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Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership

Leading Blog

James Kouzes and Barry Posner emphasize this point in Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership. To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. But good leadership goes beyond that.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

Leading Blog

It’s hard to escape this view of leaders and leadership. It can, however, be edified through examining tangible illustrations of leaders and leadership from history. How leaders operated within, or pushed against, the constraints of their time illustrate characteristics of responsibility, vision, sacrifice, and more.

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Where Managerial Leadership Begins

Skip Prichard

Where Managerial Leadership Begins. This is the backdrop for understanding the purpose and role of managerial leadership: setting direction (i.e., “Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage.” Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage. “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

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Seven Accelerants of Growth To Help You Succeed

QAspire

Embrace your constraints. Resourcefulness and creativity result more from constraints than from abundance. Individuals and companies who grow significantly put more energy into learning and less into what they’re already good at doing. Updated: Visual Leadership Pack of 60+ HD Sketchnotes. Be discovery driven.

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September 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, leadership, productivity, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Leadership at the Symphony.

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Bigger is Not Always Better When Selecting a Search Firm to Partner With

N2Growth Blog

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. Internal recruiters do not have the tools or abilities to fill these critical leadership roles, their ‘open requisition’ stack is too full, and all roles get equal attention, whereas the most critical ones need a dedicated team. By contrast, when engaging with a large firm, Ms.

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Leading Clarity

Leading Blog

When we are in clarity, we can maintain a constant flow of energy and maintain connections. We all work within constraints or within our particular box—a box of our own making. Is leadership aligned with values? As individuals and organizations we all have constraints. Clarity should transcend your environment.