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MARCH 22, 2012

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Granted, this article appeared in 2008 but what it reveals and explains is, if anything, even more relevant — and valuable — than it was [.].

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JUNE 25, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marcus Buckingham for the Harvard Business Review blog.

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MAY 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by William Deresiewicz for his “All Points” column that is featured online by The American Scholar website. “The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Les McKeown for Inc. To read the complete article, please click here. Photo: [.].

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AUGUST 25, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Lencioni for his “Pat’s POV” series featured at his website. To read the complete article, check out all the other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * The Papacy is a singular, unique position, one that can’t really be […]. Bob''s blog entries'

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MAY 4, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dorie Clark for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * What kind of leaders do we need today? Steve [.].

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. To read the complete article, please click here. Koehn that was featured in The New York Times (December 24, 2011).

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MAY 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially thought-provoking and informative article written by Ginny Whitelaw and featured online by Fast Company magazine.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Here is an article written by Margaret Heffernan for BNET (January 27, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * When I meet with CEOs, I like to find out [.].

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JUNE 6, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by George Bradt, a regular columnist at the Forbes magazine website. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger in some areas than others. The secret to making them more productive is to let them play [.]

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MARCH 9, 2011

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET (February 10, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Few historical figures are as divisive and polarizing as Niccolo [.].

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Here is an article written by John Baldoni for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. Note: The photo to the left was taken before the tragic incident about a year [.].

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JUNE 19, 2012

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. Image courtesy of Flickr user Robert Scarth * * * Few historical figures are as [.].

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MARCH 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Isaacson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs [.].

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MAY 7, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article contributed by Liz O’Donnell, founder and creator of the HelloLadies.com website, to The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Boudreau for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * How can companies balance cost pressures with the need to [.].

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Here is an article written by William C. Taylor for BNET (January 19, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * The unexpected news that Steve Jobs will take a [.]

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Glenn Llopis for Forbes in which he explains why he believes that the best leaders are the best problem solvers. To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * With as many […].

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Here is a brief article by Douglas Conant for LinkedIn. To check out a wealth of articles by other thought leaders, please click here. Photo via iStock Photo * * * In a typical day we each have dozens of interactions – with colleagues, with family, with bosses, with friends. As leaders, either in our […].

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JULY 16, 2011

Here is an article about Abz Sharma and David Grant featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. It is based on their article, Narrative, Drama and Charismatic Leadership: The Case of Apple’s Steve Jobs (Subscription or fee required.), that appeared in Leadership magazine (Vol.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steve Lappin on LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Since the sad passing of the visionary Steve Jobs, Apple seems to be losing its magic. Today it made a bold and eye-catching appointment by poaching Angela […].

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AUGUST 16, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Ben Wasserstein for Bloomberg Businessweek. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photograph by Everett Collection * * * “Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work?”

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) Four score and counting, while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights I have read and reviewed most (if not all) of Warren Bennis’ books and most of his articles.

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APRIL 4, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which they explain how and why organizational social-media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage.

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MAY 28, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Goulston for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Disclaimer: It’s probably not a good idea […].

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article written by James Quigley and featured (on October 19, 2011) in The Washington Post’s “On Leadership” roundtable on the best managers in baseball today. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This piece is part of an On Leadership [.].

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from Colin Shaw‘s article for LinkedIn. To read the complete article, check out other superb resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Successful companies have loyal employees. They also have loyal customers.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Leaders are Trained; Developed; Leaders are “Made Ready” A friend sent me this article from Forbes: The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails by Mike Myatt. Here are a couple of important and provocative sentences.

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JULY 24, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Goulston and John Ullmen for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * More than ever before, […].

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APRIL 9, 2011

Here is a recent article from the Drucker Exchange (the Dx), an online resource that hosts an ongoing conversation about bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Baldoni and featured by CNN online. to read the complete article, please click here. * * * Leadership is a choice. Pure and simple When you assume a position of authority, either formally as a manager or informally as a team leader, you make the [.].

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JULY 7, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Data is Worthless if You Don’t Communicate It" "Finding Your Passion In Work: 20 Awesome Quotes" "Nelson Mandela’s Legend: 7 Leadership Lessons" "One Man’s Opinion: The Best Films About Leadership" "Ten Most Popular Articles (3Q 2013)" "Why Your Company Should Use the Kickstarter Model to Innovate Adam Bryant Blogging on Business (..)

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Deanna Hartley for Talent Management magazine. In it, she explains how and why CHRO Kimberly Hauer and her associates help Caterpillar employees to maximize their contributions through leadership development and diversity initiatives — all while maintaining a strategic alignment with the business.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

I read with interest a recent entry in the Lessons in Leadership series, authored by columnist and best-selling author Harvey MacKay, entitled “Benefits to Reading Good Books are Many.&# You can find the complete article in the Saturday, August 20, 2011 edition of the Orange Country Register (p.

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AUGUST 13, 2011

Posner) of The Leadership Challenge. In the brief article that follows, featured by Booz & Company’s strategy+business magazine, he introduces a passage on the importance of remembering where you started that appears in From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership, by Harry M. Jansen [.].

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article co-authored by Joanna Barsh, Josephine Mogelof and Caroline Webb for The McKinsey Quarterly (October 2010).

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JULY 9, 2012

For more, read the article Leadership Is a Conversation. Here is another HBR IdeaCast: A video of an interview with Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind, authors of Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations. Register or sign in by clicking here and you can download this podcast and check out [.].

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