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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! favorite, most popular) post from 2012, along with why it was the best. Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , picked 3 Ways to Avoid Burnout in Today’s High-Pressure Work Environment. " Mary Jo Asmus picked A Question of Courage.

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How to Use Mentoring to Attract and Retain Talent

Skip Prichard

Beyond the financial implications, consider the additional toll of turnover—the non-quantifiable costs like lost productivity, interview time, lost knowledge, and morale. Recent data suggests that more than 50% of the workforce consists of people born after 1981—Millennials (born 1981-1996) and Generation Z (born 1997-2012).

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

Results from a seven-year study conducted by the Workplace Research Foundation and University of Michigan investigator Palmer Morrel-Samuels, as reported recently in Forbes , confirmed that, as employee morale improves, a firm’s stock price enjoys higher returns.

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A Case Of Mistaken Identity Changed My Life

Lead Change Blog

I credit my altered career path to The Lead Change Group’s book The Character-Based Leader. I was eager to learn from leaders who lived by strong moral and ethical character and was curious to read how so many individuals coming from unique perspectives would write a playbook of cohesive thought. Leadership Touchstones.

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Identifying Root Causes Beats Quick Fixes Every Time

Frank Sonnenberg Online

A 2012 article in The Atlantic talks about the concept of “mismatch” and how, “The student who is underprepared relative to others in that class falls behind from the start and becomes increasingly lost as the professor and his classmates race ahead. Additional Reading: You Deserve It, But… Moral Character Matters.

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3 Thoughts On Making Personal Change In Your Life

Tim Milburn

If you don’t know the history of Mr. Stallone, here’s a brief snapshot: After getting no career traction as an actor in his 20s, Stallone attacked his 30s like any 5’3 man should…He wrote a movie where he was an all-American hero with unbelievable success in sports.

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The Importance of Succession Planning and Talent Management: A CEO’s Perspective

Great Leadership By Dan

Does the leader rightfully stand on the moral high ground? Is it the ability to recognize sources of sustainable competitive advantage? And then, drive execution accordingly? Is it the ability to make tough choices? If you answered all of the above and believe that’s not nearly an all-inclusive list, you’d probably be right.