Leading Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

J OSEPH BADARACCO PROVIDES A WAY to resolve the inevitable gray areas we will all face from time to time in Managing in the Gray. They are the core of a leaders work. Gray areas demand our best judgment. The five questions provide a way to get there. They are “a distinctive way of sizing up gray area issues, analyzing them carefully, grappling with their full, human complexity, and then—and only then—making final decisions.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

P RINCIPLES ARE WONDERFUL THINGS, because if they are really powerful they can save us enormous effort and stop us going down dead ends. In science and business there are just a few such principles; but whereas most scientists are aware of the beautiful principles in their field, few business people are guided by principles in their daily work, preferring to rely on methods —the next level down.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

You probably have seen the 5 Friends Insights on Business and Life videos. Now they bring you the Five Friends Business Summit on November 2-3, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At this business summit you will receive the same high-level, intensive content usually reserved to the Fortune 500 clients of the Five Friends. The Five best-selling authors, Speaker Hall of Fame recipients, internationally-acclaimed business consultants and best buddies are: Joe Calloway is an expert on branding and competiti

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2016 that you might have missed: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself by @JohnBaldoni. The Attributes of an Effective Global Leader. 5 Leadership Lessons From My Tour Of Chick-Fil-A Headquarters by @JosephLalonde. Three Problems with Top-Down Teams (and How to Fix Them) via @stanfordbiz. Are Your Management Approaches Stifling Thinking?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October. Rock Bottom to Rock Star : Lessons from the Business School of Hard Knocks by Ryan Blair. Simplify : How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed by Richard Koch, Greg Lockwood and Perry Marshall. Becoming a Leader of Character : 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home by James L.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

T ODD DURKIN is one of America's top fitness trainers helping people move beyond their perceived limits from the inside out. The principles he uses in his approach to his work are something all leaders can consider and apply. Durkin brings servant leadership to all that he does. He has been motivating others with his Word of the Week (WOW) since 2011 and has now compiled them in a single book, The WOW Book.

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