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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! However, this year is different, because I get to host the April Carnival and bring you an outstanding collection of the “best of the best” in leadership development. I started hosting this Carnival in July, 2008, my second year of blogging.

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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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Why Most Change Efforts Fail and 7 Guidelines to Ensure Your Team Succeeds

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

A 2008 study by IBM found that over 60 percent of change efforts do not fully meet their objectives, and a 2013 Towers Watson study revealed only 25% are sustained over time. The post Why Most Change Efforts Fail and 7 Guidelines to Ensure Your Team Succeeds appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

Home / Leadership Profiles / Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. January 7, 2013. Here are the ones I’ve found to be the most helpful: How to Stay Motivated (19 CD set) – I purchased this CD set in 2008 while on a military deployment in the Middle East. by Nathan Magnuson.

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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?

N2Growth Blog

The primary reason stated was because of the continued fall-out from the 2013 massive data breach. In 2008, thieves simultaneously hit more than 2,100 ATMs across the globe and within 12 hours stole more than $9 million in cash. Chair, Executive Search, N2growth. And massive it was! These types of events did not begin yesterday.

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

At best, leadership development is a fun day out, at worst it is a gut wrenching, annoying exercise that leaves you cringing as someone teaches you to suck eggs. And it is managers’ ability to innovate, collaborate and adapt to a constantly changing environment that are the leadership skills we most need to develop.

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Car-Mileage Targets: Only One Part of the Solution

Coaching Tip

mpg of a 2008 Ford Escape SUV HYBRID over 135,000 miles and 39.7 mpg of a 2013 Ford Fusion HYBRID over 27,500 miles. . Today, automotive leadership is taking a wider view of future mobile operations to improve transportation alternatives beyond today's personal vehicle usage. mpg to April 2016 at 25.2 However, U.S.