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Building Your Legacy: What metrics are important?

Lead Change Blog

Training for years to shave seconds off of miles makes no sense to me in terms of what one could be contributing to society. In terms of your legacy, what is really an accomplishment? Consistency: We’ve come to a point where a “fad” of a month is actually long-lived. Sometimes metrics become meaningless.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. Shared values between colleagues, clients, or customers create long-lasting professional relationships based on trust and integrity.

Execution 362
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Never Enough … Excellence, Agility, and Meaning

Leading Blog

On an individual level, we must never look to be Never Excellent Enough and build our own capabilities in terms of knowledge and capacity, strength and control, and accountability and orientation. It begins by having a belief system in place. Never enough means realizing our full potential—intentionally. Never Meaningful Enough.

Agility 306
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Adversaries into Allies

Leading Blog

But here’s a caution: You can’t fake this stuff … for long. Understand the clash of belief systems. Your character is what ultimately determines your long-term influence. This is a guidebook to emotional intelligence and should be read from cover to cover. It’s the little things we forget. Just listen.

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Front Line Leadership: The Keys To Managing Millenials, Part 1

Terry Starbucker

Recently a survey was conducted that asked preteens about their long term career aspirations - the top three were sports star, pop star and actor. The distinction of famous vs. infamous has been blurred, and recognition for recognition sake is now the norm.

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Should Leaders be Consistent or Flexible?

The Center For Leadership Studies

At least part of the intrigue can be attributed to the reality that the topic has long integrated elements of its effective practice that, at face value, appear mutually exclusive. For instance: QUESTION : “Should leaders be consistent or flexible?”. ANSWER : “Absolutely!”.

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6 Internal Sources Of Strength For Leaders To Develop

Tanveer Naseer

Yes, these are important considerations, and leaders who ignore them won’t be leading for long. But too often, leaders focus so much on external factors that they neglect (or completely ignore) their internal resources: their attitudes, perspectives, motivation, and beliefs that make up their true selves.