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LeadershipNow 140: January 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

Why Most Change Efforts Fail and 7 Guidelines to Ensure Your Team Succeeds by @JesseLynStoner. From @WallyBock 50 of the “best book I read in 2015″ recommendations. Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You and Your Career via @successmagazine. 11 Ways to Strengthen the Relationships That Will Lead You to Success by @LollyDaskal.

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How to Employ Leadership Fundamentals…or Falter

Strategy Driven

How can the organization create guidelines for socially responsible submissions when some negative offshoots of free speech-extremism, sexism, hate mongering and vigilantism—threaten Reddit's integrity? Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The sacred cow has been Reddit's free speech and privacy policies.

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” It used to be that you could learn the core skills for a career in college and graduate school – think management, accounting, law – and then apply it over forty years. Their new book is BULLETPROOF PROBLEM SOLVING: The One Skill That Changes Everything. New Skills Required.

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How’s your networking working? Better if you follow the rules.

Strategy Driven

HISTORY: I began my networking career more than 25 years ago, so I consider myself a relatively sophisticated meeting attendee. I’ve just given you the parameters, the guidelines, and the rules that I have personally been following for 25 years. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2015 that you might have missed: Some of the Things I''ve Learned - What Will Matter by @Josephson0. From @PaulJSohn How Does Emotional Intelligence Affect Your Career [Infographic]. Guidelines to Create a Compelling Vision by @JesseLynStoner. by Emily Young.

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Your Boss Won’t Say Yes If Emotions Are Running High

Harvard Business Review

(And if you fail to get buy-in , the organization might suffer — along with your career.) Drawing on the experiences of the “issue sellers” we’ve studied, we’ve gleaned these guidelines. Managing your own emotions: Conveying passion can improve your chances of gaining attention and triggering action.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. In the 1998 letter he has a section titled Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History where he details the guidelines Amazon uses to decide who to hire. In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions.

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