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3 Factors Inventors Share: How to Change the World

Leading Blog

Marconi companies in other countries would dominate wireless transmissions for twenty years. His new book is Reflecting on History: How the Industrial Revolution Created Our Way of Life. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * The British Marconi Company was founded in 1897.

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

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When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. Does it align with my values?

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In Search of the Perfect “Boss”

Lead Change Blog

Because despite all our efforts to “lead change” and encourage servant leadership, most of our readers are struggling in imperfect hierarchical organizations working for an imperfect boss. Prior to that she led a large Verizon Wireless sales team (2000+) leading the Nation in store sales to the Small and Medium business space.

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212: Building a Courageous Culture that Facilitates Innovation and Problem-Solving | with Karin Hurt

Engaging Leader

Top 100 leadership speaker. She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. Engaging Leader 054: Humility and Leadership: How to Teach Confident Humility.

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The Insiders Guide to Micromanagement

Lead Change Blog

Read more… Author information Karin Hurt CEO at Let''s Grow Leaders Karin hurt is CEO of Let''s Grow Leaders, a leadership consulting firm focused on helping companies achieve transformational results by building rock-solid frontline leadership teams. Karin lives in Baltimore with her husband and two sons.

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213: Dealing with Challenging Employees when Building Courageous Culture | with Karin Hurt

Engaging Leader

Top 100 leadership speaker. She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. Engaging Leader 054: Humility and Leadership: How to Teach Confident Humility.

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Weekly Round-Up: Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs and Verizon's Ivan Seidenberg, Solving Manufacturing Comms Challenges, Leadership in a Digital Transformation, How to Podcast for Internal Comms

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Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: Can You Hear Him Now? Eight years ago, almost to the day, Ivan Seidenberg retired as chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc. Read more >>