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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. It became required reading in business school classes. Yet, 40 years later, few now speak of the book. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Perhaps it’s time for In Search of Excellence to find a new audience.

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065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact

Engaging Leader

In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: Management Influence 2.0: Leadership Influence 3.0: Management Influence 2.0: Leadership Influence 3.0: Please submit your comments below!

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The Signs Of Provocative Leadership

Lead Change Blog

I was recently in a meeting with the leadership development director of a large manufacturing company. The topic was the company’s leadership development training program. Participants sit through classes chock full of models and instruments with a few clever games thrown in and come out a trained leader.

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From predictability to potential

Persuasive Powerhouse

Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. The children that Ms.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, if you examine failed leaders as a class you’ll find that a lack of love, misplaced love, or misguided love were a contributing cause of said failures, if not the root cause. Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? What do you think? Alex Good One!

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Why Leaders Need To Show Humility

Tanveer Naseer

In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.” Just as high-trust organizations are careful not to hire Louis XIV imitators, they also avoid treating employees like second-class citizens.

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Embrace Wild Thinking to Grow Your Business

Skip Prichard

I spoke with Nick about their research and their book, WILD THINKING: 25 Unconventional Ideas To Grow Your Brand and Your Business. Your book poses thoughtful questions. The book is best approached with an open mind and a degree of humor and humility. It’s your job to inspire your customers – not merely to meet their needs.”

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