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More About “Go-To” Senior Team Members

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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In this economy, leaders are asking people do do more with less. Whether you call it “Job security” or “upward mobility” or “career insurance,” becoming a “Go-To” is key. In a recent post, I asked you to reflect on situations where someone was being singled out as a go-to: how did you know? what did [...]

The Summer of Our Discontent: What CEOs are Doing & Feeling Now

Friday, July 10, 2009

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It is almost two years since the peer advisory board of CEOs I chair began explicit planning for the storm on the horizon. They have made not only the easy moves and the challenging moves, but acted on the list of measures they thought they would never invoke unless survival of the enterprise were at [...]

Bailout: Change the People or Change the People

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Betting Against Obama I recently heard someone at the local YMCA say “I hope Obama fails.” Aghast that someone not too rich and insulated to work out at the Y would hold such an ignorant and selfish view, I began thinking of the reasons he might fail. One that stands out flows from the management [...]

Republicans Betting Against the Home Team

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Republicans: Betting Against the Home Team If this were sports, the Republicans would be investigated by Congress in very public and very nasty hearings. But it is just politics and the Congress is held to a lower standard than the rest of us. OK, the Obama plan still has holes and blank spots. God is [...]

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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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