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What Makes a High-Performance Leader?

Great Leadership By Dan

A high-performance leader is one who is intentional about their leadership. They are not a leader because their position entitles them to be; they see leadership as a verb, a skill to continue to develop and hone. I have grown up around high-performance sport. It is no different with leadership. That's the difference.

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The Great Leadership Learning Matrix

Great Leadership By Dan

However, for a manager, being unskilled in leadership and not wanting do do anything about it is a recipe for failure. These are often the managers who "get sent" to leadership training or have a coach forced upon them. Doesn't know a lot and doesn't really give a damn about it. That's not always a bad thing. The Eager Beaver.

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Peter Berg: Become The Best Version Of Yourself

N2Growth Blog

Boxers need to be smart in their sport. And as Berg notes real boxers are honorable and take their sport and its craft seriously. Working in a demanding career – be it film-making, engineering or finance – requires great concentration of time as well as energy. This concept is what Stew has labeled “ total leadership.”

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Highlights – 27 March

Chartered Management Institute

An article in the Financial Times explores the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’, where people film their resignations and redundancy. It’s yet another issue that requires thoughtful leadership. They discussed equality in the workplace, and how all organisations can do more to promote women to leadership positions. Not any more.

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Great Leaders Attract Great Talent

Great Leadership By Dan

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. The author of ten books, five of his works have been optioned for films. It can be a long, strange trip indeed – and your success depends on attracting the right talent.

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3 Ways To Believe In Your Ability To Succeed.

Rich Gee Group

My family and I just watched the film, ‘ The Polar Express ‘ last night with Tom Hanks. Their ‘elite belief’ in a sport requires a mental focus and intensity that is different from the way that many others approach tasks. Well — Do You? It’s a wonderful movie — great story, wonderful animation, and the acting is top notch.

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Olympic Spirit, Human Spirit, and Extraordinary Leadership

The Practical Leader

Chris Brasher, a British athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon once observed, “There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul that must be preserved.” Just over a decade later Redford established the Sundance Film Festival. What a powerful combination! ”

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