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inc.com June 5, 2017
60 Top Motivational Quotes That Will Inspire You to Be an Outstanding Leader

Being a leader--being the boss--can feel like the hardest job of all. No matter how large your team, no matter how collaborative and engaged your employees, ultimately it's up to you--which means you need to find inspiration and motivation inside yourself.
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inc.com June 5, 2017
These 3 Emails--From the CEOs of Starbucks, Microsoft, and Amazon--Teach Extraordinary Lessons in Leadership

How would you describe an effective leader? There are many ways to answer that question, but most would agree that true leadership involves the ability to practice what one preaches, to set the example, and to inspire others.
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hbr.org June 5, 2017
Leadership Takes Self-Control. Here’s What We Know About It

Philosophers and psychologists have been discussing the importance of self-control for ages. Plato, for example, argued that the human experience is a constant struggle between our desire and rationality, and that self-control is needed to achieve our ideal form.
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uxdesign.cc June 3, 2017
Three Simple Principles for Creative Leadership

This quote has inspired me throughout my career. As a young man, and as with most new leaders, I eagerly searched for leadership advice. The elegance, simplicity, and directness of this quote served as a beacon as I journeyed in a leadership role.
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thegospelcoalition.org June 5, 2017
9 Ways to Raise Up Leaders in Your Church

The New Testament is filled with instruction on discipling believers generally. But now and then it also focuses on raising up church leaders in particular.
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iamwire.com June 5, 2017
5 Top Books Every Leader Should Read

Leaders are not born, they are made. They make themselves by accumulating knowledge, skills and experience. And a great lot of knowledge comes from books.
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inc.com May 31, 2017
This 17-Year-Old Sums Up in 1 Paragraph What Great Leadership Looks Like

If you follow my column, by now you're familiar with the ethos of servant leadership, which I often write about and firmly believe to be the best leadership philosophy on the planet. But don't just take my word for it.
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bbc.com June 5, 2017
The right and wrong ways to motivate your colleagues

When Kate Sullivan assembled her staff for an all-hands-on-deck meeting called by senior management, things looked grim. It was 2008 - the start of the financial crisis - and Sullivan’s boss was announcing cuts at the magazine publishing company where she worked.
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michaelhyatt.com June 2, 2017
How Is Hiring Like Chemistry? 4 Ingredients for Success

Most leaders I’ve met recognize you need the right people to build a high-power team. But few of them have defined the ideal candidate for their organization. They’re playing with fire. A few of my grandkids are reading the Roald Dahl classic George’s Marvelous Medicine right now.
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inc.com June 2, 2017
25 Ways to Create a Lasting Leadership Legacy

A great leader is someone who is not solely focused on showing a profit for the businesses they manage. Instead, exceptional leaders recognize that "people proceeds" -- the building and solidifying of relationships with the ones they lead-- is the lifeblood of their achievements.
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youtube.com
First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Official transcript at http://sivers.org/ff---If you've learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let's watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons:A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he's doing is so simple
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taskandpurpose.com August 5, 2015
17 Things Real Leaders Never Say

When poor leaders make it into the general and flag officer ranks, it can really be destructive to the military profession and unit effectiveness. It’s no different in the civilian world where people are even less likely to point out that the emperor has no clothes for fear of losing their job.
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blog.ycombinator.com January 19, 2017
How Do You Measure Leadership?

Are you a good leader? How do you know? In a startup culture that is obsessed with management by metrics, many founders struggle to answer this critical question about themselves. It’s tempting to measure leaders simply by the success of their businesses.
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hbr.org September 30, 2016
To Succeed as a First-Time Leader, Relax

When individual contributors are tapped to manage large-scale projects, oversee direct reports, or participate in strategic planning, they need to develop new skill sets on the fly — skills such as interpersonal dexterity, emotional agility, and communication savvy.
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michaelhyatt.com July 23, 2012
The Value of Working for a Bad Boss

I’ve had more than twenty bosses in my career. I worked well with nearly all of them. But surprisingly, I learned the most from the worst ones. The truth is that most of my supervisors were average. Sadly, I really can’t remember much about them.
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qz.com February 4, 2016
We got 10 CEOs to tell us their one killer interview question for new hires

