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Source: Leaders in London
1. The Ten Commandments of communicating in a downturn
2. How to make a great leadership speech
3. How to improve your company performance by 15%
4. Inspire, don’t motivate
5. Survive first. Opportunity second.
6. Know where your market really is
7. Innovate, or die
8. Get the frontline to save money
9. And, finally … It’s not a war for talent
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Leadership Communication in Tough Times
Source: The Company Agency
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Source: Alvaro San Martin, Guido Stein
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The Art of Persuasion in an Age of Uncertainty
Source: Brian O'C Leggett, Josep Maria Rosanas
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A Practical Guide to Having a Job and a Life
Source: Steven Poelmans, Paula Caligiuri
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Source: Brian O'C Leggett
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The Secrets of CEO's - Leading Through Fellowship
Source: Steve Tappin
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The Innovator: Making Innovation Real
Source: BMGI
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Presidential Election Survey Results
Source: Leaders in London
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Source: Leaders in London
1. Downturns aren't all bad news
2. The Secrets of CEOs - How to Lead Now!
3. Creat a 'Fellowship of Leaders'
4. Seven 'Success Secrets of High Performing Business Leaders'
5. How to Make Better Decisions
6. Why Didn't I Think of That?
7. and finally... Richard Branson says -
Seven Success Secrets of High Performing Business Leaders
Source: Merryck & Co
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Source: Erich Joachimsthaler
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Source: Leaders in London
1. How to motivate people in a downturn
2. Why you don’t need great leaders
3. The great leader is…
4. Watch the leading indicators
5. And, finally… -
'Credit Crunch' Survey Results
Source: Leaders in London
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Source: Leaders in London
1. Think Acts of Leadership’ not ‘Leader’
2. Resonance vs Dissonance
3. Why emotions work in leadership
4. What you can learn from the parking lot
5. How to close a team down
6. Luke Johnson’s recommended read
7. And, finally…how to lead a bank -
Source: Miller and Wedell, IESE Business School
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Source: Leaders In London
1. Philip Kotler’s Ten Deadly Marketing Sins
2. Forget strategy: Manage by Mission
3. What can’t be measured doesn’t get done
4. You need a new Golden Rule of leadership
5. The power of after-action reviews
6. And, finally…Luke Johnson’s recommended read -
'Influential People' Survey Results
Source: Leaders In London
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Source: Leaders In London
12 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM JACK WELCH
1. What to measure
2. Build confidence. That’s your job description
3. Set your people free. Give up command to take control
4. Shout when you win
5. Numbers aren’t enough
6. Spend more time on talent development
7. Fair doesn’t mean the same
8. Make people share ideas
9. Meet customers more often
10. Don’t dither. Jump
11. Get out of your office
12. When Jack blew up the plant -
Source: Professor Pablo Cardona, IESE Business School
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The Distinct Capabilities for Organic Alliance and M&A Growth
Source: Forum
Transforming Performance
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Source: Forum
Growth is the oxygen of business, the key to business life or death.
Michael Treacy
Double-Digit Growth1 -
Source: Leaders In London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Three questions you need to ask people
2. Listen to the front line. They’ll have better ideas than you
3. Leading by example: your own behaviour is vital
4. Create an environment that lets people perform
5. And, finally…Luke Johnson’s recommended read -
Source: Leaders In London
IN THIS ISSUE 1. NEW SPEAKERS: Philip Kotler, Luke Johnson, Rudy Giuliani 2. How students dry their pants 3. Jack Welch on why ‘practice Excellence’ is meaningless 4. Luke Johnson’s recommended reads 5. Rudy Giuliani’s three keys to leadership 6. And, finally…How quick wins can provide a tipping point for change
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Fiorina, Kasparov , Yunus…sign up for Leaders in London 2008
2. Don’t ask customers what they want
3. Who’s Your Daddy?
4. Don’t predict the future. See the present
5. Eight key questions you need to ask and answer
6. And, finally…What’s the shortest distance between two people?
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Source: Leaders in London
THIS MONTH: ARE YOU AN AUTHENTIC LEADER?
