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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Yet despite our very tight job market, highly effective “magnet companies” attract and hang on to good people. Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market. Brand management is an inside job.

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Two Things to Remember as You Change the World

Persuasive Powerhouse

In this world I’ve learned that there are very few quick fixes, despite what you might hear from marketers. Patience and perseverance. You must have both. Together, and at the same time. That cream that will get rid of wrinkles in two weeks or the diet that will help us lose 20 pounds in two weeks are fairy tales.

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Author Interview: “The 8 Essential Skills for Supervisors and.

Persuasive Powerhouse

This book highlights Paul’s significant experience in a 40-year career of managing people and as a well-respected consultant to managers and their organizations across the globe. He is President of Midwest Consulting Group , based in Kalamazoo Michigan.

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. We might simply vote without doing our homework first. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone. If that is true, when do we step up to leadership ourselves?

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Five Must-Reads for Tackling Complex Problems

Harvard Business Review

It includes stock markets, economic cycles, wars, company fortunes, and career paths. Emotional Intelligence , by Daniel Goleman. Goleman, in contrast, is one of the first authors to peer through a physiological lens at the emotionality of our thinking.

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It's About What Matters

Persuasive Powerhouse

When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Business owners who eat on the run, don’t exercise or take time out for massage and downtime often don’t feel good in their own skin. Energy levels are also affected.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Performing market assessments. Here’s a deeper look at how the four key traits of EQ, as defined by Daniel Goleman , relate to the PM role: Relationship management: Probably one of the most important characteristics of a great PM is their relationship management skills. Running design sprints. Pricing and revenue modeling.