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• Kofi Annan - Biography by Victoria Yates
• Organizational Leadership Mistakes - the #1 Way Business Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Trust - by Skip Weisman
• Managing the Transition - by Tony Kubica & Sara LaForest
• Lessons & Quotes
• "Ruthless Focus" by Tom Hall & Wally Bock - Book Review

• Conde Montrose Nast - biography by Victoria Yates
• TEDGlobal - highlights from Sylvain Zimmer
• Infusing your Organization with Energy a& Hope - Dan Elash
• Lessons and Quotes
• Reflections on TEDGlobal - Mick Yates

• Duke Ellington - biography by Victoria Yates
• If You Are A Leader, Are You A Peacemaker? - Ian Vickers
• Authenticity and Leadership - Dan Elash
• Lessons and Quotes
• Warfighting, by General Al Gray - book review by Wally Bock

• Henri Matisse - biography by Victoria Yates
• Your Customers Don't Want So Many Options - Mark Murphy
• The 7 Deadly Sins of Organization Communication - Chip Weisman
• Lessons and Quotes
• "The Power of Pull" by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison - review by Wally Bock

• Timur - biography by Victoria Yates
• The Oxford Scenarios: Beyond the Financial Crisis - Angela Wilkinson
• Saving Your Job in Tough Economic Times - Dan Elash
• Lessons and Quotes
• The Woman Who Saved Children, by Clare Mulley - book review by Mick Yates

• Bayard Rustin - biography by Victoria Yates
• Rigorous Thinking Ensures Better Decisions - Dan Elash and Mark Steele
• Building Better organizational Networks - Mick Yates
• Lessons and Quotes
• Connected, by Nicholas A. Christakis & James H. Fowler - reviewed by Mick Yates

• Confucius - biography by Victoria Yates
• The Right Context: Using the Arts to Get Your Message Across - Barry A. Doublestein
• The Imbalance of Work / Life Balance - Simma Liebermann's
• Lessons and Quotes
• The Loudest Duck, by Laura Liswood - review by Mick Yates

• Bryan Ferry - biography by Victoria Yates
• When is Enough, enough? Dan Elash
• Management 3.0: the Era of Complexity - Jurgen Appelo
• Lessons and Quotes
• Create Marketplace Disruption - Adam Hartung

• Benito Juárez - biography by Victoria Yates
• Expanding the Value of Coaching, by Marshall Goldsmith
• Dignity and Respect for All, by Mick Yates
• Lessons and Quotes
• Simply Effective, by Ron Ashkenas - review by Mick Yates

• John Stuart Mill - by Victoria Yates
• Candid Conversations: How to Drive the Political Correctness "Elephant" Out of Your Workplace - Pat Lynch
• What's propping up your leadership? Sam Allman
• Lessons and Quotes
• John W. Gardner's observations on Leadership

• Michael Eavis biography - by Victoria Yates
• Seven Step solution for Successful Inclusive Leadership - Simma Lieberman
• Why Coaching Fails - Dan Elash
• Lessons and Quotes
• How to be an Existentialist - Book review

• Edward (Teddy) Kennedy - by Victoria Yates
• Improve Your Company's Ability to Execute Your Business Plan - Dan Elash
• How to Turn a Dysfunctional Workplace into an Environment Where people Actually Want to Work - Roxanne Emmerich
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Mick Yates

• Joseph Kittinger II - by Victoria Yates
• How to Counter Career Derailers & Personal Vulnerabilities - Dan Elash
• Are you Sabotaging Your Career? Brent Filson
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Mandy Leonard

• Rosa Parks - by Victoria Yates
• Why Managers and Supervisors ARE NOT the Best Communicators During Times of Change - Marcia Xenitelis
• Eight Ways to Engage Employees and Power-Up Performance During a Recession - Roxanne Emmerich
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Yoko Ono - by Victoria Yates
• Warning! Values May Be Detrimental to Your Organization's Health - Pat Lynch
• The High Cost of Poor Communication - Chip Wilson
• Lessons and Quotes
• Poetic Reflection: On Being a Mountain

• Nancy Wake - by Victoria Yates
• Helping Successful People Do Even Better - Marshall Goldsmith
• Creating a Coaching Climate - David Clutterbuck
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Jomo Kenyatta - by Victoria Yates
• Order from Chaos - Lawrence Wharton
• Understanding Risk: A Core Competency of Leaders - Jim Murray
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mick Yates

