Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 19, 2012
Today I came across something that really it home with me – it was a New York Times interview of James P. Hackett , the CEO of furniture-maker Steelcase. In it he told the story of how he met hotel magnate Bill Marriott back in 1994. He said, “As we were talking about strategy, I remember being struck by the look in his eyes as he talked.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 23, 2012
“What’s your leadership magic?” That’s my favorite question to ask really successful front line leaders. Clearly something is working for these folks, and I am always thirsty to understand just what. If you are a leader growing leaders, it’s a great question to ask. I guarantee it will immediately bring out sparkles in eyes, [.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 24, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. This is the time of year when most of us turn our attention to presidential politics, but let us not forget that business is also political – to think otherwise is simply naïve. Office politics exist in every organization without regard for industry, structure, culture or values. Good leaders will do what they can to align interests/actions on matters more important than individual political agendas, but if you’ve been in business for
Women on Business
AUGUST 20, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you making any of the body language mistakes that can destroy your chances at career advancement? Executive coach Carol Kinsey Gorman, Ph.D., shared some of the most common body language mistakes that women leaders commonly make with Par Excellence Magazine. Those mistakes include: They use too many head tilts. They physically condense.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Next Level Blog
AUGUST 21, 2012
The beautiful dog in the photo is my family’s Collie, Shades. A couple of weeks ago, Shades’ hip dysplasia and a respiratory condition took a turn for the worse and, with the counsel of our wonderful vet, Dr. Thorndike, we decided to put him down last weekend. If you’ve owned a dog that’s become part of your family, I don’t have to tell you how hard the last couple of weeks have been for us.
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Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 18, 2012
Guest post by Matt Herndon. Most of us look at failure as a negative occurrence. Surely if we fail at something, that’s a sign of weakness. But even the most successful people in the world have had their failures. Remember when Michael Jordan decided to play baseball? While it wasn’t his greatest success, he was able to turn it into just another lesson learned during a long and prosperous career.
Women on Business
AUGUST 18, 2012
Let’s face it, we all went in to business because we were really good at something and thought we could do it better. A couple of years later, we have learned some new things and are a little less willing to listen to someone else’s advice. But what if that advice is coming from a [.
Next Level Blog
AUGUST 23, 2012
In the run up to the Iraq war, the then Secretary of State Colin Powell was quoted as invoking the “Pottery Barn rule” – You break it, you own it - in assessing the risks of an invasion. I thought about Powell and the Pottery Barn rule during a recent lunch with an executive friend of mine. He’s a business unit leader who has integrated an acquired company into his organization over the past year.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 18, 2012
I first really met this spirited warrior, Matt on a (yoga) Mat. Our arms and spirits intertwined as we breathed through warrior poses. That was when I began to understand his powerful and joyful heart and spirit. Oh sure, we had been working together at church on our “Quest” before that, me as advisor and [.] The post Saturday Salutation: Spirited Warrior appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 23, 2012
Too many companies forget about the need for, and power of innovation. Without a dedicated focus on innovation it is only a matter of time until a business cannot attract or retain talent, suffers from obsolescence due to the innovation of others and watches their brand fall into decline.To learn more about how to catalyze change and growth through innovation please contact us.
Women on Business
AUGUST 24, 2012
Inevitably in the life of an entrepreneur there comes a time where friendship, money and business collide. Sometimes the collision is disastrous, sometimes it is a saving grace but the one thing that is certain is that it is never easy. I recently encountered a situation where all three of these things collided and here is what I learned. Be specific and be sure.
Sailpoint
AUGUST 21, 2012
Since our inception, SailPoint has been committed to delivering innovation in the IdM market. We were the first to introduce an IdM solution that enabled a collaborative relationship between the business and IT. We were the first to extend that business-friendly approach to the very complex and technical provisioning processes. And this week, we were the first to fully “consumerize” the IdM user experience.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 20, 2012
If you are just tuning in to our Charisma Experiment, a group of my readers and I have been on a journey exploring the concepts and techniques discussed in Olivia Fox Cabane’s book, The Charisma Myth. After reading the original post, Olivia graciously offered to answer questions that emerged. You can learn more about the [.] The post Charisma Questions… Answers From Olivia Fox Cabane appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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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.
QAspire
AUGUST 19, 2012
Consider this story: Jay is a newly hired project manager whose primary accountability is to manage a large client account and ensure that all projects within that account adhere to scope, time, cost and quality parameters. The primary KRA for Jay was to drive profitability and customer satisfaction (and hence repeat business). Jay did a fantastic job in first few months and hence the expectations from him grew.
