Friday, August 31, 2018

The Leadership Lessons I Learnt From Niccolo Machiavelli



As I pondered who to ‘learn from’ this week, I decided to go left-field and pick a historical figure who supposedly exemplified ‘bad’ leadership. Today, the word ‘Machiavellian’ refers to someone, especially a political figure, who is viewed as sly, cunning, unscrupulous and ruthless.

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Career Pathways: Leadership Lessons on Achieving Equity



Giving Compass’ Take: • The Council on Foundations Career Pathways Program serves as a leadership tool to help philanthropists and senior foundation staff focus on equity. • Conferences like this are important for philanthropists to candid discussions about equity in the sector.

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Leadership Lessons From NASA Pioneer Katherine Johnson, Who Just Turned 100-Years-Old



It’s not every day you can live long enough to literally see a statue built in your honor, but that was just the kind of birthday weekend NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson had. Johnson turned 100 on Aug.

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Leadership Lessons from Movies



At Harvard Business School we watche the movie 12 O’Clock High before one of our classes and then we discussed the leadership lessons from the film. Albeit an old film it has great lessons for leaders.

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Marshall Goldsmith: Leadership is a Contact Sport



50 Leadership Triggers | Best-selling author Marshall Goldsmith offers concrete ways to become a more effective leader

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Saturday, August 25, 2018

NY Life CEO Says “Diverse Viewpoints Around the Table” Guide his Leadership



Diversity. Social Good. Leading with Purpose. These words are part of the new vocabulary in Corporate America where CEOs and other business leaders are talking about doing the right thing as well as making money for investors.

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Friday, August 24, 2018

LeBron James



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Leadership Trends To Watch For From Now To 2022



Maureen Metcalf, CEO of Metcalf & Associates is a renowned executive advisor, author, speaker, coach and consultant. I host a weekly radio show that helps leaders update how they lead. The interviews are with key business leaders, global leaders, thought leaders, authors and academics.

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Answering These 10 Questions Yes Will Instantly Prove You Are Meant to Lead People



But carrot-and-stick methods of motivation don't work if employees are checked out from the neck up. Meaning, if they're not emotionally engaged on the job, the battle may have already been lost.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

11 Leadership Lessons You Didn’t Learn in School



There are some lessons they do not teach you in business school. Sometimes you just have to live and learn. For business leaders—even the most successful ones—leadership itself presents daily challenges with consequences that can affect many people.

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15 Reagan Leadership Lessons



As with other consequential presidents before him, Ronald Reagan is emerging as a historical figure transcending the partisan politics of his time. Reagan on Leadership explores his leadership approach.

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Saturday, August 18, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Leadership Promotions: Early Stakeholder Interviews Enhance Success



Karen is a certified executive coach, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Accendo Leadership Advisory Group. Promoting leaders into new roles and having them fail is costly to both organizational profits and employee morale.

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Monday, August 13, 2018

Drybar Founder Alli Webb On Her Aggressive Leadership



Drybar founder Alli Webb explains how she realized her biggest leadership flaw, thanks to advice from her brother and co-founder

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Leadership As Dialogue, Not Monologue



You may have excellent technical skills. You may even be innovative and visionary. But if you don’t know how to engage people, you’re toast. The best leaders (regardless of title or lack thereof) have good people skills. They talk well. They listen well.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Monday, August 6, 2018

Leadership Lesson



Sometimes leaders are selected, chosen or assumed. Most of the time, leadership in the group shifts until whomever is loudest gets listened to by everyone else. There are other factors as well. However, there is ALWAYS leadership. And most of the time, very poor leadership.

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Friday, August 3, 2018

4 Leadership Lessons That Leaders Say They Wish They Had Learned Sooner



As a leadership coach, I often see the same leadership challenges arise across industries.

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Thursday, August 2, 2018