• Emmeline Pankhurst - by Victoria Yates
• 21st Century Leadership - Jim Murray
• Organisational Transformation requires Strategists and Magicians - David Rooke
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book review from Mick Yates

• Robert McNamara - by Victoria Yates
• When Genius Fails - Jim Murray
• Implementing Organizational Strategy - Edward Ferris
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Mandy Leonard

• Steve Jobs - by Victoria Yates
• Feedforward not Feedback - Marshall Goldsmith
• Best Leadership Advice from 7 Top Leaders - Paul Thornton
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Mick Yates

• Emerging World Forum
• So What Is Organizational Strategy Anyway? Edward Ferris
• So You Want To Be A Change Leader? Lesley Allan
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• George J. Mitchell - by Victoria Yates
• Judgment and Strength of a Leader - Ram Charan
• What Would My Mentor Do? Mark Goulston
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mick Yates

• Margaret Mead - by Victoria Yates
• Are your people better off when they leave than when they got there? David Wee
• Character: Is It Necessary In Leadership? Brent Filson
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Chris Hoy - by Victoria Yates
• A Passion For Diversity - Simma Leiberman
• Creativity and Improvisation in Jazz and Organizations - Frank J. Barrett
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mick Yates

• Rowland H. Macy
• Why Organizational Strategy Matters - Edward Ferris
• How To Provide Great Global Customer Service - Laurel Delaney
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Charles E. Merrill - by Victoria Yates
• 33 Myths - David Sirota, Louis Mischkind, Irwin Meltzer
• When is the Right Time for an HR Expert? Roberta Chinsky
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mick Yates

• Harley-Davidson - by Mick Yates
• Growing Your Business One Customer at a Time - Liz Tahir
• The Ten Commandments of Customer Service - David Wee
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay - by Victoria Yates
• Leading Change - Easy or Hard? Jim Murray
• This Too Will Pass - Edward Ferris
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mick Yates

• Alan Turing - by Victoria Yates
• Ten Top Tips for the Innovative Leader - Paul Sloane
• True Value of Unworkable Ideas - Rick Brenner
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from Mandy Leonard

• Mary Wollstonecraft - by Victoria Yates
• Communication: The Air That We Breathe - Richard Cooke
• Seven Paths To Fearless Leadership - Jim Dreaver
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from David McIntosh

• Quanah Parker - by Victoria Yates
• The Integrity-Based Business - Mark Goulston
• Leave Your Ethics at the Door - Richard Pfohl
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review from the CBI

• Eva Peron ("Evita") - by Victoria Yates
• Telling Your CEO his/her Baby is Ugly - Richard Hagberg
• Musashi's Book of Five Rings - Sage Adams
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Felicia Ho

• F.W. de Klerk - by Victoria Yates
• Communicating Change - the Essentials! Bob Selden
• Leading Successful, Sustainable Change - John Covington
• Lessons and Quotes
• Book Review by Felicia Ho

• Clara Barton
• Team Spirit Built from the Top - Jim Clemmer
• Requirements of a Self-Managed Team Leader - Ron Armstrong
• Links & Quotes
• X-Teams

• John W. Gardner
• Judgment and Strength of a Leader
• Gaining An Edge: Authentic Leadership Lessons
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Jimmy Wales
• Towards a Theory of Government
• Personal Networks and Leadership Development
• Lessons and quotes
• Jenny Ambrozek's Book Review

