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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? A Practical Guide For First Time Leaders and the People Who Support Them. Along with balance, great leaders must know themselves in order to lead others. For this to happen, you must love your constituents.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

There are many so-called management gurus in today’s politically correct world who would take great exception to what I’m putting forth in today’s post. They would tell you that the classic strong leadership traits that define our nation’s best military leaders are outdated and they don’t display a proper amount of empathy and compassion.

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Lessons for Leaders from Decisions that Changed History

Skip Prichard

I draw out five lessons: All leaders in my book had an overarching goal that guided their lives—that is, they all possessed hedgehog qualities—even if that overarching goal was sometimes formulated only late(r) in their lives. Most of the leaders in my book combined the qualities of the hedgehog and fox—they were eagles. What are you?