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Life Lessons From a CEO – Community Service Works Both Ways

Monday, September 8, 2008

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Community service is both a training ground for future leaders and an obligation of those who arrive in the corner office.  Although he often had the best ideas and suggestions in  strategic planning sessions, George (as we will call him), always held financial positions for the first decade of his career. He asked me how […]

What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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