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LeadershipNow 140: June 2012 Compilation

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Here are a selection of tweets from June 2012 that you might have missed: Engines of Innovation by @wallybock. SonyaShelton: SAP's CIO: You're Putting Your Executive Career at Risk if You're Not Social - Forbes. Two Words of Wisdom that will Change Your Life by @RonEdmondson. Do you make these body language mistakes ? Help us grow!

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Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934-2012

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The highlight of his career was the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm. Secretary of State Colin Powell , who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Desert Storm, recalled Schwarzkopf as "a great patriot and a great soldier." He continued, "Norm served his country with courage and distinction for over 35 years.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2012

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Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go : Career Conversations Employees Want by Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni. Self-Leadership : How to Become a More Successful, Efficient, and Effective Leader from the Inside Out by Andrew Bryant and Ana Lucia Kazan.

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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

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Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Since its 2012 inception, the company has grown into a gazelle with more than two hundred employees. According to the Small Business Administration, about half of all businesses fail within five years ( PDF ). Some statistics show even higher failure rates.

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

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That’s why Fortune ’s editors named it as the ultimate in their 2012 book The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time. Even early in his career, he possessed those qualities, and his reputation only grew throughout his lifetime. Earning $5 a day, Ford’s workers could finally afford to buy that Model T they were making.

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Culture Counts

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He is the former Chief of News and Public Affairs at Stanford University Medical Center and is the author of Real Leaders Don’t Boss (Career Press, 2012) and Leadership Requires Extra Innings (with Second City Publishing Services, 2013). * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

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In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Savvy business owners and executives will recognize their desires for career pathing and customized benefits packages, will find ways to utilize their unique skillsets, and create ways to help this generation visualize a future with their companies.

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