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The Trusted Executive

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I read a book by John Blakey - The Trusted Executive - Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation. The book leads with a section on why executives want to be trusted. I know self knowledge is a key to good leadership and suspect that helps a lot with being trusted.

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Landing in the Executive Chair Book Review

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I read Linda Henman's book " Landing in the Executive Chair - How to Excel in the Hot Seat ". She talks a bit about working your way through the ranks and the difference between being a CEO and a different senior executive. Henman includes in her book many of the popular studies that have been used in leadership books.

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! And when you do, what you quickly see is that todays top executives are much more than bean counters. Theres more than one way to skin a cat.

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The Intangibles of Leadership

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I read a book " The Intangibles of Leadership - The 10 Qualities of Superior Executive Performance " by Richard Davis. I am a big believer that leadership is mostly about intangibles. The first intangible is wisdom. these conceptions of wisdom miss the mark. One of the intangibles is Fortitude.

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The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership

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And I am way behind on my book reviews so a short one: Gary Burnison wrote The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership. It seems logical he would know a thing or two about leadership not just because he runs his own company but as a recruiter, he would have seen hundreds of leaders. 3 - Strategy - In the end, it is all about execution.

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Slow Down, Sell Faster - CEO Blog - Time Leadership

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 31, 2010 Slow Down, Sell Faster I am really enjoying the snow. Have you been taught to get to executive-level decisions makers as quickly as you can? I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. It is gorgeous out this morning. Beautiful.

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It's Not About You

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The former (tea) is just poor execution and the latter (no plug) is poor planning. It takes great planning and great execution to succeed in business. ++ I read a short book - " It's Not About You - A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business " by Bob Burg and David Mann. There was no regular tea in the room. Build your People.

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