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Leadership Team Development #4 – All In

Written by Don Tinney on July 16, 2010

Ann Clifford, owner of Safari Solutions, shared the following comment on the first post in this series: “I've found that the best leaders are passionate about their mission. Assuming your mission goes beyond just making money, your enthusiasm and dedication to carry out your mission is embraced by your team. Your team will respect you for what you do and how you do, rather than your position title.” Very good comment Ann.

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Leadership Team Development #3 – Decide!

Written by Don Tinney on July 8, 2010

My next step forward in this series on developing effective leaders and managers is to address an issue common to almost every leadership team I’ve worked with – indecision.

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Leadership Team Development #2 - The 4 Major Functions

Written by Don Tinney on June 28, 2010

First note that I have changed the title of the series from Leadership Development to Leadership Team Development. Leadership and management only has relevance in the context of an organization - leading and managing people. Any business organization has at least 4 major functions that must be driven and managed for the business to succeed. As displayed in our June 1, 2010 post, they are:

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Leadership Development #1 – One Essential Ingredient

Written by Don Tinney on June 24, 2010

Are great leaders born or do they develop over time?

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Opportunities to Be Extraordinary - Part 2

Written by Don Tinney on June 17, 2010

As stated in part 1, for most companies, opportunities to be extraordinary only come when the unexpected occurs. This is our chance:

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