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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! I started hosting this Carnival in July, 2008, my second year of blogging. There is a quiet leadership revolution going on, a shift in the definition of success from “what” to “how.” Miki Saxon from MAPping Company Success presents You are NOT Your Company. “

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Malcolm Gladwell on “ANNALS OF BUSINESS: When underdogs break the rules”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries (2005) and the Art of Battling Giants (October 2013) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking David and Goliath: Underdogs Malcolm Gladwell on "ANNALS OF BUSINESS: When underdogs break the rules" Misfits National Junior Basketball—the Little League of basketball Outliers: The Story of Success (2008) Ron Popeil The Tipping Point: (..)

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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 for Nos. Align with business strategy”.

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Four Ways to Grow Your Business

Chart Your Course

According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. They credit their success with more affordable and effective marketing tools via the Internet, and growing support for local businesses.

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Malcolm Gladwell on “Annals of Innovation: Social Media & Social Change”

First Friday Book Synopsis

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Coronavirus Crisis: Reasons for Hope During These Dark Times

The Practical Leader

Global banks are much stronger and less leveraged than in 2008. Stock markets should bounce back more quickly than the six years it took the Dow Jones Average from 2007 to 2013 to recover. More than 300 tests in China have shown success in these treatments with the coronavirus.

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Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

January 7, 2013. It was truly one of the highlights of my year getting to meet the man who literally wrote the book on success. Below are some of my favorites which represent the main flavor of everything Ziglar stood for: “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”