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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

Leading Blog

By stressing individual contacts over ideological mandates, Ford defines leadership in transactional terms, constituent service on a grand scale. Teamwork and grueling preparation were educational values in themselves.

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7 Quick and Easy Ways to Prioritize Your Mental health & Wellbeing

Career Advancement

The less stressed you are, the smarter you’ll think, as a recent Forbes article says, citing David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute. Prioritize your own wellbeing and learn how to best manage high-stress situations in order to lead your people through these trying times. Use a stress-reduction technique. Embrace ritual.

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Great Leaders Have No Rules

Leading Blog

His goal is to “teach you how to be both the boss everyone wants to work for and the high achiever every CEO wants to hire—all without drama, stress, or endless hours in the office.”. Great leaders take the time to identify each person’s strengths and then align opportunities and career path options to take advantage of them.”.

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Boosting Confidence Among Older Job Seekers

The Horizons Tracker

This results in both a financial and psychosocial burden, with those involved stressed and doubting their abilities. Each group got a list of 13 values like health, sports, social connections, and learning. The rest of the 334 participants were job seekers from the US and Europe, and around a third of them also had a university degree.

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How Leadership Team Coaching Benefits More Than Executives

N2Growth Blog

In today’s high-stress business environment, performance is everything for executives and their organizations. Much like the coach of a sports team, a leadership team coach will challenge executives to pursue their full potential. Or would you hope they engaged in professional development activities during their career?

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Why Burnout Should Alarm Executive Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest Post by Ben Fanning , the Burnout Specialist: Let me share with you what happened when I started my job at the largest sporting goods retailer in the world. In fact they were all burned out in their careers fried, fizzled, and done. Just “making money “is not an adequate reason to sustain a career for the long haul.

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Responsive Leadership: Needed Now More Than Ever

Leading Blog

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. All leaders face adversity at some point in their careers.