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Leading Thoughts for April 29, 2021

Leading Blog

I thought back on my running career at Oregon. Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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What Does Leadership Mean?

The Center For Leadership Studies

OK, so I just put “definitions of leadership” in my search bar to do some Googling and found out there are officially almost 12 million definitions (not kidding!). On the other hand, I suppose it confirms (beyond reasonable doubt) that leadership is different things to different people. Examples of Everyday Leaders Simple!

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Live Leadership Notes From Robert Madu At Catalyst 2014

Joseph Lalonde

We may also give into jealousy and comparison which will drive us crazy. Comparison will cloud the clarity of what Christ has called you to do. There’s a difference between a career and a calling. Saul has become a case study of how comparison can create a downward spiral. Leadership' You’re you.

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Moving Up—CHRO Among the Fastest-Growing C-Suite Roles

HR Digest

The study consolidated data from the “career and skill patterns of executives who work in the S&P 500 and venture-backed US ‘unicorn’ companies” to help us learn from the experience of those who have found success already. In comparison, 9.6% In 2023, 13.1%

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal. How is that possible?

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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

While an immature (developing) prefrontal cortex can be advantageous in leadership qualities like courage and passion , it can provide challenges for leadership skills, critical for a startup, like judgment, integrity, empathy, emotional intelligence, and vision, since these require these executive cognitive functions.

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