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Great Leadership: The Power of I’s

Great Leadership By Dan

Not surprising, I found that one of the most significant drivers of employee engagement is One’s Immediate Manager and all aspects that make up that relationship between a manager and his or her employees, that is, the bond that is created by effective leaders with those they lead.

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Three Things Every Leadership Offsite Needs - Next Level Blog

Next Level Blog

In twenty plus years of management work and leadership coaching, I’ve been in the room for a few really great offsites and a lot of really awful ones. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below.

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Leadership Lessons from a Three Ring Circus

Next Level Blog

  He learned what he was good at, leveraged those strengths and filled in the gaps with strong managers who complemented his strengths.   Feld notes that through Act Night the cast forms bonds of mutual respect that carry them through the tour.    Of course, some of the acts are literally death defying. 

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. As a soldier deployed for my ninth time since the events of September 11, 2001 I’ve seen firsthand the amazing impact something as simple as a letter can have on the human spirit. ” It is a remarkable sight, to be sure.

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The Not-So-Secret Secrets to Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel You to the Top

Strategy Driven

Oh – and I often shock new team members by writing the letters ‘FU’ and a date at the bottom of my notes. New people are always relieved when they learn that those letters aren’t a pejorative, but a shorthand I use as a reminder to ‘Follow Up’ by a specific date! Do what you say you will, period.

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How CEOs Can Work with an Active Board

Harvard Business Review

Largely as a result of intensifying shareholder intolerance of mediocre or poor corporate performance, the ceremonial boards of the past are being replaced by active boards that are more demanding of managers and more intrusive in their affairs. It is especially important to create a bond with the lead director and/or the chair.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Good Intentions, Bad Results: Learning from the Panic of 1826

Strategy Driven

. “The judge the lawyer the doctor the clergy the widow the trustee of orphans all fell into the common vortex of investing in these bonds,” Life and Fire Insurance Company director Jacob Barker wrote in a letter in 1827. This was all done with good intentions. But was it a new financial world?