Author: Paul Alexander
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Leadercast 2014: Malcolm Gladwell
In the afternoon I had the opportunity to hear from one of my personal favorite communicators Malcolm Gladwell. Deterrence: When people decide to obey an authority or not, they make a calculation. If the cost of breaking the rule is greater than the benefit of breaking the rule, they will obey the rule. Deterrence is…
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Leadercast 2014: Laura Busch
The first speaker of the afternoon was First Lady Laura Bush. Theses are my notes and take-aways from her conversation. “Nothing prepares you for leadership as much as experience” The people you’re leading can teach you Having a clear objective or opponent helps teams focus on the real opponent instead of making each other the…
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Leadercast 2014: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Session 3 of Leadercast was a treat! We had the opportunity to hear from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Beyond the wealth of personal – literally world-changing leadership – experience he brought to the table, his laugh was incredibly infectious! “Imagine a world where leaders didn’t make decisions based only on strategy or economics, but what was…
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Leadercast 2014: Dr. Henry Cloud
During the second session of Leadercast we had the opportunity to learn from well known leadership expert Dr. Henry Cloud. If you haven’t read his recent book Boundaries for Leaders pick it up today! As a leader you leave a wake behind you in every interaction, in every strategy, in every instance, etc. There are…
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Leadercast 2014: Andy Stanley
If you missed Leadercast this past week then you missed out on some great leadership content! But no worries you and your team can catch up quickly. I’m going to post my notes and thoughts from each of the sessions over the next couple of days! First up was Andy Stanley…enjoy! “Beyond you leaders are…