those that are developed over time. Although textbooks and classes can help you improve the kind of leader you want to be, it takes real-life practice and implementation to make you great. A successful leader has the trust of those under him or her and is supported by those subordinates.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 7, 2013

Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared, and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. From this knowledge comes an inner strength that subconsciously inspires us to push on in the face of great difficulty. What can seem impossible is often [.] The post Courage Today and Tomorrow appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 10, 2013

'Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. PNNL joins with UW to form big data institute - The PNNL and the University of Washington are partnering to create the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2013

If you are a road worrier, driving from client to client, the automobiles debuted at this years Consumer Electronics Show might make your life a little easier. I do most of my traveling on the plane and things like Virgin Atlantic’s seat plug ins, and various carriers Wi-Fi make traveling a lot more efficient. When I am in town and driving to client meetings it is hard to be away from my computer.

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Change Starts Here

JANUARY 8, 2013

The United Illuminating Story. For more than 100 years, United Illuminating provided electricity to its customers in Connecticut through distributed operations. A few years ago, the company embarked on a strategic initiative to bring everyone under one roof in a brand new Central Facility. Although construction was moving along smoothly, it became apparent to the project’s director, Brian Horgan, that moving people would not be as easy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2013

“Sadly most organizations seemed to have embraced chaos and called it a good thing for an organization. One example is the rising number of job descriptions that include “tolerance for ambiguity’ as a necessary skill. Let me be clear: chaos is never a good thing for an organization. While the world is fluid, and [.] The post Chaos Curtailed: How To Shield Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 8, 2013

'Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Obama taps Hagel to lead DOD, Brennan to CIA - President Obama has recently tagged two people to fill key national security slots. Former Senator Chuck Hagel (a veteran.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2013

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: In business, there are a variety of words that, when used in the context of women, have become akin to “four letter words.” Marcy Twete, founder and CEO of Career Girl Network, has identified a few of these words such as driven and family-oriented. While these words can be viewed as positives when they’re associated with men, they’re seen as just the opposite when they’re associated with women in the business world.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 10, 2013

During the past couple of months, I’ve been in four or five conversations with leadership development professionals who are looking for a way to build executive presence in their organization’s high potential managers. Most of them have tried different programs and approaches and they’re not happy with the results they’ve gotten. I have a theory about why that’s the case.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2013

Framing. Positioning. WIFM (them). Spin. If you are a leader, you have sat in one of these meetings. How do we explain this to them. in a way they can hear, understand, and feel good about? How you position a change matters. A lot. And yet… If you find yourself in meeting after meeting, working [.] The post To Tell The Truth: The Problem with “Positioning” appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 7, 2013

My dear friend and social media legend, Liz Strauss, is battling cancer of the larynx. Which for someone who has so much to say, and says it so well to so many, is about as ironic as it gets. In reflecting on what she’s learning from this journey on rising up from adversity (typical Liz!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 5, 2013

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Do you need media training? Do you know what it is? Those are the questions Alex Honeysett answers in her most recent article for The Daily Muse. Most businesses want to get attention from the media. This type of publicity can raise brand awareness, build the brand reputation, and drive sales. Media training can make you look better, sound better, and get better results when you find yourself in front of the camera or microphone representing your company.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2013

Home About Coaching Contact Guest Posts Archives. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader. by Nathan Magnuson. Home / Leadership Profiles / Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. January 7, 2013. — 7 Comments. I had the privilege of meeting the late Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) a couple years ago at a seminar in Richmond, VA. Zig’s words and ideas have impacted my life probably more than any other thought leader out there.

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The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 7, 2013

Last month, my wife created a miracle. She planned and pulled-off a wedding reception in seven days. Yes, you read that correctly — seven days from decision to wedding and reception. Many things happened leading up to the decision, but the simple answer for the question “Why would you do that?” comes down to my daughter’s fiance (now husband) receiving orders to Germany following the completion of his training as an Army medic in March.

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QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s how eagles learn to fly. When the baby eagle (eaglet) has fully developed wings, the mother hovers above the nest with a piece of food in her claws. She nurtures the curiosity and shows the eaglet that wings are for flying. Piece of food inspires the eaglet to try. If this doesn’t work, eagle just throws the eaglets out of her nest. When the eaglet is falling, the eagle swoops under the baby and picks the baby on wings before throwing again till the eaglet starts flapping the wings and fl

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2013

Did you know that according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, one in three Americans with bachelor’s degrees work in jobs that the Labor Departments reports do not require college degrees at all? Yes, some of those people are working in jobs that don’t require college degrees by choice, but many are working in these jobs by necessity.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JANUARY 9, 2013

'In the end, it takes both the business and IT to be successful… Image Credit. In every business, there are internal conflicts. One conflict that almost every company seems to have is the failure of the business side of the house to see eye-to-eye with the IT department. This has been going on for so long that it’s almost a part of the definition of information technology.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

This is a guest post by Tim Kippley , Geneca Vice President, Account Strategy and Growth. In this post, Tim Kippley Tim shares one of the experiments Geneca is running to give its people opportunities to explore new ideas. So far, so good. It is a journey and I hope we can follow Geneca's path of experimenting-learning-applying-iterating and learn for ourselves.

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QAspire

JANUARY 6, 2013

After reading my last post about cohesive leadership team , some one asked me, “What exactly is cohesion?” I went on to share the following example. In a recent game of cricket, the top batsmen failed to make an impact and got out in quick succession. Clearly, the team was facing the risk of scoring the lowest total ever. Then, the captain walks in with a resolve clearly visible on his face.

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The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 7, 2013

Last month, my wife created a miracle. She planned and pulled-off a wedding reception in seven days. Yes, you read that correctly — seven days from decision to wedding and reception. Many things happened leading up to the decision, but the simple answer for the question “Why would you do that?” comes down to my daughter’s fiance (now husband) receiving orders to Germany following the completion of his training as an Army medic in March.

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Rapid BI

JANUARY 7, 2013

Looking for a diversity calender with the various religious dates all in one place? It’s not often that something for free has intrinsic value, however here is an offer from the CIPD with a difference. The CIPD contribute to a diversity calendar which provides a range of multi-faith days, holidays and festivals. This diversity calendar is being made [.].

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