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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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The Pride Paradox

Michael Lee Stallard

Values such as work ethic, excellence and open-mindedness can be cultivated with practice. Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. Humility is not easily developed when you have wealth, power and/or status.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Mike, If there is one characteristic I admire in leaders and respect in you it is the willingness to state in no uncertain terms (sorry for the play on words) their stance. If no is the ultimate outcome, then options and discussion are a great place for leadership training. No seldom takes you where you want to go.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

People are more products of the pop culture than they are of formal business training. Be ethical. ” Judy Collins (1968). Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. They make strategic decisions based upon cultural memories.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Ongoing training and communication, as well as installation of leaders with high integrity, further reinforce a risk culture. Maine Senator Susan Collins countered by pointing out that (1.) a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. Fix the broken windows.

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Leadership & Influence Summit | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Mike, I would particularly like someone to address the popularity of "politically correct" leadership. link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. Let me expand. Would Churchill, Patton or their ilk have flourished in leadership today? Thanks for the suggestion Dan.

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Has SAS's Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code On Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

During the Leadercast program and prior to my meeting with Goodnight, author Jim Collins interviewed him on stage. Collins seemed to be looking for something similar in Goodnight to explain SAS’s benevolent corporate culture where the average work week is 35 hours and the bucolic SAS campus has nearly every employee perk imaginable.

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