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Motivate with a Memorable “Vision Phrase” that Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

Recently I was helping run workshops on leadership at Texas Christian University (TCU), a university of just under 10,000 students based in Fort Worth, Texas. When Chuck Schwab started The Charles Schwab Corporation, his vision was to provide “the most useful and ethical financial services in the world.” Reinforce it Often.

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The Language Of Leadership

Lead from Within

Ethos i s the Greek word for character (and the source of the English word “ethic”), representing leadership with open will. For coaching, consulting, workshops and speaking. © 2013 Lolly Daskal. Now it’s time to ask more open-ended questions and see what insight we can gain. ”. When we have credibility, we are trusted.To

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March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! She says, “As our work becomes more complex, so do our ethical dilemmas.” As a bonus, Jennifer includes an infographic of a 2013 survey by The Institute for Corporate Productivity that demonstrates how critical of an issue change is for today’s organizations.

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“A Friend of a Friend” Is No Longer the Best Way to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

If you go to job-searching workshops — and I went to more than 50 in the course of studying the contemporary hiring landscape in 2013 and 2014 — you will be told weak ties are the key. So who can actually help? What kinds of relationships should we try to use when we are looking for a job?

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. And at Björn Borg, their key performance indicators have improved after Bunge was brought in as CEO : net sales increased by 27% between 2013 and 2016, and operating profits tripled.

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