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AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

Authentic leadership is a leadership approach that focuses on the unique strengths you were born with, while acknowledging and learning from your shortcomings. Popularized by Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic and now a Harvard B-School professor, authentic leadership align people around a common purpose that inspires peak performance and unites them around a common values. Employees are empowered to step up and lead organizations that serve all constituencies -- not merely shareholders.

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The Ten Commandments for Achieving Excellence in Business and Lifemore

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Flattery | Peak Historymore

Leader, beware of flattery. This is the message from various historical documents that have been around for a long time.

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Emotional Intelligence: Self-Awarenessmore

Emotional Intelligence: Self-Awareness Without self-awareness leadership becomes just another exercise in ego...

Innovation Leadership versus Traditional Leadershipmore

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The True Cost of Not Making a Buying Decisionmore

Today, after a six month sales cycle that included extensive relationship building, expensive marketing strategies and...

A Sales Success Story - Overcoming the Price Objectionmore

A few years ago, I was asked by one of my best sales executives to assist in salvaging a large contract with an Arizona...

Shut Up And Listen Dummy!more

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Humility as a Leadership Trait - John Baldonimore

Leadership Through Sharingmore

Knowledge is power and sharing it can build even more capability for the person sharing and the organization.

Have you seen my team? I need to find them, I’m their leader.more

It’s not a cliche. Leadership is not about the leader, yet many forget.

Just Ask Leadershipmore

Good questions generate thought, focus and action from the listener.

The Three Kinds of Executive Couragemore

Try, Trust, and Tell

Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductorsmore

An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word.

Leadership Beyond Boundsmore

Today's business challenges reach way beyond traditional job boundaries. So too must today's leadership.

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