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LeadershipNow 140: June 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2012 that you might have missed: Engines of Innovation by @wallybock. Two Words of Wisdom that will Change Your Life by @RonEdmondson. Do you make these body language mistakes ? What you do that impact relationships even more than what you say.

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The Referral Engine: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) First, you must be (or become) worthy of the referrals you seek. Whatever their source of power (e.g.

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“Hear the roar of our engines….”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is what he has to say: * * * During Super Bowl 2012, [.]. Leland Russell has praised Clint Eastwood’s two-minute commercial for Chrysler, “It’s Half-time in America,” and I agree with Russell.

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Is A Growth Mindset Key To Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Even since Stanford’s Carol Dweck bought the growth and fixed mindsets to widespread attention in 2012, the virtues of a growth mindset have been attributed to all manner of wholesome values. “This research provides a useful direction for organisations whose products and services call for integrated and creative solutions.

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Complimentary Resource – Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth

Strategy Driven

Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth. In the latest forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global GDP growth for 2013 has been revised down to 3.1% – only slightly up on GDP growth for 2012 (2.9%). Click here for more information on Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth.

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How Create a More Inclusive Workplace for LGBTQ Employees

Let's Grow Leaders

Tammy Cravit is a data engineer, friend, and advocate for LGBTQ inclusion. When my ex and I divorced in 2012, I vowed not to make that mistake again. In this interview, Tammy shares candid insights and practical approaches for “seeing beyond the label” and building a more inclusive workplace one human being at a time.

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inGenius: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity Tina Seelig HarperOne/An imprint of HarperCollins (2012) How and why the tools and techniques of creative thinking are as essential to invention as the scientific method is to discovery There are six components that comprise what Tina Seelig characterizes as an “Innovation Engine.”

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