Where do you see yourself in five years? Tell me about a time when you showed leadership. What is your biggest weakness? These are the standard questions that job candidates face during interviews. And by now, everyone also has standard answers. (“My biggest weakness? I work too hard.”)
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hbr.org March 1, 2016
When to Skip a Difficult Conversation

Leaders know that they’ll occasionally need to give tough feedback to their employees, colleagues, and clients. And yet, no matter how skilled or experienced they are at it, most would also do anything to find a way out.
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lifehacker.com January 29, 2017
This Flowchart Helps You Find Your Leadership Style

If you ever have to step up and manage people, it can be pretty difficult to figure out the best way to do it in a way that both works with your personality and gets the job done. This flowchart can help you figure out—in broad categories, of course—what type of leader you might be.
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hbr.org April 14, 2015
The 15 Diseases of Leadership, According to Pope Francis

Pope Francis has made no secret of his intention to radically reform the administrative structures of the Catholic church, which he regards as insular, imperious, and bureaucratic. He understands that in a hyper-kinetic world, inward-looking and self-obsessed leaders are a liability.
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hbr.org April 25, 2017
How to Be an Inspiring Leader

When employees aren’t just engaged, but inspired, that’s when organizations see real breakthroughs. Inspired employees are themselves far more productive and, in turn, inspire those around them to strive for greater heights.
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hbr.org January 1, 2015
The Authenticity Paradox

When we view authenticity as an unwavering sense of self, we struggle to take on new challenges and bigger roles. The reality is that people learn—and change—who they are through experience.
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hbr.org April 11, 2016
Great Leaders Embrace Office Politics

A rising young executive found herself strategically ousted in an internal power play. Jill had all the chops to rise to the corner office: consistent top 10% performer, hardworking, intelligent, personable, driven, multilingual, an MBA from a top-tier school.
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mckinsey.com
The organizational cost of insufficient sleep

Sleep-awareness programs can produce better leaders. Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies, Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. —William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
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entrepreneur.com May 18, 2015
12 Habits of Exceptional Leaders

One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits.
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headwaycapital.com December 7, 2016
What Type of Leader Are You?

Start-ups, new products and home businesses require not just great ideas, but great leaders. Leadership can be a rewarding experience, but there are many different ways to lead your team to success. Do you know which is best for you?
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hbr.org July 1, 2016
How to Put the Right Amount of Pressure on Your Team

While the popular press talks of stress as a negative to be avoided, seasoned managers know better. If you’re trying to drum up new business, get a customer’s order out on time, or hit your numbers for the quarter, a little stress goes a long way.
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inc.com April 5, 2017
Understanding Your Gaps: Why Some People Succeed and Others Don't

Do you ever wonder why some people succeed and others don't? We've all seen deserving people who never quite got things off the ground, and others who made it look easy. It doesn't always seem to make sense.
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hbr.org April 7, 2017
If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists?

The research is clear: when we choose humble, unassuming people as our leaders, the world around us becomes a better place. Humble leaders improve the performance of a company in the long run because they create more collaborative environments.
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hbr.org December 29, 2015
Leadership Lessons from 10 Wildly Successful People

Each year, HBR asks 10 stars in fields outside business — whether it’s politics, sports, the arts, or competitive chess —to offer wisdom on topics of interest to our readers. Here are the highlights from the class of 2015:
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leadershipnow.com May 9, 2017
The Best Leadership Books of 2016

ONCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters.
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leadershipfreak.blog April 20, 2016
10 Questions to Ask when Choosing Leaders

One of the most painful mistakes of leadership is choosing the wrong leaders. The difference between success and failure begins with choosing the right leaders. (And ejecting the wrong.)
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inc.com May 1, 2017
How Do You Know Someone Has True Leadership Skills? Look for These 5 Signs

