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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? When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. Blog Post ). How did you react? What helped? What didn’t? Blog Post ).

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065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact

Engaging Leader

Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict. Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict. Also, information was no longer the domain of the corporate brass; everyone in the company could find out what they needed to know. Management Influence 2.0:

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn't Great.

Rich Gee Group

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Good To Great.

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5 Simple Ways Good Leaders Become Great

Lead from Within

In Good to Great, Jim Collins writes, “Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It means driving results, driving people, driving the company. ” Lead with self motivation.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” It is one of the characteristics that distinguishes great companies from mediocre ones. To learn how to develop and test your BHAG, refer to Collin’s book, Built to Last. Refuel your motivation when the going gets tough.

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Multiplying the Effective Intelligence of Your Organization

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?