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SUPERTASKING!

OK, I was all set to rip this article to shreds based on the title, but I actually agree with it. "Supertasking" is NOT "multitasking."




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What Great Leaders Do - Without Thinking About It

Outstanding article on what great leaders do...instinctively. If these don't come naturally to you, they can with time and practice.
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How Employee Engagement Drives Growth

In 2012, Gallup conducted its eighth meta-analysis on the Q12 using 263 research studies across 192 organizations in 49 industries and 34 countries. Within each study, Gallup researchers statistically calculated the work-unit-level relationship between employee engagement and performance outcomes that the organization supplied. Researchers studied 49,928 work units, including nearly 1.4 million employees. This eighth iteration of the meta-analysis further confirmed the well-established connection between employee engagement and nine performance outcomes:

• customer ratings 
• profitability 
• productivity 
• turnover (for high-turnover and low-turnover organizations) 
• safety incidents 
• shrinkage (theft) 
• absenteeism 
• patient safety incidents 
• quality (defects)

Three Questions That Can Change Your Life

Nice post Lolly! Answer these questions and you can change the world (and yourself!) 

1. Who am I? 
2. What is my purpose? 
3. Who do I want to be?

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Help Employees Build Their "Career Capital"

Great reminder of the importance of transparent, competency-based career paths that are driven by employees.

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Habits of the Emotionally Intelligent

People that demonstrate these EI traits are probably more productive and resilient. If not, they're at least more fun to be around!

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Gen Y Workplace Engagement

Purpose-based employment matters - especially to Gen Y.

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Four Reasons to Quit Your Job by Jack Welsh

Sometimes, the greatest advice is the simplest. (1) Do you want to go to work every morning? (2) Do you like the people you work with? (3) Can you fulfill your personal mission at work? (4) Can you picture yourself at the company in a year?

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Requirements of Today's Leaders

Today's workplace demands a brand of leadership that is real, authentic, and that appeals to the HEART.

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Creating a Strong Culture

Don Peppers nailed it - only other item I would call out is "transparency." Transparency enables trust and without trust, this type of organization fails quickly (as would any.)

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Want to stand out? Be shockingly good...

Great advice - especially for you 20-somethings. Now get to work and make something shockingly awesome!

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Why Leadership Development Programs Fail

Making better leaders is hard work. Here are some great points to get right. 

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/leading_in_the_21st_century/why_leadership-development_programs_fail

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Never Check Email in the Morning...Really

Never check email in the morning - it is an absolute time killer! Instead I spend time working on the most critical task that day...
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"Prank it Forward"

I absolutely love this concept.  What a great way to spread joy in the world!

This Waitress Becomes The Victim Of A Life Changing Prank

Authentic vs Artificial Leadership

If you're not authentic, then please, don't lead...thank you from the rest of us.