Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 4, 2014
'When managers see their role as a small cog in a bigger system they do whatever they can to fit in. They trade power for conformity. Their team yearns for bold vision, challenging questions, and scaffolding support. But they look up and see weakness, which makes them feel weaker and diminishes results. Nothing saddens me more than potential leaders who give away their power.
Terry Starbucker
JUNE 1, 2014
'“I will follow a leader that tells stories of failure than I will one who pretends they never have” - Nancy Duarte. On the latest edition of the More Human Podcast, my guest is Nancy Duarte. Nancy is an expert in presentation design and principal of Duarte Design, where she has served as CEO for 21 years. Nancy speaks around the world, seeking to improve the power of public presentations.
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Change Starts Here
JUNE 3, 2014
'You don’t have to be in or near the field of change management long before you hear a daunting statistic: 70% of change initiatives fail. It’s mentioned in passing as a fact in most change management books and articles nowadays. I’ve quoted the statistic myself in presentations, and I’m sure the mention of the number has helped me (and many others) gain business over the years.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 2, 2014
'By Patricia Lenkov. Chair, Executive Search, N2growth. Gregg Steinhafel, former Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation stepped down earlier this month. The primary reason stated was because of the continued fall-out from the 2013 massive data breach. And massive it was! In case you don’t recall, up to 110 million customer records were compromised. It is interesting to note that there are a multitude of explanations as to what exactly happened in this debacle.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 6, 2014
'Mid year reviews are a like the half-time huddle of your performance Superbowl. If your company doesn’t require them, do them anyway. If your boss doesn’t have one planned for you, ask for one. They’re great times to summarize, celebrate, challenge and inspire. If you’re not convinced, or need help getting started read last year’s post: How to Conduct a Meaningful Mid Year Review.
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Terry Starbucker
JUNE 5, 2014
'It’s always interesting to me when I read an article about a company whose fortunes had taken a turn for the worse, because invariably the leader will talk about going “back to the basics” How many times have you seen that one? A company loses their way, and their profits, and then suddenly has an epiphany – “ Jeepers, we need to get back to the basics!
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 3, 2014
'By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. with Susan C. Guiher. Leadership is about being able to lead out from crises before they occur (the defining meaning of Crisis Leadership). This is a talent and skill that many leaders today are simply lacking. What’s needed, is a disciplined, future-focused and intelligent “preemptive-minded cultural” approach known as Crisis Leadership.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 2, 2014
'If your team is struggling with poor results, apathy, and feelings of being overwhelmed, stop and consider if they really understand the big picture. Can they grasp real meaning in their work beyond the growing daily to do list. As we continue our series on the biggest mistakes team leaders make , we focus on the perils of under communicating the big picture.
CTOvision
JUNE 2, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. This is the third installment in our series flowing from recent dialog with Marc Andreessen. Previous posts discussed future tech scenarios around the year 2030 and context on government services in the future. In this post we provide Marc’s thoughts around the future of technology including automation, robotics and AI and implications for government, business and citizens.
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Women on Business
JUNE 1, 2014
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Toptal
JUNE 3, 2014
While Rails is easy to use, it is also not hard to misuse. This article looks at 10 common Rails pitfalls, including how to avoid them and the problems that they cause.
Next Level Blog
JUNE 2, 2014
'One of the things I learned in doing the research for my forthcoming book, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative is that it’s possible to be incredibly busy with a lot on your plate and not feel overworked and overwhelmed. One of the common denominators that I heard from the people who are most successful in doing this is that they create a clear separation in both their minds and on their calendars between when they’re working and when they’re not working.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. SAN JOSE, Calif. , June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Hadoop Summit – According to the O’Reilly Data Scientist Salary Survey , R is the most-used tool for data scientists, while Weka is a widely used and popular open source collection of machine learning algorithms. Today, Pentaho Corporation announced the Data Science Pack , a toolkit to operationalize these two commonly used technologies.
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Women on Business
JUNE 3, 2014
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Nathan Magnuson
JUNE 2, 2014
'“How do you get someone to push you?” I was taking a wrestling class as a kid and that was the question the coach posed as he demonstrated a new move. “You push him first. Then he’ll want to push back and you can use his momentum to your advantage.” That may have been the first practical lesson I was given in the art of influence.
Next Level Blog
JUNE 4, 2014
'There’s a famous quote that’s often attributed to Mark Twain but actually originated with the French mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal – “I would have written you a shorter letter, but I didn’t have the time.” That Pascal was one smart guy. A full five hundred years before the information flood that all of us face today, he understood that brevity is important and that it takes work to be brief.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. One thing I really love about being in the technology field is watching things get done that just a short while ago seemed impossible. I felt that way again when reading the press release below. In the early days of production systems built around Apache Hadoop, security was only possible by limiting access to your cluster. Later, more and more security related capabilities were added, including better access control, authentication, auditing, and data provenance.
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Women on Business
JUNE 4, 2014
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The Accidental Successful CIO
JUNE 4, 2014
'Everyone likes clouds, but what questions should you be asking about them? Image Credit. I like clouds, you like clouds, everyone likes clouds. CIOs everywhere are getting inundated with cloud requests , cloud proposals, and cloud projects. However, committing your company’s IT assets to the cloud is a big deal considering the importance of information technology to the company.
QAspire
JUNE 1, 2014
'Namaste! Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development. It is always a great privilege to host a Leadership Development Carnival because it allows us to explore so many different facets of leadership at one go.
CTOvision
JUNE 4, 2014
'By ChrisScott. Ever since I discovered that I could be productive AWAY from my desk, I have been addicted to mobility! I guess you probably are too. And, we take it completely for granted! I can solve 90% of my work requirements directly from my incredibly smart smart-phone! But when I hang out with my military colleagues, I have to be patient. It’s easy to forget how far behind DoD is in providing their workforce with a mobile capability.
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Women on Business
JUNE 6, 2014
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Next Level Blog
JUNE 6, 2014
'Are you someone who travels a lot for business or is headed out on a vacation and you don’t want to abandon your healthy eating habits? Or maybe you’re thinking the life of fast food in the airport or at highway exits is your only option and it’s all bad. Here are a few quick tips for our road warriors readers. They’re all really simple and will help you to feel great on the road.
Mills Scofield
JUNE 3, 2014
'Mali Health Clinic. I believe the distinction between social and non-social business is a false dichotomy. And yet, it’s one we continually want to make. We talk about “social businesses” — those that are mission-led and focused on creating positive social change — and “non-social businesses” — those that focus on revenue and profit.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Editor’s note: As I have previously mentioned, I’m very proud to be an advisor to Fixmo. They have a great portfolio of technologies needed by enterprises today and are helping make mobile workforces more secure, agile and productive. I believe this acquisition by Good Technologies will result in a very significant enhancement in the ability of enterprises to secure their mobile users. – bg.
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Women on Business
JUNE 2, 2014
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The Empowered Buisness
JUNE 4, 2014
'Does any of these sound familiar? You aspire to achieve great things, yet stay “small” for fear of failing. What about the thousands of dollars you’ve invested in leadership books and training, yet still find yourself stuck in the same rut and don’t know how to get out? Are you continuously swamped by the endless hours that your role demands, yet get diminishing returns from all your efforts?
Rapid BI
JUNE 1, 2014
'Watching a piece on the news this morning, was a piece that claimed social media was in fact anti social. This is true, many of us would prefer to look at our mobiles than strike up a conversation. In years gone past we would have used phrases about the weather as an icebreaker to talk to […].
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