If you think your boss is some freak of nature and you're the luckiest person alive, I'll break it to you gently: He or she is most likely the kind of leader who demonstrates best-in-class behaviors identified in the research of those leading the most profitable companies on the planet.
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hbr.org July 30, 2014
The Skills Leaders Need at Every Level

A few weeks ago, we were asked to analyze a competency model for leadership development that a client had created. It was based on the idea that at different points in their development, potential leaders need to focus on excelling at different skills.
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hbr.org April 7, 2014
The Problem with Being Too Nice

Leaders are placed under a tremendous amount of pressure to be relatable, human and … nice. Many yield to this instinct, because it feels much easier to be liked. Few people want to be the bad guy.
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forbes.com December 13, 2012
10 Reasons Your Top Talent Will Leave You

Have you ever noticed leaders spend a lot of time talking about talent, only to make the same mistakes over and over again? Few things in business are as costly and disruptive as unexpected talent departures.
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forbes.com December 13, 2016
13 Leadership Skills You Didn't Need A Decade Ago That Are Now Essential

Leadership skills aren’t stagnant. Different generations moving in and out of the workforce dictate changes to the ways people lead. This is one reason leaders need to be constantly updating their skills.
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forbes.com January 10, 2016
16 Must-Read Business Books For 2016

A few weeks ago, I rounded up my 2015 reading with a list of the best books of the year. But 2016 is shaping up to be as good a year for business books as 2015 was, if not better.
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inc.com September 14, 2015
Forget Business School--Just Watch These 10 TED Talks

In today's business world, leaders are emerging at all ranks. The role of the leader is not exclusive to executive-level positions. But being a great leader doesn't have to mean going to management school.
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careynieuwhof.com May 14, 2015
12 Often Overlooked Practices Great Leaders Develop That Poor Leaders Don’t

Ever wonder what separates great leaders from poor leaders? Ever wonder whether you’re developing the practices and qualities of great leadership?
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hbr.org May 19, 2017
Being the Boss’s Favorite Is Great, Until It’s Not

We’ve all been in situations where the boss has a favorite. It’s frustrating to feel underresourced and underrecognized while someone else is getting all the attention. Ironically, though, it can be just as challenging to realize that you’re the boss’s new “pet.”
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inc.com December 12, 2014
20 Leadership Experts Share Their Best Leadership Tip

Good leaders all have one thing in common: They know how to seek advice. It's a bit like parenting. No one who raises a child for the first time understands the job perfectly. You have to keep learning and growing. These experts know the drill.
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forbes.com September 22, 2016
The Ugly Truth About Team-Building

I used to get dragged into team-building activities and I never felt comfortable. I was always watching the clock and eyeing the exit. I like to chill with people but I never got into team-building exercises. Years later, I know why.
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firstround.com
The Most Dangerous Leadership Traps — and the 15-Minute Daily Practice That Will Save You

Every day, Chris Holmberg tries to put himself out of business. As an executive coach for nearly two decades, he’s worked with leaders of tiny startups and multinational corporations alike. But the core of his practice remains pretty counterintuitive: There’s no solution. No secret sauce.
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fastcompany.com May 29, 2012
6 Leadership Styles, And When You Should Use Them

Taking a team from ordinary to extraordinary means understanding and embracing the difference between management and leadership. According to writer and consultant Peter Drucker, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
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themuse.com March 31, 2016
7 Leadership Styles the Best Bosses Use (Just Not All at Once)

Regardless of where you are—a new manager, a long-time boss, or an entry-level person who’s managing an intern, you can develop new skills to do a better job (and feel more confident).
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wikihow.com
How to Be a Good Leader

Good leaders must be good role models, knowledgeable in their fields, and worthy of respect. There are many ways to lead, whether it's by taking on a leadership role at work, or being the captain of your sports team. Here are some tips to help you excel as a leader in any situation in life.
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forbes.com January 23, 2013
Why You're Not A Leader

Everybody thinks they’re a leader – most are far from it. The harsh reality is that we live in a world awash with wannabe leaders. As much as some don’t want to admit it, not everyone can or should become a leader (my take on the born vs. made argument).
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lifehacker.com November 15, 2016
Focus on These Four Areas to Push Your Career Forward

