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Vote for Multiplier of the Year 2013

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Meet LeadChange [link] One of our members and Instigator, Karin Hurt (@letsgrowleaders) has been selected as one of 5 Multipliers of the Year by The Wiseman Group. The Multipliers Leader of the Year award is sponsored annually by The Wiseman Groupto recognize the top “genius makers” in business and education.

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Richard Wiseman on the “luck factor” in all human experience

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In his book, The Luck Factor, Richard Wiseman describes luck in terms of choice. In his research working with more than 400 individuals, he found several key attributes of those who describe themselves as “lucky”: 1. They harness the power of curiosity well.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/30/13)

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Bob''s blog entries "McKinsey Quarterly: Top Ten Newsletter (Third Quarter 2013)" "Six Lessons for Managing CEO transitions" "The Corner Office" "The luck factor in all human experience" Adam Bryant Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books Are you a Diminisher or a Multiplier?

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The Multiplier Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

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The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools Liz Wiseman, Lois Allen, and Elise Porter Corwin/A Sage Company (2013) How and why a Multiplier environment — with efficient systems — can unlock human potential In Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, written with Greg McKeown, Liz Wiseman juxtaposes two quite (..)

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

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And, the winner of the 2013 Thinkers50, Clay Christensen, now sees his ideas of disruptive innovation used and applied by managers in their relentless quest for competitive advantage. Rise of the Chinese thinkers The big story in the 2013 Thinkers50 was the arrival of the first Chinese thinkers in the ranking. Ideas make a difference.

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Squirrels, Boats and Thoroughbreds: A book review by Bob Morris

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Squirrels, Boats and Thoroughbreds: Lessons for Leading Change, in Traditional Businesses Jamie Gerdsen River Grove Books (2013) Unconventional perspectives on convention and on how to control change by embracing it Whatever their size and nature may be, most organizations seem to have a workforce that is bipolar: employees either support or challenge (..)

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

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A milestone that I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to celebrate here on my blog with the help of such leadership luminaries as Doug Conant , Liz Wiseman , Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner , and David Burkus. I look forward to sharing with you many more of my ideas and insights on leadership ideas in 2015, and in the years to come.