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Unleadership – A Crisis of Identity

N2Growth Blog

As of this writing it had been read more than 260,000 times, had more than 5,000 Facebook shares, and more than 3,000 ReTweets – it clearly struck a chord with the leadership community. The magnitude of this crisis can range from a distorted, diluted, destructive, and in some cases deranged form of what they inaccurately define as leadership.

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10 New Truths Great Leaders Know That Most People Don’t

Lead from Within

Like any other field, leadership goes through trends and changes–and if you want to be successful, you need to stay on top of them. Old-school leadership is just that, and what we do today is very different. To understand leadership, you need to be able to separate historic thought from current practice.

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4 Ways Smaller Companies Can Attract Great Talent

Let's Grow Leaders

Interesting, those conversations have been juxtaposed with interviews I’ve been doing this week for a mid-sized client, as we’re looking to take their social media strategy to the next level. ” the answer is they want a place where they can move faster (less bureaucracy) and be more creative. Rock Social Media.

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The New Method Of Leadership Thinking

Eric Jacobson

Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment. Or as Jeff Bezos directed Steve Kessel (then head of its traditional media business - books, music, DVDs), “Your job is to kill your own business.

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Learn to Teach. Teach to Learn

In the CEO Afterlife

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. The folks at Red Bull are the ultimate entrepreneurs; although you may be caught in the bureaucracy of an old economy organization, you cannot escape the fact that great ideas create change. When I retired, I thought I was through with business.

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Don’t Be a Leader of Stupid Rules

Lead Change Blog

Their social media rantings spotlight your “stupid rules” as they inform hundreds of potential customers to stay clear of your “holding pens and loading shootschutes.” Like TD Bank, make busting customer-restricting bureaucracy more valued than protecting those “sacred cows” long in need of slaughtering. This is not a plea for revolt.

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Thank God for Bosses!

Nathan Magnuson

Whether it’s water cooler gossip, happy hour banter or social media posts, people aren’t happy with their leader and don’t hold back when telling why. Nathan Magnuson is a leadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader. You don’t have to look far to look far to see the verbal abuse bosses take.

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