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Manager vs. ?

Lead on Purpose

Seth Godin covers this concept nicely in his book Tribes. I think about the things I manage (personal finances, household, a team of people). Leader, on the other hand, implies someone who’s out in front setting the direction for a group or an an organization. The leader focuses on moving towards a higher, more valuable goal.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management. The sales people who “get it&# will feed critical information back to product management to improve the products, but they will not expect things to change overnight or for their next sale.

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Guest Post: Watch Out for Flying Monkeys!

Lead on Purpose

Maintaining a relationship with executive administrators, travel, finance, sales and development can provide valuable information on travel schedules, agendas and the details that will reinforce the emergence of Flying Monkeys. Another avenue that many product management leaders fail to utilize is internal relationships.

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Great work… [link] davidburkus Good list. I did notice two missing blogs: Positive Organizational Behavior at [link]. And LeaderLab at [link].

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Following are a few tips to help you build influence online: Have a Strategy - If you want to create success and influence using social media you better have a plan. Andy Checo Great tip! Whether we are progressing towards as Seth Godin says &# Tribes&# ? Best wishes Justino. Lots of food for thought.

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Possibility Maximizer: SelfGrowth.com

Sales Wolf Blog

  David describes SelfGrowth.com as a "Matching or Connecting Service for People who Want to Improve their Health, their Finances, their Relationships and their happiness" that helps to "Connect people who want to improve their lives with information, experts, products and services that can teach or show them how to do it.

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