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Entrepreneur February 2007 Carol Tice	Building the 21st Century Leader Heading up a successful company today is a lot different than it was 50 years ago. What skills do you need to lead your business to success - not just today but also in the future?
HBS Working Knowledge April 12, 2004 Bill George	Waking Up a Sleeping Company What do you do when you're the new CEO and your employees tell you, "But that's the way we've always done it"? An excerpt from Bill George's new book, Authentic Leadership.
HBS Working Knowledge August 18, 2003 Linda A. Hill	How New Managers Become Great Managers Newly minted managers must commit themselves to lifelong self-improvement. This article is an excerpt from Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill's update of her classic, Becoming a Manager.
HBS Working Knowledge February 13, 2014	Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles Poorly designed leadership roles set up a family business for failure. John A. Davis offers a system that produces the decisiveness and unity needed for long-term performance.
HBS Working Knowledge September 15, 2011 Martha Lagace	High Ambition Leadership Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value, examines how CEOs from major companies made a positive difference for society while not neglecting profits.
AskMen.com Edward Chalmers	6 Top Leadership Skills Is a leadership role in your career plan? Technical proficiency and professional knowledge may be required, but soft skills are essential. The most important management skill is the ability to lead.
HBS Working Knowledge December 22, 2008 James L. Heskett et al.	10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Organizations with clearly codified cultures often become better places to work.
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2004 Stever Robbins	The "Pull Leadership" Manifesto Why is good leadership still so rare? Maybe it's because we use a whacked-out definition of leadership.
Search Engine Watch June 13, 2008 Fionn Downhill	Agency Leadership -- Imparting Your Vision Your search marketing journey may have begun with an interest and knowledge of search engines. Now you're a business owner, and a whole host of challenges awaits. You're no longer a search marketer -- you're a leader!
HBS Working Knowledge August 25, 2003 Stever Robbins	The Essence of Leadership Rather than just study leaders (thousands of books on leadership cover that ground), I've asked hundreds of people who they follow and why. They say leadership is emotional; it's about inspiration, motivation, and connection.
HBS Working Knowledge February 27, 2006 Martha Lagace	Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism Positive values are a fixture on corporate mission statements these days. But when leaders fail to live up to the values they've articulated, it's a recipe for employee cynicism.
Fast Company October 2003 Barbara Ley Toffler	Five Ways to Jump-start Your Company's Ethics Want to make a real difference in your organization? That is going to take some hard, serious work. Here's where to start.
AskMen.com March 5, 2013	Qualities Of A Leader An exceptional leader is good at hiring and firing, building a culture within a company, and has resilience, vision, and more.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Olivia Mellan	Child Is Father to the Man Few money messages are as enduring as the ones a son learns from his dad. Here's what financial planners need to understand about this special relationship.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Jorge Perez Izquierdo	Five Practical Strategies for Building a Chinese Workforce There is a severe shortage of senior managers in China.
HBS Working Knowledge June 21, 2004 Peter Drucker	Making Decisions Forget the idea that effective executives need charisma above all. In this excerpt from Harvard Business Review, the author explains how the best executives take responsibility for their own decisions.
CIO September 15, 2003 Todd Datz	How to Launch a Leader Two IT managers, taking a cue from their leadership-evangelizing CIO, launch a grassroots program that brings leadership skills to the entire IT staff.
HBS Working Knowledge February 27, 2006 Cohn, Khurana & Reeves	Take Responsibility for Rising Stars Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Kevin McKinley	Fomenting The (Financial Literacy) Revolution An interview with Carrie Schwab Pomerantz, senior vice president and chief strategist of consumer education for Charles Schwab & Co., as well as president of The Charles Schwab Foundation on her work focusing on providing financial literacy, especially to teens.
HBS Working Knowledge September 28, 2011 Sean Silverthorne	The Profit Power of Corporate Culture In the new book The Culture Cycle, Harvard Professor Emeritus James L. Heskett demonstrates that developing the right corporate culture helps companies be more profitable and provides sustainable competitive advantage.
HBS Working Knowledge October 20, 2008 Michael E. Porter et al.	The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs Excerpts from On Competition, a newly released book that offers advice for new CEOs.
CIO April 15, 2004 Charlie Feld	How to Build a Great Team Four leadership qualities for getting things done.
CRM June 2010	Employing a Community How Zappos.com became a billion-dollar company - by delivering happiness, an exclusive excerpt from the new book by Zappos.com Chief Executive Officer Tony Hsieh.
