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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! This post begins by considering the 400 year forest management plans that produce trees for making cognac barrels. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post. What is Creativity?"

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The Best Collection of Advice for New Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the August 5 th , 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? Dan McCarthy, from Great Leadership : “ 25 Tips for New Managers.”.

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Get Prepared for 2013?s Unpredictable Changes and Chances

The Practical Leader

Day-Lewis delivers an incredibly powerful performance showing Lincoln using his well-honed leadership skills to push, pull, and navigate the byzantine maze of Washington politics during one of the most tumultuous periods of American history (teetering on a moral cliff). He’s clearly well prepared to seize all chances coming his way.

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Three Ways a ‘Noble Goal’ Makes You a Significantly Better Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

As Encore’s team approached their daily work through this new lens, morale increased and collections continued to grow. I believe Encore’s runaway success was directly tied to this shift in management philosophy and culture. Below the surface, every leader brims with this incredible generosity, creativity and motivation.

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The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Creativity

Harvard Business Review

No One Actually Wants You to Be Creative :( Inside the Box Slate Americans love to give lip service to creativity, celebrating imaginative artists and innovators and calling for "out of the box" ideas. True, this often doesn''t lead to happiness -- but it does lead to more creativity. "To But maybe I''m just being creative.

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Why Your Employees Count as Much as Your Clients

Strategy Driven

What effective managers and leaders must recognize is that it begins with caring about the people who drive your business. Poor Management Leads to Poor Employees. Nothing will drive an employee away or decrease their performance and motivation faster than poor management practices. Managers and leaders are not made equal.

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The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time

Harvard Business Review

Author JK Rowling, biographer Walter Isaacson, and psychiatrist Carl Jung have all had disciplined practices for managing the information flow and cultivating periods of deep silence. Real sustained silence, the kind that facilitates clear and creative thinking, quiets inner chatter as well as outer. He’s in good company.

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