Sat.Nov 03, 2012 - Fri.Nov 09, 2012

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Simplifying Leadership with the 3C Disciplines

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Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I, and others, have been guilty in the past of making leadership so complicated. Both new and current leaders can become overwhelmed with the long lists of leadership “how tos” and “need tos”. How can any leader master all of these? But does great leadership really have to be so complicated?

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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

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There are rich leadership lessons to be learned from politics and sports. Given that I try to avoid politics in this blog, please allow me the indulgence of referencing a headline from my favorite sport to make a point about leadership: Chiefs' Romeo Crennel fires himself. as team's defensive coordinator. For those of you that don’t follow the National Football League (or sports), Crennel is the Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, the worst team in the NFL right now.

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The November, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

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Welcome to the November, 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For you reading pleasure, this month's Carnival offers up a Fall harvest of posts from some of the best leadership bloggers from around the world. There's way too much good stuff to try to read it all in one sitting. Pace yourself - read a few, then come back for more delicious leftovers.