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Motivating, Mentoring and Measuring – Leading Unfamiliar Organizations

General Leadership

Alan Mulally , the former CEO of Boeing , started his career there as an aerospace engineer. As John Kotter wrote in his article Accelerate! , “Communicate the vision and the strategy to create buy-in and attract a growing volunteer army.” ” Mentoring. Motivating, mentoring and measuring. This is the hard part.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

In Be Where Your Feet Are , this CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils offers his own story of grief and healing, and shares his most valuable lessons in what keeps him present, grounded, and thriving as a father, husband, coach, mentor, and leader. Kotter with Vanessa Akhtar and Gaurav Gupta.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. There are plenty of well-known examples throughout the course of history; Aristotle mentored Alexander the Great, Laurence Olivier mentored Anthony Hopkins and Freddy Laker mentored Richard Branson.

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