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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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Retain Talent Through a Concrete Corporate Culture

Coaching Tip

Moreover, attracting and retaining talent is “at the top of the agenda” for CEOs, according to the 2011 Annual Global CEO Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Armstrong is a principal at Kahler Slater, a global architecture, design, and consulting enterprise specializing in Total Experience Design™. By Barbara T.

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To Make Innovation Stick, Try Trying

Harvard Business Review

Why do some innovations flourish while others flounder? Atul Gawande tackles this question in The New Yorker , using the medical field — arguably one of the places where innovation is most important, given its life-saving capabilities — as ground zero. You have to use mentorship to make an innovative idea the norm.

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

How do the best CEOs confront that challenge? For 10 years, I worked as a consultant to John Emery, CEO of Emery Worldwide, now part of UPS. Recently, I watched two CEOs handle similar situations. Repeatedly Armstrong told his staff that anyone not fully invested in Patch should leave. .” Focus on the future.

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas. For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Use catchy words. Take time to carefully craft a few messages with catchy words.

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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. Alinka Rutkowska, CEO of Leaders Press. Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. Kevin Kruse, CEO of LEADx.org. Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Tom Ziglar, Ziglar Inc. Palmer, which inspire me.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Sharlyn Lauby , from HR Bartender, gets a big hit with Your Company’s Next Innovation Will Be the Result of Empathy. Randy Conley , from Leading with Trust, runs for a TD with Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong. Miami Dolphins. I’ve seen a couple of blog posts recently about the need to restore empathy.