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APRIL 26, 2022

My book, The Next Level , had been out for about a year and I was asked to be a regular speaker at a companywide leadership program for a major investment firm. After watching me grind it out around the fifth time I delivered the program, the company’s director of leadership development asked me if I wanted some feedback.

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JUNE 19, 2019

For example, I recently talked with an assistant general counsel during a leadership workshop that I was doing for the big company she works for. I asked if her energy was more extroverted or introverted. So, her story is just one example of how one leader organizes her week to live and lead at her best.

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MARCH 18, 2024

I’ve been writing about leaders and leadership for more than 20 years. But, if you believe leadership is setting an example for others to follow, my mom was a leader. And we’re blessed with not just the memory of that last evening, but by the indelible example of loyalty and love that our mom set for us.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

The publication date of this post, December 1, 2020, marks the 20 th anniversary of our leadership development company, The Eblin Group. Likewise, we’ve had around 700 rising leaders participate in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program since the first cohort we ran in 2005. When the group’s energy is high, yours is high.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  With more energy and enthusiasm, the man said, "I'm shaping these rocks into bricks."    As I was walking through this ancient city searching for dinner tonight, I started thinking about the kind of leadership that must be required to start a project you won't live to see the end of. 

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Last month, I wrote a post on What We Can Learn About Leadership from the Chilean Miners. And, as was the case with the astronauts, the miners could not have made it safely home without the efforts, talents and leadership of thousands of others. There are leadership lessons to learn from the rescuers as well.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Magazine » December 06, 2010 How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View Every so often, The New York Times will run a long feature on the CEO of a large business.    I love those articles because they’re great opportunities for data mining on leadership.  A strong leadership point of view is memorable. 

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