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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This post begins by considering the 400 year forest management plans that produce trees for making cognac barrels. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post. There are very fine lines between being a tough boss, a jerk manager and a bully.". Sip slowly and enjoy the read.".

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Retain Talent Through a Concrete Corporate Culture

Coaching Tip

At Cascade Asset Management , an environmentally minded recycler of computer components, sustainability reigns supreme, from a wholly green headquarters to employee nameplates personally made from recycled computer pieces. Visual storytelling is a powerful tool. By Barbara T. Who says corporate culture isn’t concrete?

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The Flawed Art of Lance Armstrong's Confession

Harvard Business Review

After more than a decade of vehement denials , Lance Armstrong finally came clean last night in an interview with Oprah Winfrey about his use of performance enhancing drugs. CNN host Piers Morgan took it one step further, posting on Twitter that Armstrong was a "sniveling, lying, cheating little wretch.I hope he now just disappears.".

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At work, do pounds mean prizes?

Chartered Management Institute

Both include riding up a number of mountains, including the climb Lance Armstrong described as the hardest he'd ever ridden. Alas between waking up and writing this I read coverage of a new study linking employee weight and their earning power. You are not watching this post, click to start watching

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Why Do So Many Managers Forget They’re Human Beings?

Harvard Business Review

Armstrong/Roberts Classic Stock/Getty Images. In our assessments, surveys, and interviews of over a thousand leaders, many comments stood out, but one in particular was especially powerful and thought-provoking. As leaders, we must be humans before managers. Leadership & Managing People Book. Further Reading.

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Human Feedback is the Greatest Path to Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Enjoy the powerful results that follow! StrategyDriven Project Management Forum. StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 45 – An Interview with Sharon Armstrong, author of The Essential Performance Review Handbook. You have now started spinning human feedback loops. About the Author.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

In his book, Paul demonstrates how storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. It seems that a lot more people nowadays are professing the power of storytelling. So, I couldn’t be much more happy with that. I feel you started that trend.