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Eight Traits of Great Leaders and One Lesson from a Monkey by Shari Roberts
A recent company leadership offsite in Bangalore, India provided fresh reminders of the leadership behaviors needed to build a strong leadership legacy. I view the leadership traits shared by management consultant Mohit Chhabra as critical components of leading change in digital communications and navigating the unchartered waters of social business. Great leaders: 1. Are continual …
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Consumed By Wars Without End By Robert H. Scales
Washington Post March 14, 2012 Pg. 15 I guess I knew it would eventually come down to this: Blame the Army’s institutions in some way for the horrific and senseless slaughter of 16 innocent Afghan civilians in Kandahar, allegedly by a U.S. infantry non-commissioned officer (NCO). In their search for a villain, the media seems to …
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Explanation and Motivation
Now David said on that day, "Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites...he shall be chief and captain..." Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and clled it that City of David. - 2 Samuel 5: 8-9 Another piece of Maxwellian wisdom from this mornings reading... in this world of …
What America Should Have Learned From Imperial Britain’s Afghan Defeat
A new history of the disastrous, 19th century British invasion of Afghanistan reveals more about the current war than we might like to think. By SETH G. JONES: author of In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan, is a senior political scientist at RAND. From 2009 to 2011, he served in various positions …
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Ignoring Sequestration Won’t Make It Vanish
Washington Post March 13, 2012 Pg. 13 By Walter Pincus Let’s think about the unthinkable -- sequestration. On Jan. 2, 2013, it will kick in if Congress can’t reach agreement before then on $1.2 trillion in cuts or added revenue over the next 10 years. Sequestration will be avoided if Congress passes legislation that President …
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The ‘Dayton’ Lesson For America’s Shrinking Military
Wall Street Journal March 13, 2012 Pg. 13 Three years into America's post-World War II drawdown,not a single U.S. nuclear bomber could hit a large, undefended target in Ohio. By Warren Kozak It was simply called the "Dayton Exercise" and for obvious reasons it was kept secret for decades. It was also one of the …
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Great advice….gotta go find the performance helpers.
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Ambition makes it nearly impossible to enjoy the success of others. You can shine, just don’t outshine me.
In addition, insecure bosses feel threatened when someone outshines them.
Furthermore, it’s hard to help others outshine you when you’re in the middle of an organization. A “shiner” might be promoted over you.
Safe success:
Organizations are filled with people who avoid threatening the boss. They practice safe success; success that doesn’t outshine the boss. Everyone knows you can shine just don’t shine too brightly.
Beyond honoring high performers:
Make it safe to help others shine. It’s easy to see performance and harder to remember those who helped it happen.
You get what you praise. The more you praise those who help others shine the more shiners you’ll get.
Avoid fixating on high performers and neglecting performance-helpers.
Help performance-helpers by honoring, acknowledging, and praising their efforts. Create cultures that…
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Strategy: An Executive’s Definition by Ken Favaro
Strategy-business.com March 5th 2012 The question “What is strategy?” has spurred numerous doctoral dissertations, countless hours of research, and hearty disagreement among serious management thinkers. Perhaps this is why many executives also struggle with it. Nonetheless, decision makers seeking to steer a business to sustained success need a succinct and pragmatic response. After all, it …
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Military Points To Risks Of A Syrian Intervention
New York Times March 12, 2012 Pg. 10 By Elisabeth Bumiller WASHINGTON — Despite growing calls for the United States to help stop the bloodshed in Syria, senior Pentagon officials are stepping up their warnings that military intervention would be a daunting and protracted operation, requiring at least weeks of exclusively American airstrikes, with the …
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