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A Mighty Fine Path to Quality (and Overall Success) – A Brief Look at the Quality of Mighty Fine Burgers

First Friday Book Synopsis

Jeff Cannon, and Lieutenant Commander Jon Cannon, Leadership Lessons of the U.S. Hold weekly or monthly status meetings to ensure that everyone is aware of what’s going on.

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12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: A book review by Bob Morris

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12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance Brian Tracy and Peter Chee McGraw-Hill (2013) No so much “disciplines” as they are dimensions of a mindset The last time I checked, Amazon US sells 45,249 books that focus on business leadership. Why another?

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Self-Awareness; Self-Motivation; Self-Development – It Has to Come From Within (insight from Daniel Pink, Daniel Goleman, and Kouzes & Posner)

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We saw, over and over again, that leadership doesn’t depend on mystical qualities or inborn gifts but rather on the capacity of individuals to know themselves, their strengths, and their weaknesses, and to learn from the feedback they get in their daily lives – in short, their capacity for self-improvement.

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Six social-media skills every leader needs

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Bob''s blog entries "Six social-media skills every leader needs" and author of Designing the Smart Organization: How Breakthrough Corporate Learning Initiatives Drive Strategic Change and Innovation capitalizing on the transformational power of social media while mitigating its risks calls for a new type of leader GE Crotonville Leadership Senior Leader (..)

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Delegation & Supervision: A book review by Bob Morris

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Bob''s blog entries "The Brian Tracy Success Library" Absolutely essential core competencies for those who aspire to become great supervisors AMACOM Brian Tracy Delegation & Supervision Five Keys to Managerial Effectiveness Five Keys to Motivation Five Myths That Block Delegation Four Personality Types IDEO Lao Tzu Qualities of a Key Results Area (..)

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Mark Miller on “the leadership game”: An interview by Bob Morris

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Since then, I’ve released The Secret of Teams, The Heart of… Read More Mark Miller on “the leadership game”: An interview by Bob Morris. In his own words… I began writing over decade ago when I was fortunate to team up with Ken Blanchard on my first book, The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do.

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Chip R. Bell: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

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Bob''s blog entries Accenture Adult Leadership Adult Training Advanced Management Journal Albert Einstein Allstate Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Cadillac Caterpillar Chip R. He has served as consultant, trainer, or speaker to such major organizations […].