1. Fiorina, Kasparov, Yunus, George sign up for Leaders in London 2008
2. Great leaders get up
3. So, am I authentic and how do I know?
4. ‘Go through a crucible’
5. What if you don’t like your authentic self?
6. Being ‘authentic’ doesn’t mean being ‘stuck’
And, finally, as Valentine’s Day is approaching
7. What’s love got to do with leadership?
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Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE: HOW TO BE GREAT IN 2008
Eight actions you can take to improve your leadership in 2008: seven ‘dos’ and one ‘don’t’.
From Leaders in London. Pick one and start now. Happy New Year.
1. How to make your team great
2. Listen to new and random voices
3. Create a cult, not a culture
4. Be yourself: don’t act like ‘a leader’
5. Be slightly deluded (but only slightly)
6. How to sell new ideas to the Boss
7. Ask this question at meetings
8. And one ‘don’t’ -
Source: Leaders In London
IN THIS ISSUE: TWELVE LEADERS LEADING
Not quite '12 Lords a'leaping', but 12 snippets of inspiration from Leaders in London 2007 last
week, to keep you going through the office parties and the festive season.
1. René Carayol on management vs leadership
2. Ben Zander on 'Leadership is…'
3. Steve Levitt on why economists can't make predictions
4. Andrew Zolli on what innovation really is
5. David Cameron on his first lesson in leadership
6. James Brown: the power of creating something for yourself
7. Edward de Bono: which comes first, ideas or data?
8. Marcus Buckingham: Corporate culture is a myth
9. Gerald Ratner: The best leaders put the bins out
10. Stephen Covey: Stop talking. Start doing.
11. Nick Wheeler: Slow leadership can win, too
12. Al Gore: Leadership and fear -
Source: Leaders In London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Advice for new leaders
2. Don’t show them who’s boss
3. How to improve 75% of your day
4. Yet another Nobel prize winner
5. New Leaders in London blog post
6. Martin Sorrell on why you need better leaders -
Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. The secret of success
2. How adversity forges us
3. Only make new mistakes
4. Allan Leighton on Theory E and Theory O
5. Think ‘acts of leadership’ not leaders
6. New Leaders in London blog post
7. All leadership is autobiography -
Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Leadership and Global Markets
2. The Elders: filling a leadership gap?
3. Actually, Al Gore WAS responsible for the Internet
4. How to spot a cheat
5. New Leaders in London blog post
6. Sir Terry Leahy’s Four Leadership Lessons -
Taproot of Trust -Stephen R. Covey
Source: Stephen R. Covey
Taproot of Trust -Stephen R. Covey
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Source: Leaders in London
The Little Book of Leadership
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Gates are the perfect partnership - The Metro, 24th Sept 07
Source: The Metro
Gates are the perfect partnership - The Metro, 24th Sept 07
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Bill & Melinda Gates command most respect - The Indepdendent, 24th Sept 07
Source: The Indepdendent
Bill & Melinda Gates command most respect - The Indepdendent, 24th Sept 07
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Back To The Future, Andrew Zolli, Sept 2007
Source: The Irish Times Innovation
Back To The Future, Andrew Zolli, Sept 2007
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Nick Wheeler Interview - Sept 2007
Source: Quality World
Nick Wheeler Interview - Sept 2007
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All. Sept 2007
Source: Forum
One Size Doesn’t Fit All. Sept 2007
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21 Short Leadership Insights from The 60 Second Leader
Source: Phil Dourado
21 Short Leadership Insights from The 60 Second Leader
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The Distinct Capabilities for Organic, Alliance and M&A Growth
Source: Forum
The Distinct Capabilities for Organic, Alliance and M&A Growth
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Source: CSC
Leading Edge - August 2007
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Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Leadership is…
2. The weakness of most leaders is…
3. Language matters: Markets are conversations
4. Allan Leighton’s Seven Cs Test
5. Four more online leadership resources for you And, finally…
6. Keep out of meetings -
Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE
1. It was a dark and stormy night
2. Marcus Buckingham makes a confession
3. Mickey’s Ten Commandments
4. The three things that create leadership And, finally…
5. Forrest Gump wisdom: Allan Leighton’s favourite book -
