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What Oregon Entrepreneurs Can Teach All Of Us About Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Since I moved to Portland in 2010 I’ve become fascinated with a particular kind of business person – Oregon entrepreneurs. So much so, that last year I started to write nearly as much about them as I did about my first love, leadership. Take care of your teammates. It may cost more, but it pays off.

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Weekly Round-Up: On Team Building, Gratitude and Leadership

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. 5 Transitions Great Leaders Make that Average Leaders Don’t By Mike Myatt, Forbes The secret to leadership is there aren’t any real secrets. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays pull some of the best together here on my blog.

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Hiring and Retention Articles

Chart Your Course

Six Ways to Get Employees out of a Sophomoric Slump Fast Company, June 2014. Recruiting with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Deloitte, May 2010. Hiring and Retention. Talent is Top Priority for CEO’s, Overtaking Managing Risk World at Work, April 2011. Employee Retention statistics. Employee Retention website articles.

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

Curious Cat

Toyota Post Record Profit: Splits $15 million in Pay and Bonus for top 21 Executives (2014). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. Managers Are Not Non-Leaders: Managers Need to Practice Things We Classify as Leadership Traits (2013) *. Circle of Influence (2010) *.

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Acquiring the Entrepreneurial Skills You Need

Great Leadership By Dan

But as an entrepreneur, all the needed skills like leadership, relationship building, etc., Sam Walton, of Walmart fame, began learning and practicing his leadership skills from an early age: playing on sports teams, observing and listening to his job supervisors, and participating in and leading volunteer organizations.

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

Lead Change Blog

All of us are spending more time in meetings than we did five years ago, and this trend is expected to continue (Lee 2010). A guest lecturer in organizational change at Benedictine University, Emily also coached participants in University of Chicago’s Leadership Arts Program. You put a lot of time and effort into meetings.

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Many Aren't Concerned Regarding Work/Life Balance

Coaching Tip

By comparison, 55% of 800 senior executives surveyed worldwide in 2010 by BlueSteps said they didn''t believe their work/life balance was satisfactory. Source: The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2014. . Leadership Development: #1 Priority for Human Resources Leaders. Global executives work an average of 58.5 Related articles.