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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying "The best bosses revel in helping others succeed". posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On! The fried clams won. I've had readers ask "Why so many?

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. So, with the help of WordPress analytics and content judgment, here’s my list of the top ’CEO Afterlife’ blogs of 2011. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis.

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Leadership Comes in Many Forms. Helping Business Save the Earth.

Great Leadership By Dan

This suggests a new type of leadership – one that Jeff Walker and his coauthors have referred to as “shapers”. Banks can create green bonds and other novel forms of investing in sustainable technologies. Only through collective leadership can we meet the challenges before us. Time is of the essence.

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Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). A bond of connection formed between them that would last until MacKenna passed away almost 20 years later. He felt honored by MacKenna.

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Three Things Every Leadership Offsite Needs - Next Level Blog

Next Level Blog

In twenty plus years of management work and leadership coaching, I’ve been in the room for a few really great offsites and a lot of really awful ones. Here, in my humble opinion, are three things that every leadership offsite agenda has to have: Context: You absolutely have to answer the question, “Why are we here and why does it matter?”

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The Elements of Transformational Leadership

Skip Prichard

Transformational leadership. One of the popular frameworks of leadership is that of transforming leadership. Initially coined by James Downton in 1973 following his research into charismatic leadership, it was influenced largely by Bernard Bass, and his instrumental book Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations (1985).

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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill.

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