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Leaders don’t create more followers. They create more leaders.

Brigette Hyacinth

They consistently seek opportunities to inspire and motivate others. Such managers push employees to grow and develop in order to reach their full potential. ” Developing leadership skills is a lifetime project. Some managers think that developing potential leaders could threaten their authority or position.

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Taking leadership to the next level

Lead on Purpose

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.” This is, as Collins puts it, a “study in duality.” So can you and I become a Level 5 leader?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. Blog Post ).

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First Leadership Book To Give To A New Manager

Eric Jacobson

Discussion members recommended other things instead of giving a book about leadership to a new manager, such as: o Interviewing everyone in the company with whom they will directly work. Covey Developing the Leader Within You – John C. Maxwell each have two books in the Top 20. o Giving a book about management first.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. Instead, an engaged workforce results when the focus is on developing, motivating, and empowering employees.

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Has SAS's Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code On Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

During the Leadercast program and prior to my meeting with Goodnight, author Jim Collins interviewed him on stage. Collins seemed to be looking for something similar in Goodnight to explain SAS’s benevolent corporate culture where the average work week is 35 hours and the bucolic SAS campus has nearly every employee perk imaginable.

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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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