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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

Building on the shoulders of such philosophical giants and the subsequent research over millennia, science has further defined, assessed, and developed the concept of character to apply findings to organizational leadership. Furlong held senior global leadership roles at TD Securities, retiring in 2012 as vice chair.

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December 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For our December edition, we took a page out of last December’s Carnival of HR post and asked about books you have read which have made a difference in your leadership journey. We figure it might provide some gift-giving ideas for anyone who is stuck!

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

Return on Character : The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win by Fred Kiel In Return on Character , Fred Kiel has put numbers to the notion that good leadership aimed at promoting the common good, not just individual, winner-take-all acquisition can be good business. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Best Leadership Books of 2013.

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Is Social Accountability Changing Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. In 2015, the World Economic Forum predicted that emotional intelligence would be one of the top 10 skills demanded by employers by 2020. Transparency.

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Beyond the Paycheck: Could Curtailing Executive Overcompensation Also Curtail Bad Boss Behaviors™? (H.R.6191)

Modern Servant Leader

Here’s how it could improve leadership behaviors: Realigning Incentives: By capping CEO pay, H.R.6191 Market, Industry, & Demographic Considerations: Different industries, geographies, and markets have varying norms and expectations. 6 Years later, the company had doubled in size and turnover was cut in half.

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Key Takeaways from Leadercast 2015

Nathan Magnuson

Author Andy Stanley explained that while vision AND strategy are both important aspects of leadership, vision always comes first. Many new ideas, products and technologies were built before the “market” was ready for them (such as the fax machine, printing press, automobiles or Apple products).

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The Best Leadership Books of 2017

Leading Blog

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. It’s typically not the player with the highest market value.

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