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Preview Thursday: Intelligent Disobedience

Lead Change Blog

At this writing, the pressure to meet numerical performance goals is roiling the entire education profession. As attempts to improve education in the United States began focusing on the results of standardized tests to measure student, teacher, and school success, the pressure magnified at all levels to do the wrong thing.

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The ‘why’ of sales and selling will lead you to be the wise salesperson.

Strategy Driven

I sat in a Jim Rohn seminar one day in 1995 and heard him say, “Formal education will earn you a living. Self-education will earn you a fortune. You decide how much of a fortune you want to earn by how willing you are to self-educate.”. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Why it Pays to be a Contrarian

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He has university degrees in accounting, law, education, and professional writing. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Management & Leadership Practices for Professionals Alan Fox business leadership business management contrarian devil''s advocate strategydriven'

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 6 of 6

Strategy Driven

Leadership Role #5: Managing the Action Cycle. Poor communication of expectations is a frequent source of breakdown in leadership. Despite the fact that these two roles – leadership and management – can be mutually exclusive, leaders are ultimately responsible for the actions of the whole organization. part 6 of 6 !

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The Final Piece to the Quality Hire Puzzle

Strategy Driven

For instance, did you know that 53 percent of all job applications contain inaccurate information and that 34 percent of all application forms contain outright lies about experience, education, and ability to perform essential functions on the job? Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

Strategy Driven

Yet, less than 2 percent of all professionals have had formal education or learning to understand and improve listening skills and techniques. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Name and address information required. Consider leaving a comment!

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The Big Picture of Business – The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success

Strategy Driven

Education-Growth – Didn’t know any better. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. We learn three times more from failure than from success. The longer that success takes to attain has a direct relationship to how long we will hold onto it.