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MAY 12, 2011

I look at my calendar and don't see much on so I book them. And my book review of the day. I read Linda Henman's book " Landing in the Executive Chair - How to Excel in the Hot Seat ". Early in the book she talks about self awareness and how that is a critical factor to CEO success. if they are well into the future.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. I had feedback that my blog was turning into just a book review blog. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Book review on Wiki Brands [link] Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. Provides the nessecary tools to master not only effeciency skills, but also effectivness skills.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Interesting article and interesting way to present it. ++ I read an interesting book - Leadership by Choice - Increasing Influence & Effectiveness Through Self Management by Eric Papp. It is a classic self help book with a focus on the leader. Don't try to be clever, be clever. It has some hints and trick on this.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 26, 2010 Social Nation I ran the 4 th annual Turkey trot in Huntington yesterday. I read a great book by Barry Libert - " Social Nation - How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees and Grow Your Business ". Social Nation is one such book for me.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Drowning in Oil Finally we have a touch of winter. I read a gripping book about the BP oil spill in the gulf called Drowning in Oil - BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren Steffy. The book talks about "superficial" safety. Great careers left in ruins.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! But when you look more closely and study their leadership styles, you tend to notice more differences than similarities.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

I read a book " The Intangibles of Leadership - The 10 Qualities of Superior Executive Performance " by Richard Davis. I am a big believer that leadership is mostly about intangibles. It is a good book that provokes thought. The first intangible is wisdom. these conceptions of wisdom miss the mark.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Thursday, January 27, 2011 The Elements of Power It is beautiful here. I read a great book The Elements of Power - Lessons on Leadership and Influence by Terry Bacon. Hence the importance of a book on power. As I read the book, I realized I actually intuitively cultivated many power sources.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. Basil Peters, a famous angel investor wrote a book Early Exits - Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (and maybe not VCs). Thedford is straightforward about why he wrote the book.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

He wrote a book - Talk is Cheap - The Art of Conversation Leadership. In the book, McCann talks about conversation. The book is filled with interesting stories that make it easy to read and really drives points home. Writing a book like this is a natural extension of that marketing. Business soared.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I read Self Leadership - How to Become a More Successful, Efficient, and Effective Leader from the Inside Out by Andrew Bryant and Ana Kazan. This is the difference between leadership and management - leadership is about effectiveness, management is about efficiency. See my post on leadership vs management.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I read a book last night Leadership and the Art of Struggle - How Great Leaders Grow Through Challenge and Adversity by Steven Snyder. And in a way, this book is about successes but those that are preceded by failure. Random snippets from the book(with some of my interpretation): Use adaptive energy. Be centered.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Thursday, December 30, 2010 The 1% Solution New York is still not quite out of the snow. Surprise - I read a book. The book is written storybook style which I hate. But I still thought the book was excellent and made some great points. And the book suggests only working on one area for 30 days.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, December 27, 2010 Wiki Brands According the the NY Time is a good season to forgive. I read an awesome and inspiring book - Wiki Brands - Reinventing Your Company in a Customer-driven Marketplace by Sean Moffitt and Mike Dover. Beautiful snow in NY today. Over a foot. Storm is mostly done now.

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APRIL 15, 2012

And I am way behind on my book reviews so a short one: Gary Burnison wrote The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership. It seems logical he would know a thing or two about leadership not just because he runs his own company but as a recruiter, he would have seen hundreds of leaders. 10 - Communicate - key to all leadership.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

I recently read New Brand Leadership - Managing the Intersection of Globalization, Localization and Personalization by Larry Light and Joan Kiddon. Not a lot of new concepts, however it certainly pushed me to look and think of things differently - particularly from a brand leadership vs. brand management perspective.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 17, 2010 Do and Grow Rich First a holiday coupon for my readers. I love Napoleon Hill’s classic book “ Think and Grow Rich.” The original copyright of the book is 1937. looks like you are doing more again then just book reviews and race reports. In practice, I think doing helps.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Angel Capital vs. Venture Capital Angels and VCs are often very synergistic. Post a Comment Links to this post: " rel="nofollow"> posted by @ Create a Link << Home Time Leadership is my philosophies on Leadership and Time Management. I am CEO between positions.

