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October Leadership Development Carnival: Autumn Fun Edition

Persuasive Powerhouse

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership announces a penalty in Individual Development Plans are Worthless….if Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan. Lynn Dessert plants some thoughts about leadership development at Elephants at Work on Is Your Organization Teaching the Right Lessons to Build Executive Talent? if No Action is Taken.

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Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class

Next Level Blog

Apparently, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert thought the same thing because it wasn’t long before he had posted a scathing open letter to the Cavs’ fans on the team’s official web site. In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard.

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Posts from Top Leadership Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership announces a penalty in Individual Development Plans are Worthless….if Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan. Lynn Dessert plants some thoughts about leadership development at Elephants at Work on Is Your Organization Teaching the Right Lessons to Build Executive Talent? if No Action is Taken.

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The Best Leaders “Talk the Walk”

Harvard Business Review

I saw the power of language come to life earlier this summer when I made an eye-opening visit to a day-long orientation held every six weeks or so for new employees of Quicken Loans, the online mortgage lender based in Detroit and owned by high-profile billionaire Dan Gilbert.

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Transforming a Company Is Daunting, But You Can Prepare for It

Harvard Business Review

Those three activities ( detailed in an article Gilbert co-authored in December's Harvard Business Review based on his experience transforming Desert News and Deseret Digital, Utah-based media organizations) don't happen accidentally. Those people have developed skills and mindsets appropriate for yesterday's business, not tomorrow's.

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Six lessons in how to interview… from the trenches

Roundtable Talk

2 Responses to Six lessons in how to interview… from the trenches Barbara Gilbert | April 27, 2010 at 9:12 AM | Thank you for this! ← Fast Friday: words of Wisdom from Stacey Allerton Firth Fast Friday with Suzanne Aldis Routh → Like Be the first to like this post. We are just heading into hiring for 2 YCW positions.

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Make IT Delightful, and Other Ways to Enchant Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

Research from John Bohannon has shown that dance performances can enhance the acquisition and development of knowledge. And creativity in general is the key to unlocking “ big magic ,” as the writer Elizabeth Gilbert calls it. The benefits of reading literature and poetry for business leaders have been well documented.