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Is Thought Leadership the Same as Change Leadership?

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Her articles are featured and syndicated today on InPower Women , Smartblog/Smartbrief on Leadership, The Glass Hammer and Success in the City and she’s gained warm receptions as a trainer to leadership teams and motivational speaker to women’s groups. Contact Dana, view her speaker’s bio and follow her on LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter.

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Leading From the Middle

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Her articles are featured and syndicated today on InPower Women , Smartblog/Smartbrief on Leadership, The Glass Hammer and Success in the City and she’s gained warm receptions as a trainer to leadership teams and motivational speaker to women’s groups. Contact Dana, view her speaker’s bio and follow her on LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter.

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Choose growth

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His hammers, screwdrivers, and pieces of wood showed me the power of choosing a growth mindset in lieu of settling for a fixed one. Little did I realize it at the time, but Dad demonstrating his willingness to let go of what he thought the solution was and to try other things was an invaluable gift.

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Stop Leading! You’re Bleeding Off Passion

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Remember Abe Maslow’s famed line: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” If you ruled out selling, communication, role-modeling, incentives, and recognition, what is left? They all depend on the leadership orientation of the leader. It entails choosing partnership over patriarchy.

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Top Down Leadership Does Work, If You’re Stuck in the Industrial Age

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Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead. So it does work.

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Your Team Needs A Mean Leader

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As the leader, they failed to provide any clear directions or consequences, and yet are ready to drop the hammer in disciplinary actions for a mistake. They use failure on the part of an employee as an excuse for paybacks for the past. Don’t be that guy or that gal. Next, Be the Mean Between the Extremes.

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