Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. Phil Collins asked to be given the mike and a chance. Resume scanners don’t qualify talent. Ball was resolved to prove everyone wrong.
The Practical Leader
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
A European study reports on “The Downside of Charisma” with this conclusion, “We found that leaders of the higher-performing companies were often not charismatic — and were, in fact, less likely to be charismatic than the leaders of the lower-performing companies. They often see humility as weakness.
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The Practical Leader
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
So they looked for companies that started in vulnerable positions and rose to spectacular performance in dangerously fast changing, unstable environments with major events and forces outside of their control. " They called them "10 times companies" because they didn’t merely get by or just become successful.
Persuasive Powerhouse
NOVEMBER 28, 2010
Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. The children that Ms.
The Practical Leader
DECEMBER 6, 2012
As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter , in more than three decades of watching countless leadership books come and go in this business, I can count on one hand — starting with Corporate Cultures and In Search of Excellence — the very few that marked a major turning point in development focus and approaches.
Skip Prichard
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Amazon was the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever. It is one of most successful companies in the world. The Bezos Letters takes you through Jeff Bezos’ shareholder letters and distills them into growth principles you can apply in your company. How You Can Learn from Amazon. It just works.”
Chris Brady
JANUARY 18, 2011
Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." I had a job at a company that was in the midst of a re-contracting project. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. We will have fun.
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