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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: Great Leadership. Source for Nos.

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Quality? Excellence? What?

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality? I was casually discussing quality and excellence with one of my old friends. We were exchanging our ideas on these topics, when I realized that he used the words quality and excellence interchangeably. In my view, quality is a route to excellence. Excellence?

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Happy Diwali 2009

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Happy Diwali 2009 It’s that time of the year when our hearts are filled with love and warmth – I wish all readers of this blog, a “VERY HAPPY DIWALI”. Time to Celebrate By Tanmay , October 20, 2009 @ 1:29 pm Thanks for stopping by and commenting Becky! Becky Robinson´s last blog.

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Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons When a project is executed, a plan is established. But the core point is missed – and that is quality of the planning itself. Unfortunately, we invest very little effort in verifying the quality of the plan itself. (In

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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

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Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information.

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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill.

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