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Your Career is Your Responsibility

Nathan Magnuson

I’ve been thinking about career selection and management a lot recently. When I’m asked how I landed where I am, I’m quick to reply that I wouldn’t wish my career path on anyone but I sure do love where I am now. So what does career management have to do with leadership? Your career is your career.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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7 Strategies To Lead With Abundance

Tanveer Naseer

Covey About four years ago, I made the decision to shift careers from school leadership to that of executive coach and consultant. In my first course, I was told to interview someone who was in the same field that I sought to pursue and ask that person a series of questions relating to their career path.

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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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7 Habits Of Highly Inept Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Stephen Covey has written about 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. Put Yourself First – Your career matters, make sure you always look out for number one. Leadership Development bad bosses inept leadership jerky bosses' A confident, humble leader would have a different response to a yawning audience.

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4 Guiding Principles That Serve as a Foundation for Leadership Success

Strategy Driven

Early in my business career, I worked as a team leader on a high-level project. Trust Trust is perhaps the most important principle in leadership. Covey , someone I admired greatly, said, “If your ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step you take gets you to the wrong place faster.”

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How Great Leaders Value People

Lead Change Blog

Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. Covey says that a team with high trust will produce results faster and at lower cost. Great leaders show an interest in their people’s jobs and career aspirations. It’s all about the people.

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