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Leading Thoughts for April 4, 2024

Leading Blog

General Gordon R. Moore’s behavior captured the essence of strategic leadership. Moore was scanning his environment, thinking about his situation, then determining his best course. Source: The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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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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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019. 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.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. Gordon Berridge: Would you please share what first attracted you to join Rio Tinto back in 1991?

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The Seven Tests of A CEO

Leading Blog

They call it the CEO test because the intensity and consequences of these challenges grow as you move into higher levels of leadership. They believe that “to succeed in a leadership role, you have to achieve a certain threshold level of proficiency in each of the skills” highlighted in these seven tests.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

From Everybody Matters which helps us to look at those we lead as family to Becoming Steve Jobs that looks at the development of a leader as a life-long process, the following books help us to do just that. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. by Brad Lomenick Brad Lomenick reflects on his leadership journey in H3 Leadership.

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How to Create a Culture of Greatness

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest post by Jon Gordon. “To You expect your people to be their best, you make it a priority to coach them to be their best and most of all you create a work environment that fuels them to be their best. Then you coach them, develop them, mentor them, train them and empower them to do what they do best.

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