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This Week’s 10 Best Leadership Links [April 8-12]

linksIf you read this week’s best leadership links you can be happier at work, you can become a better boss, you can increase your productivity, and you can even sleep better!

Without further ado, here are this week’s BEST leadership links:

1. Why engagement is so important, critical, and valuable to your organization.

2. Leaders take note: people are “drenched in anxiety.” Welcome to the age of nervousness.

3. A simple, effective way to delegate tasks better.

4. Watch this hour and a half lecture on how to be happy at work. You won’t be disappointed.

5. Here are 8 things you shouldn’t do everyday to increase your productivity.

6. In a world of “top ten lists” it’s always a pleasure to see a more ambitious list: 51 ways you can become world class.

7. Word to the wise: don’t check your email before you go to bed if you want a decent night’s sleep.

8. Would open book management work for you?

9. Dysfunctional partnerships can work. Just look at Rodgers and Hart.

10. North Korean missile tests delayed because of Windows 8.

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This Week’s 10 Best Leadership Links [April 1-5]

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Stand back, folks. Links coming through!

The week we’ve had to brave a slew of April fool’s jokes as well as endure North Korean saber rattling. Yet through it all many have still produced an amazing amount of leadership analysis and thought.

Here are this weeks most compelling leadership articles and videos:

1. Recently the Washington Post has banned some cliches. Leaders take note. Avoid phrases like “hot button issues” and “shifting dynamics.” Be clear and concise.

2. How to be productive like a successful entrepreneur.

3. A thoughtful post considering why some people can’t handle promotions.

4. Does Groupon really help businesses? [video]

5. What can a visit to Disney world teach us about overcoming fear? A lot.

6. Five steps to being a great negotiator.

7. Don’t be mediocre. Seriously. Stop it. Here are five ways to get out of the mediocre mindset.

8. Advice on how to teach teams: “Get used to not being the smartest guy in the room.”

9. Leaders must be self-aware. If they aren’t their careers may be at risk.

10. And of course, the best April fool’s jokes of 2013.

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10 Social Media and Tech Stories 5/1-5/8

It’s been a pretty crazy week so far, so it’s not out of the question that you might have missed some of the other news going on in the not so life or death world of tech and social media. In case that is in fact the case, we here at The Bacharach Blog offer up 10 stories you could have easily missed. So sit back (not too far we don’t want you falling asleep at work) and enjoy our Top 10 Social Media and Tech stories of the week that was. I am especially fond of Seth Godin’s latest post, it’s #1.

Enjoy!

1. Seth Godin’s interesting take on how seeing is not always needed for believing

2. Ten Brilliant Start Ups that Failed To Soon

3. Will Facebook buy skype?                                                                                                                                                                                

4. Useful Photoshop tools and techniques for your workflow 

5.  iPhone apps are a giant business…

BUT

6.  Android is about to pass it in Size

7. Can I few key people in your company make a huge difference?

8. Don’t let the innovation lab become an ivory tower

9. Why you sometimes can’t use your laptop on a plane

10. Companies that  rank your influence on twitter

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11 Companies With The Worst Reputations In America

Making a top 10 list is every company’s dream. You can make up a nice plaque celebrating the accomplishment and hang it next to reception or you can plaster it all over your website and promotional materials.  It’s a way to tell the world: “We’re awesome!”

Then again not all top 10 lists are created equal. There are some that you might want to do everything you can to avoid. One such list is the Huffington Post’s 11 Companies With The Worst Reputations In America which was culled from the backside of the 12th Annual Harris Interactive U.S. Reputation Quotient Survey. According the Huffington Post, Harris got 30,000 Americans to rate the 60 most visible companies in the US using six factors: financial performance, products and services, workplace environment, vision and leadership, social responsibility, and emotional appeal. The results aren’t exactly shocking. The list is a who’s who of corportate screw ups. If you got a massive bailout due to your incompetence and sheer greed or thought it might be a good idea to destroy an ecosystem this list is your home away from home.

I am guessing all of these “winners” will try hard to make this list next year. But seeing how much literal and figurative damage most of them have done… I kinda doubt it.

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100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011

Things are tough all over. Jobs are scarce and the ones you can find offer low pay and few if any benefits.  What are the Average Joe and Josephine to do? Well, you could throw your hands in the air, sell all your worldly possessions on craigslist, move to the wilderness and live off the fat of the land or you could take a deep breath, shine up your resume and check out Fortune.com latest list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Most lists just give you a company’s ranking and a quick paragraph or two about who they are. But the nice thing about Fortune’s Top 100 list is that it includes job listings (provided by simplyhired.com) for each company. As well there are subsections that cover the companies that offer the best benefits and the companies that offer the biggest pay.

But this list isn’t just for job hunters, it’s also quite helpful for all you leaders out there. Motivating, engaging and retaining those you lead is a top concern these days. So it couldn’t hurt to get a small peek behind the curtain in order to find out what makes employees happy and content.

Whether you are a direct report or a leader, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For is a list you need to check out.