Tag Archive | "Motivate"

Holding Yourself Back? Use All Three Brains

Saturday, February 2, 2008

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Mike Carruthers on “Something You Should Know” on Strand Media asked me today what separates the extraordinary leaders from those who hold themselves back. The answer is “shaping experiences,” those moments that push you past what you think are your limits. And when you seize the moment (or create one), the experience re-wires your three [...]

SIGNAL ACTS GRAB HEARTS AND MINDS (Book Excerpt)

Friday, January 4, 2008

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Leaders can succeed with a wide variety of styles as long as they are always authentic, and as we’ve seen, authenticity stems from behavior that reflects values and makes those values obvious to all. Style is an important component of any leader’s arsenal, yet it is secondary to the actual method by which a leader [...]

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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