• Best Practice In Leadership Development
• The Global Leader of the Future
• 5 Reasons Women are Naturals at Going Global
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Susan B. Anthony
• Leaders Make Values Visible
• Requirements For Effective Boards
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Thomas Watson Jnr.
• Returning to Values to Make an Impact
• Seven Things Your Mother Never Told You About Corporate Ethics Programs
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis
• CEO as Leader and Coach
• Executive Coaches Can Help Flex Leadership Muscle
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Juan Trippe
• Leading in a Global World
• International Expansion Starts With The Right Mindset
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Estee Lauder
• Nurturing Knowledge to Power Innovation Dynamics
• Knowledge Management: Shaping the Profession
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Akio Morita
• Value Systems and Complexity
• The Connected Economy: Beyond the Information Age
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Stephen Bechtel
• Team Building: Leadership Strategies To Address Today's Most Common Team
• Resolving Conflict in Work Teams
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Henry Ford
• Where in the World are Your Cross-Border Customers?
• How Successful Multinationals Communicate Interculturally
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Kofi Annan
• Next-Generation Customer-Centricity
• To Hear the Voice of the Customer, Listen Outside the Box
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• John Cadbury
• Building Partnerships Inside The Organization
• Knowledge Networks : Mapping and Measuring Knowledge Creation, Re-use and Flow
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
• 3 Steps to Win the Battle for the Soul of Your Organization
• Diversity That is More Than Skin-Deep
• Lessons and quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• James Keir Hardie
• Leveraging the Power in Diverse Communication Styles
• 10 Simple Ways to Turn Your Creative Spark into a Flame
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• The Trung Sisters
• Adaptive Leadership
• The Eternally Successful Team
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Alan Sugar
• Three Factors of Leadership Motivation
• Motivation - A Recruiter's Perspective
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Benjamin Franklin
• Moral Leadership: A Pipedream?
• Hope for the Self-Actualized Worker : The Conscious Organization
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Rupert Murdoch
• Customer Dialogue Builds Loyalty & Profit
• Three Ways to Talk So Clients Listen
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• General Omar Nelson Bradley
• The Ten Values of Excellent Teams
• Emergence, Readiness and Adaptability
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Mother Teresa
• The Art of Enlightened Leadership
• Growing The Leader in Us
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Hannibal Barca
• Becoming Customer Centric
• Want Higher Profits? Choose Your Customers Wisely
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Sam Walton
• Team Building Without Time Wasting
• Teams Make Change Happen
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Malcolm X
• Optimism Brings Positive Results to The Workplace
• Linkage Inc Succession Planning Appeal
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Walt Disney
• Listening, The Doorway To Employee Commitment
• As Generation Y Moves In, Leadership Must Evolve
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Queen Elizabeth I
• Creating a Trusting Work Environment
• Poor Ethics in Organizations ...
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Bob Geldolf
• Developing an Authentic Planning Process
• Wanted: Leaders With Courage
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Rachel Elnaugh
• Creating an Environment for Innovation
• Innovation: Core Competency for the 21st Century
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Vladimir Lenin
• What Knowledge Tears Apart, Networks Make Whole
• Six Degrees of Interconnection
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Anne Mulcahy
• The Retirement of The Baby Boom Generation:The Coming Knowledge Drain
• Leaders in Short Supply Just When We Need Them
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall's Book Review

• Annie Besant
• VIA - Vision into Action
• Re-Recruiting : A Tool To Protect and Grow
• Lessons & Quotes
• Keith Hall Book Review - Leadership & Talent in Asia

• Bono
• Standing Up To Those Who Don't Do the Right Thing
• Soul Business
• Lessons and quotes
• The Strategic Value of Values

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• How Successful Multinationals Communicate ...
• Going Global
• Lessons & Quotes
• Wanted : Chief Globalization Officer

• Harry S Truman
• Coaching the Team
• Creating a Company Mentoring Program
• Lessons & Quotes
• Introduction to Professional Business and Personal

• Ernestine Louise Rose
• When The Boss is a Bully
• Change Starts with a Shift in Perspective
• Lessons & Quotes
• How to Change

• Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
• Break the Rules
• Cross Culture in Business & Everyday Life
• Lessons & Quotes
• Cultural Differences

• Rudy Giuliani
• Evolution of Leadership : Vision-Values
• Resolving Workplace Conflict
• Lessons & Quotes
• Why Free Agent Thinking is Good

• Sir John Harvey-Jones
• Harnessing the Power of the Unknown ...
• Leadership Development is Sound Investment
• Lessons & Quotes
• Value Based Leadership for the 21st Century

• Whina Cooper
• How to Communicate Anything to Anyone
• A Failure to Lead : A Failure to Communicate
• Lessons & Quotes
• Changing Role of Leadership

• Richard Branson
• Designing Your Future - Daniel Burrus
• Realizing Untapped Potential - Dan Elash
• Lessons & Quotes
• Entrepreneurs on the Inside - Albert Vicere

• Kofi Annan
• Got Respect? - Dr John Martin
• Nurturing the Teamwork Culture- Joan Pastor
• Lessons & Quotes
• Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - Azurin & Pantilla

• Lech Walsea
• Creating the Best Practice - Paul Sloane
• How to Build a Team - Dr Arky Ciancutti
• Lessons & Quotes
• Trust is Not a Passive Activity - Stephen Dent