Job Journal June 18, 2006 Rich Heintz	Your Father's Footsteps Fathers have a way of unintentionally shaping their children's careers -- and both sides could learn from the experience.
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2012 Julia Hanna	Developing the Global Leader What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders?
Job Journal July 3, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Leading by Example Executives help establish the standards that drive the behavior of other workers. When executives embrace corporate values and live up to them, they provide standards for everyone to follow.
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donald B. Trone	Born to Lead What are leadership chracteristics unique to the role of financial advisor?
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 John J. Bowen	Digging Deep One of the most important conversations you can have with your financial advisory clients is about their values. Once you are proficient at helping clients determine what their deepest values are, you'll have a solid basis for building trust and lasting client relationships.
HBS Working Knowledge June 21, 2004 Stever Robbins	Minimizing the Risks of Leadership A leader can be brought down by a single follower's actions. How can a leader reduce the risk?
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Matthew F. Erskine	To Collect and Protect The owners thought estate planning wouldn't take much. With unique assets, things aren't always so straightforward. Owners of such assets - such as family businesses, legacy real estate and valuable art, coin and other collections - need to consider specialized risk management.
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2005 Manda Salls	Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem Plenty of distinguished people serve on nonprofit boards, but for some reason these directors shrink from leadership, argues Harvard professor Richard Chait. In this Q&A, Chait discusses "Governance as Leadership," his new book on how boards can transform into powerful forces of leadership.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Olivia Mellan	Gone, but Not Forgotten When clients are contemplating the kind of legacy they want to pass on to their family, to society, or to a certain charitable cause, consider helping them to take stock of their deeply cherished values, beliefs, and life goals before they focus on the financial aspects of legacy transfer.
Investment Advisor October 2005 Olivia Mellan	The Psychology of Advice: Family Feud Getting along with others in the workplace is hard enough. It's worse if those problem co-workers, are also family members. Here, a psychotherapist offers help on how to approach these issues.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Olivia Mellan	The Psychology of Advice: Blindsided Help your financial advisory clients keep life's little ambushes in perspective.
Entrepreneur October 2002 Chris Sandlund	Trust Is a Must In the eyes of employees, investors, clients and the public at large, honesty is the only policy that will do.
Fast Company August 2005 Martin Kihn	Invaluable You know those corporate values statements? Turns out they correlate to a company's performance. Here are some statistics: Team players are losers... Opposites attract... More is more... etc.
AskMen.com	Father & Son Officials in Alabama say a drunk father and son burglarized a home and were caught after the son was found passed out under the invalid homeowner's bed.
PHONE+ January 13, 2010 Joelle Jay	What's Your Personal Leadership IQ? As a leader, you likely know how to lead your company or department. But how are you doing in terms of your personal leadership? This Personal Leadership Quiz might tell you.
Job Journal May 3, 2009	Reinvent Yourself Many jobseekers these days are confounded by the realization that they can't find the same type of work as they had previously. Here are some ways to redefine your strengths and establish a fresh career direction.
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Leadership Lessons Advisors work with people all the time and have to demonstrate leadership qualities to a network of experts, centers of influence and strategic partners.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010	10 Key Challenges for CEOs Chief executive officers must now be chief diplomat, chief talent officer and chief image manager, says a veteran executive recruiter.
HBS Working Knowledge June 29, 2009	Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change Learn about building a business in a down economy, motivating the troops, and other current topics.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Deena Katz	Replacing Yourself Who's going to sit in your chair and meet with your clients when you're no longer doing it? That question leaves many advisors speechless.
Fast Company May 2005 Jamie Malanowski	Face-off: Motivation vs. Demotivation Which approach is better at getting the employees you want? According to Despair Inc., it's not as simple as you may think.
Fast Company September 2005 Linda Tischler	The CEO's New Clothes Forget autocrats and visionaries. Farsighted, tolerant, humane CEOs aren't just nice to work for. They deliver nice results, too.
AskMen.com Julian Marcus	12 Traits Of A Great Father A good father makes all the difference in a child's life. He's a pillar of strength, support and discipline.
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Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Christopher I. Franklin	New Integrity Advisors must restore integrity and values to the financial services business.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Is Umpqua Cool? Maybe. Quirky? Yup. Successful? No Question About It. Ray Davis's "Leading for Growth: How Umpqua Bank Got Cool and Created a Culture of Greatness" tells how he remade the backwater institution into a $7 billion, 134-store unqualified success in an industry not known for outside-the-box thinking.