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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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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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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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The Rise of Women as Primary Breadwinners [Infographic]

Women on Business

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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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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But What If I Can’t Delegate?

Nathan Magnuson

'“I don’t like to micro manage,” my friend lamented. “But even when I set clear expectations and deadlines, I find myself having to guide the entire process or else the ball gets dropped. Is that an employee issue or a leadership issue?” It’s hard enough to want to delegate in the first place. Many leaders […].

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Statistics Prove the Benefits of Telecommuting

Women on Business

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5 Ways to Benefit from a Disengaged Boss

Let's Grow Leaders

'Ideally your boss is interested, eager to remove roadblocks, asking provocative questions, and helping build your career. That’s the leader I wish for you, and want you to be. But, with 71% of workers disengaged, chances are one day or another you’ll work for a disengaged boss. 5 Benefits of a Disengaged Boss On […] The post 5 Ways to Benefit from a Disengaged Boss appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Mindful Mondays: Seven Things I’ve Learned About Life and Leadership from Three Years of Yoga

Next Level Blog

'It was three years ago last week that I started practicing yoga. I got into it because I was looking for a way to stay in shape when my knees and other health challenges more or less brought an end to my thirty five year career as a runner. I thought I was in pretty good shape but my first yoga class seemed like it would never end. Three years later, I’ve taken close to 1,000 classes and, about a month ago, completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training program.

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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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CIOs And The Problem With Food Stamps

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Xerox Screwed Up And People Went Hungry Image Credit. I’m hoping that you are not familiar with the U.S. food stamp program. This is a government funded program that provides people who are living below the poverty line with money that can only be spent on food. Clearly it’s a critical program that demonstrates the importance of information technology and the people who are enrolled in it desperately need it.

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Mastermind Brainstorming Events

Women on Business

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From Virtual Directory to Federated Identity: Bringing Identity Back to The Center of IAM

Radiant Logic

The post From Virtual Directory to Federated Identity: Bringing Identity Back to The Center of IAM appeared first on Radiant Logic.

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How to Keep From Getting Fired

Next Level Blog

'When the news came out last week that JP Morgan Chase had agreed to pay $13 billion in fines to settle a case with the U.S. government over the sale of “troubled mortgage securities” I asked myself, “How does their CEO, Jamie Dimon, keep his job? Click headline to continue.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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2013 PCI SSC North America Meeting – Wrap-Up

Coalfire

Coalfire sent the entire team to the meeting in Las Vegas and everyone reported a positive and engaging experience. We hosted our annual dinner where we caught up with clients and friends – a good time was had by all. The most valuable technical information was presented during the ‘Assessors Only’ session on Tuesday afternoon. The SSC covered the upcoming changes to the PCI DSS and PA-DSS standards.

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Beautiful and Functional Home Office Set up Tips for Women Working from Home

Women on Business

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Trust Inc. to be Released November 1st!

Mills Scofield

'Very humbled and honored to contribute to the new book Trust Inc. , edited by Barbara Brooks Kimmel. This book is a collection of essays by internationally known thought leaders on leadership and trust.and then me! I share the story of one of my incredible clients, Menasha Packaging , who epitomizes integrity, character and trust in all they do. Please order it - read it, share it, but most importantly, live it!!!

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swot pestle template

Rapid BI

'This page contains the templates to complement the CIPD factsheets on SWOT analysis and PESTLE analysis.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

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.

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CapitalWorks - A Six Disciplines Client Case Study Part 2

Six Disciplines

'Bluffton Motor Works in Bluffton, Indiana, is a global leader in custom-engineered fractional electric motors. The company serves a wide variety of OEM manufacturers and industrial production facilities. KKSP Precision Machining in Glendale Heights, Illinois, is a manufacturer of high-volume, precision made-to-print automatic screw machine products for automotive, medical/veterinary, appliance, HVAC and aerospace markets.

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Top 10 U.S. Cities for Online Small Business

Women on Business

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The Advisor’s Corner – Is Burnout a Reality?

Strategy Driven

'Question : Is ‘burnout’ a reality, or am I just being a whiner? StrategyDriven Response : (by Roxi Hewertson, StrategyDriven Principal Contributor). It’s true that burnout behaviors can look a lot like victim behaviors. However, burnout is a real state of mind and can be debilitating in many ways. If you are trying to decide whether or not you are simply whining or at risk of burnout, consider this: You know you are toast when you’re always exhausted, not laughing, highly crit

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SWOT analysis

Rapid BI

'Using SWOT as a strategic tool.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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If You Innovate in the Woods & No One Hears it.

Mills Scofield

'My latest in Innovation Excellence - Innovation without Marketing? Not a VC''s favorite -.

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From the World Series to the Boardroom

Women on Business

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Serve Memorably

Strategy Driven

'Think about the most memorable service you have ever received. Ever tell anyone about it? Now think about the service you provide to your customers. How many people are talking about you? ANSWER: Not enough. Every time a customer calls it’s an opportunity. The only question is: how are you taking advantage of it? Don’t answer with a “thank you for the call,” telling me how important my call is while you put me on hold for the next available agent.

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When does a project justify using change management tools?

Change Starts Here

'One of the participants in the Design & Influence Irresistible Change webinar series recently asked, “When does a project justify using change management tools?” Great question. My answer, in a nutshell, is that any project or initiative that will change the way people work warrants going through a change management thought process to understand the impact the change will have and how difficult it might be to influence people to make the changes.

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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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Customer Satisfaction: Results vs. Effort

Women on Business

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Multitasking – Can It Really Be Done?

Women on Business

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StrategyDriven Enterprises Extends its Advisory Services into the Healthcare Industry, Partners with Artower Advisory Services

Strategy Driven

'StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Artower Advisory Services, LLC partner to provide healthcare industry executives and managers with Affordable Care Act mandated Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program consulting services. StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and Artower Advisory Services announced a partnership that will expand the regulatory compliance services of both companies.