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Pay It Forward

Joseph Lalonde

His band, The American Hotel System, won the opportunity to open for Bon Jovi. After our Easter Sunday church service, I had the opportunity to talk to a young man I’ve had a few conversations with. I wanted to touch base with him because of something exciting that had happened to him. Yes, THAT Bon Jovi. […].

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Invest in Technology.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS.

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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

HP has not had a stellar track record when it comes to leadership and their choices have often gotten them into sticky situations. It isn’t entirely fair to heap all of the blame onto the CEO’s; there was another broken system at play, the Board of Directors. So let’s look. HP Has a Poor Track Record in Past CEO Selection.

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Building Your Legacy: What metrics are important?

Lead Change Blog

In Dubai, which is Disneyland for adults with a lot of disposable income, locals tout the only six-star hotel (Burj Al Arab), the tallest building (Burj Khalifa), highest restaurant (At.mosphere), and so on, ad nauseum. It’s quite appropriate for someone to change his or her belief system.

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3 Connections That Propel Every Great Leader

Lead Change Blog

When I got back to my hotel that night, I read some more about these trees. I expected the redwoods to have deep root systems, but they don’t. Leadership is challenging work. Leadership Development coach Community connection mentor strength team' In particular, I wanted to know about their roots. Your Community.

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General Jim Mattis on Learning to Lead

Leading Blog

He organizes the book in terms of the changing nature of his leadership responsibilities as he moved up the ranks. First, he learned face-to-face or direct leadership. Finally, he covers the challenges and techniques relevant to strategic leadership from a senior military officer’s perspective.

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