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From CEO to Novelist: A Case Study of Radical Career Change

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The post From CEO to Novelist: A Case Study of Radical Career Change appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Fortunately I’m traveling tomorrow and will have time to finish it on the plane. Can’t wait! I know John Bell as a leadership expert. By the age of 47, John had turned a bankrupt company […].

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Judgment Calls

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Davenport and Manville provide 12 case studies of critical decisions made in real organizations – where courageous leaders let go of the notion that leadership is about knowing where you’re going and who tapped into the collective wisdom of their organization to make the right decision.

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A flawed, even fatal, strategy: Leaders who make all the decisions

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Nearly a hundred years after the case-study method was invented at Harvard, it’s still the foundation of the world’s best business programs. It’s because the case-study method puts top business students in the role of decision-maker. Over the course of a Harvard MBA, students will make decisions on more than 500 cases.

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Teams Do Not Drift to Greatness

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There are numerous case studies of great teams – in sports, in non-profit organizations, even in businesses. Jesse Lyn Stoner calls this “Team Drift.”. I’ve been working with teams for over 20 years, and unfortunately, I’ve seen many teams drift, but I’ve never seen one drift to greatness.

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The Value of Vision Series – Whitney Johnson

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Erin Newkirk, the founder of RedStamp , provides a good case study in grappling with this paradox. “But as a president, Grant was a failure, taking bad advice, making bad decisions, mainly because he didn’t know why he was president and what he hoped to accomplish.”

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InsideOut Enneagram: Book Review

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The messages are clearly illustrated through numerous examples, as well as by an interesting case study woven throughout the book. InsideOut Enneagram gives a clear description of each of the 9 Types and provides practical advice on how to get unstuck and further your development. Appel covers a lot of territory in her book.

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Are You Ready for Your “Second Act”?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

One way Tony created proof points was by writing up a case study of one of the critical problems he had led his department in solving. Instead of seeing him as “Tony the specialty line manager,” others needed to see him as “Tony the problem solver,” with abilities that cover a range of issues.

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