Archive | February, 2008

Future Hindsight: Life is No Dress Rehearsal (time management guide)

Friday, February 1, 2008

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It never ceases to amaze me how many leaders cannot give an accurate portrait of how they spent their time over the past thirty days. They may have a general sense of it and a concern that too much of it is beyond their control or even misspent. But the time of the leader is [...]

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Ethics of Sports: Advice from Grandma (Phil Simms)

Friday, February 1, 2008

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Phil Simms, or “Grandma” as he was called when he quarterbacked the New York Giants Football team and seemed slow afoot, did the commentary for the Patriots/Jets game today. He is slow in a much more important dimension.  When asked his view of Bill Bellicik’s team filming the signals of the Jets during a game [...]

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What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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