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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Leadership Lessons from an Undercover Boss

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The first episode of CBS’s new reality show “Undercover Boss” was broadcast in the USA recently. Each week the show features a CEO who goes ...
Friday, March 12, 2010

On Leadership: Giuliani's 9/11 'defiance'

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The former NYC mayor's fresh insights on how 9/11 changed him and where he found the will to fight:

Being a Great Coach

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Did you watch the Winter Olympics recently? The most successful athletes seemed to share a common experience: the positive personal impact o...

Building Consistent Leadership Competencies Throughout the Organisation

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T he overriding theme of what we have been hearing from clients recently is that they are surprised at how the leadership development prog...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

How Positive Leadership Uses Sport To Help Develop Inspiring Leaders

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In sport and in the business of sport, strong leaders and managers are needed to motivate and inspire their teams to achieve breakthrough pe...

Leadership Involves Trust

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An important value of Positive Leadership is honesty . Without honesty it is difficult for followers to trust their leader. One dimens...

A Story About Motivation

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Here is an interesting story about Motivation from Peter Bregman, writing recently in the Harvard Business Review: 'I was walking back...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Creating Competitive Advantage through Strategic Leadership

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Businesses that are focused on developing sustainable long term market share growth during tough economic times often have a longer time-hor...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

HM Revenue & Customs criticised by MPs

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The Treasury Select Committee has concluded "performance at HMRC remains mixed with considerable room for improvement." It added: ...

How Not to Use a Coach!

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Having a coach can put that mirror in front of you to help make that decision. It can also help to maintain motivation once a goal is achiev...

The Essence of Leadership

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When many people think of a leader, images of an army general charging up a hill with troops in tow come to mind. Or images of a CEO making ...

Leading With Values

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Leading with values is important for the new generation of employees, for finding innovations in underserved markets, and for getting respec...
Monday, March 08, 2010

Communicating for Impact

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Most senior executives are experienced presenters. But even ‘pros’ who just want to put some polish on the silver may underestimate the oppo...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Find a Good Mentor

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This interview with  Meridee A. Moore,  founder of Watershed Asset Management, was conducted by The New York Times. Watershed is a $2 billio...

Top Obama Aide Reflects on Her Life and Leadership

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'Riding down Embarcadero Road Thursday, Valerie Jarrett said she got butterflies in her stomach. Jarrett, a 1978 Stanford graduate, se...
Saturday, March 06, 2010

Andrew Carnegie's Science of Success

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Napoleon Hill was born into poverty in Virginia and began his writing career at the age of 13 as a reporter for a small-town newspaper. He e...

What's the Difference Between a Leader and a Manager?

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When the word leadership is discussed, the manager naturally comes to mind, but managers and leaders are not synonymous. A manager isn’t n...
Friday, March 05, 2010

Leaders Must Display Courage

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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."   Ambrose Redmoon ...

Leadership Lessons from the Movies

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If you haven't seen the movie "The Blind Side" yet, you should go see it while it is still in cinemas.  The story is about a ...
Thursday, March 04, 2010

Leading with Dignity

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The  Financial Times  ran an excellent analysis on February 3rd by Edward Luce concerning the very tight inner circle—just four people—that ...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Leading by Collaborating

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Vineet Nayar is the chief executive of HCL Technologies, an I.T. services company based in India. To help bridge the gap between ceo and the...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Tiger Woods

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Tiger Woods’ news conference recently revealed that he is a long way from completing his journey toward healing himself and his personal lif...
Monday, March 01, 2010

'Shall Be Done'

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Do you know what Greatness is?

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It was watching Canada’s Joannie Rochette, win the Bronze medal in women’s skating in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Actually, it wasn’t just tha...