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1. The pace of the Leader sets the pace of the Pack so set the pace!

   Explore Article Taariq Lewis: Many facets of leadership (Sep 1 2010) CEO Leadership , Entrepreneurship

   MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Howard Anderson would chant in his class: "The Pace of the Leader sets the pace of the Pack." It was a pithy quote and with it came images of a herd of Management Consulting and Investment Banking Zebras running away from the hungry pack of MIT Sloan Tiger Entrepreneurs fond in each MIT Sloan MBA Class. (Read Full Article)
   

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2. 'Upsetting the Natural Order': Managing Employees Old Enough to Be Your Parents

   Explore Article Knowledge@Wharton (Sep 1 2010)

   Older people, he says, often find it difficult to get a job, partly because relatively young supervisors are reluctant to hire and then manage employees who are decades older, even though these employees are the type of worker many employers say they want. (Read Full Article)
   

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3. The Ethics of Emotional Intelligence. Are you in authority and lapsing in ethical judgement?

   Explore Article Business Ethics (Sep 1 2010) CEO Leadership

   Lehrer points out that company surveys are a good barometer of what is happening in the culture of the organization, and surveys provide evidence that the vast majority of rude and inappropriate behavior comes from the offices of those with the most authority. (Read Full Article)
   

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4. Climbing the Corporate Ladder Sucks. Enjoy it!

   Explore Article BNET Today (Aug 31 2010) Career Management

   Not that I’m down on people, but let’s face it, we don’t always get along so well, do we? I mean, the average workplace is a veritable Petri dish of conflict and dysfunctional behavior. It’s a wonder anything gets done at all. Really. (Read Full Article)
   

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5. Great CEOs know how to drive and execute a vision for customer service

   Explore Article Taariq Lewis: Many facets of leadership (Aug 30 2010) CEO Leadership

   Great CEOs have a vision of how their company should be perceived by their best customers and they nurture the organization to identify and reward customer loyalty with more service. Is your CEO obsessed about customer service? (Read Full Article)
   

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6. Delegate: Leveraging Down for CEOs by @mikemyatt

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Aug 27 2010) CEO Leadership

   That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Managing Older Managers: A Guide for Younger Bosses

   Explore Article Eclectic Buzz / Three Fish Limit (Aug 25 2010) CEO Leadership

   Managing a colleague with ten or fifteen more years of experience than you can present unusual challenges of motivation, boundary-setting, and leadership. Here are some ways to get the most out of your hires and your collaboration. (Read Full Article)
   

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8. Why good bosses tune in to their people | Lustig Group

   Explore Article The Lustig Group (Aug 23 2010) CEO Leadership

   All bosses and CEOs matter, but those at the top matter most. Whether or not they know it, their followers monitor, magnify, and often mimic their moves. (Read Full Article)
   

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9. Building high performance teams: A blog review of Jose Mourinho coaching and leadership success.

   Explore Article RIGHTWAYS (Aug 21 2010) CEO Leadership

   Every team he has managed quickly bounces back from losses because their leader has his mind’s eye fixated on nothing but success. (Read Full Article)
   

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10. Charlemagne, the Roman Empire and the Importance of Great Leadership

    Explore Article Harrison Barnes (Aug 19 2010) Career Management , CEO Leadership

    Your success in your career will have a lot to do with the quality of the leadership and the CEO at the company you choose to work for. (Read Full Article)
    

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11. The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever

    Explore Article Knowledge@Wharton (Aug 18 2010)

    I don't think the nature of leadership has changed, but the context in which leadership is exercised has become more complicated. We live in a time where there isn't a news cycle; there is just a perpetual flow of information. (Read Full Article)
    

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12. How to Discuss an Employee Performance Problem

    Explore Article Great Leadership (Aug 15 2010) Career Management

    Knowing how to sit down with an employee and have an effective conversation about a performance problem is one of the hardest things for any manager to do, new or experienced, and should never be taken for granted. Performance conversations can be improved. (Read Full Article)
    

