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15 Lessons from 5 Years of Lead Change Group

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In late March, 2009, after 4 months of thinking and planning, I decided to start a leadership consulting business named the Lead Change Group. So on March 30, 2009, I went to the LinkedIn Groups section and clicked [.] I also decided to create a group on LinkedIn to connect with like-minded folks and potential prospects.

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The Building Inspectors, The Doctor, and Choosing Responsibility

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Breathless tells the story of Lillian Chason, a college freshman who became seriously ill after falling sick with the H1N1 flu in 2009. Lillian Chason passed away on December 16, 2009. Anthony Charles, which was the opposite of the building inspectors in New Orleans. She ended up at the University of North Carolina Medical Center.

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5 Not-Quite-Rocket-Science Ways to Build Leadership Trust

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Posted in Leadership Development This statistic stopped me cold: 60% of the participants in a 2009 international study trusted a stranger more than they trusted their boss. Yikes, how sad. In doing a quick mental tally of bosses I’ve had, unfortunately this figure didn’t seem too far off my experience.

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5 Levers to Raise the Importance of the Group

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Mauboussin in October 2009. “There is a tendency to prize a few standout individuals while ignoring how much they draw on their surrounding systems of support,” wrote HBR journalist Michael J. His words were pulled from an article advocating the … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Every Day An Idea

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Thank you, Mike Henry, for starting the Lead Change Group in 2009, and Becky Robinson, for shepherding it to this point since you purchased it in 2012. If you are a Lead Change Group reader—of long-standing or a recent arrival—visit the archives to see what you may have missed or should refresh yourself on.

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Space Leadership Comes Before Selfies

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Can you imagine how foreign tweeting must have seemed back in 2009? Leaders Tackle the Unknown. You know what Mike Massimino was the first astronaut to do? He was the first astronaut to tweet from space. But he did it, and it changed his world, made him exponentially more recognizable, and helped him indulge his passion for explaining space.

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3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning

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What’s more, in 2009 a change occurred as “three-quarters of CEOs and small business owners stated that they viewed the quality of online education programs to be on par with traditional degree programs, refuting arguments that online courses and programs would not be recognized by employers.” ( source ). percent from the previous fall.”.

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