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3 steps to take, to take full advantage of training/learning sessions

First Friday Book Synopsis

So, yesterday, I had lunch with a man who leads leadership training sessions, especially for municipal governments. He focuses on servant leadership, and he is knowledgeable, a true advocate for servant leadership, and very effective at leading such sessions.

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Leaders are Not Trained; Not Developed; Leaders are “Made Ready”

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Leaders are Trained; Developed; Leaders are “Made Ready” A friend sent me this article from Forbes: The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails by Mike Myatt. You don’t train leaders you develop them – a subtle yet important distinction lost on many… The terms training and development [.].

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Servant Leadership – Start with Robert Greenleaf’s Original; All that Follows is Commentary and Elaboration

First Friday Book Synopsis

Randy, could you give me a few books or maybe the best book on servant leadership that you have come across? That question came from a Dallas Police Officer, who has attended some training sessions we’ve put on for the DPD through the Caruth Institute. It’s a very good question. I recently heard a student speech […].

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Leaders are “Developable” – As Are the People They Lead ; A Story about Leadership (and Employee) Development

First Friday Book Synopsis

This is a short, but wonderful story about leadership development. Take all the words you know – mentoring, coaching; training – and it all boils down to this. A person at work needs to be more… more productive, take more initiative, be more responsible, be more creative, be more diligent… And, to get there, someone […].

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Servant Leadership – Start with Robert Greenleaf’s Original; All that Follows is Commentary and Elaboration

First Friday Book Synopsis

Randy, could you give me a few books or maybe the best book on servant leadership that you have come across? That question came from a Dallas Police Officer, who has attended some training sessions we’ve put on for the DPD through the Caruth Institute. It’s a very good question. I recently heard a student speech […].

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What Kind Of Society Shall We Have? – When A National Leadership Conference Teaches Racist Chants, We Get Exactly What One Would Expect

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The infamous racist chant on the SAE party bus had been learned four years earlier at a national “Leadership” Conference (set on a Cruise — what could possibly go wrong?) In other words, at a gathering convened to train and challenge young leaders, apparently in a session that […]. The evidence is in. for the fraternity.

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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 […].