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Imperfect Leadership

Coaching Tip

In a 2012 study of 361 top-level executives from 53 countries, by the Center of Creative Leadership, 19% of respondents stated that leaders are born to lead, while 52% believed that leaders are created; 29% said that both factors are equally important. Leadership is a skill, similar to playing a musical instrument.

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From The Bench To The Boardroom

Eric Jacobson

When leaders hire, which skills (enthusiasm, organization, good work habits, ethics, loyalty, leadership, sales) of the interviewee are most important and why? MacDonald has served as non-executive chairman of the board of Medifast, a weight-loss products company, since January 2018.

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Time Management Strategies for Small Businesses

Coaching Tip

John Oechsle joined Swiftpage in July 2012 and currently serves as president and chief executive officer. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide (ebook $.99). Self-Coaching books to help you and your employees better manage time: . . Women and Time (ebook for $.99 99). .

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Fujifilm Succeeded Where Kodak Failed

Coaching Tip

After I left Kodak, as a marketing specialist, to take a new leadership position in another industry in 1973, Fujifilm's technology was catching up with Kodak's and by the 1980s Fujifilm had technically surpassed Kodak in nearly all varieties of film. In 2012, Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy. Can't Get Enough Leadership.

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Are You Clinging to the Wrong Strategy Style?

Coaching Tip

Source: Harvard Business Reveiw, September 2012. John Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership (ebook formats at $2.99) John G. Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership: Self Coaching Secrets (Paperback at $28.99). Matching strategic styles to the marketplace provides an advantage over competitors who don't.

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Creating a Great Rest of Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

” If you’re the chief executive officer of a publicly traded, multibillion-dollar corporation, you can’t stand up and share your existential angst with the world. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has just been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read.

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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP HAVE HIGHER COMPETENCIES THAN MEN

Coaching Tip

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), a single source of leadership and talent consulting services, is highlighting research that finds while women rate higher in overall competencies for senior leadership positions, they lack key career experiences that tend to give men an edge up on promotions at the most senior levels of organizations. .