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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy). He is also founder of Orphan Epidemic, a nonprofit created to bring awareness to orphans all over the world. After confering with the elders and leaders in the town, she was told that it cost money to go to school.

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Best Leadership Books of 2010

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The way forward will mean reviewing a lot of overly familiar ideas like, “self-awareness is critical to a good leader” because those are the things we forgot or were maybe never taught. Bury My Heart at Conference Room B : The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers by Stan Slap. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have consistently espoused the value of walking the floor, dropping in for meetings on an impromptu basis, proactively engaging key stakeholders, and any number of other items that focus on raising your awareness. Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Let there be light!

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Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr

The Recovering Engineer

Today, I had the chance to see Cal Ripken, Jr speak at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Just in case you don’t know him, he played many seasons with the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Most of my older posts can be found at.

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If You've Got Something To Say, Stand Up and Say It

The Recovering Engineer

Likewise, at the booths where people sat and waited for the conference attendees to approach them, nothing happened. So, here’s a big lesson I learned while working an exhibit hall booth at ASTD 2010 in Chicago: If you’ve got something to say, stand up and say it. Most of my older posts can be found at.

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Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to.

The Recovering Engineer

Learn More… Comments 2 Responses to “Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to Remember&# Rich DiGirolamo says: September 23, 2010 at 3:52 pm Guy, Good points. I just spoke at a conference where members from a local town were raffling off a vacation home to help raise training dollars. Makes no sense.

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Eliciting Excellence – A Great Online Learning Opportunity

The Recovering Engineer

The conference is called Eliciting Excellence , and the organizer is Michael Beck. Michael has put together a wide range of leadership experts that you can learn from without leaving your office and without rushing to fit it into your schedule. Most of my older posts can be found at.

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