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Leaders Who Lust

Leading Blog

I N 2004, Barbara Kellerman wrote that “the idea that some leaders and some followers are bad, and that they might have something in common with good leaders and followers, has not fully penetrated the conversation or the curriculum” on leadership. Examples: Roger Ailes and Xi Jinping. Lust is a component of human nature.

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When Quitting Is The Right Thing To Do: 7 Lessons From My Brief Poker Career

Terry Starbucker

Back in late 2004, I decided a goal of mine was going to be to play in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Not a bad list of leadership as well as poker lessons, aren’t they? Leadership' You don’t know what kind of hand your going to be dealt, but once you get the cards, it’s still up to you to play them.

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When Your Company Has a Problem It Can’t Ignore

Harvard Business Review

Did you notice how quickly the Ray Rice story turned into the Roger Goodell story? All eyes were on Goodell, the Commissioner of the NFL, to step up, assert the League’s values, and provide the leadership needed. A lot still depends on the leadership abilities of Barra and her top team. Crisis management Ethics Leadership'

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How Jamie Dimon Became a Risk Factor

Harvard Business Review

Roger Lowenstein stated on HBR.org that it''s to keep an eye on the CEO on behalf of shareholders. That Dimon, who had only been at Bank One for four years when it merged with JPMorgan Chase in 2004, was able to steer this ungainly creature safely through the financial crisis was a spectacular accomplishment.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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Media Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business Review

My experience working as a communications director for Howard Dean during the 2004 Democratic presidential primary campaign drove this point home. But when Roger Mudd asked Kennedy a simple question — "Why do you want to be president?" — and the Democratic candidate couldn't answer, his momentum nosedived.

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