Source: Phil Dourado
Building a collaborative leadership community that learns from each other. A new approach to leadership development
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Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS ISSUE: MICHAEL PORTER’S FIVE MINUTE MASTERCLASS
1. The 30-second summary
2. What Strategy is Not
3. What race are you running
4. The problem with best practices
5. It’s not about war
And, finally…
6. The four questions you need to ask yourself -
Source: Leaders in London
IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE
1. Does it hurt if…
2. The four types of innovation
3. Small is the new Big
4. Pyramids are tombs
5. The leader with no vision
6. Richard’s straw poll of one
7. Go back to the floor -
Source: Leaders in London
60 Second Targets Incentives
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The ECMW Annual Interview with Michael Eisner, May 2007
Source: ECMW conference
The ECMW Annual Interview with Michael Eisner, May 2007
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Source: Leaders in London
Wow! Michael Porter has just agreed to join us at Leaders in London. I’ve interviewed ‘The King of Strategy’ a couple of times and have included one or two of his pithy insights below, to whet your appetite for seeing the man in person…
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Source: Leaders in London
This April issue of Taking The Lead starts with a reminder, then explains how to move to distributed leadership to put the reminder into practice.
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Smart Business, Strategic Insight From CSC
Source: CSC
As a Board Executive, you know more than most how important teamwork is.
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60 Second Leading From The Middle
Source: Phil Dourado
Everything you need to know about leadership, in 60 second chapters
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The New Triple Threats in Driving Organic Growth
Source: Forum
By helping their sales managers master three critical areas, organizations can drive organic sales growth
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Leading the Branded Customer Experience®
Source: Forum
The Leadership Spirit Needed to Win
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Source: Forum
Customer loyalty, as managers increasingly realize, has a lucrative effect on bottom-line performance.
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Source: Forum
How Companies Grow Profits by Growing Leaders
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Building a Leadership Pipeline
Source: Forum
Developing a Sustainable Supply of Leaders
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Source: Achieve Global
What It Takes for Teams to Be Successful in Today’s Workplace
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BUILDING LEADERSHIP BENCH STRENGTH
Source: Achieve Global
CURRENT TRENDS IN SUCCESSION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
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Source: Achieve Global
THE VALUE OF MAKING CHANGE STICK
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Source: Achieve Global
Always a Big Adjustment ... Now a Major Challenge
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Source: Achieve Global
VITAL TOOLS FOR TODAY’S SENIOR LEADER
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INSIDE THE MINDS OF CORPORATE LEADERS
Source: Achieve Global
Performance Priorities Align With Top Business Issues
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Source: Achieve Global
THE NEED FOR GENUINE LEADERS
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CREATING A PROBLEM-SOLVING CULTURE
Source: Achieve Global
Exploring Problem Resolution in the Workplace
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Karren Brady Masterminds Team’s Victory In BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’
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Get set for sparks to fly as multi-millionaire and boss of Amstrad Sir Alan Sugar brings his abrasive business style to Comic Relief in Comic Relief Does The Apprentice.
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This March issue of Taking The Lead brings you leadership insights and tips from Dr. Stephen Covey, Marcus Buckingham and Edward de Bono, to give you a taste of what you can expect from them at Leaders in London in November…
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The 60 Second Leader and… ... What’s love got to do with it?
Source: Phil Dourado, Sample extract from The 60 Second Leader
A definition would help ease any discomfort you might be feeling.
