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Help Your Team Become More in 2014

Let's Grow Leaders

.” -John Quincy Adams My eyes are crossing and my neck is twitchy after 27 conference calls to finalize our 2014 Performance Agreements. Related Stories Winning When the Troops are Tired Staying the Leader You Must Be The Danger of Knowing Exactly What You Want.

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December 2014 Carnival of HR

Lead Change Blog

As 2014 comes to a close, do you feel like you are on a Tilt-A-Whirl? We relaxed the usual requirement that a post should be no more than two weeks old, so that people could share their favorite books of 2014. Here are five standout attractions: The Year in Review: Lessons From 2014 Books. There are so many choices.

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Are You Falling for the Myth of "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail"?

Great Leadership By Dan

Gleb Tsipursky: You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to plan for the best-case outcomes, ignoring the high likelihood that things will go wrong. In turn, a 2014 study of IT projects found that only 16.2%

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LeadershipNow 140: December 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from December 2014 that you might have missed: 50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education via @teachthought. The Best of Marshall Goldsmith 2014 by @coachgoldsmith. HBR: The Big Lie of Strategic Planning by Roger Martin. Steering Clear of “Flailure” by @ArtPetty. FT: Thirteen traits of true innovation.

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2014 Reflections: The Path of my Life and Business

Lead Change Blog

The story of my 2014 can only be told if I look back six months prior. On July 11, 2013, I fell and severely broke both bones in my lower left leg. This alone carried with it lessons and new awareness to last a lifetime and for the first three and a half months of [.]

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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

and planning for America’s response began while the embers of the fire from the terrorist attack still smoldered a short distance away. Review your plans for the week ahead to make certain they are aligned with your Top Five. The post Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014 appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.

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GeneralLeadership.com Growth Plan

General Leadership

Effective immediately, The General Leadership Foundation is launching new venues, new interactions, in a quest to be one of the top leadership sites on the web by the end of 2014. Our promise to you is to establish a daily article publication by the end of 2014. 200-Second Soundbite: Video Spotlights and Audio Podcasts.

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