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Featured Leading Voice: Chip Bell

Lead Change Blog

” Following graduate school and the military (including a tour of duty as an infantry unit commander in Viet Nam) Chip was director of management and organizational development for NCNB (now Bank of America). He says, however, “The most important education for me has come from lessons learned in life, not academia!”

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Social Pressure Is a Better Motivator Than Money

Harvard Business Review

Consider another example made famous in Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. John McFarlane of ANZ Bank sent a bottle of champagne to every employee for Christmas with a card thanking them for their work on the company's "Perform, Grow and Breakout" change program. She'd probably have accepted it graciously.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. No one wants to work harder for a complacent or mediocre manager, however, every employee wants to be led by an enthusiastic leader that helps them become more passionate about their work. Your leadership is like a bank account. And because ministry is giving , it can be draining.