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Progress Comes Incrementally Then Suddenly

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I started doing yoga in late 2010 because a knowledgeable friend of the family encouraged me to take it up to help manage the multiple sclerosis I had been diagnosed with in 2009. My first attempts were in yoga teacher training in the summer of 2013. The leadership team lays out a plan and goes to work. Our friend was right.

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Five Steps To Infuse “Magic” in Your Leadership Style

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This guest post was written by Jason Monaghan with University of Notre Dame Executive Online Education: As any seasoned business leader can tell you, creating an exemplary team takes knowledge, perseverance, and a little leadership magic. The “magic” of a great leader is developed over time and through years of professional awareness.

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Five Ways for Leaders to Get Out of Chronic Fight or Flight

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First, is that being in chronic fight or flight causes you to think, make decisions, and manage relationships in suboptimal ways because, as stress increases, the prefrontal cortex of your brain – known as the executive functioning center – shifts from intentional self-regulated responses to reactive automatic responses.

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Remembering a Loyal and Loving Leader

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I’ve been writing about leaders and leadership for more than 20 years. But, if you believe leadership is setting an example for others to follow, my mom was a leader. Judy was the dental hygienist in the early years of the practice and managed its business matters throughout. She hated speaking in public.

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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

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The authors argued that companies had to pick between one of three paths to value creation and success in the market – operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership. And once you picked one, the work of leadership was to align the culture with the chosen path. You couldn’t have two or three, you had to pick one.

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Ken Blanchard and Chick-fil-A’s Mark Miller, on What It Takes to Grow as a Leader

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Ken Blanchard is the co-founder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm. One of the most influential leadership gurus in the world, he is the author or co-author of dozens of books, including the international bestseller “The One Minute Manager.”

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Leadership Lessons from Yoga - Next Level Blog

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Since my compulsion is to look at most things from a leadership angle, here are a few lessons I've learned so far from the practice of yoga that seem to apply to the practice of leadership.   Leadership lesson learned? .    Leadership lesson learned?   Leadership lesson learned?

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