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Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders

Leading Blog

As readers of his blog have come to expect, Dodd draws on many examples from the world of sports. Apex Leaders look for skill, work ethic and passion when building a team. Delivering results requires preparation, decisiveness, talent, limiting unnecessary mistakes, energy, continual improvement, confidence, good health, and passion.

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

Before the energy conglomerate’s collapse in 2001, I had the opportunity to review Enron’s values. I was shown a wonderful video on Enron’s ethics and integrity. It was one of the most smoothly professional presentations on ethics and values that I have ever seen. Enron is a great example.

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Influencing Up

Marshall Goldsmith

By developing your ability to present ideas, and not blaming management for not buying your ideas, you accomplish much more. Strive to win the big battles and don't waste your energy and 'psychological capital' on trivial points. Every organization has limited resources, time, and energy. Leader's time is limited.

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Thought-full Thursday: The Inspiration of Questions

Persuasive Powerhouse

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Ray Kroc; the question that led to the development of McDonalds. Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. They take energy, require time, and can sometimes be excruciating.

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How to be a Great Long-Distance Teammate

Skip Prichard

Nobody is staring daggers at us if we’re not working hard enough at any given moment, and we’re missing the social energy of a team that often keeps us energized and on task. Wish people a happy birthday, congratulate them on good feedback, ask about the kids or bust their chops about their favorite sports team. Remote Work Tip: “.take

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

If more time were spent on developing our ability to present ideas, and less time were spent on blaming others for not buying our ideas, a lot more might get accomplished. Strive to win the “big battles” – don’t waste your energy and “psychological capital” on trivial points. Every organization has limited resources, time and energy.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure. Great insights Susan.

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