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How to Deliver a Leadership Event that Sticks

Nathan Magnuson

I’m constantly surprised at what passes for “leadership training” these days. Then I remember that most leaders work in business operations and their involvement is often extracurricular. Investing in a leadership event shouldn’t happen on a whim. Don’t settle for mediocrity.

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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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How to Lead a Redneck

Lead Change Blog

So, Jeff’s non-stop one-liners were funny: “You might be a redneck…if there are more than five McDonald’s bags in your car…if the Home Shopping Network operator recognizes your voice…id the taillight covers of your car are made of red tape…if you financed a tattoo, or if you’ve ever been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.”.

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8 Things that Make or Break a Virtual Presentation

Mark Sanborn

Stephen Covey famously said, “Begin with the end in mind.” Clean, concise and clear are the operative guidelines to any text you use. Go to Virtual Presentations Institute for comprehensive training and certification. Years later, Simon Sinek wrote his bestselling book, Start with Why. Bad graphics undermine a good message.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. He trained for and completed his first triathlon and has his sights firmly set on doing an ironman.

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Action Questions

CO2

The situations I asked about were operations, finance, staffing, marketing, strategy, town hall meetings, one on ones etc. I had worked with one of the best leadership training guru I know and the guy who helped developed the Wilson Learning Styles Model and Covey’s 360 to come up with an assessment model based on my research.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

Deming Institute

Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. Leadership and Management. Note particularly the significant and profound difference between quadrants three and four.

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