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Assessment

The leaders inner circle

25 January 2009

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"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." – Theodore Roosevelt

In the January 2009 issue of John Maxwell’s newsletter Leadership Wired there is a great article [...]

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How do you know if you need a new vision?

12 January 2009

 

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Burt Nanus in his book “Visionary Leadership” provides the following warning signs of a lack of vision:

Is there evidence of confusion about purpose?
Do your employees complain about insufficient challenge or say they’re not having fun anymore? Are they  pessimistic about the future or cynical about the present?
Is the organization losing [...]

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Seven critical questions to assess your leadership

19 October 2008

 

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Effective leaders are always striving to become better, always stretching themselves and their teams. The Harvard Business Review of January 2007 had a great article “What to Ask the Person in the Mirror” by Robert S. Kaplan, discusses seven questions that leaders can use to assess themselves to stay on [...]

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