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Tenacity in 2012

Lead on Purpose

Successful people share several common traits; tenacity is at the top. Think about your favorite athlete, actor, business leader, or other successful person and you’re sure to find tenacity as one of their defining characteristics. To run a successful marathon you have to spend ample time (months or more) preparing.

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2012 Women in Business and the Gender Gap Research and Statistics

Women on Business

With that in mind, I went through all of the research-related articles published on Women on Business during 2012 and pulled together 20 articles that provide the most compelling data. Let’s hope the numbers continue to change for the positive in 2013 so companies hire and promote powerful, diverse teams and leaders. Fortune 500?s

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Why Understanding Gen Z Is Your Leadership’s Next Big Step

Lead from Within

These digital natives, born between 1997 and 2012, are poised to make a significant impact on the workplace. By understanding Gen Z’s values and needs, you can elevate your leadership and your organization’s success. As we navigate the ever-changing evolution of the workforce, the spotlight is now on Generation Z.

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Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934-2012

Leading Blog

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. On Success. Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat. Stormin' Norman' led the coalition forces to victory, ejecting the Iraqi Army from Kuwait and restoring the rightful government. On Leadership Development. Because you learn how not to do it.

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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. The results were part of the NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. What if you have an introvert interviewing candidates for a sales manager position; or an extrovert interviewing people for an analyst’s position?

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Lead Change Blog

In the years since The Secret originally appeared on bookstore shelves, over 500 thousand copies have been sold to leaders and learners around the world, and several additional books have been published in this leadership series, including The Secret of Teams (2011), Great Leaders GROW (2012), and The Heart of Leadership (2013).

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The May, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Miki Saxon from MAPping Company Success presents Ducks in a Row: When Stupid Invades the Culture. Many of these individuals follow a series of intentional steps to career success to secure promotions. The old ways that leaders got to be in their position are being slowly eroded. Is that such a bad thing?