Women on Business
AUGUST 23, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Forbes has released its annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, and the top spot goes to Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes in second. The top 10 most powerful women in the world in 2012 according to Forbes are: Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany – Politics.
Code Simplicity
AUGUST 22, 2012
In June, I released a second revision of Code Simplicity. Some of you probably already know, but I thought that I should let everybody else know, too. The most important change is that book gets into the laws and rules of software design much more quickly now. It starts with a completely re-written Preface that tells the story of how I developed the principles in Code Simplicity, and why you might be interested in them.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 22, 2012
“It’s tough not to notice a raging fire” -Phil Cooke What’s next? What are you born to do? What is your calling? A vital topic for me and for those I lead. Phil Cooke contributes well to this conversation with his book, The One Big Thing. He starts with two Big Questions about what’s next: [.] The post What’s Next?
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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.
The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 22, 2012
'Image Credit. CIOs Need To Find Ways To Get Every Penny Possible. It can be quite expensive for a CIO to run an IT department. There are a lot of different costs that all seem to contribute to the definition of information technology: server, networks, applications, developers, system administrators, etc. These costs don’t seem to be deceasing and in fact, only seem to be going up.
Women on Business
AUGUST 20, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The job market has been tough for years, but did you know its toughest on married mothers? That’s the finding in a study from the University of Washington and University of Alberta. David Mielach of Fox Business explains, “On average, the research found that married moms earned $175 less a week, or $9,100 less a year, once they found a new job.
QAspire
AUGUST 23, 2012
For parents (via Pinterest ). Here’s my interpretation for managers and leaders who drive others towards greatness.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 23, 2012
The Transformative CEO : Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changes. by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss. About the Reference. The Transformative CEO by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss identifies a number of common personal qualities and approaches taken by celebrity CEOs in building or turning around their companies. Jeffrey and Robert then breakdown these items into supporting subparts and provides a series of quotes from notable CEOs in support of each subpart.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Nutanix
AUGUST 21, 2012
The Nutanix Complete Cluster offers such a sophisticated storage subsystem that was designed specifically for virtualization workloads. Find out how.
Women on Business
AUGUST 23, 2012
We all have the proverbial “balls in the air” As business executives, entrepreneurs, business owners and people we are busy! There are usually multiple things going on during a day. With deadlines to meet, clients to call, proposals to finish, sales to close, team meetings, conference calls, emails, texts, voice mails, traffic, kids, dinner, sports, facebook, friends … the list never ends.
Women on Business
AUGUST 21, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Did you know that you can attract corporate sponsors and get funding for your small business? Anisha Robinson Keeys of Succeed as Your Own Boss shares a variety of tips and resources to attract corporate sponsors for your business. She explains, “You want to develop a prospect list of warm leads, prepare a strong proposal, and approach a sponsor, ultimately persuading them to support your cause or program.” To get started, Anisha offers the following 10 step
Women on Business
AUGUST 21, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Assertive people are more likely to get what they want than passive people. Of course, not all people are naturally assertive, and not all people are assertive in ways that are well received by others. Amy Gallo of Harvard Business Review offered a great deal of tips and insights to be assertive without losing yourself on the HBR Blog Network today, including the following key principles to remember: Do: Assess your own degree of assertiveness and ask others for feedbac
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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.
Women on Business
AUGUST 24, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Over the course of twenty years (1990 to 2010), women inventors doubled their share of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and 18% of all patents issued to U.S. inventor were issued to women. The data comes from the Intellectual Property and Women Entrepreneurs study by the National Women’s Business Council, which also reports that in 2012, women received a third of the trademarks issued to individuals.
Women on Business
AUGUST 24, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Do you have the leadership skills necessary to be a successful woman in business? According to the Guardian, there are four key qualities you need to have and four key things you need to do when directing your team in order to be a successful leader. 4 Tips to Develop Your Leadership Qualities. Get a mentor. Develop your confidence.
Women on Business
AUGUST 23, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Research by Randstad Canada identified what women and men want from employers, so recruiters can more successfully attract and retain the right talent. The results show very different priorities between male and female employees. The Network of Executive Women reported: “Although the majority of both male and female employees in Canada say they want long-term job security from an employer, their views differ greatly when determining what makes an employer attracti
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