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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

One extremely successful leader who understands the importance of this best practice is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. As head of the U.S. The post Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014 appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.

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Go Green by Harnessing the Cloud – Why Data Centers Powered By Renewable Energy Are Key To Reducing Carbon Emissions

CEO Insider

President Biden has set an ambitious goal: reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. If CEOs are not equally ambitious in their approach to running their companies then Biden’s objective is in jeopardy and such an outcome invites invasive government regulation.

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Ken Melrose Completes His Service on Earth

Modern Servant Leader

Billion when he retired in 2005. However, as Ken said in his book, the financials were merely by-products of doing what was right: Everyone has the potential to contribute to achieving the goals of the company. When he took over as president in 1981, Toro was on the brink of bankruptcy.

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Servant Leadership: Each of Us Has an Opportunity to Serve

Joseph Lalonde

Of course, there are traditional organizational leadership responsibilities that involve goals and objectives, but if you think beyond those confines, you’ll realize that everyone is a leader— you are a leader—unless you’re stranded on an island by yourself!

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Overpromise, then Overdeliver – Your Customer Service Reminder of the Day (insight from Rick Berrera)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s a book from 2005: Overpromise and Overdeliver: The Secrets of Unshakeable Customer Loyalty by Rick Barrera. He writes: If unshakeable loyalty is your goal, overpromising and overdelivering should be your methodology. And then he […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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Cognition and Mindfulness: Thinking About Our Thinking

The Practical Leader

In 2005, Beck met the Dalai Lama to compare the core principles of cognitive therapy with Buddhism. Goals: Serenity, Peace of Mind, Relief of Suffering. University of Pennsylvania psychology researcher, author, and professor, Martin Seligman, built on Beck’s work to lay the foundation for Positive Psychology. Altruism vs. Egoism.

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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

Management has no choice but to anticipate the future, to attempt to mold it, and to balance short-term and long-range goals. In creating the future, Drucker told me in a 2005 interview, seven months to the day before his death, that “knowledge work… is just beginning to be affected by new technology and overall by new concepts.

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