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May.23.2011
My mom, Alexandra Hawley, was and is a professional concert flutist of the highest caliber. She performed at Carnegie and has a Masters in Music from Stanford. She performed a duo concert of she and Jean-Pierre Rampal, one of the greatest flutists of all time. She continues to perform with...
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May.22.2011
"When people signed the Declaration of Independence, they weren't sure what was on the other side. That's how deep change starts: commitment and courage." –Red Room business author Dave Logan.
Dave is offering his book, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Powerful...
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May.20.2011
Dear Mr. Corporate Executive, Mr. Civic Leader, Mr. All and Powerful Oz,
I know that you have reached the great heights in your company and are a stalwart pinnacle of success due to your innate intelligence and savvy strategic sense. Yes, perhaps you had a decade head start over me, but it still...
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May.20.2011
There may be a great management guru; a leader in some craft or trade, a great poet, writer, musician or painter who had and have followers even after his or her death but that is limited to their trade or art. There were great kings like Alexander, Ashoka or the Roman Emperor but...
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May.20.2011
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on - - -”
Walter Lippman said that when I was less than a year old, and was, therefore, not listening. But I learned it, a few years on, not by listening or reading, but by watching someone...
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May.20.2011
Leadership Style
For me there were many years of learning and getting acquainted with different management styles to recognize what is involved in great leadership.In business I discovered there are many styles of leadership that have both positive and negative effects on employees in the work...
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May.20.2011
To me a great leader is someone who inspires others to work as hard, if not harder, than they do in any field of endeavor, whether it be business or personal. This same person must also be willing to take risks in standing up for those around or working under them; able to listen to constructive...
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May.20.2011
All along I thought this inferred I was responsible. That what I had started, created would have a rippling effect and make others follow in my footsteps. It began with a phone call I received on a Saturday morning. It was simple,
‘You are needed,’ followed by ‘the client has asked for you...
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May.20.2011
This is my first blog ANYWHERE so I'm not sure what to do..I am responding to the flash across my screen to "blog on leadership" yesterday 05/19/11...
I am a retired Naval Officer and during my 21 yrs on active duty I must say that I had the pleasure of seeing some leaders at all levels...
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May.19.2011
I am indebted to the present Mrs Bizlike for her amazing discovery that her one-time favourite comic-book hero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Garp is a paragon of leadership.
Initial reaction to my unexpected Xmas gift of the collected misadventures of the space-alien trucker was muted. It was...
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