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We are at one of those turning points in our history where the kind of leaders we have and how they exercise that leadership is critical to the kind of world we live in. Optimistic and positive leaders are needed, and the rest of us have a duty, not just to support them, but to insist on that kind of leadership.READ»

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The Leader's Edge in Tough Times

BY Ray Williams
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We are at one of those turning points in history where the kind of leaders we have and how they exercise that leadership are critical to the kind of world we will live in. Optimistic and positive leaders are needed, and the rest of us have a duty, not just to support them, but insist on that kind of leadership.READ»

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The Obama Way: From Transactional to Transformational

BY Mark Goulston
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Management is about doing what can be seen and executing it well; Leadership is about envisioning what can’t be seen that spontaneously enrolls people to make it happen. - Ivan Rosenberg, CEO, Frontier Associates When America ...READ»

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October 28 - Live Webinar with World's Foremost Authority on Leadership

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Sadly there is much more brightness (knowing what is brand new) and smartness (knowing what will sell) than there is wisdom (knowing what is important and what is worth fighting for and what is not) in the world. If you want to ...READ»

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The Leading Edge - Stop talking, start listening

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The more you want to talk, the more you need to listen. - Warren Bennis Recently I landed a wonderful new client. All I needed to do was remind myself of Warren’s directive above. Boy was that difficult. Along ...READ»

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The Leading Edge - Instilling Confidence (Part 2)

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Leaders should fail early How do you react to failure? Do you view it as the end of something or as the beginning of a new phase? Do you accept failure as something that has shrunk you in some way, possibly because it has ...READ»

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Leadership is not all that complicated. If a leader inspires Confidence, engenders Trust and commands Respect, people will gladly follow. On the other hand if a leader triggers doubt, engenders distrust and elicits disrespect, ...READ»

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The Leading Edge - Leadership Defined

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Leadership is creating the possibility of a future that wasn't going to happen and then enrolling others into taking action to fulfill that future. - Ivan Rosenberg, CEO, Frontier Associates Through The ...READ»

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Women Executive Leadership

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Today, it is no longer about the lack of a level playing field for women to successfully compete with men in the executive suite. It's really about women executives not shooting themselves in the foot due to a lack of ...READ»

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Innovation For Beginners

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In his classic 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that the people who achieve “fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have either been very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they ...READ»

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Innovation For Beginners

BY Fast Company Staff
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In his classic 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that the people who achieve “fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have either been very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they ...READ»

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The Leading Edge - "You gotta love the bastards!"

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What's Possible

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Mission: Impossible?

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Do You Love What You Do?

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If you're putting in 60- to 80-hour workweeks, you'd better love what you do.READ»

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Courage... But Were Afraid to Ask.

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We asked some of the world's foremost leadership thinkers 15 questions to get to the core of courage.READ»

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Readers' Choice: No Leading Without Reading

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