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Everyday Moments Define Leaders

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My fellow travelers already filled the area to overflowing. Three staffed service podiums hummed with activity as families of mouse eared travelers in tropical leisure wear moved about in anticipation of a flight to connect them to a Disney cruise departing San Juan. The airline announced free lunch coupons for all travelers.

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Leaders Lessons from an Outward Bound Wilderness Instructor

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Be Considerate of Others: The wilderness holds a special place for those who travel into it. LNT asks that travelers respect not only the place, but the experience as well. LNT advises us to see what is there and to preserve it for future generations.

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Taking Chances to Lead Change in the 21st Century: Why It’s Cool Not to Be So Cool

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Charting a Course toward New Possibilities Traveling on the road of discovery to realize new ideas requires taking chances. Find drivers to fuel your travel through discomfort of the unknown To move through the discomfort on the road to new things, you need a purpose or “driver” for traveling on it.

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The Virtues of New Perspectives

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For those of us who have traveled to South Africa, the rest of Africa is still in its infancy. The lack of well-maintained roads increased the time required to travel between each destination. The poor roads were not something that could be changed during our travels.

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Leadership Development and China

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I’ll be traveling to Shanghai, China to begin discussions with a large state-owned company that’s interested in our executive development programs. Any travel tips? I’ve been to China and Asia before, but it’s been a while. Also, I’ve never actually been involved in a business negotiation process with the Chinese.

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Accountability Under Pressure

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On the second day of the event, one of Dave’s senior-staff members (without consulting Dave) sent middle management home to save travel and hotel costs. As part of this effort, Dave held a multi-day off-site meeting including both middle and top management. When Dave found out, he was livid. He was ready to attack.

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Do You Lead Like a Lioness?

Great Leadership By Dan

One of my big loves in life, other than my husband, is travel. My husband and I have had the opportunity to travel throughout the world and one of our favorite places is Africa. Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: So what do lionesses have to do with leadership lessons?