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Losing Touch with These 5 Leadership Principles Leads to Communication Failures

The Practical Leader

A well-known line uttered by a desperate sailor in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is, “water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Yet, what happens when managers hear people ask for more communications? Too many managers are bosses, bureaucrats, or “snoopervisors.”

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Leaders, What's Your Vocation?

Next Level Blog

I thought about that intersection of deep personal happiness and the world’s great need last week when I read the obituary of Dr. Billy Taylor.    Dr. Taylor crafted a 70 year vocation as a jazz performer and educator.    You can hear his vocation in this performance clip on You Tube. 

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

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What Makes a Great Teacher? Leadership

Tony Mayo

Try reading the following excerpt from the article while substituting “manager&# for “teacher&# and “employees&# for “students.&# … Mr. Taylor laments the lack of parental involvement. “On The first week of class, Mr. Taylor calls all his students’ parents and gives them his cell-phone number.

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Harnessing the Power of Participation

The Practical Leader

In “The Power of Collective Ambition” report on their three year study of 45 companies, dozens of senior executive, manager, and CEO interviews, and workshops to construct a model summarizing why these companies defied conventional logic.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

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