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15 Timeless Work Habits for Career Success

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve learned these lessons through over 30 years of hard knocks, and have made a career out of helping others be successful. Don’t be one of those people, and you’ll have a long and satisfying career. Be a proposer, not an order-taker. This has always worked for Mrs. Great Leadership. You’ve only got 30 minutes.

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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

For example, “Pat is just our assistant,” “You need to just figure it out,” or “Just wondering if you’ve looked at the proposal.” The words we use matter, especially in a leadership role where our teams regularly react and listen closely to what we share. This word becomes problematic when we use it in the context of people.

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William Donaldson on Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. Entrepreneurial leadership, then, describes the way such a leader behaves. He focused on the personal characteristics of the leader.

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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students. Sander Flaum, M.B.A.,

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Fuel Your Career: 17 Critical Skills When You’re a Young Leader Hungry for Success

Let's Grow Leaders

There are several areas of your leadership and work where you can invest to give yourself the best chance at that bigger responsibility: your knowledge and wisdom, the results you achieve now, relationships you build, and opportunities to speak up. Once again, you’re honing the same leadership skills you’ll at higher levels.

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Right Leadership, Right Model

Great Leadership By Dan

Morgan : A few decades ago, when time was still a gentle concept, companies just rocked along in their comfortable hierarchies, everything centralized, proposals moving up the chain of command and decisions moving down at approximately the speed of glue. In my long career, 45 years of it as a CEO, I’ve lived that change.

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Is It Ever Wise to Swear at Work?

Michael Lee Stallard

You discover a careless error your administrative assistant made in printing a proposal you need to present to a potential new client in a few hours. Swearing boosts leadership. By Michael Lee Stallard and Katie Russell. Should you swear to express your frustration? He or she won’t feel attacked and you will preserve the connection.

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