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Nurture vs. Nature: Startling New Findings

Saturday, September 26, 2009

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Is our behavior in the face of challenge determined at birth or by our environment? Are leaders born rather than made? My obsession with what makes some ordinary people become extraordinary leaders led to my interviews with dozens of CEOs which Random House published in 2007 and to the Master Class series at Pace. The [...]

Good to be Live!!

Monday, October 13, 2008

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Today is a great day!! It is good to be “live.” For several reasons. For one, waking up means an opportunity for one more day of living my mission: to light up people to become extraordinary leaders of themselves, their families, their community and the people with whom they work. I do that by sharing [...]

Act In Your Own Interest

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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If you are a regular visitor to this site, then you know that you can count on the posts and archives for free tools you can use in your daily life, insights into leaders and inside stories about leadership behavior.  I am about to invest in a complete overhaul of the site to make it [...]

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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