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LeadershipNow 140: August 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Leadership Vertigo – Understanding Why Leaders Go Off Course by @TanveerNaseer. by David Taylor''s Blog @thenakedleader. Here are a selection of tweets from August 2014 that you might have missed: Good read > @jamesstrock ''s take on Jonathan Darman''s Landslide. The 6 R.E.A.L. Mike Henry Sr: The Day I Got Schooled on Respect.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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Leadership Lessons From Kent Taylor, Founder Of Texas Roadhouse

Eric Jacobson

From cover-to-cover of Made From Scratch you’ll learn the leadership lessons of the late Kent Taylor , founder of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse. In the new book, Taylor recounts how he built the restaurant chain from the ground up after being rejected more than 80 times as he pitched the idea for the business.

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Are You Managing the Dimensions of Your CEO Influence?

Lead Change Blog

You could, of course, try the ‘ my way or the highway ‘ method though I have seen the fallout for those who did that, and I would not recommend it. . My CEO colleagues in the charity sector find this a challenging balance to strike. . That said, they also need to build organisational buy-in.

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Leaders, What's Your Vocation?

Next Level Blog

I thought about that intersection of deep personal happiness and the world’s great need last week when I read the obituary of Dr. Billy Taylor.    Dr. Taylor crafted a 70 year vocation as a jazz performer and educator.    You can hear his vocation in this performance clip on You Tube. 

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What Has 2011 Taught You About Business and Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

Of course, adversity in and of itself is not necessarily a good or bad thing. What started out as an idea to give back to the business community has led to new opportunities.” — Karen Taylor, New Destiny Marketing “I’ve learned this year not to take on too much work.

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How To Succeed At Leadership – Inspiration From An Unlikely Source

Tanveer Naseer

Taylor who, as the plant manager of the Goodyear Fayetteville plant, actually cleaned the bathrooms at this facility in order to show his hourly wage employees that he cared about their working conditions because he wanted them to succeed. A good example of this is Goodyear’s Director of Commercial Manufacturing Billy R.