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Who’s Influencing Your Leadership?

Let's Grow Leaders

I also strongly encourage you to read widely – consider Ryan Holiday’s recommendations for Moral Biographies for example. I often find myself browsing through the business section at my bookstore. For growing leaders, that is only the beginning. Here are two book suggestions to bring new influences into your leadership thinking.

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The BEST $20 You Can Spend to Improve Teamwork

Great Results Team Building

Recognition and morale have a tremendous impact on the productivity of your team. So, what if I told you that in between your special conference dates or annual team meetings you could invest a fraction of the resources and enjoy a significant positive impact on the team morale and performance? . But that is the problem…. .

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Holding a Seagull Manager Accountable & Fixing the Behavior

Modern Servant Leader

Reader Ryan McKinney asks : Any strategies for helping seagull managers realize they do this? Public reprimands only reduce morale. They hurt the team , decrease morale and cost time in wasted effort. In short, seagull managers: Fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone and fly out. Don’t let this happen.

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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

Recent apologies include: Ryan Lochte. And yet, if we become too jaded, too blasé, too greedy, or too sullied ourselves to demand differently, can we really blame leaders for pushing the moral or legal envelope until they’re caught? Volkswagen. Valeant/Philidor pharmaceutical companies.

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How to Develop A Success Mindset

Skip Prichard

Ryan Gottfredson’s new book, Success Mindsets , tackles these problems by focusing on the leadership mindset. Ryan Gottfredson, PhD., Despite billions of dollars spent to develop leaders, and numerous programs, the leadership gap continues. I recently spoke to him about his research.

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Betterment – A New Leadership Calling

Thin Difference

Leaders with a betterment mindset exhibit moral courage on tough issues, and they do so with empathy, ethical interactions, and thoughtfulness. Recently, Ryan Patrick Hanley, a political science professor at Boston College, wrote a book entitled Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life. Self-centeredness is an easy path.

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Yes, You Should Be a Change Agent… or Hire One

Change Starts Here

The blog by Liz Ryan was entitled, “ Don’t Hire a Change Agent… and Don’t Be One.” Ryan also denigrates change agents for pushing someone else’s agenda. Ryan describes. This weekend, I came across an article on Forbes that was so outrageous, it compelled me to respond. In the article, Ms.

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