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Leading Thoughts for April 4, 2024

Leading Blog

General Gordon R. Moore was scanning his environment, thinking about his situation, then determining his best course. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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The Coffee Bean

Leading Blog

Jon Gordon and Damon West present the story of The Coffee Bean. You’ll find yourself in environments and facing conditions that test who you really are, and can change, weaken, or harden you if you let them. But the coffee bean transforms its environment—the boiling water. The carrot is weakened. The egg becomes hardened.

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April 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I read through this month’s Leadership Development Carnival entries, I felt a bit of the same. Gordon Leidner answers these questions in his guest post on Great Leadership!” If so, What can we learn from them?”

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

The Coffee Bean : A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon and Damon West. The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change. The environments we find ourselves in can change, weaken, or harden us, and test who we truly are.

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The Seven Tests of A CEO

Leading Blog

Test #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy? Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. Even in institutions where the message never changes, the environment it is in does, and therefore delivery changes.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

Gordon Berridge: Our readers, with mining knowledge, will be will be familiar with the name Sam Walsh and Rio Tinto, but to provide a complete sketch of your background, would you please share a brief summary of your career history? Gordon Berridge: Would you please share what first attracted you to join Rio Tinto back in 1991?

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Were the Founding Fathers Great Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Gordon Leidner: Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers have made a splash in the news recently, thanks to Broadway’s sensational production “Hamilton.” They create appropriate goals, are honest and vulnerable with their followers, and establish an environment of trust. They exemplify moral integrity.

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