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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

Great Leadership By Dan

Hay Group just released its seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership Study. The Best Companies for Leadership consistently outperform their peers. Over a 10 year period, the Top 20 companies produced a 5.39 Over a 10 year period, the Top 20 companies produced a 5.39 Not at all. nah nah nah nah nah nah!

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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source: Fast Company. Source for Nos.

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Robert Iger's 20 Leadership Lessons

Leading Blog

R OBERT IGER has worked for the same company for forty-five years: twenty-two of them at ABC, and another twenty-three at Disney, after Disney acquired ABC in 1995—the last fourteen of those years, as the CEO of Disney. These priorities have guided the company through all of the growth and acquisitions since he was named CEO.

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Servant Leadership: Each of Us Has an Opportunity to Serve

Joseph Lalonde

Anytime you are trying to influence the thinking, beliefs, or development of another person, you are engaging in leadership. The most effective leaders know that true leadership is about serving and impacting people in a positive way. This is a guest article by Ken Blanchard and originally appeared on the Ken Blanchard Companies Blog.

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3 Studies Prove Servant Leadership Good for Business

Modern Servant Leader

Opponents of servant leadership argue that the concept sounds good, but it just does not work in business. “Show me one study,” they say, “that proves Servant Leadership works for business.” Here are three studies that prove Servant Leadership is good for business: Good Company Index.

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My 10 All-Time Favorite Leadership Posts (chosen by you)

Terry Starbucker

Leadership. I’ve covered a lot of ground (and probed the depths of my head and heart) in my 1,066 posts since December 25, 2005, and what I have gained from it is incalculable. It’s been a journey to the heart of leadership and a tribute to the power of just writing it all down. The more human kind.

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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. Ken was a passionate advocate for servant-leadership at Toro and beyond. That is servant-leadership. That is empathy in action.