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The Leadership Pipeline

CEO Blog

The Leadership Pipeline - How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan , Steve Drotter and Jim Noel was awesome. I like Ram Charans books. Interestingly, I started my career here. This is great for stimulating thought but may cause an intermingling of thought on my book reviews. He is a clear thinker.

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager. Instead, make it more powerful by sharing more about the context. Becoming a new manager is an important leadership passage in your career.

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Leaders, Choose Your Words Wisely

Harvard Business Review

My professor, Ram Charan, noticed that my schoolwork was starting to slip. I persevered through some difficult times as I was starting up my career and I was promoted to Product Manager at General Mills in a very timely way. This was a very powerful lesson, delivered in four words. I was stretched pretty thin. 32 words total.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobson

This is best accomplished by allowing employees to see clearly where they stand in the organization versus where they want to be in their careers. A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. Think how powerful it can be to include all your employees in problem solving and to use all the approaches! They pose alternatives.

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobson

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. Think how powerful it can be to include all your employees in problem solving and to use all the approaches! So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobson

Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, reports Nicholas Nigro, author of, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

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"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Eric Jacobson

Think how powerful it can be to include all your employees in problem solving and to use all the approaches! "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro.

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