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This Week’s 10 Best Leadership Links [April 22-26]

leadership linksThis week learn what type of boss you really are and discover the creative energy one can gain from mongoose ownership. Without further ado here are this week’s 10 best leadership links:

1. Do you talk about TV too much? Perhaps it’s time to curb your TV musings while in the office…or when hiring new employees.

2. Prospect magazine polled over 10,000 people to find out who the biggest intellectuals of 2013 were. Leaders should be familiar with the results.

3. The 6 types of bosses. Which are you?

5. A list of weird habits from literary greats. Leaders take note: there’s no need to be normal. Climb a tree naked or own a mongoose.

6. How will ‘Big Data‘ change your industry? Your leadership?

7. Perhaps being too busy is hurting your leadership ability. A good, thoughtful article.

8. Are you a good boss or an amazing one?

9. Make sure that you aren’t the roadblock to your own success. Here are 3 ways great leaders hold themselves back.

10. A detailed info-graphic explaining how to motive your employees.

A humorous bonus: The power of intuition…or is it guessing?

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5 Leadership Lessons From a Hollywood Pope

shoes of fishermanIn an age of hubris, ego-driven entrepreneurs, and self-absorbed CEOs, two popes provide five lessons. Read  more in my Inc. column here.

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4 Reasons Your Employees Resist Change–And How to Overcome Them

changeEntrepreneurs often want change–but sometimes certain staff members don’t want to budge. In my Inc. column I discuss four ways to get reluctant employees on board.

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This Week’s 10 Best Leadership Links [April 8-12]

linksIf you read this week’s best leadership links you can be happier at work, you can become a better boss, you can increase your productivity, and you can even sleep better!

Without further ado, here are this week’s BEST leadership links:

1. Why engagement is so important, critical, and valuable to your organization.

2. Leaders take note: people are “drenched in anxiety.” Welcome to the age of nervousness.

3. A simple, effective way to delegate tasks better.

4. Watch this hour and a half lecture on how to be happy at work. You won’t be disappointed.

5. Here are 8 things you shouldn’t do everyday to increase your productivity.

6. In a world of “top ten lists” it’s always a pleasure to see a more ambitious list: 51 ways you can become world class.

7. Word to the wise: don’t check your email before you go to bed if you want a decent night’s sleep.

8. Would open book management work for you?

9. Dysfunctional partnerships can work. Just look at Rodgers and Hart.

10. North Korean missile tests delayed because of Windows 8.

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When It’s Time For Someone Else To Take Charge

woman at deskAre you still a great leader? It’s a hard question to ask yourself, but it’s a necessary one. In my Inc. online column I lay out  four questions you have to ask yourself to assess whether or not you are fit to maintain your leadership position.