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Training and Development: Top Ten Lessons Learned

The Practical Leader

Waayyy back in the early days of my career, I was a young door-to-door sales rep and then sales manager with Culligan Water Conditioning. I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. That got me reflecting on decades of my journey in this field.

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Leaders vs. Managers

Great Leadership By Dan

In this second installment, Jim offers his take on the difference between managers and leaders. I've always thought the "leader vs. manager" debate was kind of useless, and I wrote an early post about it here. Leaders vs. Managers. So, here's the distinction I draw between leaders and managers. Hope you've enjoyed it.

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Preview Thursday: Clarity First

Lead Change Blog

The manager who posts a vague job description is able to put off defining the specific responsibilities for the role. The project launched with ambiguous purpose leaves the project manager free to interpret results to his advantage. The short-term benefits of ambiguous organizational behaviors come at enormous long-term cost.

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What Is Positive Leadership? An Employer’s Guide to Upliftment

HR Digest

Any leader who believes in a gentle, supportive approach to management must pause to ask themselves, “What is positive leadership?” This is where the concept of positive leadership comes into play–a transformative approach that can profoundly impact organizational culture, employee engagement, and overall productivity.

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More Evidence For How Company Performance Is Affected By CEO Personality

LDRLB

It’s not often that we see a well designed study that tries to explain how a leader’s personality affects the performance of a company. As I reported here previously , there is very credible evidence that a narcissistic leader will take a company on a wild ride that won’t result in any better or worse performance.

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Rainmaker Top Five Blog Picks - Leadership Development Carnival.

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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The June 2010 Leadership Development Carnival

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.