Read to lead
“not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers”
HARRY S. TRUMAN
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What are you reading?
At Leadership Beyond Titles, we read books. I truly believe that this is the first step to recognizing and acknowledging a leader. It was Roald Dahl who said, “If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” We want to go places. This was my first intentional
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Getting to know the person next to you
Today I had the incredible opportunity to talk with a CEO of a local company. I probably never would have met this person had I not started talking with the man sitting next to me on our flight to Seattle. I say, “man next to me”, because, well, before I started talking with him, that’s
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Must I repeat myself, again?
I recently questioned how many times I need to say something in order to make it stick. Oh, not for myself, but for someone else to understand what I’m saying. How many times do I say the same thing over and over and over again? Leadership is a constant activity in communicating to others and
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seven observations from a meeting with an executive
Recently I had such a conversation with one our company leaders. It was out of the blue, I didn’t anticipate the invitation, but I definitely took the opportunity. I thought to myself, if an executive is going to reach out to me, of course I’m going to take the opportunity to talk with them. It
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