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Book Review: Halftime

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In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Leadership and confidence

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Confidence is a key driver of effective leadership. Understanding what confidence is, and is not, will improve your leadership abilities. To learn more about how you can become a confident leader, I highly recommend Dr. Manning’s book The Fearless Mind: 5 Essential Steps to Higher Performance. Confidence is not arrogance.

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Book Review: The Coming Jobs War

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To be honest, the first few chapters of the book are quite depressing. The book is especially important for every CEO, executive and manager, and anyone who has the seed of entrepreneurism growing within. —. He makes the bold assertion that job creation and successful entrepreneurship are the world’s most pressing issues right now. “If

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Book Review: Trust Agents

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Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust.

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Leadership and integrity

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In his recent post 10 Mistakes Leaders Should Avoid at All Costs (on Michael Hyatt’s Intentional Leadership blog ), Enrique Fiallo said the following about the importance of integrity in leadership: There are many things you can lack and still steer clear of danger. The book How Do You Kill 11 Million People?

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Leadership is a relationship

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I was first introduced to the statement ‘leadership is a relationship’ in the book The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. Actions that bring people together and bind them in a common cause are key to building effective relationships.

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Taking leadership to the next level

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I like to run and when I do I listen to books, podcasts and talks. I also (as a creature of habit) find myself going back to books I’ve listened to in the past. Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins.

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