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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. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do. How much of your time is focused on looking forward?

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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. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do. Next post: How To Present Yourself Like A Professional.

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The right people

Lead on Purpose

Recently I decided to re-read (actually listened to) to the classic business book Good To Great by Jim Collins where he discusses, among other things, the value of people. Collins makes an important distinction with regard to the people in an organization: you need to get the right people.

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The Answers to These 4 Questions Will Define Your COVID-19 Leadership Legacy

Leading with Trust

Meeting the needs of customers, your employees, and even figuring out how to deliver your product or service in this new environment has been consuming your time and attention. Your organization probably champions that “people are their most valuable asset” or that you operate with “integrity, trust, ethics” or something to that effect.

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders are Humble

Skip Prichard

In fact, when leaders aren’t humble – when they’re arrogant or proud – they shut down the traits that make for the strongest teams: creativity, good worth ethic, entrepreneurship, selflessness. My guests have some great, actionable ideas on how to make humility a real and potent force in your servant leadership style. Jennifer Collins.

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Leadership…What’s Charisma Got To Do With It?

You're Not the Boss of Me

These and other elements can indeed be developed even among those of us who have had what Jim Collins describes as a “ charisma bypass ” because, as he says, charisma is a personality trait and leadership is not about personality. There are even some articles that attempt to tell you how to become charismatic. Self-awareness.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't Jim Collins' book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't," pulls from a study covering 28 companies to offer advice on which leadership strategies and business practices work, and which don't. The Case for Servant Leadership Author Kent M.

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