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DECEMBER 31, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 31, 2010 Slow Down, Sell Faster I am really enjoying the snow. Most major purchasing decisions these days are made by a team of people. Identify all the decision-makers on the complex buying team. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 17, 2010 Do and Grow Rich First a holiday coupon for my readers. Bosses tell Department Managers to get more out of the Team (with less) yet throws the Manager/Supervisor in front of the HR bus when it's time to address subordinate deficiencies. In practice, I think doing helps.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

How good are leaders at predicting their own overall leadership effectiveness? The direct reports provide the best prediction of how well we can lead and manager a team. Occasionally doing an anonymous evaluation of our leadership capabilities is needed to fine tune our true location. Feedback from others is critical.

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MARCH 14, 2013

How to be Exceptional - Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your Strengths. This is an in depth book that is likely to make its way into the classic leadership book category. I love and believe in their theory that leadership can be learned and involves a number of "learnable skills". It is research based.

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MARCH 29, 2012

I was excited to receive a copy of Leading at the edge - Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition. From this, they derive the following 10 leadership lessons. Reinforce the team message constantly: "We are one- we live or die together."

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

- What skills will you bring to the job that will enhance our team or company? Leadership - What are your major strengths and weaknesses? How would you describe your supervisor/leadership style? - What are some of the pros and cons of working on a team project? Who or what had the greatest influence on your life?

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JANUARY 23, 2012

It is divided into 3 sections - Managing Yourself, Managing Your Team and Managing Your Business. If you doubt your decision while making it, trust in your leadership may erode. Each page is a short stand alone tip. There are about 200 tips. An example: " Be Confident But Not Really Sure.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Our strong leadership, creativity and innovation provide us with the tools to ensure future growth for many years to come. The team of 14 people there are highly competent and able to continue that business well. Danby’s goal of being the largest compact and specialty appliance company in North America is already being realized.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

One of my friends is taking on a new leadership position so my instant thought was what would be the best book for him to read. So when " The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan - How to Take Charge, Build Your team, and Get Immediate Results " came to mind. I have long been an advocate of 90 day plans. Or really 3 month plans.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

In short, not being a team player. And fear can be overcome by overcoming those 3 factors and: Building Courage Enablers (and making sure there are not courage stoppers) It then goes on to talk about the Leadership Imperative and the Fearless Company. Territorialism - Hoarding and micromanaging. Empire Building - which is self evident.

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