In early November 2011, group member Len White graciously culled through the comments using his company’s Symphony Content Analysis Software that assists with the organization, analysis, and reporting of themes contained in text data. within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey and John C. MORE >>

Southwest Airlines is celebrating its 40th year and was kind enough to share in its in-flight magazine 40 lessons it learned since 1971. The lessons provide good tips for business leaders. If you missed the full list, here are some of the highlights: Invent your own culture and put a top person in charge of it. Simplicity has value. Get Green. MORE >>

When you start reading Mark Thompson’s and Brian Tracy’s latest book called, Now…Build a Great Business! you may feel like you are reading 200 pages of Blog posts, but the bite-sized approach to providing tools, practical steps and ideas, rather than theory, is precisely the authors’ intended approach. Become a great leader 2. MORE >>

It's so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2011 comes to a close. Last year, Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in her business' newsletter. So, here goes.Lynn's year-end advice for leaders: • Do something that you are afraid to do. Run through the fear rather than running away from it. MORE >>

This list of 70 ways to be a more effective leader is one I like to review every couple weeks: 1. Don't micromanage 2. Don't be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Conduct annual risk reviews 7. Be visible 15. MORE >>