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Servant-Leadership 101: Nonpartisan Lesson (Moneyball Movie Example)

Modern Servant Leader

The second-to-last principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Nonpartisan. Billy Beane was manager of the Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team, when their player salary budget was slashed. He knew they could not compete with major budget teams like the Yankees and Red Sox through traditional means.

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Sorry, You've Used Up All of Your Meeting Budget

Next Level Blog

» January 12, 2011 Sorry, You’ve Used Up All of Your Meeting Budget Recently, I spoke about leadership to a group of newly promoted senior managers.   Every manager gets an annual meeting budget.  For instance, let’s say that your budget for meetings this year is $50,000. 

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Budget Cuts Don't Effect Everything

Tim Milburn

Home About SPEAKING RESOURCES Archives CONTACT Budget Cuts Don’t Effect Everything 0 Comments The most overused phrase of the last two years: “In these economic tough times…&# It’s become the preamble to almost every statement that carries bad news. If the economy ain’t good, ain’t nothing else good.

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What’s Wrong with Leadership Training Today?

Leading Blog

“Our familiarity with and disrespect for our leaders,” writes Harvard professor, Barbara Kellerman in The End of Leadership , “coupled with our feeling entitled and being emboldened, saps their authority, which then drains their power and influence.”. Followership is as important a skill as leadership. It’s not that it can’t be done.

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Leading Threat To Successful Strategy Execution? Leadership Skills

Six Disciplines

BTS USA, the global leader in strategic alignment and execution, and The Conference Board announced the results of a strategy and leadership development survey completed at their Leadership Development Conference held in May 2011.

Execution 101
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The Nuts and Bolts of the 1-Page Strategic Plan | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • July 17, 2011Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. The strategic plan is not the annual budget. July 18, 2011 at 11:32 am. The bad news about many NFP's is that they focus on their programmes and budget, not outcomes. July 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm. Leadership.

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Leaders, Your Words Matter

Next Level Blog

If you’re in a position of leadership you have that power. I mention a simple example from my work at [link] Posted by: Klsoren | January 10, 2011 at 03:21 PM Well said! Posted by: Beverly Lewis | January 10, 2011 at 06:35 PM Thanks folks for sharing your thoughts and insights. I will create as I speak. Click Here.