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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. Regular meditation and all the skills it improves – focus, concentration, mindfulness, patience, stress resiliency, emotional intelligence, and more – has been a massive game changer for me. “If I hear myself saying, ‘If I do this, I’m afraid that…” then I try to reframe it into trust.

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When a Public Mistake Requires an Old-Fashioned Apology

Harvard Business Review

Consider the case of AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. During the meeting, which was called to announce layoffs and site closings, Armstrong publicly fired Patch’s creative director for apparently recording the meeting. This “brutal” firing created a firestorm of negative publicity both for AOL and for Armstrong.

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LeadershipNow 140: August 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong by @RandyConley. Caffeine : The Silent Killer of Emotional Intelligence - Forbes. Read " A boss by any other name " by @wallybock. FSonnenberg: Counterfeit Leadership vs. REAL leadership. From @RyanEggenberger : Gen Y’s Resignation Letter to Bosses.

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It’s What I See, But Some May Not

Lead Change Blog

He sat next to me this time and so his gestures, muted sounds and tones of irreverence blared at me as if Louis Armstrong had nestled the business end of his trumpet up to my ear and blown hard. It was, however, distinct in my mind as it was the third or fourth time I had witnessed the same non-verbal display by the same person.

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Why Great Success Can Bring Out the Worst Parts of Our Personalities

Harvard Business Review

Tim Armstrong, during his tenure as the CEO of AOL, fired an executive on a live conference call after the exec snapped a photo of him for the internal website. In fact, it’s far more likely that exceptionally talented people like Musk, Hughes, Jobs, Getty, and Armstrong succeed despite these traits.