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13. How to Avoid Disaster When Hiring for Key Positions

    Explore Article BNET Today (Aug 11 2010)

    And, in the process, they cost the company dearly in terms of time, expense, opportunity cost, lost business and customers, failed product lines, lost legal battles, and even failed companies when it’s the CEO. (Read Full Article)
    

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14. The Lessons of the Mark Hurd Debacle: 7 Tips to Prevent Ethical Failures of the CEO

    Explore Article earthtimes.org (Aug 11 2010) CEO Leadership

    Late Friday, we read the shocking news announcing Hurd’s immediate resignation from HP as the result of a sexual harassment investigation. It was a shock and quite an impact on our perceptions of the CEO role and ethics. (Read Full Article)
    

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15. Leadership Book Review: Ten Truths about Leadership

    Explore Article Leadership Development (Aug 10 2010) Career Management

    The question they get time and time again is “What’s new in leadership?” They answer that while the context of leadership as changed dramatically, “the content of leadership has not changed much at all. (Read Full Article)
    

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16. Six Secrets to Creating a Culture of Innovation - Tony Schwartz ...

    Explore Article Business Management Ideas (Aug 10 2010) CEO Leadership

    But are CEOs and senior leaders really willing to make the transformational moves necessary to foster cultures of real creativity and innovation? (Read Full Article)
    

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17. Can You Teach Passion? I say YES

    Explore Article managementcraft.com (Aug 10 2010) CEO Leadership

    Clear compelling goals aligned with action - Passion is the outcome of a clear goal that feels right and is on track. (Read Full Article)
    

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18. Do Your Goals Look Like a Variation of What You’ve Always Done? SMART isn't always GOOD

    Explore Article Leadership Development (Aug 6 2010)

    SMART goals are Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timebound. Sounds reasonable. But Mark Murphy thinks they often “act as impediments to, not enablers of, bold action and actually encourage mediocre and poor performance. (Read Full Article)
    

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19. Leadership & Political Correctness by @mikemyatt. You can't handle the truth.

    Explore Article n2growth home page (Aug 5 2010) CEO Leadership

    Politically Correct Leader? OXYMORON…Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference. (Read Full Article)
    

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20. Book Review: Leading Quietly « First Friday Book Synopsis. Great nuggets of insights on quality leadership

    Explore Article First Friday Book Synopsis (Aug 5 2010) CEO Leadership

    A noted conclusion from their research was that top leaders manifest impeccable personal as well as professional integrity; that they are (in Badaracco’s words) “quiet leaders because their modesty and restraint are in large measure responsible for their impressive achievements. (Read Full Article)
    

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21. Are You a Hundred Percent Leader? A review of how great leaders challenge and emotionally connect

    Explore Article Leadership Development (Aug 5 2010) CEO Leadership

    Research done by Leadership IQ indicates that 77% of leaders believe their employees are not giving 100%. Employees don’t seem to argue the point. 72% of employees admit that they in fact aren’t giving 100% (Read Full Article)
    

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22. Empowering Employees to Prevent Disaster: Lessons from BP

    Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Aug 4 2010)

    If Wartzman is right that there’s a connection between job insecurity, pressure to cut costs, and employee unwillingness to speak up about risks and problems in the workplace, that doesn’t bode well for reducing risky workplace conditions – in all kinds of organizations – during a period of high unemployment and corporate cost-cutting. (Read Full Article)
    

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23. Developing Strategic Thinkers: How to identify strategic thinking skills and develop that competency

    Explore Article bravenewpress.com (Aug 3 2010) Career Management , CEO Leadership

    Thus, a competency gap in strategic thinking is considered serious, and organizations will attempt to eliminate this gap. This brief article explores the most effective means to develop strategic thinkers. (Read Full Article)
    

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24. Should we change how we define results orientation?

    Explore Article managementcraft.com (Aug 3 2010)

    Do you see the common theme? The BEST work experiences come from how we feel about work and our connection to the powerful and altruistic nature of work. So as a leader, are you creating this type of environment? (Read Full Article)
    

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