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Scaling Leadership

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How do senior leaders, in their own words, describe the most effective leaders--the ones that get results, grow the business, enhance the culture, and leave in their wake a trail of other really effective leaders? After surveying more than one million leaders worldwide, co-authors Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams have drawn on their research to define leadership that works, in their upcoming book SCALING LEADERSHIP.

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Hidden Brilliance

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"I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then." Lewis Carroll. We grow in tiny bursts of new awareness that push us forward until the next lesson comes along. If we miss or ignore these lessons, we don't get to pass GO or collect $200. We get the lesson served back to us by the universe until we master that level. As you gain new awareness about yourself and how you placed inordinate value on accomplishment, you have a big "A-ha!

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Leadership Skills that Inspire!

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Over his four decades focusing on high-level executives, Fred Halstead has come to recognize and understand the distinguishing traits of high-performing leaders. In "Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results" , Halstead emphasizes the power and payoff of sharpening fundamental leadership abilities, including: Listening actively. Asking more on-target.

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Seek, Seed, and Scale Innovation

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Leaders today responsible for revenue growth and competing effectively know that real innovation requires moving beyond known business models, towards customer insight-driven opportunities for value and growth that sustain businesses and brands. THE CHANGE MAKER'S PLAYBOOK is for leaders who understand that the world is changing in ways that will affect their mission and bottom line.

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Executive Peer Networks

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"There's a huge difference between networks and networking," says author James Millar. "Networking is often desperate and transactional; whereas networks are groups of peer we trust.". While few enjoy "networking," many crave authentic conversations with peers, clients, and key stakeholders. The pace of change is accelerating, and executives need peer groups more than ever to understand what others are thinking and doing.

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CONSCIOUS

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We live in a world of accelerating change that we can either tune out and avoid, or evolve with, lead and transform by awakening and expanding our minds with heightened awareness. In "CONSCIOUS: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life" author and psychologist Bob Rosen, PhD and Emma-Kate Swann argue that the state of mind most needed today is not mindfulness,which recharges us, but an awareness that can empower us to adapt to and even lead change.

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Smart as You Think?

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People who complete more formal schooling tend to be more intelligent than those who don't. IQ tests are designed so that the mean, median and mode are essentially the same, so there's no way that two-thirds of people can be above average. Most people really do think they are pretty smart. . Does this mean they are irrational about their own intelligence?

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