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Texas Roadhouse and a Leader’s Legacy

Mark Sanborn

A personal note: This post is a tribute to Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse who tragically passed in March 2021. Kent was one of the most intentional leaders I’ve ever met, and I am grateful I had a chance to make his acquaintance, and more importantly, learn from his example. The Beginning.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If This ‘camouflage’ approach ensures that change agents operate seamlessly within the organization, making their efforts more effective and less susceptible to dismissal. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We’ve always done it this way.” That’s above your pay grade.”

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How To Embrace Change In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

However, as the crows demonstrate, even when change is forced upon us externally through unexpected or uncontrollable factors, we can still transform these disruptions in how we operate into opportunities that can provide us with a beneficial advantage over our competitors. Leaders like Billy R.

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Leadership in Action

CO2

It is a great example of leadership and it will make you smile from ear to ear. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. This is not leadership – its fun – its cute – its an ad.

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Guest Post: 10 Secrets of Effective Leaders

Lead on Purpose

What’s more, with so many different personality styles on your team, finding leadership tactics that work across the board can be a challenge. It’s vital to inspire your team to perform by example and not tell them exactly what to do. Learn who the introverts and extroverts are, and adapt your communication style to theirs.

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