Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Leaders are the same as everyone else–they make mistakes, stray from the path and compromise their effectiveness because of ego, pride, or insecurity. Based on their experiences, I have collected some harsh truths that every leader must face before he or she can achieve greatness. A title doesn’t make you a leader.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

Welcome to the June 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Along with this sun-drenched opportunity to take a breath, we also are sending along links from 20 leaders to warm up your thoughts on leadership. Some of this month’s posts deal with perpetual leadership topics, such as trust.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While today’s post is a bit more kumbaya than most, please don’t check out on me because you perceive this topic too gooey and gushy to be relevant. David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# Leadership in the truest sense of the word is nothing if not love.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Business, leadership, and life come with complexity and complications. We often fail to realize how important decisions are until we make the wrong ones. Overpromising and underdelivering disappoint; underpromising and overdelivering gain admiration. But sometimes we make some things more complicated than they need to be.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Many people believe that love doesn’t belong in business or leadership. But I have found that when leaders love their people, their people love them back. 5. You’re the heart and soul of this team. I admire your honesty. You are very important to us. You are one of the reasons for our success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline. I’m not suggesting that leaders should be robotic or static in approach – quite to the contrary.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Success comes in many forms. For Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, the path to success was not the conventional one. He says, “Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don’ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Like most freshmen, he was lonely and intimidated. Write or call the people you admire, and ask for advice or a meeting. B LACKSTONE chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman has written a book about the potential that can be realized when you combine personal responsibility with ambition. It is inspiring and instructive.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

This combination of highly admirable personality and great accomplishments has made Ronald Reagan the most popular American President in the past half a century and one of the most important American Presidents in history. And this is also true for great leaders, who won’t be satisfied with small dreams.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 22, 2010

The narcissistic personality trait describes individuals that believe they are special, have a sense of entitlement, require excessive admiration, lack empathy, are interpersonally exploitive, and are arrogant and haughty. Superiority/Arrogance : The belief that one is just better than others and is a born leader.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2015

Paul Smith Paul Smith's book, Lead with a Story , is one of the top 10 books I recommend every leader should read. Since the book was published about three years ago, my admiration for Paul's passion for storytelling and helping to teach people how to effectively tell stories has only but grown. Any surprises? When and why?

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Research shows the most common cognitive biases and fallacies affecting leaders. Also know as “throwing good money after bad money.”

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 9, 2010

I’m thinking too that while these are very basic things, they are integral to good leadership and if we forget them well, let’s just say it’s not a good thing. I’m thinking too that while these are very basic things, they are integral to good leadership and if we forget them well, let’s just say it’s not a good thing. Then apologize.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 11, 2010

The women in my family are like that…bossy. They have been bossy for generations in fact. My great grandmother raised four daughters and, with her husband, ran a dry goods store somewhere in the south of Cornwall. My great grandfather was a handsome devil, with, (I’m told), something of a roving eye. Bossiness was a necessary skill.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Does this person have the traits and skills I want to develop? Is this a person I admire?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

I find these particularly relevant to personal development, as individuals often must resolve the tensions between competing values and traits and must carefully monitor their own strengths so those strengths don’t lapse into weaknesses. Consistent leaders work hard and show up on time.

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