LeadershipNow 140: October 2010 Compilation

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2010:

• @Jim_Kouzes: Creativity on decline in the US & threatens competitiveness. Concerned? Read more on Britannica blog
• Scott Eblin: Lead Like a Mom
• @stevefarber: Give Them Reason >Vision statements create a STARTING POINT
• @laurencanning @fortunemagazine: Where are they now? Fortune catches up with business leaders who shook things up
• @HeroesToday: If you don't know about the life of John Wooden, you're missing out. and also A Lifetime Masterpiece
• @MarkDMcKinney: Tony Dungy on peer pressure: Use peer pressure in a positive way. Get them to follow you.
• @hulmevision: Emotional intelligence key to job performance
• Control blinds you to opportunities. Control is driven by your ego’s need to serve itself. - @tomasacker The Paradox of Success
• New study finds Americans working longer & harder & getting less done.
• Management Today: Do it right: Seven ways to tame your ego
• John Sculley: Looking back, it was a big mistake that I was ever hired as CEO.
• @JohnBaldoni: Stop your power trip before it happens. My new column @HarvardBiz
• @wallybock: New: Life is Just a Bowl of Salad
• @GOOD: A teacher is reminded that the lessons that really stick are rarely a part of the official course material
• @stefanstern: Are leaders doomed to disappoint? - (and if our expectations don't have a dose of personal responsibility)
• @jhagel: Seek out and cherish paradox - it is the catalyst for many breakthroughs
• "We tend to mistake a clear view of the future for a short distance." Paul Saffo
• @stevefarber: Best interview I've read in a LONG time. Don't miss this! "The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders"
• @drbret: The Power To Lead Effectively
• @ellenfweber: What skills could we integrate to problem solve … differs from we need more math and science
• @TheEconomist: Empire's strike out: Why the West’s present #dominance is both recent and temporary
• @ThePoppedKernel: What if success was simply a choice? Well, for Nando Parrado, survival was just that - a choice.
• @stevefarber: Safety often comes through the knowledge gained by having been unsafe
• @sepher: In Defense of Naïve Reading - NYTimes.com
• @stefanstern: Candid, honest and sensible: Marshall Goldsmith in Business Week
• “Maybe you should fire the person who isn’t making any mistakes.” | Seth Godin
• Mike Henry Sr: 5 Performance Tips When You Are Micro-Managed
• @bpluskowski: James Cameron: Give people permission to make mistakes and they end up being less likely to do them #worldbusinessforum2010
• @SirKenRobinson: We're the people we've been waiting for - take a look at the movie
• @sparklingruby: The single most important thing a leader does is to find out who the next leader will be - David Gergen #WBF10
• @mwwgroup: Two problems of leadership: 1, what should we do (strategy) & 2, How do I get everyone to do that (influence) #wbf10
• @mikemyatt: Influencers connect people by aligning emotions with outcomes. ~Joseph Grenny #wbf10 Connect to their values
• Joseph Grenny: Sticking to our favorite influence method is too simplistic #wbf10
• @FHInnovation: Grenny’s law of leadership: there is no strategy so brilliant that people can't find a way to render it worthless #wbf10
• Mixed messages don't create sustainable cultures. ~Carlos Brito #wbf10
• @mikemyatt: A lack of leadership development is tragic. ~ Jack Welch #wbf10

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Posted by Michael McKinney at 01:28 PM
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