Lessons in Leadership - part.1

I read a book recently by David Cottrell, called Monday Morning Leadership, an informal business guide to developing leadership skills, ... this lesson is understanding that as a business person, you are going to make mistakes.  Some will be small, some will be career-altering.  The key, is understanding that you can’t go back, once [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:13:29

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The Challenge of Leadership

Leadership books are worthless. At least that’s what I continued to tell myself most of the way through college, grad-school, ... have to do with pastoring? How is learning business models of leadership really going to make me a better pastor? The church world and the business world are two completely different spheres that narrowly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 17:53:43

LeadingIdeas (by Alan Nelson):  Why Churches That Want To Change, Don’t

The best church/ministry book I read in 2008 didn’t even mention the words God, church, ministry, Jesus, or faith. That’s because it was a business book, written by leadership and change expert, John Kotter ... then motivated me to read everything else I could from him. Kotter is a former Harvard Business School [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:42:27

Discovering your Authentic Leadership

Discovering your Authentic Leadership by muthu on Jan.23, 2009, under general I recently read this article from Harvard Business Point On Review ... at others to lead their leadership skills or follow them. It’s completely true that there is no 101 book ... characteristics or traits of a leader. Leadership emerges from your life story. When the 75 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:36:59

The Art of Nonachievement

Searching Most business books focus on how leaders can achieve more.  How can you do more, better…and faster? ... this the leadership paradox in Primal Leadership  by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee (Harvard Business School Press): “For leaders, the first task in management has nothing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:43:14

Book Review: Marketplace Memos - Invest Yourself in the Business of God’s Kingdom by David Shibley & Jonathan Shibley

Jesus calls us to glorify His name across the earth and in all spheres of life ... on leadership, money and business have been written from a Christian perspective in recent years ... . His Lordship extends over individuals, families and into the domain of business. Indeed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:54:35

Video of the Week: The Interpersonal Factor in Successful Leadership

Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses ... for altruism, parenting, love, health, learning and leadership. Goleman was a co-founder ... (Bantam Books), argues that workplace competencies based on emotional intelligence play a great role [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 06:58:00

How We Lead Matters, Customer Obsession and Just Good Business (MBE:BE)

Three titles for today's release (total of 9 books) for the MiniBookExpo: Business Edition. Not sure what that is? Get the deets ... . ~|~ How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership by Marilyn Carlson Nelson Courtesy of McGraw Hill How_we_lead_matters Marilyn Carlson Nelson has achieved global recognition [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 16:36:58

WHAT I AM NOW READING

I just love to read, & most of the time I love to read a few books simultaneously.Meanwhile, I have also just got hold of Ram Charan's new book, 'Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty'.I am captivated by the inside front page:"As a business leader today, you face [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 07:27:00

WHAT I HAVE ALREADY EMBARKED ON READING BUT HAVE YET TO COMPLETE . . .

I have already embarked on reading two interesting books, namely:1) ... daylong interview by a business journalist with the then 94 year old Drucker.In a nutshell ... leadership, strategy, innovation, personal effectiveness, career development & others.I have already made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:25:00

The Mindful Leader: Sit and Be Still

“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” —Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Most business books focus on how leaders ... : how and why, as leaders, you should sit and be still. How do your leadership skills benefit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 12:40:35

Leadership Maxims, Avoiding a CoP Mid-Life Crisis, Library Clips, Knowledge and Learning Toolkit, Ten Commandments for Business Failure

Weekly Knowledge Management Blog by Stan GarfieldKM Question, Thought Leader, Blog, Link, and Book of the Week [ ... leadership. Maxim #1: PICKLES Passion – have passion for your work, convey it to your people [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 13:21:00

Looking for Inspiration? Try a Red Rubber Ball (Book Review)

Let's face it: some days start off as uninspiring. Whether it's because a looming deadline has paralyzed your creativity or the mid-winter blues ... of perspective.  Often, a story of leadership or innovation will inspire.  This is why I was delighted ... the MiniBookExpo: Business Edition hosted at One Degree last year. The Red Rubber Ball at Work by [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:54:21

Book Review: Good to Great

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Other Don't As a young guy interested in business and wanting to start my own, ... by the researched companies are as follows. Level 5 Leadership: Great companies have a CEO where ... : Be brutally honest objectively. Identify your core competencies. I'm sure Lehman and Citigroup would [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 20:00:01

15,000 Words You Might Have Missed

One of my readers noted that I've written a lot of off-blog stuff, and I'm rather proud of it. And I've noted ( ... In which I argue that marketing works in social media. Leadership In Troubled Times When things ... this past Fall. Think Local, Act Conversational - It Just Might Save Your Business How [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:34:32

WHAT I AM PLANNING TO READ

I actually have a huge stack of new books I want to read carefully. They are now sitting on a revolving chair just next to my work station ... :1) 'The Five Literacies of Global Leadership: What Authentic Leaders Know & You Need to Find Out', by Richard Hames;2) 'How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:53:00

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