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Leaders don’t create more followers. They create more leaders.

Brigette Hyacinth

Over the course of may career, I only had one manager who was a leader. He made such an impact and influenced my leadership style. Companies such as Blackberry, Kodak and Nokia did not heed this advice and they engaged in group think, which ultimately led to their demise. Succession planning was a problem.

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Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Eric Jacobson

Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. First, you must do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results for the company, regardless of how difficult it may be. How important have mentors been to your career? It’s a simple concept. Good advice. Lindquist : Huge.

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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] I've been around long enough to see all types of leadership styles both succeed and fail. 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge? N2Growth Blog By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Who the * is in charge around here?

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. What began to dawn on me over time was the issue was leadership.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. What began to dawn on me over time was the issue was leadership.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Amazon was the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever. It is one of most successful companies in the world. Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. As a company grows, everything needs to scale, including the size of your failed experiments. Jeff Bezos.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). By Jim Collins. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.