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The Top 3 Corporate Communication Mistakes of 2013

leaderCommunicator

You may remember that we weighed in on some public leadership and communication fails throughout the year in our Hit or Miss’ive column , but there were more. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s firing of a Patch employee and subsequent apology. Armstrong ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director , Abel Lenz, in front of everyone.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! Each of the leadership bloggers below were asked to submit their best (i.e., I'd say that's pretty darn efficient leadership development. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post.

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5 Tips to Increase Workplace Engagement

Great Leadership By Dan

Though he did not live to see it, the steps of Neil Armstrong made his dream a reality. Read his blog at impactfulcoaching.com/blog and his new leadership book, " Becoming the New Boss.". When President Kennedy presented a vision for the space program, he did not indulge in complex verbiage. He kept things simple.

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The 7 Most Crucial Words JFK Used About His Moonshot

Skip Prichard

Commander Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins returned safely from what seemed like an impossible trip. Real success is not always the big-media moment when everyone is watching. Neil Armstrong. It mattered to the astronauts, their families and an anxious nation. The date was July 24 th. Only then were John F.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

That was the approach of a national media organization with their January 2nd leading headline story: “If you thought 2022 was bad, wait until you see what 2023 has in store for the economy.” there will never be another war in Europe,” “Social Media? Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

Being a new author, you don’t really know what to expect in terms of book sales, marketing efforts, media exposure, translation rights, etc. And I now have the opportunity to speak to audiences all over the world about the power of storytelling as a leadership tool — all very humbling for a book that started out as a weekend writing project.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The five suggestions I put forward in this post have leadership as the core, though I don’t dwell on leadership per se.