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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source: Great Leadership.

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Voting ends Sept 1st for Thinkers50 Top Management Thinker Award for 2013

Marshall Goldsmith

Dear Friends, We are nearing the 2013 Thinkers50 biannual awards. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011). If you haven’t yet heard of Thinkers50, here is a little background.

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Back To School Leadership

Lead Change Blog

“Great leadership is only found in the world of business,” my seatmate on a recent flight pompously boasted, “Certainly not in the government, churches or education where we desperately need it.”. When Dr. Nido Qubein assumed the presidency in January 2005, he realized the enormous potential of this academy of higher learning.

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The Latest Trends in the Executive Coaching Industry

Persuasive Powerhouse

we decided for now to at least repeat our ground-breaking industry research from our 2005 study, as highlighted in the book Executive Coaching for Results. What we found was that indeed some meaningful trends are emerging – some of the same from 2005, and some different. Growth in executive coaching field is expected to continue.

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A Life in Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero: An Autobiography John Whitehead Basic Books (2005) Note: I re-read this book before reading Steven Mandis’ recently published book, What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organization Drift, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2013).

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

Lead Change Blog

In the United States alone, there are 11 million meetings daily (Koehn 2013). A guest lecturer in organizational change at Benedictine University, Emily also coached participants in University of Chicago’s Leadership Arts Program. Create a meeting environment where everyone puts their paddle in the water.

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The Biggest Firms Are Most Likely To Commit Fraud

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers assessed the corporate profiles of 250 firms that were involved in financial securities fraud between 2005 and 2013. “We need to look more at corporate leadership arrangements, and the responsibility of individuals in creating the culture of the company itself,” they conclude.