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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective.

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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective.

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Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective.

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We Need More “Heart and Soul” in the Age of “Mind and Strength”

Michael Lee Stallard

When relationships with customers are not established or nurtured, such as in my wife’s case, an opportunity to develop customer loyalty is missed. When relationships fail among colleagues, communication breaks down and rivalries develop that reduce cooperation and team spirit. Many customers can sense this. why is everyone smiling?

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What Are “Sustainable Values”?

Michael Lee Stallard

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

The character values, or blocks of the pyramid, were: industriousness, enthusiasm, friendship, loyalty, cooperation, self-control, alertness, initiative, intentness, condition, skill, and team spirit. .&# Integral to meeting his standards was achieving the character values reflected in what he called “the Pyramid of Success.”

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