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Could Your Next CEO Come from Any Department?

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Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally? How do you view each department in your organization? In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development.

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Servant-Leadership 101: Principle of Resolve (Amelia Earhart Video Example)

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Slim, start the engines. He’s a drunk and he’s let me down all my life. Now you get out of that goddamn bed and you fly. that plane to Ireland or I swear to you, I will. AMELIA: Good. AMELIA: This report indicates some degree of risk. It’s a risk I’m taking. BILL: Have a nice flight. We’ll both be in them!

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5 Leadership “Insurance” Plans – Is Your Organization Prepared?

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Your leadership engine is firing on all cylinders so there is nothing to worry about, right? When key transitions occur, make it clear up front who “Number 2″ is. Long Term Leadership Insurance. If you don’t know clearly who would back-fill or replace each leader, you have a long term leadership insurance gap.

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3 Tips for Stopping Gossipers and Helping Leadership

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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. – Richard Steele. Gossip is toxic fuel to a bad corporate culture. I was reminded of this last week when a subscriber asked for tips on dealing with gossip.

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How Bad Leadership Helped Launch Intel, the Silicon Valley and Venture Capital

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At the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Dr. Shockley recruits a brilliant team of young scientists and engineers. Shockley leaves Bell Labs in 1953 to eventually start his own company in Mountain View California. Shockley Semiconductor Consolidates Great People. Their work focuses on innovative developments with silicon.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

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Author of The Culture Engine & six other books. 1,268 4,880,000 3,849 1,794,688 Ron Edmondson Leadership, Ministry Husband, Dad, Pastor, (@IBCLex) Church Planter, Church Growth, Organizational Leadership, Consultant, 1 124,000 108,000 7,892 S. Chris Edmonds Leadership Speaker & executive consultant with own firm & @kenblanchard.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

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And contrast that to Devon’s son who got out of college, chemical engineering degree, six figures. I’ve got friends. I’m connected.” She had a pretty tough life growing up and she’s connected there, right? He tells me, “Every time I leave work, I feel like I need to take a shower.