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“How to Be Exceptional” is Destined to be a Landmark Leadership Book

The Practical Leader

As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter , in more than three decades of watching countless leadership books come and go in this business, I can count on one hand — starting with Corporate Cultures and In Search of Excellence — the very few that marked a major turning point in development focus and approaches.

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The Best Leaders Are Insatiable Learners

Harvard Business Review

Gardner, who died in 2002 at the age of 89, was a legendary public intellectual and civic reformer — a celebrated Stanford professor, an architect of the Great Society under Lyndon Johnson, founder of Common Cause and Independent Sector. Leadership Managing yourself Personal effectiveness'

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Why Your Company Needs More Ceremonies

Harvard Business Review

So, to align company leaders, Schultz gathered 200 senior managers from around the world, sent them out to local retail shops to better understand the customer’s point of view, and then brought everyone back together. Remember how Howard Schultz launched his renewed vision for Starbucks when he returned to the company as CEO in 2008?

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Research: We Take More Risks When We Compete Against Rivals

Harvard Business Review

” We then collected nine years of play-by-play data (2002 – 2010), totaling almost half a million unique plays. technology), rivalry could be an important lever for managers to pull to incentivize risk-taking. They drive corporate strategy, marketing, and research and development, as well as individual investment decisions.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. It's stunning today to read the NIEO demands—because they are almost exactly the same as what Supachai Panitchpakdi, head of UNCTAD and previously Director General of the WTO (2002-2005), is now calling for.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. What Advice do You Have For Developing Servant-Leadership Skills?

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. What Advice do You Have For Developing Servant-Leadership Skills?

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