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When Quitting Is The Right Thing To Do: 7 Lessons From My Brief Poker Career

Terry Starbucker

Back in late 2004, I decided a goal of mine was going to be to play in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It wasn’t a coincidence that my poker career ended about the same time I took up blogging – I had substituted one goal for another, almost without missing a beat. Blogging saved me from a very unsuccessful poker career.

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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Do the numbers crunching in the early phase of your career. Short-cuts can be construed as sloppiness, a career killer. When seeking a career as you come out of school or making a job change, always take the job that looks like it will be the most enjoyable. Try to think of your life in phases so you can avoid a burn-out.

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New Leadership for a Changing Workforce

Great Leadership By Dan

The fact is, they still share many of the same traits as their older counterparts (First-Wave Millennials)—raised to feel special, high achieving, tech-savvy, but Second-Wavers (born 1995 – 2004) have some distinct differences that are making managers sit up and take notice. Consulting form PwC has a unique approach to this issue.

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What Events Shaped You as a Leader?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. What changed for you with these events?

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Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination

Lead Change Blog

I am a monthly contributor to MoneyInc.com and this month I wrote about my early leadership journey. The article, titled, “Beam Me Up Scotty,” talks about me being too focused on my own career — causing me to miss an opportunity to learn from my boss, who was a very quiet, humble servant leader. It is all about the journey. .

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Peter Drucker on The Effective Executive

QAspire

Ultimately, leadership is all about ability to act on the ideas. Leadership is a very broad term and leaders in organizations come in all shapes and sizes – from introverted to extraverted, charismatic to simple, people oriented versus task oriented and the differentiation goes on. Leadership: Assessing Organizational Health.

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Weekly Round-Up: On Effective Leadership, Resilience & Company Culture

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas…. 4 Ways to Measure Your Leadership Skills By Minda Zetlin, Inc. Can leadership qualities be measured? It turns out the answer is yes.

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