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Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination

Lead Change Blog

I am a monthly contributor to MoneyInc.com and this month I wrote about my early leadership journey. My first leadership role came in my mid-20s, when I accepted a position as a manager. After six months, my boss was let go and I was promoted into a senior leadership role as the controller in my division.

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Leadership is About Engagement

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership is About Engagement by Kevin Eikenberry on December 29, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Relationships Ok, this title should be self evident, especially to long time readers of this blog.

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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. Ron Friedman, Ph.D. –

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President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

To reinforce one of the most important of all leadership qualities – that of being other focused. Tagged as: other focus , President Reagan , Ronald Reagan Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil Next post: Been Promoted? I reprise it today for three reasons.

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Sleep Away Excess Fat

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Add it as a comment.

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Rise of Lonely American Employees Undermines Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

Between 1985 and 2004, the number of people with whom the average American discussed “important matters&# dropped from three to two. In 1940, 7.7 percent of Americans lived in one-person households. By 2000, that number more than tripled to 25.8 percent. (In Navy, and Bono of the rock band U2).

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Three Reminders from the Arlington Cemetery Mess

Next Level Blog

The result of the poor leadership and management includes mismarked graves, unmarked graves, split graves and at least four burial urns that somehow ended up in a landfill. The problem was compounded in 2004 when the structure was changed to expand oversight of the cemetery from two organizations to four.