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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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Texas Roadhouse and a Leader’s Legacy

Mark Sanborn

A personal note: This post is a tribute to Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse who tragically passed in March 2021. Kent Taylor, founder of Texas Roadhouse, not only openly admits that three of his first five restaurants failed, but he has a memento from each mounted behind his desk with a plaque detailing the money lost. .

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Are ya lucky? Are ya good? Or.Is it both?

Jason Womack

Do you get to travel much? I quoted Taylor Swift when I wrote about this one. Competing Goal setting Travel' When you do, where do you go? And…Who do you meet? Recently, I’ve visited several countries and more states, and wherever I go I make a significant effort to “meet the locals.” Visualize…Don’t Wish.

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How to Prepare for Rising Stress Ahead

Michael Lee Stallard

If you travel by air, you’re acquainted with the standard safety instructions that are demonstrated by flight attendants before the plane takes off. UCLA’s Shelly Taylor, Ph.D. She reminds family members to charge up their phones and laptops. The healthiest response to threat and stress is to connect with others. Don’t worry alone.

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Successful companies are “nice”

Lead on Purpose

We live in a world where information travels quickly and powerfully. “There’s no way to institutionalize or “corporatize” niceness…. It has to come from the top, and from there it will filter down…”. Nothing happens—good or bad—without the world knowing it.

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2008 Quought for the Day #15 – Dave Taylor | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Quought for the Day 2008 Quought for the Day #15 – Dave Taylor RSS Feed 2008 Quought for the Day #15 – Dave Taylor By Rajesh Setty on Wed 27 Aug 2008, 4:00 AM - View Comments Background: This is part of the Quought for the Day – 2008 Series.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Ratchet & Clank

Joseph Lalonde

As Ratchet (James Arnold Taylor) is working out to the TV screen, the Richard Simmons-like instructor tells the viewer feeling the burn is good. He would repair vehicles for people and get them back on the road (they used speeder bike like vehicles to travel). Something goes wrong in their travels. Smelling it, that’s bad.