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25 Great Leadership Development Quotes

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There are a gazillion sites and books full of leadership quotes, so I’ve never been too inspired to duplicate what’s already out there. However, I did enjoy combing through all of those sites and picking out what I thought to be the 25 best leadership development quotes. Use these to introduce your next leadership development program, build the business case for leadership development, inspire your coaching clients, motivate your employees, or just inspire yourself to develop further as a leader

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20 Signs That You Can’t Trusted as a Leader

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“Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.”. - Leadership Guru Warren Bennis. “In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved.”. - Duke Basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski. “If I can’t trust you, then I can’t work with you – end of story.”. - Leadership Blogger Dan McCarthy.

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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: 10 Inspirational Examples of Epic Failure and Resiliency

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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.". ~ Confucius. Leadership development and failure go hand in hand. By its very nature, development involves trying new things, often in the form of “stretch assignments” in order to challenge yourself and learn new skills. It’s inevitable that in the process of learning, you’re bound to fall down and skin your knee.

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Walk the Talk: Four Tips to be an Extraordinary Leader

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Guest post by Thomas J. Walter: It’s common knowledge that there are two kinds of leaders, those who speak and those who do. Those who speak are referred to as “vocal leaders,” and those who do are referred to as “servant leaders,” though the title of the latter is frequently off-putting to business leaders of self-proclaimed high stature. While leaders with excellent communication and motivational skills are often praised for these skills, they’re not the only component to being an effective le

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How to be a Leader in a Crappy Culture

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It’s easy to be a great leader in a company that values leadership, develops leaders, and is full of role model leaders to earn from. You’ve seen the lists: 2011 Top Companies for Leaders. The Top 20 Best Companies for Leaders. 40 Best Companies for Leaders 2012. 25 Top Companies for Leaders. These companies, while not perfect, tend to have great hiring and promotional practices, and invest in succession planning and leadership development.

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10 Simple "Truths" about Management vs. Leadership

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?. Taylor discovers the truth about the Planet of the Apes, 1967. ?1. Management and leadership are not the same. Not all leaders are managers and not all leaders are managers. You can be good at one and lousy at the other, or you can be good or bad at both. 2. *Managers plan and budget, organize and staff, control and solve problems, and produce predictability and order. 3.

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10 Essential Leadership Models

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While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. These are the tried and true models that have shifted my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership moments for others. Mind you, I’m not a scholar, so the models I favor tend to be simple, practical, and I have to had seen evidence that they are effective.

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