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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! In today's job market you need to be ambitious and driven if you don't want to get pushed out by others who spot gaps that could have been filled by you.". Lakshman Rajagopalan presents What can you do about a culture of Mistrust… posted at Learning Curves.

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When People Don't Know. a Guest Post from Steve Roesler

Kevin Eikenberry

&# What To Do In the absence of either or both of those factors, effective leaders become directive: They tell people what to do, show them how to do it, bring them along the learning curve, and don’t back off until the level of performance required can be achieved without close leadership.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today. The new paradigm: Time is your enemy.

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To Grow a Digital Business, Learn from the Startup Community

Harvard Business Review

WPP, the world’s largest marketing-services company, has bought more than 400 digital businesses over the past decade, and it gives them sufficient autonomy that they continue to grow; around 40% of the company’s revenues now come from digital offerings. Some industries, meanwhile, are way back on the learning curve.

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How to Pick a Co-Founder

Harvard Business Review

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. But a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2011.

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