Whether you have your eye on the top of the ladder or are just focusing on the next rung, there are many ways you can grow your career. If you’re not sure what to do, here are four specific areas you can work on. You've got meetings to attend. Deadlines to meet. Errands to run.
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hbr.org January 4, 2017
The Best Strategic Leaders Balance Agility and Consistency

As a former consultant, I have a deep and abiding love for the use of 2×2 matrices in business strategy. My favorites are those that highlight two factors that seem, at first glance, in conflict.
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fractio.nl September 19, 2014
It's not a promotion - it's a career change

The biggest misconception engineers have when thinking about moving into management is they think it’s a promotion. Management is not a promotion. It is a career change.
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hbr.org March 15, 2016
The Most Important Leadership Competencies, According to Leaders Around the World

What makes an effective leader? This question is a focus of my research as an organizational scientist, executive coach, and leadership development consultant. Looking for answers, I recently completed the first round of a study of 195 leaders in 15 countries over 30 global organizations.
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inc.com March 7, 2017
20 Habits of Highly Successful and Effective Leaders

About six months ago I wrote and article on the 20 Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Leaders which proved to be very popular, over half a million views and shares. Which got me wondering what do people want to know most. What to do, or what not to do when it comes to leading.
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hbr.org May 23, 2017
How Leaders Can Push Employees Without Stressing Them Out

One of the most interesting findings of a recent HBR article on team chemistry is that the types of people who become leaders within organizations are about 30% less likely than their coworkers to feel stressed out.
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hbr.org June 20, 2016
Do Managers and Leaders Really Do Different Things?

Business people and business theorists love to draw distinctions between management and leadership. They tell us that “managers do things right; leaders do the right thing” and “management is administration, but leadership is innovation.”
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mckinsey.com
Decoding leadership: What really matters

New research suggests that the secret to developing effective leaders is to encourage four types of behavior. Telling CEOs these days that leadership drives performance is a bit like saying that oxygen is necessary to breathe.
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businessinsider.com December 5, 2014
31 Traits All Great Leaders Share

No matter how much the world changes, there will be timeless truths about the best way to lead others to success. Self-made industrialist Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man on the planet in the early 20th century and was a student of what it takes to achieve greatness.
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medium.com January 24, 2017
Why Leadership = Storytelling

Leadfully (a service of SYPartners) recently published this Q&A about my work helping CEOs and leadership teams achieve better results through strategic storytelling. I’m reposting it here with their permission. RASKIN: Leadership is the art of inspiring others to make a story come true.
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inc.com June 25, 2013
6 Ways To Talk Like a Leader

Effective leadership requires verbal discipline. Leaders need to care about and practice the quality, specificity, and power of their language. Not enough of them do. Communication is particularly crucial to entrepreneurs.
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hbr.org February 7, 2014
Develop Strategic Thinkers Throughout Your Organization

In study after study, strategic thinkers are found to be among the most highly effective leaders. And while there is an abundance of courses, books, articles and opinions on the process of strategic planning, the focus is typically on an isolated process that might happen once or twice per year.
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hbr.org October 5, 2016
Like It or Not, You Are Always Leading by Example

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. Competence, character, creativity, and charisma remain difficult qualities to quantify, let alone cultivate. Growing effective leaders is challenging work.
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entrepreneur.com March 25, 2015
5 Habits That Are Destroying Your Ability to Lead

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a supervisor, or just the director of a team within your organization, your leadership abilities will ultimately dictate your professional success or failure.
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entrepreneur.com August 7, 2015
10 Behaviors of Real Leaders

There’s usually a pecking order in the animal kingdom. There are queen bees, alpha gorillas, and male-female wolf pairs that dominate the pack. Humans are no different.
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inc.com December 9, 2016
8 Things Exceptional Bosses Constantly Tell Their Employees

Whether you're managing an intern or running an entire business, your employees' success (and your own skin) depends on your leadership. Thankfully, the solution for motivating your team and squashing any issues is right at the tip of your tongue.
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hbr.org October 14, 2016
Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Too many business leaders today are out of touch with the employees they lead. Edelman estimates that one in three employees doesn’t trust their employer — despite the fact that billions are spent every year on leadership development.
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forbes.com January 14, 2013
Good Leaders Are Invaluable To A Company. Bad Leaders Will Destroy It.

