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LeadershipNow 140: June 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2015 that you might have missed: Reconsidering the Charismatic CEO by Eric McNulty. The Most Important Career Decision of Your Life: Stepping Up to Leadership from @DDIworld. Henry Mintzberg, the Anti-CEO , on The CEO Series radio show via @profkjmoore. Can You Manage Up?

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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Management - Its not what you Think

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Sunday, January 02, 2011 Management - Its not what you Think Management - Its Not What You Think is a book of articles edited and complied by Henry Mintzberg. Rahdpoor Nahassbaalapan, 23, of Indus Teleservices, Numbai, India, will be assuming the office of President, Chairman and CEO as of May 1.

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Political games in organizations: the ones other people play. Not.

Roundtable Talk

Using materials provided by our colleagues at Coaching Ourselves , our lively group of mid-career leaders explored the topic of politics in organizations and reinforced my own view that “playing the game” is a daily reality in organizations… and may even spill over into your personal life. Whether you’re aware of it or not. Happy leading!

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5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For

Harvard Business Review

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. The CEO of a large, global bank once told me: “It is very easy for someone in my position to be very busy all the time.