Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'Without executive support your project will fail. You need funding, headcount, and time. Your team’s counting on your to manage up well. You’re looking for the secret sauce to convince your boss. Start by avoiding these 5 mistakes. 5 Big Mistakes When Communicating with Executives 1. Over-Confidence Executives are suspicious of rose-colored glasses.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . I do quite a bit of work on matters of board composition, selection and succession, and what I can tell you is this; board diversity is simply smart business. You’ll never hear me recommend diversity solely for the sake of checking a box, but when diversity in the boardroom offers so many benefits to the CEO (and to the entire organization) it’s nothing short of irresponsible for chief executives not to place their board composition under th
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Change Starts Here
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
'The leadership role held by someone with authority is unique. When it comes to implementing change, there are some things that only people with authority can do effectively, like communicating, making decisions, role modeling, and holding people accountable. But the exclusive capabilities of leaders also mean there are some things they just can’t do by nature of their position.
Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
'Let’s talk about a concept that gets batted around a lot in leadership circles, and for good reason. Alignment. It’s when every person within an organization, leaders and all, is focused, coordinated, and pointed in the same direction, under a common purpose, and with a high level common set of goals and objectives. There are also subsets of separate goals and objectives for each functional area and/or division of the organization, but they all funnel nicely up to (and serve the p
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CTOvision
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'By Bob Gourley. Cloudera’s Doug Cutting delivered a presentation at Hadoop World that outlined key forces driving the data world forward which shed some important insights on where enterprise technology is going. This presentation is summarized and embedded below: Doug starts with a review of his models for predicting the future and this is important, since every model has strengths and weaknesses.
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Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
'Team Leader Turmoil “I used to be one of those disengaged reps, you’re talking about.” We were all a bit shocked by Mike’s response. After all this was a recognition focus group for the top reps in this enormous call center. Several of whom were on the short-list to become team leaders. I smiled gently, […] The post How to Be a Better Team Leader: A Case Study appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Is it me or has Thanksgiving been overrun by our national pastime–holiday shopping? Apparently, we are too busy to spend a single day reflecting on our blessings. It should come as no surprise; gratitude went out of fashion years ago. But more accurately, as most of us became removed from the challenge and hard work of producing our bounty, our gratitude diminished and like most things that come easily, we began to take it
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'The coverage this week of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is a stark reminder of the impact his life and death had on the United States and the world. With the perspective of fifty years, it’s easy to argue for or against Kennedy’s strengths and weaknesses. It’s easy to debate what he did or didn’t accomplish. You may think he was a great president or you may not.
Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'Photo by Mary Nichols. I moderated a panel last week at a Social Media Club of Portland event that featured local startup Simple , a digital bank that is taking on a trillion dollar industry without a single brick and mortar branch. The conversation was lively, because of the “disruptive” way they have chosen to do business. What was so disruptive about it?
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'By Bob Gourley With the herald of innovative, personal, smart and targeted marketing, ‘big data’ offers enticing and varied advantages for businesses. The ability uncover and harness data, to tackle and tame the informational chaos presented, is increasingly expected of most organisations. But how do you know how useful and profitable data will be for your business uniquely?
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'A short but pithy piece over the weekend by Dave Winer titled “ Why the Web 2.0 model is obsolete ” got me thinking about where we’ve ended up with social media after nearly ten years. Blogs, wikis, and other tools of easily shared self-expression from the early days have given away in recent years to a much less diverse social media monoculture.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'“To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.” -Victor Hugo His Thanksgiving Story “That’s not my Thanksgiving story,” Sam confided as we watched the joyous reunions of families with kids returning from college. “I came home from […] The post The True Story of Thanksgiving appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Beware how you take away hope from another human being— Oliver Wendell Holmes. This week, the Miami Dolphins stole headlines from their NFL competitors. Unfortunately for the league, the Dolphins, and the rest of us, the way their players talk and not the way they play invited the scrutiny.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Women on Business
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
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Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'I am pleased to present the first More Human Leadership Podcast , a new regular feature at TerryStarbucker.com. Hosted by yours truly,this series will feature conversations with authors and thought leaders about my favorite topics: leadership and leadership philosophy. The goal of the series is to bring you valuable and actionable insights that can help you on your personal leadership journey, from my more human perspective (What’s being more human all about?
