August 2009

Courageous Listening

August 17, 2009

This is a guest post by Dana Peck. Dana serves as a professional learning consultant and is owner of Vantage Point Inc., a company that provides a full spectrum of learning, consulting and coaching solutions to assist organizations in achieving their goals aimed at excellent internal and external customer relations, sales and employee development. You [...]

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Reading List for Week Ending 8/15/09

August 15, 2009

This week’s topics include leadership and information assurance, and a fun item or two. I hope you enjoy the best of what I read this week. Leadership Grit better indicator of success than intelligence: The Truth About Grit Lessons Learned From 30 Years of Leadership: great advice from Dick Harrington former CEO of Thomson Reuters [...]

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I’ve Got Some Good News and Some Bad News

August 12, 2009

I think you can tell a lot about a leader and an organization based on how they handle bad news. How do you handle bad news? Are you the type of leader that only wants to hear good news? Do you “kill the messenger”? If you want to know how you’re doing as a leader, [...]

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How to Build Your Cyber Defenses Even if You’re Not A Security Expert

August 9, 2009

Do you feel lost and overwhelmed when it comes to defending your company’s data networks? Do you want (need) some help? SANS is running a series on 20 Critical Controls on its Security Leadership blog. Dr. Eric Cole, noted security expert, writes an article focusing on each control. In each article, he provides key steps [...]

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Reading List for Week Ending 8/1/09

August 1, 2009

This week’s topics include leadership and information assurance. I hope you enjoy the best of what I read this week. Leadership 10 Things Business Schools Won’t Teach You Do you folks holding a MBA agree? The Value Every Business Needs to Create Now. Very interesting discussion about profits – not all profit is the same. [...]

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