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LeadershipNow 140: December 2010 Compilation

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Here are a selection of tweets from December 2010: 84% of employees plan to look for a new position in 2011 CNN Money. 2000 Vs. 2010: How the world has changed. The Best Leadership Books of 2010. Fortune : Dumbest moments in business 2010. jowyang I travel to Asia frequently. A Soldier's Journey " by John Durfee.

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Hay Group's 2010 Best Companies for Leadership

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Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. In addition, 90 percent of the Top 20 companies report that people are expected to lead regardless of whether they have a formal position of authority, compared to only 59 percent of other companies.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

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When we are truly taking ownership, we speak from a position of knowledge about what’s in our own minds and are clear about what we don’t fully know. We had a very positive quarter with 10 percent growth in sales.”. Who’s to say that the 10 percent growth in sales is very positive ? but it goes much deeper than that.

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Who’s the Real Leader in Your Office?

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We rely on backward looking interview questions, or inappropriate personality tests, or letters of reference from those who simply cannot predict how a person will perform in a fundamentally new position. But when the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010, his leadership faced a stiff challenge. At best, it tells only half the story.

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Learn or Die

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Ray Dalio and Bridgewater got onto Hess’ radar after Dalio published his Principles in 2010. (It “The litmus test of a learning organization is being receptive to information that goes against the established way and a tolerance for failure and mistakes.”

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4 Lessons from the Toyota Crisis

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Toyota Under Fire deals with not only the massive recall of 2009-2010, but also Toyota’s response to the oil crisis and recession. Liker and Ogden describe the Toyota Way as: Face challenges with a clear head and positive energy. Fuel by innuendo and speculation by Congress and some media, it escalated into something it was not.

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Best Leadership Books of 2013

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Sustainable leadership is a direct result of leaders that encourage feedback, listen and act positively on the information they receive to take their leadership effectiveness to the next level. Best Leadership Books of 2010. All of these titles help us to look at ourselves more deeply by asking the right questions.

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