When good leadership is in place in a company, it can be felt throughout the entire organization. With good leadership, corporate culture isn’t forced, it is developed. Communication is daily and open.
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lizthedeveloper.com
How to reward skilled coders with something other than people management

You have awesome engineers, and they want to advance in their career. Their team is growing because of advancements they've made, and you want to recognize the work they've done with something.
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farnamstreetblog.com December 19, 2016
Leaders and Followers, Planners and Doers

The author Marshall Goldsmith has a gift for taking classic theories and adding to them, or slightly modifying them, to construct something new and interesting.
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hbr.org November 11, 2015
What Separates High-Performing Leaders from Average Ones

Research shows that employees dislike their jobs, don’t trust their leaders, and aren’t engaged. If you’re a leader — or aspiring to be one — you should be frightened.
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hbr.org July 30, 2014
How to Tell a Great Story

We tell stories to our coworkers and peers all the time — to persuade someone to support our project, to explain to an employee how he might improve, or to inspire a team that is facing challenges.
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hbr.org December 31, 2015
4 Ways to Become a Better Learner

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. “We did not see WhatsApp coming,” he says, shaking his head.
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hbr.org May 12, 2017
Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus

The ability to focus is an important driver of excellence. Focused techniques such as to-do lists, timetables, and calendar reminders all help people to stay on task.
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newyorker.com February 29, 2016
Shut Up and Sit Down

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Nine days later, Thomas Hardy composed a poem about the disaster called “The Convergence of the Twain.” Many poets were mourning the dead; Hardy took a different approach.
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forbes.com October 18, 2012
15 Ways To Identify Bad Leaders

It’s important to realize that just because someone holds a position of leadership, doesn’t necessarily mean they should. Put another way, not all leaders are created equal.
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lifehack.org
5 Leadership Styles that Help You Build a High Performance Team

It takes great leadership style to build great teams. The best leaders have distinctive leadership styles and are not afraid to make the difficult decisions.
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inc.com April 17, 2017
How Can You Spot Really Good Leaders? They Do Any of These 7 Things Daily

Can you imagine working for someone in a high-level leadership role, perhaps a CEO, and suddenly it dawns on you: This person isn't leadership caliber. Your next thought may be, How in the world did he (or she) make it this far up the ladder?
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hbr.org May 9, 2017
How to Improve at Work When You’re Not Getting Feedback

Too many managers avoid giving any kind of feedback, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative. If you work for a boss who doesn’t provide feedback, it’s easy to feel rudderless.
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inc.com May 16, 2017
Want Your Best Employees to Never Leave You? Ask Them 5 Simple Questions

Want to do something that will launch you into the new era of HR? Get rid of your exit interviews and replace them with "stay interviews."
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sofi.com December 5, 2016
Want to Achieve C-Suite Status? Tap into Your Inner Leadership Trait

You’ve gone beyond proving that you’re a star in your field. You survived grad school (although exams and student loans may still cause night terrors), advanced in your career and have notable achievements under your belt.
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forbes.com January 20, 2014
7 Ways Leaders Maintain Their Composure in Difficult Times

Leaders need to show more composure than ever before in the workplace. With the change management requirements, increased marketplace demands and intensifying competitive factors that surround us, leaders must have greater poise, agility and patience to minimize the impact of uncertainty.
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inc.com March 1, 2017
10 Mistakes the Worst Leaders Always Make

The horrible leadership behaviors I'm about to expound on are not mere platitudes or hackneyed clichés. They remain, unfortunately, characteristics of well-meaning people on high perches who have blind spots that keep them from growing into true leaders.
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inc.com February 2, 2015
The 10 Commandments of Leadership

A group of archaeologists digging through ancient corporate archives recently uncovered two mysterious tablets (aka "wall plaques") engraved with the following laws: I. Thou shalt remain optimistic.
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entrepreneur.com March 14, 2014
4 Behaviors You Never Want to See in a Leader

