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Leaders, What's Your Vocation?

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  Dr. Taylor crafted a 70 year vocation as a jazz performer and educator.    (If you do nothing else, just click on it and let it play while you multitask.   As gifted a performer as he was, his leadership and vocation really came as an educator.    He was a radio and TV host starting in the 1950’s. 

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Video Book Club: Leading Minds

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It’s by Harvard education professor Howard Gardner and it’s captivating and thought provoking. Gardner shares a number of case studies of public and non-public leaders to identify the characteristics they all share. In the video clip, I share my big take away from Leading Minds. It’s about stories.

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What Am I Supposed To Be Learning From This?

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. | Main | Video Book Club: The Discipline of Market Leaders » June 21, 2010 What Am I Supposed To Be Learning From This? It was a stressful, but educational experience. A long time ago in a land far away, I worked for a year as a first year associate in a now defunct Wall Street investment bank. What did I learn? Lots of things.

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The Joy of Facts

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Posted by Scott Eblin on October 04, 2010 in Books , Current Affairs | Permalink Technorati Tags : facts , health care , health care reform , life expectancy , Patrick Moynihan , T.R. Posted by: Pisac | November 01, 2010 at 12:21 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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Driving School for Leaders

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That’s pretty much where Brad is in his driver education right now although he’s doing a great job of managing his discomfort. Posted by: Jennifer Tucker | August 09, 2010 at 05:54 PM Hi Jenny - So you have some very cutting edge parents in terms of driver education. Have fun and don’t forget to buckle up.

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Lessons from the TSA on Communicating Change

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Posted by Scott Eblin on November 23, 2010 in Current Affairs , Leadership | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Lessons from the TSA on Communicating Change : Comments I do feel for them, Scott. (not   If anything, it was faster. Your comment could not be posted.

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Requirements for Earning Your Leadership Merit Badge

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Magazine | Main | 2010 Has Been A Pretty Good Year for Elon Musk » December 08, 2010 Requirements for Earning Your Leadership Merit Badge Last week, while teaching at Georgetown’s leadership coaching program ,  I was reminded of something that shaped me as a kid and a leader that I haven’t thought of in a long time.