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Taking The Lead - February issue
Source: Leaders in London
Three insights from the marvellous Ben Zander 1. Quote of the month: They need me everywhere 2. Ben Zander on what leaders never do 3. Great leaders get others to lead And two leader insights from Stephen Covey 4. A Leader is… 5. Leaders don’t create followers Plus FREE book chapter on ‘Leadership and Failure’
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Sample extract from The 60 Second Leader
Source: Phil Dourado
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Taking The Lead - New Year issue
Source: Leaders in London
Seven Leader’s New Year Resolutions for 2007 1. Re-think what leadership is for 2007 2. Re-think decision-making 3. Connect. Leadership is personal. 4. Leadership is example. That’s all it is. 5. Think more deeply about the one and the many 6. Re-think Faith and Fate 7. Your 2007 key to leadership. REAL Leadership is… Plus FREE book chapter on ‘Leadership and Failure’
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Dec 06
Source: Leaders in London - Dec 06 issue
1. René Carayol: What great leaders do 2. Bob Geldof: The Tripping Point. When leaders fail. 3. Renée Mauborgne: The borders are in your mind 4. Charles Dunstone: Securing an unseeable future 5. Penny Streeter on competing against yourself 6. Richard Branson: First, break all the rules. 7. Susan Greenfield: You have a plastic brain 8. Scott Bedbury: Your brand is out of your control 9. John Kotter: Leadership is not about one person 10. Alan Sugar: Why I envy Richard Branson 11. Larry Bossidy: CEOs see what they want to see 12. Dan Pink: Leadership is... 13. Tim Collins: Why your plans don’t work 14. Ricardo Semler: Values won’t differentiate you 15. Colin Powell: Management is science. Leadership is art.
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Nov 06
Source: Leaders in London - Nov 06 issue
1. The Tripping Point. Learning from failure. 2. When Jack Welch blew up the plant 3. Why CEOs Fail 4. When Richard Branson failed to give a speech 5. Best practice can make you fail 6. René Carayol’s leadership essentials 7. Who’s this failure? 8. And, finally…the Governator on failure
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Leadership - The Next Generation
Source: Rene Carayol
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Diversity In Management - Rene's Rules
Source: Rene Carayol
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Source: Rene Carayol
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Source: Lyn Bicker - TSO Consulting
How many decisions does a leader make in an hour? I read that a Red Arrows lead pilot has a decision to make every 20 seconds.
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Source: Lyn Bicker - TSO Consulting
When the Labour Party set out its pledges to win a third term, a peak in unhealthy cynicism was pretty inevitable. Political preference has nothing to do with it; people are short on recall when it comes to plaudits for truth and success, and long on memory for disappointment, failure, lies, and abuse of power.
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Source: Lyn Bicker - TSO Consulting
One of my top team is reeling from the raft of development opportunities before her. She’s been attending sessions with voice power and communications specialists at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she’s learnt to practise breathing techniques while driving, yawn a lot – a great way to warm up the voice – and to strive to glide through life rather than settle for the natural ‘jabber’ she is.
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Source: Lyn Bicker - TSO Consulting
It’s no good seeing leadership as an intellectual task. Nope. It’s not as simple as saying ‘learn these skills, read this book, put these ingredients together, and you’ll be successful’. You’ve got to put your back into it – and your heart. You’ve got to sweat, feel the pain and share the load. This time it really is personal.
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How I achieved success at Ambition 24hours
Source: Penny Streeter OBE
I have been asked by many aspiring entrepreneurs how I achieved success at Ambition 24hours: from a start-up to a £60 million business in ten years – through organic growth alone, with no capital or outside investors, or bank finance, other than for cash flow.
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Sept 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. Leadership and values
2. Are you spending time on the right things?
3. Blue Ocean Strategy: What exactly is it?
4. Management or leadership? John Kotter explains
5. Leaders and instinct: How Kjell Nordström’s father finds the fish
6. And, finally…Why is leadership important? -
Source: AMBA
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Aug 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. Leadership is... 2. You spend too much time on strategy 3. Everything I thought I knew about leadership is wrong 4. Who’s this? The leader who can’t tell gross from net 5. Lead like Branson: Ten more tips 6. Ricardo Semler on how to break down internal politics 7. And, finally...What do you stand for?
