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These Powerful Traits Can Make You into a Successful Leader

Lead from Within

Great leaders are multidimensional, continually improving, growing and learning. Here are the most powerful top traits that can make you be the most successful leader you can be: Self-management. Being a visionary means understanding that continuous change is occurring all around you, so what worked in the past may not work now.

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First Look: Leadership Books for August 2015

Leading Blog

Unthinkable : The Culture and Politics of Getting Innovation Wrong by Tom Hopkins. Louder than Words : Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice by Todd Henry. Leading Continuous Change : Navigating Churn in the Real World by Bill Pasmore. Rising Strong by. Brené Brown. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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The Stand-Up Strategists

Leading Blog

Self-deprecating humor is the ability of a leader to laugh at him/herself to reduce power-distance, and thereby facilitate more positive and intimate relationships. Social humor typically involves jokes or stories shared as a tool to reduce interpersonal tension, increase sociability and promote openness. Jumping to conclusions….

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

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How To Stay Relevant & Have Impact

Mills Scofield

If we are going to handle this continually changing the world, we have to adapt ourselves. One of the powerful aspects of the book is Dorie’s ability to go from very specific, tactical details on how to network and reach out to others (e.g., when to call, how to find out nicknames, etc.)

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. Afghanistan Air Force Culture Innovation Kabul Leadership Military Networking Service Strategy Switch and Shift USAF Virtues' Matthew Fritz is Director, Commander''s Action Group of NATO''s Air Training Command in Afghanistan.

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Overcoming the Disruption of Process Change

Harvard Business Review

It's against human nature to react favorably to the disruption of process change. Continuous improvement means continuous change, and change takes people out of their comfort zone. How have you seen people react to changes in their work? Embrace change as an opportunity for learning.

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