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Ken Melrose Completes His Service on Earth

Modern Servant Leader

The servant-leadership community lost another great example and shepherd this week. Ken Melrose, former chairman and chief executive officer of The Toro Company, passed away Sunday May 3, 2020. I’ve always been grateful for his work in our movement and appreciated his example. Billion when he retired in 2005.

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What Your Organization Really Needs from You: Influence and Impact

Leading Blog

For example, they are decisive when they need to be collaborative. These are just a few examples. Since founding Berman Leadership Development in 2005, he has been a trusted advisor to general managers and C-suite executives across multiple industries. They are direct and blunt when they need to be tactful and patient.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

For example, instead of saying, “That meeting went way too long,” you can say “The meeting ended 20 minutes past schedule. You may value the team and company putting time and resources into successful projects, but don’t want to see the company waste money on failing ones. From that I interpreted [blank]. Is that accurate?”

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Snap Out of It! How To Own The Terms Of Your Success

Terry Starbucker

She spent the first 10 years of her business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers and employees. How to successfully “surf” your fears, and the great example cited in the book.

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Immigrants Create More Jobs Than They Take

The Horizons Tracker

After all, it’s well known that immigrants have a higher proportion of entrepreneurship, and the likes of Sergey Brin and Elon Musk provide high profile examples of entrepreneurial immigrants. “One very large company employs far more people than a large number of relatively small companies,” the researchers explain.

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Research Reveals The Importance Of A Local Supply Of Managers

The Horizons Tracker

The notion of a global executive labor market is widely held, with frequent headlines touting the appointment of top executives to lead companies in far-flung corners of the world. Yet, new findings from Bocconi University suggest that the impact of local managerial talent on company performance is often overlooked.

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Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Developing Leaders

Next Level Blog

The publication date of this post, December 1, 2020, marks the 20 th anniversary of our leadership development company, The Eblin Group. And, by the way, that guy is now Senior Vice President and Treasurer of his Fortune 500 company. I have so many examples of how that works so I’ll share just one. It was a connection.