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 31, 2010 Slow Down, Sell Faster I am really enjoying the snow. This slow period ties in well to a book by Kevin Davis - Slow Down, Sell Faster - Understand your Customers buying process and maximize your sales. It is a good book. It is gorgeous out this morning. Beautiful.

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APRIL 22, 2018

The book uses the principles of leadership and shows how they help create sales. It talks about 5 Principles of leadership – Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable others to Act and Encourage the Heart. The book is inspiring me to figure out how to get all of Danby thinking along the same lines.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

I read a great book by Jim Clemmer - a famous local motivational speaker. The book is " Growing @ the Speed of Change ". Clemmer is a prolific author on leadership and motivation. Clemmer is a story teller which makes the book more interesting - personal anecdotes interspersed with advice. Good book - worth reading.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

I read a great book by Jim Clemmer - a famous local motivational speaker. The book is " Growing @ the Speed of Change ". Clemmer is a prolific author on leadership and motivation. Clemmer is a story teller which makes the book more interesting - personal anecdotes interspersed with advice. Good book - worth reading.

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JANUARY 2, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Sunday, January 02, 2011 Management - Its not what you Think Management - Its Not What You Think is a book of articles edited and complied by Henry Mintzberg. Ian Hamilton "Managing without managers," Ricardo Semler The collection articles emphasize that Leadership is messy and there is no right answer.

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MARCH 12, 2013

I am woefully behind in posting my book reviews. I read Leading with Conviction - Mastering the Nine Pillars of Integrated Leadership by Shalom Saadar Saar. I like leadership books. The author claims leadership can be learned. I was in the city today though so had train time to jot down some ideas.

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MAY 16, 2016

I read a book by John Blakey - The Trusted Executive - Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation. The book leads with a section on why executives want to be trusted. The book says "choose to be open" so it is a choice. Good book. ++ Danby got some good press in Huffington Post.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Thursday, November 11, 2010 Its a Jungle In There Sometimes I like to work slowly. But as I always say Leadership(Direction/Work on the right thing) before Management(efficiency). That is the thesis behind my Time Management book. I always like reading books about entrepreneurship. Interesting.

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MARCH 21, 2014

I seem to be reading a lot lately so am behind in posting my comments on the books I have read. So titling a book with Legacy makes it interesting to me. Life + Leadership = Legacy (this is the title of chapter 1) I liked the title of chapter 14. I liked some of the inspiring stories included in the book.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I read a book on the weekend - Often Wrong, Never in Doubt - Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch with Peter Knobler (this basically means Peter does all the work but Donny gets most of the credit). And as I read the book, I came to think he might actually be a good guy. They were reading books on advertising awards.

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MAY 3, 2015

May 24 is the earliest planting date for me. ++ I read a great book today - Dare to Serve - How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others by Cheryl Bachelder. So I started with a negative bias but the book is awesome and perfect for any leader. I think that Cheryl is a good person just from reading the book. But I digress.

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MAY 3, 2015

May 24 is the earliest planting date for me. ++ I read a great book today - Dare to Serve - How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others by Cheryl Bachelder. So I started with a negative bias but the book is awesome and perfect for any leader. I think that Cheryl is a good person just from reading the book. But I digress.

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OCTOBER 30, 2011

I read " The Performance Pipeline - Getting the Right Performance at Every Level of Leadership " by Stephen Drotter. I had read and reviewed his previous book - " The Leadership Pipeline - How to build a Leadership Powered Company " As you can deduce from the titles, Drotter feels that almost everyone in a company should be a leader.

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JUNE 24, 2016

I had a private presentation by Alex Tapscott on his new book - Blockchain Revolution - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World. Then, of course, I read his book. If I have issues with Bitcoin: 1 - I still do not understand the math (and I have read much more about the topic than just this book).

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JANUARY 8, 2011

. “Tests build our testimony&# - Nicole Johnson Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. You have more to do, and less time to do it.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

. “Don’t agonize, organize&# - Jim Hightower Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. You have more to do, and less time to do it.

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APRIL 17, 2013

He wrote a number of books including The New Leadership Paradigm - Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading an Organization and Leading in Society. I read Leaders Ought to Know - 11 Ground Rules for Common Sense Leadership by Phillip Van Hooser. I love books that distill everything down to a finite number of rules.

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JANUARY 9, 2011

. “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you&# - Horace Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer.

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