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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? Get up early.

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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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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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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. Silos were broken, managers began to listen, and self-serving leaders went bye-bye as collaboration increased.

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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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Leadership Development as a 5 Year Journey

Great Leadership By Dan

So what would a five-year leadership Individual Development Plan look like? It’s only an example, but includes what I’d consider to be proven best practices for leadership development. To quote Steven Covey, you’re starting with the end in mind. Take a 360 leadership assessment. . Take a 360 leadership assessment.

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Trust is a Funny Thing

Lead Change Blog

Covey, we should be generous yet sensible with giving trust. Most of us won’t outright betray a colleague, but what if we promise to write back and don’t, or put in a good word and forget, or make unrealistic projections and career promises that we can’t possibly deliver? Those same behaviors are directed at us when we’re not trusted.

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