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7 Common Phrases That Can Ruin Your Leadership Credibility

Lead from Within

Credibility is like a currency that never depreciates unless you do something to undercut its value. In my work as a leadership coach, I help my clients learn to identify and avoid phrases that erode their credibility. In leadership, it’s important to be decisive and reliable. The Leadership Gap. I’ll try.”

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Preview Thursday: Conversations Worth Having

Lead Change Blog

Conversations have two dimensions: appreciative-depreciative and inquiry-statement. The first dimension describes the nature of our conversations as either appreciative–adding value–or depreciative–devaluing. Depreciative Conversations. They are depreciative in nature. Appreciative Conversations.

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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information. Great stuff!

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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. mikemyatt: More thx @BradAustin1 @LeadershipWatch @GBSL. mikemyatt: RT/mention thx @AMAnet @SmartBrief @Leadersh. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtPetty @Leadershipfreak @jdregan @.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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