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We Value Leaders More Than Managers

The Horizons Tracker

The precise difference between managers and leaders has been a topic of discussion in the leadership community for many decades, and the conversations often reveal a clear preference for the seemingly sexier task of leadership over the bean-counting that so often encompasses managerial administration. Overvaluing leadership.

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How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change

Michael Lee Stallard

In early 2004, just nine months after completing treatment for breast cancer, my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. Article Published by SmartBrief Sometimes life lessons come from surprising places.

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3 Unexpected Apps for Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Search on the term “Leadership App” and your web browser will explode. Dumped in front of you will be a plethora of articles from famous outlets like INC Magazine , private leadership mobile apps from stalwarts like Dale Carnegie , and Google and iTunes store links to leaderships apps in dizzying amounts.

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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. He has been described by business leaders and the media as one of the greatest thinkers and nonfiction writers of his generation. He is the top ranked leadership blogger by Huffington Post.

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Leadership is About Engagement

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership is About Engagement by Kevin Eikenberry on December 29, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Relationships Ok, this title should be self evident, especially to long time readers of this blog.

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President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

To reinforce one of the most important of all leadership qualities – that of being other focused. Tagged as: other focus , President Reagan , Ronald Reagan Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil Next post: Been Promoted? I reprise it today for three reasons.

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Learn to Teach. Teach to Learn

In the CEO Afterlife

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. With the emergence of social media, the leverage of creativity is immeasurable. But look at the opportunities – online marketing, social media, niche products and services, specialization, the list goes on.