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Leading a “Mozart”

Lead Change Blog

It is about providing leadership to all those passion-driven over achievers who end up as the “Mozart” in organizations. What would your leadership style be like if you supervised film director James Cameron, Steve Jobs, runner Usain Bolt, Lady Gaga, activist Susan B. They can be successfully led but are poorly managed.

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Expedition Leadership in the Wild

Harvard Business Review

Outdoor training activities, even those as straightforward as lightweight backpacking, enable students to actually practice different leadership and communication models so that they can learn about their own leadership style and its impact on outcomes in a group. Expedition leaders encourage active followers.

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Best Posts on Leadership from Top Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

David Burkus gives us a bucket of my favorite food, with My Buffalo Wild Wings Rant posted at LeaderLab. None other than Sharlyn Lauby , with The Business Case for Managing Ourselves posted at HR Bartender , and Mark Stelzner , with Why Morons Win posted at Inflexion Point. 0 posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On!

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CEO Next Door Book Reveals Four Key Behaviors Of Successful CEOs And Busts CEO Myths

Eric Jacobson

Women may deploy different leadership styles and exhibit different attributes from men’s, but statistically, gender has no impact on the probability of delivering strong results as a CEO. Austin Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where she earned an MBA with Honors. Powell was a F.C.

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Fast Friday: words of Wisdom from Stacey Allerton Firth.

Roundtable Talk

So said Oscar Wilde and yet, how many leaders out there are walking around with corporate armor on… being everyone BUT themselves? It speaks to leading with authenticity and also implies that you need to have a good degree of self-awareness to know how to shape your own leadership style. That’s a powerful one.

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Macho Cultures Are Fairer for Women

Harvard Business Review

British and American managers try to treat everyone the same — and equally. In the past decade, and long before Dilma Roussef was elected the country's first female (and wildly popular) President, Brazilian women have been on the rise. As in many other countries, women now outnumber men in the country's universities.

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The Leadership Blog Carnival: Take a spin

Roundtable Talk

David Burkus gives us a bucket of my favorite food, with My Buffalo Wild Wings Rant posted at LeaderLab. None other than Sharlyn Lauby , with The Business Case for Managing Ourselves posted at HR Bartender , and Mark Stelzner , with Why Morons Win posted at Inflexion Point. 0 posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On!

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