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LeadershipNow 140: October 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2013 that you might have missed: 20 Tools for Coaching and Teaching by @edbatista. Your career will soar if you avoid leaders’ #1 blind spot by @MichaelStallard. The Five Rules Every New CEO Should Follow by Roger Martin. Respond vs React by Jon Mertz @ThinDifference. by Jon Mertz.

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(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why mentors help prepare for opportunities but sponsors create privileged access to them; both are invaluable. Mellody Hobson Sallie Krawcheck Sanford C.

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Making Better Decisions

Joseph Lalonde

T his post originally published Friday, November 1, 2013 at www.greatleadersserve.org. A leader’s impact, career, reputation and legacy are all determined by the decisions he or she makes. Tiger and Phil from the world of golf, Aaron Rogers and Payton Manning from the NFL, Lebron James from the NBA, and the list could go on and on.

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The Personal Power of Your Voice

Coaching Tip

Source: The Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2013. Source: Arthur Samuel Joseph: Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery, with a foreword by Roger Goodell. Pennebaker to conclude: "You should use ''I'' the same way you use a speedometer on your car—as feedback on yourself," he says. Are you being genuine?

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. It’s a little more complicated than a five forces matrix or the Everett Rogers’ normal curve, diffusion and innovation curve. Case in point, like I joked about earlier, you ruined Everett Rogers’ model of diffusion innovation for me.

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Before You Take a Risk, Lay Out the Logic

Harvard Business Review

Roger Martin's forthcoming book with A.G. published in February 2013. Embracing Risk in Career Decisions. If you learn how to do that successfully, you'll soon find that you'll actually be able to take on bigger risks than you might have thought possible. Lafley, Playing to Win, will be. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Twelve Rules for New Grads

Harvard Business Review

Beginning May 12, 2013, I facilitated a discussion around this question on LinkedIn. I distilled the discussion down into twelve key pieces of advice — "rules" if you will — for getting off to a good start in one''s career. The American humorist Will Rogers said, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression."