Leading by Example with Flames of Giving

Almost two decades ago.  Sari was looking for ways to make her children more aware of and more connected with the community around them.  She knew there were others in…

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Kim Jong Un’s Challenges in Taking Over the Family Business (North Korea)
Kim Jong Un’s Challenges in Taking Over the Family Business (North Korea)

In taking over a family business, you must map beyond what you can easily see and choose your timing very carefully.

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Follow the Money to Understand What Happened at Last Week’s European Summit
Follow the Money to Understand What Happened at Last Week’s European Summit

Leading different groups through a crisis together requires a shared purpose. You must find the common ground across different groups to have a hope of getting people aligned around a…

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Lessons from The Animal School Fable in Leveraging Strengths
Lessons from The Animal School Fable in Leveraging Strengths

It’s a lesson we learn over and over again. Most of us are unbalanced. We are relatively stronger in one area than another. There is a great temptation to fix…

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Leadership Lessons in Real Time – Merkel and Sarkozy
Leadership Lessons in Real Time – Merkel and Sarkozy

  There are important things to be learned from how Europe's leaders manage through their debt crisis. We titled the new appendix in the 3rd edition of The New Leader's…

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How Merkel Can Lead the Euro Zone Out of Crisis
How Merkel Can Lead the Euro Zone Out of Crisis

This is the moment for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to choose to take up the mantle of European leadership …or not. It must be tempting for her to let things…

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How John Smale Changed the Business Environment for Procter & Gamble
How John Smale Changed the Business Environment for Procter & Gamble

In the pantheon of signs, symbol, and stories that help people understand Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) culture, one of the classics is how former P&G CEO John Smale got the…

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Supercommittee Classic Level Three Failure in Decision Making
Supercommittee Classic Level Three Failure in Decision Making

  The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction would have had to publish its plan yesterday to meet the vote deadline of tomorrow.  They did not.  It's…

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Five Keys to Managing an Unpredictable Boss
Five Keys to Managing an Unpredictable Boss

Wouldn’t it be nice if management theory actually worked in practice? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could follow the tenets of The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan to get…

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