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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to converse with Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. They kept solving those unsolvable problems,” Armstrong added, “until one day, there I was—walking the lunar surface.”. Making the Impossible Possible. And here we are, a little over fifty years later.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Anne Perschel , from Germane Insights, picked Dear CEO: What's Your 400 Year Business Plan? Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , picked 3 Ways to Avoid Burnout in Today’s High-Pressure Work Environment. " Mark Stelzner , from inflexionadvisors , picked 5 Career Lessons From The Road. "I What should I do?

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

I was with Cactus at a remote for Armstrong-Johnson Ford. That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. The out-cue was to describe the 1959 Ford model. Whatever measure you give will be the measure that you get back.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Mark Timm, CEO of Ziglar Family. Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. Alinka Rutkowska, CEO of Leaders Press. Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Tom Ziglar, Ziglar Inc.

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To Make Innovation Stick, Try Trying

Harvard Business Review

This line from Businessweek''s Susan Berfield is a darned good summary of what went wrong for Barnes & Noble and its former CEO, William Lynch. We''ve already bid our goodbyes to stable careers in manufacturing (and, well, long and stable careers in almost everything). Worth a try, at least. —Andy O''Connell. Innovation'

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Well-intentioned talent management systems are frequently to blame for undermining the quality of career conversations. Randy Conley , from Leading with Trust, runs for a TD with Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong. Miami Dolphins. Dallas Cowboys. This blog post discusses the "I-Thou" leadership style.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. Its CEO (John Y. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). He told me that I must think like a world-class visionary, grow into the role and not just remain a radio DJ. Colonel Sanders died in 1979.