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5 Leadership Lessons I Learned by Walking the Camino de Santiago

Leading Blog

I first walked that trail – 435 miles over 29 days – in 2013 and have returned twice since. While I was walking the Camino, I thought a lot about my career and the leadership lessons I had learned. T HE Camino de Santiago is a network of ancient hiking paths that all lead to a shrine to St. James in northwest Spain.

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Leadership Lessons On Listening, Questioning, And Moving Others To Act

Tanveer Naseer

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s hugely successful Lean In complements both by providing a clear example of a leader who demonstrates in action the managerial practices that both men advocate. See “ Daniel Pink’s New Pitch ”, by Theodore Kinni, strategy+business magazine, Autumn 2013.) Schein and Daniel H. Pink being the standouts.

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5 Must-read Leadership Books for Women Leaders

HR Digest

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit the bestseller list with this book in 2013. This book was the result of a TED talk that Sandberg gave about how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers, and she provides ample proof in the book backing up that claim. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”. Author Lois P.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. How do you avoid your applications getting tossed by HR or automated filters?

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Data Alone Won’t Get You a Standing Ovation

Harvard Business Review

Consider the following examples: In December 2010, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg took to the TED stage to talk about “Why we have too few women leaders.” She described the encounter with her daughter, and told other personal stories about how difficult it was for her to raise a family and have a career, as well as offering statistics.

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Mayer, Sandberg, Slaughter: Driving Change, at a Cost

Harvard Business Review

Slaughter, Sandberg and Mayer are at different stages of their careers and lives, and have very different ideas around a woman''s relationship to work and home. Here''s what we found when comparing the 3 women: Brand Passion Index for April 2012- April 2013. The question is, do you need to be popular to be effective?

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When the Competition Is Trying to Poach Your Top Employee

Harvard Business Review

And when Garrett opened a new oyster restaurant in Boston’s Seaport in 2013, Jillian agreed to be its general manager. Jeff Francis, the COO of Copper Mobile, a Dallas-based mobile app development firm, says that poaching is “pretty common” in his business. “She came back to us,” he says.