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Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

Rich Gee Group

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Vision & Planning. Good To Great.

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn't Great.

Rich Gee Group

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great. What was the result?

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders are Humble

Skip Prichard

In fact, when leaders aren’t humble – when they’re arrogant or proud – they shut down the traits that make for the strongest teams: creativity, good worth ethic, entrepreneurship, selflessness. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? A leader listening carefully and incorporating my thoughts into their action plans.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't Jim Collins' book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't," pulls from a study covering 28 companies to offer advice on which leadership strategies and business practices work, and which don't. The Case for Servant Leadership Author Kent M.

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CEO Next Door Book Reveals Four Key Behaviors Of Successful CEOs And Busts CEO Myths

Eric Jacobson

Borrowing on the advice of the former CEO of Medtronic, Art Collins , authors Powell and Botelho outline Collins’ advice on the art of apology : Be personal. Articulate an action plan to correct what went wrong and to make sure the same problem doesn’t happen again. Be focused. Be comprehensive. Prevent recurrences.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

Be ethical. ” Judy Collins (1968). He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. Here are some other lessons that he taught us: Be a mentor and inspire others. Learn as you grow.

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Why Private Equity Still Makes Us a Little Queasy

Harvard Business Review

If the auguries of "strategic due diligence" suggest a favorable outcome and bankers are willing to lend lots to help finance the deal, the PE masters of the universe acquire the property and put in place a "performance improvement plan" to make their new asset more profitable. The WSJ cites one such example: Wesley Jessen Vision-Care Inc.,