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Leaders Lessons from an Outward Bound Wilderness Instructor

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Mark Brown: Leaders in the outdoor leadership space are quite familiar with a wilderness ethic and organization called Leave No Trace. This argument was introduced by New York Life CEO Ted Mathas , while speaking at an event hosted by Outward Bound USA that honored New York Life Foundation's work with grieving teens.

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Great Leadership for Challenging Times

Great Leadership By Dan

Another well known blogger said that if a CEO did this, it showed he was clueless. Think task forces, committees, action learning, and Kaizen workshops. It’s a leadership development opportunity - really! It’s a required course in your leadership curriculum. Radiate confidence and optimism. I strongly disagree.

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What Makes a Great Teacher? Leadership

Tony Mayo

CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question. Leadership May 7th, 2010 — tonymayo Email This Article I noticed something interesting about executive effectiveness while reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, What Makes a Great Teacher? – What Makes a Great Teacher? Popularity: 3% [ ?

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. When I first met then Southeast Airlines CEO, Herb Kelleher, we were both working the booth at the 1997 BookExpo at Chicago’s McCormick Center. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Real.

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Jennifer Prosek: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Jennifer Prosek is the founder and CEO of CJP Communications (CJP), where she leads many of the firm’s key accounts. Under her leadership, the firm has become a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New York, Connecticut and London.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing. That scares me. This was a precarious time.

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The Key to Change Is Middle Management

Harvard Business Review

A hallmark of the successful 32% was the involvement of mid-level managers two or more levels below the CEO. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement. He worked through the corporate strategy group to call direct meetings with then-CEO Mark Hurd. Change management Execution Leadership'