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Why Leaders Need to Be Wrong

Let's Grow Leaders

So last week I was at my favorite store for such things, REI, and REI is not a sponsor. REI it’s one of my favorite stores. Doesn’t have to be leadership or management related, if it is, even better. Can’t tell you where it comes from, but there you go. That’s my life. I hate toe socks or I did.

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The Hidden Power of Vulnerability: Why Great Leaders Dare to Be Wrong

Let's Grow Leaders

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in front of a pair of toe socks at REI. I hated the idea of individual toes in little toe socks. In fact, they gave me the creeps. But…I’d never tried them. The socks were on sale. And looking at them, I realized that my dislike for them was an assumption, not based on any experience.

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REI Sets The Example For Creating And Living Core Values

Eric Jacobson

You can learn from Recreational Equipment Incorporated , better known as REI -- an outdoor gear and apparel co-op. As described in Amy Lyman's new book, The Trustworthy Leader , REI concisely articulates its core values in this series of statements: Authenticity -- We are true to the outdoors. So what makes it different at REI?

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The changes the LGBTQIA+ community wants to see at work

Chartered Management Institute

Article: The changes the LGBTQIA+ community wants to see at work Written by Evie Worsnop Wednesday 28 June 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Managers play a key role in making their organisation inclusive. Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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Fiona Dawson: “My imperative is around breaking down barriers for people”

Chartered Management Institute

Images: Alastair Staley Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email CMI’s new president Fiona Dawson CMgr CCMI on good and bad management; the leaders who inspired her; and helping managers navigate climate change Back in 1988, Fiona Dawson arrived at Mars for a graduate trainee role. She was 21.

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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.

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A Monster of an Idea

In the CEO Afterlife

With forty years in the saddle, hundreds of dusty trails and a few fistfights along the way, I have an oasis of management insight in which to draw. My original premise for this blog was to share a variety of leadership and branding principles with the current generation of business leaders.

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