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Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

Rich Gee Group

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great. What was the result?

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight. Don't just take my word for it, Mike Vardy is a believer in leadership books as well. If you read, absorb, and apply the advice in these best leadership books, they will help you.

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GUTSY Is As GUTSY Does

Women on Business

As I continue to research for my book about GUTSY WOMEN LEADERS have such a sense of pride looking the progress we have made to stand and be counted. If you have not yet read “When Everything Changed” by Gail Collins grab a copy and take the journey back to the time when turmoil was front and center on the world stage.

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn't Great.

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great.

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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

On the other hand, have you ever had a coworker who had an amazing work ethic? In the book Good to Great, legendary business consultant Jim Collins uncovered what it takes for a company to be great. After five years of colossal research, Collins and his team of researchers found something unexpected.

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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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The Pride Paradox

Michael Lee Stallard

Values such as work ethic, excellence and open-mindedness can be cultivated with practice. Some of our favorite books deal with this topic. Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. Not so with humility.

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