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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Actually, it's supposed to be a beautiful Fall day here in New England, and the Carnival host is anxious to head over to the Maine seacoast for some seafood with Mrs. Michael Lee Stallard presents Develop the Heart of a Champion posted at Michael Lee Stallard.

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Likability in Leadership—Necessary for Some, a Liability to Others

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Cassandra Frangos : We had a handy rule of thumb for hiring in my first job in management consulting. Would that same CHRO be as successful at a firm where the culture was more about innovation and less about continuity? If the answer was, "Oh my, no way ," we’d usually move on to the next highly qualified candidate.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Perhaps most importantly they have the ability to align interests and sell the vision unifying leadership, management, staff and external stakeholders as well. Want to find out?

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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

Great Leadership By Dan

To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence. Yet conventional silos, management practices and mindsets act as brakes on all of these. To build an agile organization requires a revolution in conventional management thinking and practice. Is it possible to get the best of both worlds?

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] In most cases your wins won’t put you out of business, but your losses most certainly can.

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Five Ways to Positively Disrupt Your Career During COVID

Strategy Driven

When markets are down, they become ripe for disruption and roll out the red carpet for innovative services, solutions, and products. Met a workplace benchmark? Currently, Katie works full time as the Senior Associate Director of Leadership Development at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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