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Source: Forum
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Building a Leadership Pipeline - Forum
Source: Forum
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Source: Leaders in London
Full Exclusive Interviews with Larry Bossidy, Dan Pink, Ricardo Semler and Kjell A Nordström
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Source: Ricardo Semler
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Jul 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. The 10-Minute leader. Branson on Kamprad 2. Nine lessons from Branson himself 3. Great leaders are dis-organisers 4. How to trigger a 'tipping point' surge of energy 5. Let customers score your people 6. SIXTEEN leaders in one place. At one time. 7. When Richard Branson rang me up (Part 2)
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Jun 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. Lessons from Richard Branson’s Mum
2. Believe in people
3. How to start an airline
4. Lessons from Richard Branson’s Granny!
5. Richard’s Guiding Principles
6. Fifteen leaders for you to learn from
7. And, finally...When Richard Branson rang me up (Part 1) -
Taking The Lead e-newsletter - May 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. Leadership isn’t about strategy 2. Colin Powell on how middle managers can lead 3. Top down or bottom up? Neither, says Kjell Nordström 4. The four things people need from funky leaders 5. John Kotter: YOU are the incentive scheme 6. FOURTEEN leaders for you to learn from 7. CSC announces: A Lack of Executive Leadership Stifles Innovation 8. Forum invites you to an online interactive session 9. And finally...Death came third
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Apr 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. Ricardo Semler on middle managers
2. Larry Bossidy on why good companies yell at each other
3. Larry Bossidy: A glimpse behind the scenes
4. Colin Powell: Rescuing Ronald Reagan
5. The Leadership Quiz: brochures at the ready
6. TWELVE leaders for you to learn from
7. Connecting to Collaborate - Understanding who the real leaders are
8. And finally…when Nelson Mandela went swimming
6. Bob Geldof on the new rules of business
7. More from Bob on why you need to get creative
8. And finally: The secret of success -
Leaders In London 2006 Annual Survey Results
Source: Leaders in London
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Source: CSC
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - March 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. How to get more out of your people
2. John Kotter’s 8-step change process
3. When John Kotter was scared
4. ELEVEN leaders for you to learn from
5. Why the Boss should be on the front line
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Source: Phil Dourado
You don’t have to be American Express’s size to operate globally. Globalism can live in small places, too. And you don’t have to be physically close to your customer to be intimate with them. “I buy my wine from a local South African vineyard I found on the Net,” says Dave Allen, Global CEO of Enterprise IG, who is based in London, England. “I have an email conversation with the owner. My wine arrives about ten days later. About five people run this business out of Stellenbosch. The New York Times just voted their Cabernet Sauvignon wine of the year.
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Source: Phil Dourado
It’s the Customer Century. Last century was the Supplier Century. The balance of power has shifted. Yet, like generals fighting the last war, most leaders still act as if they are leading a supplier-style ‘push’ organization, in which the important stuff – including the decisions - happens in meetings in the Head Office, with the results of the decisions then pushed out to the edges. Initiative and leadership sit in the middle; autonomy and room to manoeuvre out on the edge, where the customers are, is limited.
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Source: Phil Dourado
When President Kennedy announced that America would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, his scientific advisors gave him a barrage of reasons why it was impossible. What he was promising simply couldn’t be done. One reason was that no fuel existed that could do the job. Kennedy switched the context from 'It can't be done because the fuel doesn't exist' to 'Then, if that is where we need to stretch, go create a fuel that will do the job’. And they did.
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Source: Phil Dourado
In the cut-throat cellular phone industry, with its one year tie-in contracts, premium fees and sharp practices, one brand has emerged in the UK as the customer’s friend. Charles Dunstone, the company’s, founder explained his approach to leadership to Phil Dourado
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Feb 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. John Kotter on what’s wrong with leadership 2. …and the Number One reason big change fails 3. Why you need to touch people’s feelings 4. Turning around the NYPD with Tipping Point leadership 5. Nine leaders for you to learn from 6. Bob Geldof on the new rules of business 7. More from Bob on why you need to get creative 8. And finally: The secret of success
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Taking The Lead e-newsletter - Jan 06
Source: Leaders in London
1. New Year New You? Take the 20/10 test 2. Develop your six senses to be a better leader 3. Challenge corporate policy & practice: don’t protect it 4. The monkey experiment: spread the word 5. Stop confusing ‘leadership’ with ‘control’ 6. Think radical: like Semco’s Retire-a-Little programme 7. Six leaders for you to learn from 8. And finally: Stop copying. Be yourself.