We all have our own perceptions of what “effective” leadership looks like, so trying to define what is right to hundreds or thousands of people would be an effort in futility -- like asking your boss for a raise after making fun of his new haircut.
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entrepreneur.com May 19, 2013
9 Leadership Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs

Very few people know their own leadership style -- or strengths and weaknesses, for that matter. But that's a mistake. From leading a company to hiring workers, you necessarily must know what you're good at and what, if anything, you need help with to properly meet your company's goals.
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hbr.org March 31, 2014
Go to Where the Actual Work Is Being Done

Do you often feel reactive instead of proactive? Do people complain that decisions at the top take too long to percolate down to the frontlines? If so, you probably manage your organization and your direct reports through weekly meetings and email.
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inc.com November 3, 2015
10 Great Apps Every Leader Needs to Be Effective

It's not enough for twenty-first-century leaders to focus on getting things done. They must also connect with employees to inspire performance. Digging deeper, top management today needs to marry purpose and meaning to each employee's contribution.
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hbr.org September 22, 2016
The Difference Between Good Leaders and Great Ones

The world tends toward continuums. We order everything from temperature (cold to hot, with tepid in the middle) to wealth (poor to comfortable to rich).
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fastcompany.com December 27, 2016
10 CEOs Share Their Leadership Goals For 2017

Fast Company asked CEOs across industries—social good, sexual health, beauty, tech, and more—about how they would like to bolster and improve their leadership style in 2017. Here's what they had to say:
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entrepreneur.com January 20, 2016
Develop These 7 Skills to Become a More Influential Person

Some people seem like they were born to excel. They’re gifted physically, intellectually or artistically, and it appears as if they just float to the top. But don’t be fooled. However gifted someone may be, he or she still had to develop those talents to achieve a lofty professional position.
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techcrunch.com December 1, 2012
CEOs Don’t Come Pre-Made, Authentic Leadership Has To Be Learned

Editor’s note: Scott Weiss is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and the former co-founder and CEO of IronPort Systems, which was acquired by Cisco in 2007. Follow him on his blog or on Twitter.
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inc.com December 20, 2016
10 Simple Expectations That Great Teams Have of Their Leaders

I remember the first time I became a leader, I called a meeting with my team and said, "Here are my expectations of you.
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inc.com August 29, 2014
20 Ways to Become a Better Leader Right Now

It all started in 2001. My role as a leader in business had reached a pivotal point. I was managing about 50 people in three large teams, just a couple of positions away from the CEO of a major retailer, making a nice income and eating out almost every day for lunch.
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hbr.org May 1, 2015
How Power-Hungry Bosses Keep Their Power

It’s established behavior in the animal kingdom: Chimpanzees at the top of the hierarchy are often hostile toward lower-ranking members who might be powerful enough to challenge their authority, and they divide subordinates to prevent them from forming alliances.
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inc.com July 6, 2016
Leadership And The 7 I’s For Influencing Others

One of the most important aspects of being an effective leader is the ability to influence others to believe in the mission and the results you want to achieve.
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inc.com March 25, 2013
7 Reasons You Can't Learn Leadership on Your Own

Very few founders, startup CEOs, board members, investors, and others supporting the entrepreneurial community actively pursue and advocate disciplined, professional leadership development. This is an enormous missed opportunity.
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hbr.org January 23, 2017
Followers Don’t See Their Leaders as Real People

Great leaders, especially in large organizations, aren’t really people. They’re mental images. They may be flesh and blood to the senior team and the assistants in the C-suite, but to people in outer orbits, from operational departments to business units, they are imaginary constructs.
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forbes.com April 9, 2017
How To Look Like A Leader When You're Not

The paradox – you won’t get promoted to a leadership role if you don’t have leadership experience.
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businessinsider.com September 9, 2016
20 skills that are hard for bosses to master, but can pay off forever

Leadership isn't easy. You can have all the talent in the world, but you're not going to rise into a management position if you don't have certain abilities.
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