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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

Leading Blog

Richard Norton Smith’s extraordinary biography of Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man , pulls together multiple perspectives to give essential insights into Ford’s thinking and leadership. By stressing individual contacts over ideological mandates, Ford defines leadership in transactional terms, constituent service on a grand scale.

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5 Tips To Successfully Transition From Rookie To Leader

Tanveer Naseer

Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead. What most leadership programs neglect to cover, but that new leaders quickly discover, is that leadership is massively freakin’ hard. Leadership can be a lonely endeavor.

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How To Fuel Your Everyday Success

Eric Jacobson

Llewellyn , PhD is a sports psychology consultant who has helped a major league baseball pitcher become a Cy Young Award winner, A NASCAR driver go from number six overall to number one and with the Winston Cup Series Championship, and countless leaders at Fortune 500 companies. 7 – Leaders communicate with team members, not to team members.

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13 Life Factors That Fuel Your Everyday Success

Eric Jacobson

Llewellyn , PhD is a sports psychology consultant who has helped a major league baseball pitcher become a Cy Young Award winner, A NASCAR driver go from number six overall to number one and with the Winston Cup Series Championship, and countless leaders at Fortune 500 companies. 7 – Leaders communicate with team members, not to team members.

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Olympian Leadership Lessons in Peak Performance

The Practical Leader

Dawn Fraser, gold medal Australian swimmer at three Olympics declares, “ The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.” He never lost a race from 1957 – 1961 and broke the four minute mile 17 times during his career. Pursuing excellence demands change.

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Why Every CEO Needs a Leadership Coach

Coaching Tip

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as I do. Can't Get Enough Leadership. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Executive Coaching and the business case for leadership onboarding coaching. Constructive Venting. CEO Schmidt asked himself, "Am I doing something wrong?"

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How To Win Versus Survive

Eric Jacobson

Llewellyn , PhD is a sports psychology consultant who has helped a major league baseball pitcher become a Cy Young Award winner, A NASCAR driver go from number six overall to number one and with the Winston Cup Series Championship, and countless leaders at Fortune 500 companies. 7 – Leaders communicate with team members, not to team members.

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