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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. Ideally that leader has identified and fully trained that person to take on the role at a moment’s notice. Again, I was responsible for training someone to replace me at a moment’s notice.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2011 that you might have missed: @stevefarber: Want to solve the leadership crisis? BobBurg: Positive Persuasion And That All-Important 1/4-Inch Hole. Training Isn’t Dead – But it Should Be by @mikemyatt. Make a commitment to helping each other to help each other.

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

Just as athletes must consistently work out and train to sharpen their fitness, so leaders must consistently work to use and hone EI muscles to sharpen their effectiveness. These are the “star performers” who will step into senior-tier positions in the post-pandemic world. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. 1 Nielsen NC, D’Auria G, Zolley S.

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The Positive Runs Out

The Recovering Engineer

We discussed the webinar, and, as we spoke, I remembered an event from a training class I lead on this topic one time. During the training class, I made the point that only positive reinforcements encourage people to give high-level, maximum effort. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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The January Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2011 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Reason: "This was our most read piece of original content published in 2011". It was also one of The People Equation’s top five most-read posts from 2011.".

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Creating value in 2011

Lead on Purpose

Now that we’re off and running in 2011, let’s explore a few ways to increase our value: Improve skills and knowledge: Instead of hunkering down and running below the radar, take specific actions to improve your skills. Look for opportunities for training. As a product manager you are in a unique position to create value.

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Study Looks At How Low-Income Families Can Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

This data was gathered in eight cities across the United States between 2005 and 2011. Trained experts watched and analyzed moms and dads separately as they spent time with their 3 to 4-year-old kids. The researchers collected information from 1,173 families from different backgrounds and low-income situations.

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