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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students. But wait, there’s more!

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Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). At a tough juncture in Doug Conant’s career that person was Neil MacKenna. It ultimately reframed his view of leadership and prepared him for bigger roles.

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The Business Value Of Joy (And Just Getting Things Done)

Terry Starbucker

Rich has a fascinating backstory – he found his career calling at age 13, when he typed in a two-line program into a Teletype and the computer came back and typed back “HI RICH”. Leadership More Human Podcast' magazine. Here’s a link to the podcast if you can’t see or use the embed below).

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On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. He was smart enough to understand that the company needed people in a new project that was to be developed on a totally different technology. Related Posts at QAspire.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

Perhaps this was not the best initial career move. He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. This was from 3Q1996 to when I quit in 2001.

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Can You See What I See?

Lead Change Blog

Using this as their premier presentation forum, these executives mapped out in stories and pictures staged changes that would be made over the course of a few years to keep the company solvent, productive, and thriving, not just surviving. If you remember the eras of 1987 or 2001-2002 or 2007-2008 your experience might be similar.

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Do You Ask Enough Questions?

Lead Change Blog

Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. One summer during college, I handled reservations for a rafting company. My goal was simply to get the highest paying gig I could find, knowing that I could make a career change later. Like water torture. ” I asked.

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