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For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line

The Practical Leader

Speed Traps: Lead Smarter, Not Faster I once sat through an author’s frantic, high-energy presentation on knowledge management. He deluged us with a flood of statistics showing how the world’s knowledge was growing at mind-blowing rates. What do we believe in? Why do we exist?

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LeadershipNow 140: February 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Leadership and Knowledge Management by @mikemyatt. New Study Shows Emotional Intelligence Linked to Socio-Economics. Here are a selection of tweets from February 2011: @Bill_George: I discussed Apple's Jobs succession plan on @bloomberg yesterday, today the Atlantic continues debate. by @EvaRykr. See more on Twitter.

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What Are “Sustainable Values”?

Michael Lee Stallard

why is everyone smiling?

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Help Employees Create Knowledge — Not Just Share It

Harvard Business Review

This view of learning was the key driver of “knowledge management systems” that came into vogue in the 1990’s. These capabilities include curiosity, critical thinking, willingness to take risk, imagination, creativity, and social and emotional intelligence.

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A Social Brain Is a Smarter Brain

Harvard Business Review

It’s a correlation, and the first assumption people make is that the larger amygdala supports greater emotional intelligence and better memory, allowing the individual’s social network to expand. Collaboration Innovation Knowledge management'

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Employee Training Needs More than a Script

Harvard Business Review

You want your employees to become more effective and emotionally intelligent communicators, savvier negotiators, more compassionate and effective deliverers of bad news, better coaches, and more sophisticated cross-cultural communicators. Knowledge management Leadership development'

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“Leadership Qualities” vs. Competence: Which Matters More?

Harvard Business Review

There’s sometimes a disconnect between how we talk about leadership qualities (we tend to use words like authority , power , and emotional intelligence ) and what we actually require from the people leading teams and other working groups (arguably, competence and a deep knowledge of the specific work that needs to get done).