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Books & Quotes Leadership

Reading Week

“Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.” – Prof. Howard Hendricks I can still hear Prof’s exhortation ringing in my ears from a class I took from him 25 years ago. Broad reading is crucial to expand one’s leadership horizons. Others agree. Oswald Sanders devotes an entire chapter to “The Leader and Reading” in his […]

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Culture Leadership Productivity

Innovate or Die Trying: 3 Links

“You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, …” – Seth Godin, American author and Marketing Expert What does it mean to innovate? My Mac dictionary defines “innovate” this way: innovate |ˈinəˌvāt| verb 1. make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products: the company’s failure to […]

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Books & Quotes Culture Leadership Productivity Teamwork

My Thesis: A Paradigm for 21st Century Global Leaders

Do you wake up every day with a calling to lead people you can’t physically see or touch? Do you regularly engage in team or project work with people from other cultures? Do you long for the hype of “leader as omnipotent hero” to give way to a more authentic model of “leader as servant?” […]