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What Makes a High-Performance Leader?

Great Leadership By Dan

A high-performance leader is one who is intentional about their leadership. They are not a leader because their position entitles them to be; they see leadership as a verb, a skill to continue to develop and hone. I have grown up around high-performance sport. It is no different with leadership. We are not.

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Peter Berg: Become The Best Version Of Yourself

N2Growth Blog

Boxers need to be smart in their sport. And as Berg notes real boxers are honorable and take their sport and its craft seriously. Working in a demanding career – be it film-making, engineering or finance – requires great concentration of time as well as energy. This concept is what Stew has labeled “ total leadership.”

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Highlights – 27 March

Chartered Management Institute

An article in the Financial Times explores the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’, where people film their resignations and redundancy. It’s yet another issue that requires thoughtful leadership. They discussed equality in the workplace, and how all organisations can do more to promote women to leadership positions. Not any more.

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3 Ways To Believe In Your Ability To Succeed.

Rich Gee Group

My family and I just watched the film, ‘ The Polar Express ‘ last night with Tom Hanks. Their ‘elite belief’ in a sport requires a mental focus and intensity that is different from the way that many others approach tasks. Well — Do You? It’s a wonderful movie — great story, wonderful animation, and the acting is top notch.

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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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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

Image: Gareth Lock Train hard, fight easy Gareth also has a 25-year RAF career behind him. In his film, Gareth highlights the example of the aviation sector, which is well known for its use of confidential reporting systems, encouraging incident reporting and providing effective analysis and detailed output reports.

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28 Facial Hair & Beard Types: Leaders Who Rock Them

Miles Anthony Smith

28 Popular Beard & Facial Hair Types and Leaders Sporting Them ​There are so many variations of beard types, it is hard to keep track of them all. French Fork (or Ducktail) Brad Pitt and Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) have sported the forktail and wear it well. Salvador Dali I don't know anyone famous who can sport this.at

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