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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Today I present our final post in this year’s Leadership Padawan Saturday series, Growing Leadership in Kids. On Monday, I return to our normal leadership fare. Today I offer a guest post from Eric Dingler, a great example of a Thermostat leader. Eric has been the Director and lead communicator for an expanding Christian summer [.] The post Thermostat or Thermometer?

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

“It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps that his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small” -Dr. Seuss This time of year we may call them “the grinch,” but you [.] The post How To Melt A Grinch’s Heart appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

The first time it happened, I was devastated. After all the hard work on building relationships… All that investment in the team… All that transparency… All that work to create a level-less organization… Why had my direct report team started holding “secret” meetings without me? Why was that necessary? What was I doing wrong?

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

The same mentor that jokingly told me, “always follow an idiot” also smiled and said, “and always leave an idiot as your successor.” I’ve seen it go both ways. It’s painful to watch your team’s hard work unravel. For the last week, we’ve been talking about Building Results that Last Beyond Your Tenure, including, Building a [.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

If you’ve taken a college course on leadership, you likely went through the evolution of thinking on leadership… including “trait theory.” I won’t begin to debate all that as I did back in college, or as I had my freshman debate in my classes. Unless you want to chat about traits… please feel free to [.] The post A Fresh Take on Leadership Traits appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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