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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Leaders vs. Managers

Great Leadership By Dan

Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. A community (or nation) that rates high on conformity is less likely to be adaptive, innovative, and probably even viable. Managers work toward goals, ideals, and outcomes--that others largely have set or prescribed. Over 500 posts, woo hoo! Approaches?

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The Lean Startup: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries Crown Business (2011) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Leadership Lessons from Sparky Anderson

Kevin Eikenberry

Jack Welch had some of it, but the sports coaches were a law unto themselves. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! They had a no-nonsense integrity that is often lost in the slickness of modern business.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. What are you so busy doing that you don’t have time to build better relationships with precisely those individuals and groups who can help you achieve your goals and objectives? Thanks for sharing!

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

GM’s Vice President of global engineering, John Calabrese, told reporters that Barra’s goal was to encourage collaboration — and to show that they could have a little fun at the same time. Bringing teaming into an organization plagued by legacy routines and mindsets is critical to reviving innovation and employee engagement.

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