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'By Bob Gourley. All of us are awash in data and real analysts love that! Data is good! And more data is better! Your enterprise will need to continue to support more data. But you knew that didn’t you? Too frequently our organizations can’t make sense of the data they have, and too many decisions are being made based on gut calls or by fudged data.
Toptal
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
If you haven’t tried AngularJS yet, you’re missing out. The framework consists of a tightly integrated toolset that will help you build well structured, rich client-side applications in a modular fashion—with less code and more flexibility. One of the reasons I love working with AngularJS is because of its flexibility regarding server communication.
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Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'In the spirit of Thanksgiving, November’s Frontline Festival is about forms of Gratitude. I am grateful for my amazing colleagues and subscribers for your contributions and comments. Please comment at the bottom of this post, as we celebrate our gratitude together: What are you most grateful for this Thanksgiving? How to Give Thanks and […] The post Grateful for Gratitude: November Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Change Starts Here
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'My guest this month is Molly Breazeale of AlignED, LLC, who will share her tips for helping teams make better decisions that support change. In this episode, you’ll learn why getting a group together to work on your project doesn’t guarantee change will happen. Plus, you’ll hear practical approaches to facilitating meetings that help your change make progress.
Women on Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
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Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
'Every company has some kind of leadership development program, even if they don’t realize it. As soon as a supervisor, manager, director, vice president, senior vice president, executive vice president, or C-suite executive is hired, they “ develop ” as leaders – that is, from the moment they start working they are molded by the circumstances and people that they encounter.
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
'By Bob Gourley We announced two weeks ago that we are now part of the Google Glass explorer program. Our view is that we need to dive into this technology for several reasons, including a need to track the impact of trends to wearable computers will have on enterprise IT. We also intend on writing more about Google Glass on our other web properties, including Analyst One (which focuses on analysts and analytics) and Delphi Brief (which has a national security focus).
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'A few years ago I wrote a post called Three Reasons You Should Fire the Prima Donna. That one was about why leaders should be decisive in exiting high performing but totally disruptive members of their team. Consider this post the next level up companion to the Prima Donna post. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been in multiple conversations in which experienced senior leaders have discussed their lessons learned along the way.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'He’s smart, quick on his feet, and he’s got power. All attempts to persuade him have failed. You could just give in… after all you’ve tried… and he’s the boss. If he wants it that way, fine. But, deep in your heart you know you’re right. You care. It matters. Others are counting on you. […] The post How to PERSUADE your Boss appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead on Purpose
NOVEMBER 23, 2013
'For too many companies, business-to-business (B2B) customer engagement is dismally low. In most cases the people running the business don’t recognize the disengagement and don’t see it as a problem. In his article B2B’s Win by Building Relationships, Not Selling on Price , author Marco Nink gives the following insight on the importance of building customer relationships: Competing on price is a losing strategy, and Gallup research shows it’s an unnecessary one.
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Women on Business
NOVEMBER 23, 2013
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NeverFriday
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
I was reading through Coders at Work and realized that I haven’t done much code reading lately, other than reading through code samples in tutorials and articles. The interviews in the book suggested that code reviews and code reading are one of the most important things you can do as a professional programmer. This gave me the idea to write this article on the Angular injector.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'By Bob Gourley The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security just released an important report for those seeking to understand or improve how the US government responds to cyber attacks. The report, titled DHS Efforts to Coordinate the Activities of Federal Cyber Operations Centers , provides a great executive level overview of key federal government cyber security centers and prioritizes several key issues aimed at improving the government’s ability to communic
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