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How to Lead Yourself When the Boss is Not Around

Great Leadership By Dan

Organizations are flatter, spans of control have increased, and hundreds of thousands of employees now work from home. Identify a small group of stakeholders that can give you hard, honest feedback, will listen to your ideas, and offer great advice. I’m in one of those positions. Develop an informal “Advisory Board”.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. In her remarks she stated that, prior to her assuming command, I gave her some simple advice. We had fifteen thousand employees working for us.