• Wilma Mankiller
• Leaving Bullies Behind - By Margot Cairnes
• Strategic Visioning - By Helene Mazur
• Lessons and quotes
• Creativity + Change = Innovation - G. McGartland

• Anita Roddick
• How to Put Yourself Out of Business - Peter Duncan
• Leaders Need to be Seen - Ed Konczal
• Lessons and quotes
• Embracing Evolution - Chris Meyer & Stan Davis

• Andy Grove
• Innovative Measures - Thomas Ambler
• Teams and Workgroups - Maria Kane
• Lessons and quotes
• Connectivity reinvents Innovation - Rudy Ruggles

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Leading Virtual Teams - David Gould
• 7 Steps to Closure - Dr Arky Ciancutti
• Lessons and quotes
• The Invisible Advantage - Jon Low

• Alfred P. Sloan
• Managing for Innovation - Mitchell Goozé
• Order through Chaos - Lawrence E. Wharton
• Lessons and quotes
• Exchanges: Transforming the world of Work

• Indira Gandhi
• Superpowers - Mick Yates
• Strategists and Magicians - David Rooke
• Lessons and quotes
• Innovations in the connected economy

• Ahmed Shah Masood
• A Theory about Genius 2 - Michael Michalko
• Selling to the Value Driven - Robert Tucker
• Lessons and quotes
• Getting Rid of Followers? Alan Yu

• Alexander the Great
• A Theory about Genius - Michael Michalko
• Winning Through Adversity - Adrian Savage
• Lessons and quotes
• Teamwork & Asian Collectivism - Henry Astorga

• Reuben Mark
• A Micro Look at Leadership - Freda Turner
• Innovation means ..... - Margaret Wheatley
• Lessons and quotes
• Character-centered Leadership - Rebecca Barnett

• Corazon Aquino
• Mastering Change - Mark Sanborne
• Business Ethics ..... - Bruce Hamm
• Lessons and quotes
• Leaders with Courage - Ray Weekes

• Chris Gent
• Mastering the Inner Game - Jim Dreaver
• Cross Border Negotiations - Stacey van Hooven
• Lessons and quotes
• Edgewalking: New Century Paradigm - Cynthia Kemper

• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Self Mastery - Charles Albano
• Has Capitalism gone too far? Margot Cairnes
• Lessons and quotes
• Enterprise Fitness - John Covington

• Rigoberta Menchú
• Empowerment: What it is and is not - Joan Pastor
• Innovation Calls for Leadership - Jim Clemmer
• Lessons and quotes
• Trust or Bust - Dr Arky Ciancutti

• Margaret Thatcher
• Careers & Company Culture
• Everything I ever learned about Teaming
• Lessons and quotes
• Art of Leadership - Human side of Enterprise

• Ernest Shackleton
• Two Crises: SARS & September 11 - Alan Yu
• To Be or Not to Be Average - Clyde Dennis
• Lessons and Quotes
• The True Value of Unworkable Ideas - Rick Brenner

• Nelson Mandela
• Values in war - looting in Basra or Bath?
• Elan at work - Pat Mclagan
• Lessons and quotes
• What's Visionary Leadership - Jamie Walters

• Madeleine Albright
• Leadership in War - Tim Collins
• Helping Successful People
• Lessons and quotes
• Women and the Glass Ceiling

• Louis Gerstner
• The personal journey - IQ, EQ and Now SQ.
• Paradox and Leadership - Mick Yates
• Lessons and quotes
• Principled Leadership in an Age of Cynicism

• George C. Marshall
• The personal journey - Leaders Need Feelings
• Leadership with the 4E's - Step 4: Energize
• Lessons and quotes
• Chaos and Complexity -- Michael Lissack

• Julius Caesar
• The personal journey - How to Work with Anyone!
• Leadership with the 4E's - Step 3: Empower
• Lessons and quotes
• Motivating Power of Vision - John Pellowe

• Pope John XXIII
• The personal journey - Your Dream & Future
• Leadership with the 4E's - Step 2: Enable
• Lessons and quotes
• What is Christian Leadership?

• Winston Churchill
• The personal journey
• Leadership with the 4E's - Step 1: Envision
• Lessons and quotes
• The values of Genghs Khan

• Benito Juárez - Biography by Victoria Yates
• Expanding the Value of Coaching - Marshall Goldsmith
• Dignity and Respect for All - Mick Yates
• Lessons and Quotes
• Simply Effective by Ron Ashkenas - Review by Mick Yates